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529943

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2016
	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	Stamp Duty Land Tax
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Altmann on 16 June (HL502), what provision is made for claimants suffering severe myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome who are housebound or bedbound and who are unable to attend a face-to-face consultation.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>A home consultation can be offered where a claimant is unable to travel to a consultation as a result of their health condition or impairment.</p><p> </p><p>Situations where a claimant may need a home consultation can include where a person’s diagnosis suggests a significant disability that may make travel extremely difficult or the claimant provides evidence from a health professional that they are unable to travel due to their health condition or impairment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 13/07/2016 15:08:42 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

532337

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	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	Teachers: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether all Personal Independence Payment assessment centres are accessible for disabled people.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>All Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment sites must be fully compliant with the Equality Act 2010 with suitable ground floor accommodation available. The assessment providers are required to ensure that the needs of all PIP claimants are considered, including proximity to public transport routes and access to suitable parking.</p><p>Before attending a face-to-face consultation, claimants are informed that they can alert their assessment provider of any additional requirements that they may have and the providers will meet any such reasonable requests.<strong> </strong></p><p>Where appropriate, assessments may also be carried out in a claimant’s home.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/07/2016 13:58:41 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

511514

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	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	Swine Flu: Vaccination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the publication in <i>SLEEP </i>on 1 February of the epidemiological study into the association between the 2009 pandemic H1N1 vaccine and narcolepsy in adults (Pub Med identifier 26856903), whether the Department for Work and Pensions will now reverse its decisions to refuse applications for compensation for adults under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 on the grounds of a lack of evidence of causation, and if not, on what basis they continue to dispute causation for adults.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL7556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>All claims under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme are decided on the basis of each claimant’s individual circumstances, and in light of the latest scientific evidence on the possible effects of vaccines. The Department monitors research in this area. We are aware of the latest evidence and are studying it carefully. Where new evidence comes to light which suggests that an earlier decision was incorrect, the claimant may ask the Department to look at its decision again within the statutory time limits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 26/04/2016 16:34:09 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

470650

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Personal Independent Payment claimants have so far been awarded the top level of mobility support; and of those, what percentage were awarded that support as a result of points from (1) the "planning and following a journey" activity, (2) the "moving around" activity, or (3) a combination of the two.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL6990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>At the end of January 2016 there were 218,279 people in receipt of the enhanced rate mobility component of PIP. The latest available data on the proportion of awards of the enhanced rate mobility component by activity are in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Activities/scores</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 or more points on the “planning and following a journey” activity</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 or more points on the “moving around” activity</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 or more points on both “moving around” and “planning and following a journey”</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 or more points from a combination of these activities.</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>Figures relate to Normal Rules assessments only.</em></p><p><em>Data at 31 December 2015.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 30/03/2016 14:44:24 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

518811

	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	St Helena: Aviation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Altmann on 4 May (HL Deb, col 1503), what rate of support claimants of the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment will be guaranteed to receive if they cannot walk safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly, and in a reasonable time period, (1) for more than 20 metres, or (2) for more than 50 metres.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>Claimants who can stand and then move no more than 20 metres will receive the enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP. Claimants who can stand and then move more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres are guaranteed to receive at least the standard rate of the mobility component. In some cases, depending on the individual’s circumstances, they may receive the enhanced rate If they score points from the other mobility activity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 02/06/2016 16:18:11 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

510310

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	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	Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether final clearance for any Government policy has been denied due to a failure to complete a Family Test assessment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL7516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>DWP takes the process of monitoring the application of the Family Test very seriously and we have and will challenge the clearance of policies that haven’t considered the Family Test.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 25/04/2016 16:05:19 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

510309

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	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	Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to respond to the recommendations in <i>Implementing the Family Test, a review of progress one year on</i> by Relate, the Relationships Foundation and the Family and Childcare Trust.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL7515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>DWP welcome the Family Test, a review of progress one year on by Relate, the Relationships Foundation and the Family and Childcare Trust. We will consider the findings of the report in the next phase of our Government wide strategy to improve the embedding and implementation of the family test.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 25/04/2016 16:30:57 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

523693

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 6 June (HL Deb, col 627), whether they have the necessary power to pursue pension contribution payments from companies where the parent company is based in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, or Monaco.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>Each case will need to be considered on its own merits but the Pensions Regulator can use its anti-avoidance powers against targets that are based abroad. Section 303 of the Pensions Act 2004, governing the service of documents abroad, is intended to operate outside the UK jurisdiction The power to enforce any regulatory action against a non-UK company is likely to require the approval or cooperation of the relevant overseas authorities. By and large, these provisions should be enforceable in other EU and Commonwealth jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator has demonstrated that it is prepared to use its anti-avoidance powers against targets that are based abroad, as was shown in its handling of the cases involving Sea Containers and the Lehman Brothers group and a complex investigation into the Carrington Wire Defined Benefit Pension Scheme resulted in a £8.5m settlement with two Russian companies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 16/06/2016 13:48:07 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

535105

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Pension Funds: Valuation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce a smoothed discount rate for the purpose of pension fund valuation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
	uin	HL1101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Government consulted in 2013 on whether legislation should be introduced to allow the ‘smoothing’ of asset values and liabilities in funding valuations.</p><p>Responses to the call for evidence indicated that there was no strong case for legislating to permit smoothing, with the overwhelming majority of respondents against this option. Respondents instead favoured greater use of the flexibilities within the existing legislation governing scheme funding.</p><p>In its response to the call for evidence the Government advised that, given the views received, it did not intend to pursue the option of legislating to permit asset and liability smoothing, and that remains the Government’s position.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 14/07/2016 13:45:50 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

532336

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	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	Al-Sayed Alawi Hussain al-Alawi,
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they ensure that all medical reports presented by claimants at Personal Independence Payment assessments are read by assessors.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Health Professionals must support their evaluation of the claimant’s health condition by an examination of all submitted materials thereby ensuring that the information provided to the Department’s Decision Makers is fully explained and justified.</p><p>The Department closely monitors all aspects of the process including the performance of Health Professionals to ensure that the advice they provide to the Department's Decision Makers is of suitable quality.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/07/2016 14:26:12 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester