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1699112

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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, how many people were awaiting a decision on their Personal Independence Payment application on the first day of each month in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	20710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of outstanding PIP cases on the first of each month from 2021 to 2023. Claims are considered outstanding when the claim has been registered but a decision has not yet been made by a Case Manager on whether to award PIP.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>233,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>237,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-21</p></td><td><p>252,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>265,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-21</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>296,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>297,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>302,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>308,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>316,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>312,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>301,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>308,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>307,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>303,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>295,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>299,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>284,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>282,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>284,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>275,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>259,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>237,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>232,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>245,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-23</p></td><td><p>273,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-23</p></td><td><p>286,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-23</p></td><td><p>301,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-23</p></td><td><p>298,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-23</p></td><td><p>286,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-23</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-23</p></td><td><p>291,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-23</p></td><td><p>287,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-23</p></td><td><p>276,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Source: PIP Atomic Data Store;</p><p>- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000;</p><p>- Figures are for England and Wales only;</p><p>- These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for terminal illness and include both new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 20707 20711 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:46:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1699107

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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, how many applicants for Personal Independence Payment had not received a decision on the first day of each month in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	20707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of outstanding PIP cases on the first of each month from 2021 to 2023. Claims are considered outstanding when the claim has been registered but a decision has not yet been made by a Case Manager on whether to award PIP.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>233,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>237,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-21</p></td><td><p>252,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>265,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-21</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>296,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>297,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>302,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>308,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>316,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>312,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>301,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>308,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>307,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>303,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>295,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>299,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>284,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>282,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>284,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>275,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>259,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>237,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>232,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>245,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-23</p></td><td><p>273,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-23</p></td><td><p>286,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-23</p></td><td><p>301,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-23</p></td><td><p>298,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-23</p></td><td><p>286,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-23</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-23</p></td><td><p>291,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-23</p></td><td><p>287,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-23</p></td><td><p>276,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Source: PIP Atomic Data Store;</p><p>- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000;</p><p>- Figures are for England and Wales only;</p><p>- These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for terminal illness and include both new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 20710 20711 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:46:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1699113

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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, how many people were awaiting a decision on their Personal Independence Payment application on the first day of each month in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	20711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of outstanding PIP cases on the first of each month from 2021 to 2023. Claims are considered outstanding when the claim has been registered but a decision has not yet been made by a Case Manager on whether to award PIP.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>233,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>237,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-21</p></td><td><p>252,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>265,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-21</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>296,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>297,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>302,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>308,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>316,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>312,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>301,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>308,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>307,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>303,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>295,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>299,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>284,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>282,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>284,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>275,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>259,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>237,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>232,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>245,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-23</p></td><td><p>273,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-23</p></td><td><p>286,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-23</p></td><td><p>301,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-23</p></td><td><p>298,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-23</p></td><td><p>286,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-23</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-23</p></td><td><p>291,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-23</p></td><td><p>287,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-23</p></td><td><p>276,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Source: PIP Atomic Data Store;</p><p>- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000;</p><p>- Figures are for England and Wales only;</p><p>- These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for terminal illness and include both new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 20707 20710 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:46:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1699109

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for Access to Work support had not received an assessment on 1 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	20709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of applications awaiting a decision for Access to Work on the requested dates were as follows. Figures have been steadily increasing due to the rise in the volume of application received.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> January 2024 – 24,874</p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2024 – 26,812</p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> March 2024 – 29,864</p><p> </p><p>There were 25,292 Access to Work applications awaiting a decision as of 1<sup>st</sup> December 2022.</p><p> </p><p><em>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution. </em></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 20708 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:44:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1699108

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for Access to Work support had not received a decision on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February and (c) 1 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	20708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of applications awaiting a decision for Access to Work on the requested dates were as follows. Figures have been steadily increasing due to the rise in the volume of application received.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> January 2024 – 24,874</p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2024 – 26,812</p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> March 2024 – 29,864</p><p> </p><p>There were 25,292 Access to Work applications awaiting a decision as of 1<sup>st</sup> December 2022.</p><p> </p><p><em>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution. </em></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 20709 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:44:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1698637

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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: Telephone Services
	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 potential merits of reducing the volume of calls to the Personal Independence Payment helpline by extending to two months the time limit for returning Payment (a) application and (b) review forms.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	20445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Claimants are advised that should they require more time to complete the “How your disability affects you” questionnaire and award review forms they can ask for additional time to do so. The sooner these forms are completed the sooner the Department can reach a decision on their claim or award review.<strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 13:00:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698639

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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: Publicity
	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 promote the Employment and Support Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	20447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions signposts to Employment and Support Allowance through GOV.UK, helplines, GP surgeries, local libraries, and other support services such as Citizens Advice. There are also benefit calculators on the GOV.UK website which is available for those who wish to find out what support may be available to them. In addition, the Department for Work and Pensions is constantly working to improve the way it communicates information about benefits and other services to the general public.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:57:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1698644

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Motability
	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 make it his policy to allow access to the Motability Scheme for (a) claimants of (i) Personal Independence Payment with standard rate mobility and (ii) Disability Living Allowance with low rate mobility, (b) claimants in the process of applying for Personal Independence Payment for up to 18 months to provide time for any appeals and (c) Blue Badge holders.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	20452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>To be eligible to join the Motability Scheme claimants must be in receipt of the higher-rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, the enhanced-rate mobility component of Personal Independence Payment, Armed Forces Independence Payment or War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement. Customers in receipt of one of these benefits, may then choose to join the Motability scheme. If the person is not receiving one of the above benefits, they will not qualify for the Motability scheme. In line with legislative requirements the gateway for the transfer of benefits is dependent upon entitlement to specific mobility components and targets support to those with the most severe mobility needs.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to look at expanding the eligibility criteria for the Motability Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:55:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1699024

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	Medical Certificates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what evidential basis he stated to The Telegraph on 20 March 2024 that GPs were signing people off work for feeling down and bluesy.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	20607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>In his interview with The Telegraph on 20 March 2024, the Secretary of State set out the challenges we are facing with tackling long-term sickness related economic inactivity, particularly due to mental health.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State gave an example of why someone might go to their GP for a fit note, for a mental health condition. The figure that 94% of fit notes issued were ‘Not fit for work’ refers to all fit notes issued by GP practices in England between <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/fit-notes-issued-by-gp-practices/september-2023" target="_blank">October 2022 - September 2023.</a></p><p> </p><p>Of the fit notes issued by GP practices in England between October 2022 – September 2023 with a known diagnosis, 37% are for mental and behavioural disorders.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government is committed to reforming the fit note to ensure that people get timely access to work and health support, in turn reducing sickness absence and improving health outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:54:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

1699124

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people in receipt of a letter notifying them of a postponed PIP reassessment are counted as awaiting a PIP (a) assessment and (b) reassessment.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	20718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>There are still some claimants in receipt of Adult DLA who are yet to be reassessed. These cases are classed as awaiting PIP<strong><em> ‘reassessment’</em></strong>. DLA payments will continue until they are invited to claim PIP, and we have not contacted anyone on DLA to inform them of any postponement.</p><p> </p><p>There are claimants who have made a new claim to PIP but not yet received a decision. A proportion of these will be with the Assessment Provider and counted as awaiting <strong><em>‘assessment’</em></strong>. No one in this category would receive a letter indicating their assessments is postponed, unless there are unusual circumstances, and the Provider needs to re-arrange a specific appointment for example.</p><p> </p><p>There are claimants already in receipt of PIP whose award is due to end (or has ended). Some cases are yet to be reviewed and would be counted as awaiting ‘<strong><em>review</em></strong>’. Some cases have been referred to the Assessment Provider and would therefore be counted as awaiting<strong><em> ‘assessment’</em></strong>. Where appropriate, we write to claimants to let them know the process is ongoing and we are extending their award, but we do not inform claimants that their review or assessment is postponed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 12:53:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft