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1356906

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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 Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, HCWS294, whether her Department plans to review the PIP claims of deceased claimants as part of the Administrative Exercise; and whether posthumous backdated payments will be made to the family of claimants where it has been found that more support should have been given.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>As part of this exercise we are prioritising cases of terminally ill claimants. The remainder of cases will be reviewed in chronological order, starting with the earliest cases first. I can also confirm it is the Department’s policy to review cases where the claimant is now deceased to ensure that their next of kin receive payments.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 51810 question first answered 28/09/2021 13:52:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23504 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356904

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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 Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, HCWS294, what additional support her Department plans to provide to those who request it and whose PIP claim is awaiting review as part of the Administrative Exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that claimants receive the PIP support they are entitled to. The Department is contacting claimants who may be affected and we may ask for further information about the help they needed. We want to ensure we have all the relevant evidence when making a decision and get the right outcome for claimants when reviewing their claim, as part of the administrative exercise.</p><p>We recognise that the Department comes into contact with some claimants who are potentially very vulnerable. That is why claimants with a severe mental health or behavioural condition, learning disability, developmental disorder or cognitive problems, who may have difficulty engaging with the process, and with no support network in place, can be provided with additional support during the process if they need it.</p><p>This support can include arranging to speak to a representative, carer or other support worker at a convenient time and allowing additional time to provide further information. Where we identify there may be an impact on health, safety and wellbeing of an individual when they receive an arrears payment as part of the exercise, we will work with claimants to understand their needs and seek to help them in identifying and accessing the help that they require.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 24/09/2021 16:10:31 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23502 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356905

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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 Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, HCWS294, how her Department plans to prioritise PIP claims for review as part of the Administrative Exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>As part of this exercise we are prioritising cases of terminally ill claimants. The remainder of cases will be reviewed in chronological order, starting with the earliest cases first. I can also confirm it is the Department’s policy to review cases where the claimant is now deceased to ensure that their next of kin receive payments.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 51811 question first answered 28/09/2021 13:52:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23503 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1359937

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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 Supreme Court judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Appellant) v MM (Respondent) (Scotland) [2019] UKSC 34, whether claimants identified in her Department's review of PIP claims since 6 April 2016 will be required to (a) complete a reassessment, (b) complete an additional application form or (c) provide additional evidence as part of that review process.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	57125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are not planning to invite claimants for an assessment or require them to complete an additional application form as part of this review. However, we may contact claimants, their representatives or carers for more information, so that we can make a decision on their claim.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I can confirm awards will not be reduced as part of this exercise. If claimants are entitled to more PIP following a review, they will have their award increased and will receive backdated payments.</p><p> </p><p>While it is too early in the process for us to give a date by which we expect to have completed all the reviews, I would like to provide reassurance that we are committed to ensuring that claimants get the PIP they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 57124 57126 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:57:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1359938

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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 Supreme Court judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Appellant) v MM (Respondent) (Scotland) [2019] UKSC 34, what her Department's timeframe is for its review of PIP claims since 6 April 2016; when her Department plans to complete that review and distribute payments; and how many PIP claims they plan to review each month.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	57126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are not planning to invite claimants for an assessment or require them to complete an additional application form as part of this review. However, we may contact claimants, their representatives or carers for more information, so that we can make a decision on their claim.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I can confirm awards will not be reduced as part of this exercise. If claimants are entitled to more PIP following a review, they will have their award increased and will receive backdated payments.</p><p> </p><p>While it is too early in the process for us to give a date by which we expect to have completed all the reviews, I would like to provide reassurance that we are committed to ensuring that claimants get the PIP they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 57124 57125 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:57:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1359936

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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 Supreme Court judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Appellant) v MM (Respondent) (Scotland) [2019] UKSC 34, if she will confirm that her Department's review of PIP claims since 6 April 2016 will not negatively impact claims and result in claimants' payments being increased and backdated accordingly.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	57124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are not planning to invite claimants for an assessment or require them to complete an additional application form as part of this review. However, we may contact claimants, their representatives or carers for more information, so that we can make a decision on their claim.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I can confirm awards will not be reduced as part of this exercise. If claimants are entitled to more PIP following a review, they will have their award increased and will receive backdated payments.</p><p> </p><p>While it is too early in the process for us to give a date by which we expect to have completed all the reviews, I would like to provide reassurance that we are committed to ensuring that claimants get the PIP they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 57125 57126 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:57:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1356902

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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 her Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, if she will publish further detail on (a) the work involved in the Administrative Exercise including the different stages of work to be carried out and (b) the date on which she expects the Administrative Exercise to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We currently estimate between 320,000 and 340,000 claimants will need their claims to be reviewed as a result of the MM judgment. Early estimates are subject to uncertainty and we will be refining this estimate as the exercise progresses. The exercise includes claims that were in payment on 6 April 2016 (the date of the original Upper Tribunal decision) as well as claims where DWP made a decision on or after 6 April 2016, including some claims where we did not award PIP. Where these claimants have made more than one claim for PIP each claim will need to be reviewed. The Department published updated guidance implementing the judgment from 17 September 2020, so new PIP decisions from that date already reflect the judgment and will not be reviewed as part of the exercise.</p><p> </p><p>We are not planning to invite claimants for an assessment. However, we may contact them for more information, so that we can make a decision on their claim. We will write to all claimants whose claim(s) we review. Claimants entitled to more PIP following a review will have their award increased and will receive backdated payments.</p><p> </p><p>It is too early for us to give a date by which we expect to have completed all the reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 51700 51808 question first answered 01/11/2021 15:47:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23500 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356903

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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 her Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, how many individual PIP claims will be reviewed over the course of the Administrative Exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We currently estimate between 320,000 and 340,000 claimants will need their claims to be reviewed as a result of the MM judgment. Early estimates are subject to uncertainty and we will be refining this estimate as the exercise progresses. The exercise includes claims that were in payment on 6 April 2016 (the date of the original Upper Tribunal decision) as well as claims where DWP made a decision on or after 6 April 2016, including some claims where we did not award PIP. Where these claimants have made more than one claim for PIP each claim will need to be reviewed. The Department published updated guidance implementing the judgment from 17 September 2020, so new PIP decisions from that date already reflect the judgment and will not be reviewed as part of the exercise.</p><p> </p><p>We are not planning to invite claimants for an assessment. However, we may contact them for more information, so that we can make a decision on their claim. We will write to all claimants whose claim(s) we review. Claimants entitled to more PIP following a review will have their award increased and will receive backdated payments.</p><p> </p><p>It is too early for us to give a date by which we expect to have completed all the reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 51700 51807 question first answered 01/11/2021 15:47:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23501 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356292

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2021
	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 her Department plans to provide personal independence payment claimants with a choice of being assessed by phone or face-to-face; and if her Department will take steps to help ensure that claimants can make an informed choice about how they would prefer to be assessed.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	50699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>In Shaping Future Support: The Health &amp; Disability Green Paper, we are consulting on the use of telephone and video assessments as an alternative to face-to-face in the future. We have asked for views about the different ways to provide assessments, and how to improve telephone assessments to ensure they are as accurate and effective as possible.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/09/2021 14:19:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 22841 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1419580

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2022
	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 target clearance time is for personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	117807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>There is no target time for claims to be cleared. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all available evidence, including that from the claimant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/02/2022 14:52:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders