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542303

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, within what period for time a mandatory reconsideration must be completed for a personal independence payment application.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	43832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>We introduced Mandatory Reconsideration to make the system as fair as possible for those going through it. It gives people the opportunity to present new evidence and to have their case looked at again.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not have a clearance time target for Mandatory Reconsiderations. Claimants have one calendar month from the date of their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decision to request a Mandatory Reconsideration. Further information on Mandatory Reconsideration in PIP can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pip/appeals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pip/appeals</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/09/2016 11:46:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

601166

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the second table on page five of his Department's document, Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics, if he will provide the data on reconsideration outcomes by (a) category or disabling condition, (b) sub-group and (c) disability in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	48513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 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 19/10/2016 14:21:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

573944

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include proposals relating to personal independence payments in his Department's Green Paper on the disability employment gap.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	44570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Later this year, we will produce a Green Paper and conduct a consultation on a wide range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 16:29:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

598330

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse is of the contracts with (a) Capita and (b) ATOS Healthcare for the assessment of personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	47737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The information may be found in Contract Finder via the following links:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Atos Healthcare for PIP assessments in Northern England and Scotland – Lot 1</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695721/" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695721/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Capita for Central England and Wales assessments – Lot 2</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/740844/" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/740844/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Atos Healthcare for PIP assessments in London, East of England and Southern England – Lot 3</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695729/" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695729/</a></p><p> </p><p>Capita for Northern Ireland assessments – Lot 4</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/762330/" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/762330/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/10/2016 14:57:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

576532

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for a decision to be made for a personal independence payment claim in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	45061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the average (median) actual clearance times (AACT), in weeks, for normal rules new claims and DLA reassessments to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for Airdie and Shotts, Scotland and England in April 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>Normal Rules, New Claims AACT (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Normal Rules, DLA Reassessments AACT (weeks)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airdie and Shotts parliamentary constituency</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source – PIP Computer Systems</em> <em>management information.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes to table:</em></p><p>1) The figures are for normal rules only, and do not include special rules for the terminally ill, as these claims have a separate and faster route through the claims process.</p><p>2) ‘Time take for a decision’ has been interpreted as the average time between the date of referral to the assessment provider and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit).</p><p>3) Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on AACTs is published and available at;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 14:38:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

574185

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average end-to-end processing time of personal independence payment claims was in April (a) 2016 and (b) 2015; and what steps he is taking to speed up the processing of such claims.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	44841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) processing times, for Great Britain, for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016</a><strong> . </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The current processing times represent a stable position for both DWP and our Assessment Providers and reflect the significant progress made to improve the claims process by both parties over the preceding months. We continue to look at all of our processes and activities to identify any further areas for improvement, or to drive out even greater efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 16:49:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

598455

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that personal independence payment assessments are undertaken fairly and appropriately.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	47890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Provider performance is measured across a range of contracted service levels, which set out the Department's expectations for the delivery of the service. These include the requirements for the quality of assessments which are assessed through an independent audit. Contractual remedies are in place if the provider fails to deliver against the service standards.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/10/2016 16:33:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

535585

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure consistency in the length of intervals between awards of personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	42461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their impairment or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability. The length of an award for PIP is based on the needs of the individual claimant and whether these are likely to change in the future, as a result, for example, of treatment or changes in their health condition.</p><p> </p><p>The Department monitors all aspects of the PIP application process including the performance of the assessment providers, Atos Healthcare and Capita. The reports of Health Professionals who carry out assessments are subject to quality audit, to ensure accurate advice on the best time to review a case based on a claimant’s individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The PIP Assessment Guide for Health Professionals carrying out assessments includes guidance on how to determine the length of an award – Section 2.9 Prognosis (page 54) and 2.10 Review dates (page 56).</p><p> </p><p>This guidance can be accessed on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>There is also guidance and information for DWP decision makers on how best to establish the length of an award.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/07/2016 15:21:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

598329

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what standard of medical expertise is expected of personal independence payment assessors; and what (a) experience and (b) training is required to understand the symptoms of medical conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	47755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>All Health Professionals (HPs) undertaking assessments on behalf of DWP must be registered practitioners who have also met requirements around training, experience and competence. Approval to work as an HP must be conferred by the DWP Chief Medical Adviser on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</p><p>For the delivery of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments, they must be an occupational therapist, level 1 nurse, physiotherapist, paramedic or doctor. They must also be fully registered and have at least two years’ post full-registration experience. In addition to their profession, the Department recognises the importance of ensuring that individuals also have sufficient experience, skills and training to carry out their duties and PIP providers are required to ensure that the HPs carrying out assessments have knowledge of the clinical aspects and likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions and impairments.</p><p>This means that all HPs receive comprehensive training in disability analysis which includes a functional evaluation as to how medical conditions and the long-term medical treatment of those conditions affect an individual’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. Prior to carrying out an assessment the HP routinely refreshes their knowledge of any condition with which they are not fully familiar.</p><p>Claimants who consider the result of an assessment to be an inaccurate representation of their condition can ask for a “mandatory reconsideration”, in writing or by telephone, giving their reasons. They may include further information to support their case.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47757 question first answered 18/10/2016 11:47:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

573899

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on improving how people with rare medical conditions are assessed for personal independence payments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	44266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process works effectively across the spectrum of disabilities and health conditions, including rare conditions.</p><p> </p><p>I, along with my officials, meet regularly with disability representative groups, including members of our Implementation Stakeholder Forum which hears views from a wide range of organisations representing and supporting disabled people, including those with rare conditions. We have worked extensively with them to make improvements to guidance, training and audit procedures in order to ensure a quality service for all claimants including those with rare conditions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 44112 question first answered 12/09/2016 13:58:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley