Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

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

65810

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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 letter of 6 March 2014 from the Minister for Disabled People to Macmillan Cancer Support, for what reason his Department does not consider data on clearance times of personal independence payment normal and special rules claims to be robust enough to be included in the published quarterly statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Releasing information on clearance times at this stage would give an incorrect representation of the process since the system has not yet reached maturity.</p><p>Professional statisticians determine when a series meets the criteria for publication as official statistics. That stage has not yet in their judgement been reached for this information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:38:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

91664

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	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 letter dated 15 July 2014 from the then Minister of State for Disabled People to the hon. Member for Stockton North, ref. POS(5) 10214/92, if the Minister of State for Disabled People will uphold his predecessor's personal commitment to ensuring that personal independence payment claims for people who are terminally ill will be assessed within seven days where possible; and what the timeframe is for achieving this target.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	209152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are already starting to see waiting times for special rules claims for terminally ill people reduce towards our expected level with indications that processing times are currently down to around 10 days. We will continue to identify further opportunities to streamline the process.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 09:10:55 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

519930

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2016
	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 Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35165, on Personal Independence Payments, what steps his Department is taking better to understand why sufficient documentary evidence is not being sought during the assessment and mandatory reconsideration stages.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	37772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>The 75% can be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Cogent oral evidence – 66%</p><p>Cogent documentary evidence supplied at the appeal – 9%</p><p> </p><p>These figures are from internal DWP systems, where only one of possible multiple reasons can be recorded, and are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics standard.</p><p> </p><p>The Department encourages claimants to provide as much relevant evidence as necessary to support their claim. The “How your disability affects you” form and accompanying guidance sets out the range of information that can help the Department reach a decision. The guidance for Health Professionals also sets out sources of further evidence which could help inform their advice to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>At the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, again claimants are encouraged to provide any further evidence about their disability. Following the first independent review of Personal Independence by Paul Gray, the Department is reviewing all communications (including those used by Assessment Providers) it has with claimants throughout the claim, assessment and reconsideration process to ensure that claimants clearly understand the importance of providing sufficient evidence to support their claim and application.</p><p> </p><p>Further, once a claimant has submitted their claim, the Department has created a new Standard Work Instructions (SWI) for its decision making staff to gain further evidence, where appropriate. For Mandatory Reconsideration, the SWI puts a process in place to establish what the areas for dispute are, consider any gaps in the evidence, ensure any expected further medical evidence is received and referring that to the Assessment Provider. “</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 37773 37774 question first answered 31/05/2016 13:49:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

519931

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2016
	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 Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35165, on Personal Independence Payments, what proportion of overturns resulted from (a) oral and (b) documentary evidence submitted to the Tribunal.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	37773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>The 75% can be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Cogent oral evidence – 66%</p><p>Cogent documentary evidence supplied at the appeal – 9%</p><p> </p><p>These figures are from internal DWP systems, where only one of possible multiple reasons can be recorded, and are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics standard.</p><p> </p><p>The Department encourages claimants to provide as much relevant evidence as necessary to support their claim. The “How your disability affects you” form and accompanying guidance sets out the range of information that can help the Department reach a decision. The guidance for Health Professionals also sets out sources of further evidence which could help inform their advice to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>At the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, again claimants are encouraged to provide any further evidence about their disability. Following the first independent review of Personal Independence by Paul Gray, the Department is reviewing all communications (including those used by Assessment Providers) it has with claimants throughout the claim, assessment and reconsideration process to ensure that claimants clearly understand the importance of providing sufficient evidence to support their claim and application.</p><p> </p><p>Further, once a claimant has submitted their claim, the Department has created a new Standard Work Instructions (SWI) for its decision making staff to gain further evidence, where appropriate. For Mandatory Reconsideration, the SWI puts a process in place to establish what the areas for dispute are, consider any gaps in the evidence, ensure any expected further medical evidence is received and referring that to the Assessment Provider. “</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 37772 37774 question first answered 31/05/2016 13:49:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

519932

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2016
	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 Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35165, on Personal Independence Payments, what changes his Department has put in place to take account of the finding that 75 per cent of successful appeals resulted from additional oral or documentary evidence being submitted.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	37774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>The 75% can be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Cogent oral evidence – 66%</p><p>Cogent documentary evidence supplied at the appeal – 9%</p><p> </p><p>These figures are from internal DWP systems, where only one of possible multiple reasons can be recorded, and are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics standard.</p><p> </p><p>The Department encourages claimants to provide as much relevant evidence as necessary to support their claim. The “How your disability affects you” form and accompanying guidance sets out the range of information that can help the Department reach a decision. The guidance for Health Professionals also sets out sources of further evidence which could help inform their advice to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>At the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, again claimants are encouraged to provide any further evidence about their disability. Following the first independent review of Personal Independence by Paul Gray, the Department is reviewing all communications (including those used by Assessment Providers) it has with claimants throughout the claim, assessment and reconsideration process to ensure that claimants clearly understand the importance of providing sufficient evidence to support their claim and application.</p><p> </p><p>Further, once a claimant has submitted their claim, the Department has created a new Standard Work Instructions (SWI) for its decision making staff to gain further evidence, where appropriate. For Mandatory Reconsideration, the SWI puts a process in place to establish what the areas for dispute are, consider any gaps in the evidence, ensure any expected further medical evidence is received and referring that to the Assessment Provider. “</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 37772 37773 question first answered 31/05/2016 13:49:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

519364

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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 Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35188, if he will estimate the cost of collecting information on the number of personal independence payment assessment appointments which are cancelled.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
	uin	37155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on cancelled appointments, and the reasons for them, is not held centrally within the Department. In order to obtain this information we would need to ask our providers to clerically collate, prepare and quality assure this information. We estimate this would take in excess of 5 days to complete and the cost would be disproportionately excessive.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2016 13:39:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

176593

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	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	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 Personal Independence Payment new claims: ad hoc statistics, published on 28 January 2015, how many of the 143,000 people disallowed personal independence payment (PIP) claims highlighted in that report were people who were described as not attending an assessment without good reason; what reasons for missing such assessments are permissible; whether the Department or assessment providers adjudicates on reasons for missed appointments; and how many of those people have since reapplied for PIP.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	222419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>As detailed in the PIP statistical ad hoc released on the 28th January, by the end of December 2014 143,400 claimants had been disallowed Personal Independence Payment post-referral to the assessment providers. We do not currently hold information that allows us to break this figure down to report how many were disallowed because they did not attend an assessment without good reason, and hence we do not know how many of these claimants have since reapplied for PIP. We do not have high volumes of complaints about disallowance due to non-attendance indicating this isn’t a serious issue.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Good Reason is considered on an individual basis by the Department and will be dependent on the individual case. This might typically include a health or domestic emergency for example.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 63,600 claims that were disallowed pre-referral to the assessment providers, 94% of these were disallowed due to the claimant not returning the Part 2 form within the time limit (which represents 10% of all registrations up to 31st December 2014).</p><p> </p><p>Returning the Part 2 form within the deadline is a legal requirement. Individuals can request an extension if required. There are processes in place to provide additional support to those who need it and haven’t returned their form.</p><p>The table below provides a time series of these data since April 2013, for new claims normal rules.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Normal Rules New Claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the AP</p></td><td><p>Disallowed for non-return of Part 2</p></td><td><p>Total Registrations</p></td><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the AP as a % of Total Registrations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>34,200</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>30,600</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>33,700</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>35,500</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>32,600</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td><td><p>21,700</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>37,900</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>36,000</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>36,800</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>32,600</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-14</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>32,400</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-14</p></td><td><p>12,900</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td><td><p>32,900</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>35,000</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-14</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>31,900</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-14</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>37,300</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>6,600</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>32,200</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-14</p></td><td><p>7,300</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>24,800</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63,600 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>94%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>624,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System claimant records</p><p> </p><p>Notes to table;</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.</p><p>2. Figures are for normal rules (i.e. non special rules for the terminally ill) new claims only.</p><p>3. Disallowed pre-referral to the assessment providers (AP) includes claims that have been disallowed due to failure of basic eligibility criteria or non-return of the Part 2 form within the time limit and have not been marked as requiring additional support.</p><p>4. '-' Less than 50 claims in this category.</p><p>5. Great Britain only.</p><p>6. Between Feb-14 to May -14 numbers were understated due to an IT issue within the PIP computer system. Issue resolved in Jun-14, with previous months corrected in month, leading to an inflated figure for Jun-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Claims may also be withdrawn by the claimant at any point during the PIP claims process (either before or after the return of the PIP2). The latest published PIP ad hoc statistics show that between April 2013 and December 2014 a total of 19,300 claims were withdrawn by the claimant. DWP research with PIP claimants showed that some people reconsidered their claim on receipt of a PIP2 form and decided to withdraw or discontinue it for a range of reasons including improvements in their health condition (see section 4.1 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332622/rr_867-early-process-evaluation-of-new-claims-for-pip.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332622/rr_867-early-process-evaluation-of-new-claims-for-pip.pdf</a>)</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 222418 question first answered 03/02/2015 15:29:37 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

58505

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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 the review of personal independence payment operational systems and problems recommended by the National Audit Office in February 2014 was undertaken; what the outcome of the review was; and when it will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	199316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are committed to driving up PIP performance and we are taking action to improve this by working with providers and reviewing DWP internal processes.</p><p> </p><p>We continuously review the initiatives that link to the NAO actions. <br></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/06/2014 16:34:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

155590

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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 the review of personal independence payment by Paul Gray will include information on waiting times for assessments and for decisions from the Department on claims; and when that review is due to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	214342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The independent review of personal independence payment (PIP) being conducted by Paul Gray CB is subject to terms of reference which have been published on the PIP independent review page of GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-pip-assessments-first-independent-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-pip-assessments-first-independent-review</a>. As stated, Paul Gray will present his report to the Secretary of State before the end of 2014, after which the report will be made available from the same page.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 17:18:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green