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418035

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working age people applied for and received disability living allowance, claiming under special rules for people with terminal illness, in each year from 2005 to 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	9721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The data requested is available through the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) data tabulation tool, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 12:43:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

418034

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working age disability living allowance recipients notified his Department of a change of circumstance and sought a reassessment under special rules for people with terminal illness in each year from 2005 to 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	9720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not collated and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 12:47:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

349702

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what medical conditions disability living allowance can be awarded to applicants indefinitely.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	1957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Entitlement to DLA is not based on the diagnosis of a disease or whether a person has a degenerative medical condition. DLA is awarded to people who have care and/.or mobility needs because of severe disability. Award lengths are set according to the extent that care and/or mobility needs may change over time. For those with a degenerative condition fixed term awards allow the Department to periodically review, and where necessary, increase the levels of financial support should care/mobility needs have increased.</p><p> </p><p>Claims to DLA are dealt with by DWP decision makers, who refer to Departmental guidance <em>the Children’s A-Z of Medical </em>Conditions which sets out the main care and mobility needs likely to arise from different disabling conditions. If necessary, further information is gathered from health professionals dealing with the claimant, or in the case of a child, from their school.</p><p> </p><p>DLA can be awarded indefinitely to any claimant depending on their individual circumstances.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1955 question first answered 16/06/2015 15:12:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

349701

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on requiring parents with multiple children diagnosed with the same medical condition to fill in a disability living allowance application for each child; and if he will bring forward proposals to require such parents to fill in only one application for all their children.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	1956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Our central records do not show that any representations have been made that parents should only have to fill in one application form for their children, Claims to benefits are individual, need may be different for different children at different stages of their illness. We have no plans to change current arrangements.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 14:00:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

349700

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on requiring applications to renew disability living allowance for people with degenerative medical conditions; and what evidence is used by assessors to confirm the degenerative nature of those conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	1955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Entitlement to DLA is not based on the diagnosis of a disease or whether a person has a degenerative medical condition. DLA is awarded to people who have care and/.or mobility needs because of severe disability. Award lengths are set according to the extent that care and/or mobility needs may change over time. For those with a degenerative condition fixed term awards allow the Department to periodically review, and where necessary, increase the levels of financial support should care/mobility needs have increased.</p><p> </p><p>Claims to DLA are dealt with by DWP decision makers, who refer to Departmental guidance <em>the Children’s A-Z of Medical </em>Conditions which sets out the main care and mobility needs likely to arise from different disabling conditions. If necessary, further information is gathered from health professionals dealing with the claimant, or in the case of a child, from their school.</p><p> </p><p>DLA can be awarded indefinitely to any claimant depending on their individual circumstances.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1957 question first answered 16/06/2015 15:12:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland