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536192

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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	Fit for Work Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Fitness for Work data his Department receives from GPs, collected under the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Statements of Fitness for Work) Directions 2015, is considered identifiable personal data by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	42639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The data collected under the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Statements of Fitness for Work) Directions 2015 will be non patient identifiable on extraction and anonymous on publication, and will not contain any personal information that can be used to identify individuals. Additional measures such as aggregation of disease codes and small number suppression will also be applied which means that, for published information, any number less than five will be replaced by a star.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/07/2016 16:36:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

596138

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Attendance Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will make it its policy to maintain existing levels of attendance allowance for new claimants if this benefit is devolved to local councils.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	47032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of a broader consultation on plans to devolve 100% of business rates to local councils by 2020, the Government asked for views on whether there is a better way to provide help for older people with care needs by giving more responsibility to councils in England.</p><p>The Government has already announced that in England, any new responsibility passed to local authorities would be matched by the transfer of the equivalent spending power; this would not be a savings measure. The Government has also confirmed that those already receiving Attendance Allowance would not be affected by any change.</p><p>That consultation has now closed and responses are being considered. The Government response will be published in due course and the Government will consult further should any changes to Attendance Allowance be proposed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47029 47030 47031 question first answered 14/10/2016 13:55:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

596139

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Attendance Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Government plans to ensure that (a) award levels for attendance allowance and (b) award criteria will be the same across different local authorities if responsibility for administering this benefit is devolved to them.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	47031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of a broader consultation on plans to devolve 100% of business rates to local councils by 2020, the Government asked for views on whether there is a better way to provide help for older people with care needs by giving more responsibility to councils in England.</p><p>The Government has already announced that in England, any new responsibility passed to local authorities would be matched by the transfer of the equivalent spending power; this would not be a savings measure. The Government has also confirmed that those already receiving Attendance Allowance would not be affected by any change.</p><p>That consultation has now closed and responses are being considered. The Government response will be published in due course and the Government will consult further should any changes to Attendance Allowance be proposed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47029 47030 47032 question first answered 14/10/2016 13:55:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

596140

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Attendance Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the benefit to the Exchequer of devolving responsibility for administering attendance allowance to local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	47030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of a broader consultation on plans to devolve 100% of business rates to local councils by 2020, the Government asked for views on whether there is a better way to provide help for older people with care needs by giving more responsibility to councils in England.</p><p>The Government has already announced that in England, any new responsibility passed to local authorities would be matched by the transfer of the equivalent spending power; this would not be a savings measure. The Government has also confirmed that those already receiving Attendance Allowance would not be affected by any change.</p><p>That consultation has now closed and responses are being considered. The Government response will be published in due course and the Government will consult further should any changes to Attendance Allowance be proposed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47029 47031 47032 question first answered 14/10/2016 13:55:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

596141

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Attendance Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether funding for attendance allowance will be ring-fenced if responsibility for administering this benefit is devolved to local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	47029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of a broader consultation on plans to devolve 100% of business rates to local councils by 2020, the Government asked for views on whether there is a better way to provide help for older people with care needs by giving more responsibility to councils in England.</p><p>The Government has already announced that in England, any new responsibility passed to local authorities would be matched by the transfer of the equivalent spending power; this would not be a savings measure. The Government has also confirmed that those already receiving Attendance Allowance would not be affected by any change.</p><p>That consultation has now closed and responses are being considered. The Government response will be published in due course and the Government will consult further should any changes to Attendance Allowance be proposed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47030 47031 47032 question first answered 14/10/2016 13:55:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

606007

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to end reassessments for personal independence payments claimants with lifelong or degenerative conditions in line with his Department's policy on employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	49342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The length of a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award is based on an individual’s circumstances and can vary from 9 months to an on-going award with a light touch review at the ten year point. PIP already recognises that for the most severely disabled claimants, the award review process could seem unnecessarily intrusive. Existing PIP claimants with the most severe, lifetime disabilities, whose functional ability has remained the same, are more likely to have their evidence reviewed by a DWP Decision Maker and will not need to have another face-to-face assessment with a healthcare professional.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2016 14:29:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

631258

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Parkinson's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease have been placed in the (a) support group and (b) work-related activity group with a prognosis statement of (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) 12 months, (iv) 18 months, (v) two years and (vi) more than two years since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	52057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes of initial and repeat Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessments and Incapacity Benefits Reassessments (IBR) for claimants with Parkinson’s Disease, by Prognosis: October 2008 – December 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Prognosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3 Months</p></td><td><p>6 Months</p></td><td><p>12 Months</p></td><td><p>18 Months</p></td><td><p>2 Years</p></td><td><p>In the longer term</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initial assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Repeat assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IB reassessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by our Healthcare Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“denotes nil or under 50.</li><li>SG – Support Group</li></ol><p>WRAG – Work Related Activity Group</p><ol start="3"><li>The outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker’s decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker’s decision is not yet available.</li><li>The data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011, existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they qualify for ESA instead.</li><li>The reassessment of existing incapacity benefits claimants was rolled out nationally from April 2011.</li></ol> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/11/2016 17:20:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

631259

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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	Employment and Support 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 people with (a) multiple sclerosis, (b) spinal muscular atrophy, (c) Parkinson's disease, (d) cystic fibrosis and (e) rheumatoid arthritis were placed in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance between (i) April 2014 and April 2015 and (ii) April 2015 and April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	52058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The latest information available is shown in the table below:</p><p>Numbers placed in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) for initial and repeat Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessments and Incapacity Benefits Reassessments (IBR) for claimants with Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Parkinson’s Disease, Cystic Fibrosis or Rheumatoid Arthritis: April 2014 to March 2015 and April 2015 to December 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Condition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Multiple<br> Sclerosis</p></td><td><p>Spinal<br> Muscular<br> Atrophy</p></td><td><p>Parkinson's Disease</p></td><td><p>Cystic<br> Fibrosis</p></td><td><p>Rheumatoid<br> Arthritis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initial assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14 to Mar-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15 to Dec-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Repeat assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14 to Mar-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15 to Dec-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IB Reassessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14 to Mar-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15 to Dec-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by our Healthcare providers.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“denotes nil or under 50.</li><li>The WRAG outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker’s decision or the recommendation made by the our Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker’s decision is not yet available.</li><li>The data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011, existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they qualify for ESA instead.</li><li>The reassessment of existing incapacity benefits claimants was rolled out nationally from April 2011.</li></ol> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/11/2016 17:23:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

631260

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Parkinson's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2016 to Question 23428, how many claimants of employment and support allowance who had a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease have been removed from the work-related activity group since 2008 because they had died.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	52059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/11/2016 17:26:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

638446

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Parkinson's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people diagnosed with Parkinson's are in the employment and support allowance work related activity group.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	53666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants in the Work Related Activity Group, with Parkinson’s disease recorded as their main disabling condition, is 190 as of May 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figure is rounded to the nearest 10.</li></ol> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/11/2016 12:42:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff