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 question first answered question first ministerially corrected answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1105758

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of whether Maximus is meeting the SC12 and SC13 targets in schedule 2.2 of the Health and Disability Assessment Services contract; and whether the Government collates data from individual assessment centres on those targets.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	237797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The supplier aims to deliver quality assessments as efficiently as possible. Our priority is to ensure that claimants who attend an assessment centre are seen and the supplier is achieving the SC1<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">2</del> target which measures the percentage of claimants sent home unseen. Currently, more people are waiting longer in assessment centres than we would like; the supplier is currently just below the SC1<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">3</del> target level which measures waiting times in assessment centres. SC12 and SC13 are national contractual service levels, but the Department does monitor performance at assessment centre-level. We are working closely with the supplier to improve waiting times for more claimants while ensuring the length of the assessment meets the individual claimant’s needs and claimants who attend for an assessment are seen.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/04/2019 13:46:25 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2019 16:36:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 112078 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1005789

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	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 page 53 of the Government's White Paper entitled Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability, in November 2017, what progress her Department has made with Initiative No.5 on reform of the work capability assessment; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	190483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to assessing people with health conditions and disabilities fairly and accurately, helping people to access the right support. We made a clear commitment in <em>Improving Lives</em>: The Future of Work, Health and Disability to reform the Work Capability Assessment and recognise the importance of getting this right. We are therefore testing new approaches to build the evidence base for what works, and working with external stakeholders to inform future changes to the WCA. We have established a policy forum, with a focused group of academics, think tanks and disability charities to bring together evidence for reform options and will also gather views from wider stakeholder groups, including individuals with lived experience of disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:42:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1010325

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants undergoing work capability assessments have had their assessments audio-recorded since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	192744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 14:19:53 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101999

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants died during or after their work capability assessment in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Mr Michael Meacher
	uin	212728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does monitor requests we receive for new statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this issue with a view to seeing what statistics could be produced on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 06/11/2014 14:17:01 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	454 label Biography information for Mr Michael Meacher

1020855

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2018
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	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 letter of 5 December 2018 on the Work Capability Assessment, when her Department will provide statistics on how many people flowed off Employment and Support Allowance whose date of death was at the same time, and who had a Work Capability Assessment decision of fit for work between March 2014 and February 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	200157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>As my Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State, said in her letter to you and the Honourable member for Wirral West of 5 December 2018, we do monitor requests we receive for statistics, and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/12/2018 16:44:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1046894

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments carried out by Maximus have been subject to review by customer relations medical advisors in the last year as a result of complaints.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	211813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Customer Relations Medical Advisors do not record the number of cases that are reviewed.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 31/01/2019 16:45:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1048061

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance indicators her Department has established for the length of time that a work capability reassessment should be carried out before the expiry of a current assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	212674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Work Capability Assessments do not have expiry dates or performance indicators. As part of the Work Capability Assessment a healthcare professional gives advice on when they consider that a claimant should be reassessed, based on when it is expected that the individual’s condition will have improved to the point where looking for work may become a realistic option. Claimants are encouraged to provide any additional evidence in support of their claim, including from supporting medical professionals, which is taken into account in making the decision on their claim, including when the re-referral date is set.</p><p> </p><p>Re-referral dates can be 3, 6, 12, 18 or 24 months for those who have limited capability for work. For those who have limited capability for work-related activity, a three-year re-referral date can be recommended. Furthermore, from 29 September 2017 those placed in ESA’s Support Group and the UC equivalent who have the most severe and lifelong health conditions or disabilities, whose level of function would always mean that they would have Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity, and be unlikely ever to be able to move into work, will no longer be routinely reassessed.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/02/2019 10:07:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1058951

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library a copy of the safeguarding policy used by her Department's contractors in relation to work capability assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	219317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>A copy of the Centre for Health and Disability Assessment Service (CHDA) safeguarding policy will be placed in the Library in due course.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/02/2019 14:58:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1061075

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the descriptors used for Work Capability Assessments take proper account of the way that people can be affected by impairment of stamina, breathing or fatigue.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	221680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>All healthcare professionals who carry out Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) receive training on the assessment of claimants with fluctuating conditions associated with fatigue and breathlessness. Furthermore the WCA Handbook for healthcare professionals has a section dedicated to the assessment of variable / fluctuating conditions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/02/2019 16:52:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1061298

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	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 14 February 2019 to Question 219317 on Work Capability Assessment, when the safeguarding policy used by her Department's contractors was (a) initially agreed and (b) revised.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	221648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The safety and well-being of claimants is paramount. From the outset of the contract, we have required the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA), who conduct Work Capability Assessments, to have processes in place to protect claimants requiring functional assessments. All Healthcare Professionals must meet standards set by their regulatory bodies</p><p> </p><p>While the supplier is not required to have a general Safeguarding Policy, one has been developed to complement existing processes. As stated in the response to question 219317, a copy of the CHDA safeguarding policy will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/02/2019 16:49:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane