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1041585

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	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 December 2018, Personal Independence Payment, HCWS 1224, what resources are being redirected from other areas of PIP; and what those other areas are.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	208867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>At the start of the RJ/MH administrative exercise Disability Services redirected a number of experienced people from PIP Reassessments into the administrative exercise. Within PIP those gaps were filled through a combination of recruitment and redeployment from other areas of DWP operations.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the 250 recruited to increase resources, the total number of people redirected onto the administrative exercises was 244.</p><p /> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/01/2019 13:25:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

432953

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2015
	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, what assessment he has made of the effect on claimants of the extension of time for personal independence payment reassessments referred to in the OBR forecasts of November 2015; and what steps he is taking to address the concerns of people on disability living allowance whose reassessments will take longer to process as a result.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	18031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a safe and secure way, ensuring that we continue to roll it out to existing recipients of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) based on capacity, to ensure an effective and efficient service for claimants. Full PIP roll out started in July this year in a controlled way, allowing us to test, learn and improve the service before we ramp up at scale. From October, in line with previously published plans, we began the full rollout of PIP nationally. There are no delays in the claiming system and we are currently working at business as usual capacity. Existing DLA claimants are being kept informed about reassessment activity, including when or under what circumstances they may be invited to claim PIP, through a range of communication measures including information provided in the annual uprating letter or through information available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:05:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

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

804514

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	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 providers for personal independence payment assessments have met their minimum contractual performance standards at any point since the beginning of their contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	118716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>PIP assessments are delivered nationally by two Providers, Capita and Independent Assessment Service (IAS). Both contracts include a number of service levels that both Providers are measured on. The service levels include the speed of clearance of cases, telephony calls and written enquiries, claimant satisfaction, quality of assessments, levels of rework and the speed of clearance for rework requests. Contractual targets and provider performance is formally reviewed monthly and actions put in place to improve on any under achievement.</p><p> </p><p>Provider performance against each service level is formally reviewed each month with actions put in place to improve performance where performance has fallen below expectations. Since the beginning of the contract both Providers have consistently met/exceeded some of these each month and have never failed to meet all of them at any one point in time.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/12/2017 13:15:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

909499

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	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 proportion of disability living allowance claimants who have been asked to attend a re-assessment for personal independence payments have requested their assessment take place at home; and how many of those who have made such a request had that request rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	146880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/06/2018 17:02:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 61303 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

909526

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	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 a personal independence payment assessment report includes observations of a claimant’s behaviour that is not included in the criteria for that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	146881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Guidance on how a Health Professional should conduct a face-to-face appointment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including what to record in the assessment, is in Part 1, Chapter 6 of the PIP Assessment Guide (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-the-assessment-process" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-the-assessment-process</a>) . As paragraph 1.6.31 makes clear, informal observations are an important part of the suite of evidence a Decision Maker will use to come to a decision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 04/06/2018 16:37:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

918395

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 146881 on Personal Independence Payment, how many personal independence payment assessment reports (a) have included consideration of informal observations and (b) used those informal observations to come to a decision in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	150695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/06/2018 13:53:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

927777

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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 additional (a) resources and (b) funding her Department has been allocated to process back-dated claims for personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	155826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Written Statements of 19<sup>th</sup> January 2018 (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-19/debates/18011939000006/Welfare" target="_blank">HCWS414</a>) and 15<sup>th</sup> June 2018 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-06-15/HCWS767/" target="_blank">HCWS767</a>), my Department will be carrying out administrative exercises to identify anyone who may be entitled to more as a result of the judgments.</p><p> </p><p>The administrative cost will depend on a number of factors, including the number of cases identified.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/06/2018 14:44:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

927779

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 June 2018 on Personal Independence Payments HCWS767, if she will publish the terms of reference for the review.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	155828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Written Statement of 15<sup>th</sup> June 2018 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-06-15/HCWS767/" target="_blank">HCWS767</a>), the department will be conducting an administrative exercise to identify claimants who may be affected by the Upper Tribunal judgment in LB.</p><p> </p><p>My Department are now working at pace and taking all steps necessary for this administrative exercise to take place later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>This administrative exercise to identify claimants who may be affected by the judgment will include all those who were in receipt of PIP or received a PIP decision during the period between the date of the LB judgment (28 November 2016) and the date of the March 2017 amendments (16 March 2017). It will include claimants currently assessed as needing support to manage medication or monitor a health condition.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/06/2018 15:25:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

927780

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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 estimate she has made of the number of people who will receive a back-payment for personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	155829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The estimated number of claimants affected by the Personal Independence Payment Upper Tribunal judgments LB and RJ can be found in the following Written Statements, published on 15<sup>th</sup> June 2018 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-06-15/HCWS767/" target="_blank">HCWS767</a>) and 2<sup>nd</sup> November 2017 (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-11-02/debates/17110233000008/SocialSecurity" target="_blank">HCWS218</a>). For the Upper Tribunal judgment in MH, the estimated number of affected claimants can be found in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) in March 2018, p.136 <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/06/2018 14:12:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray