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	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

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

532335

	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	Sayed Alwadaei
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they monitor Personal Independence Payment assessments for accuracy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that all Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants receive high quality, objective, fair and accurate assessments. The Department closely monitors all aspects of the process including the performance of the assessment providers, Atos Healthcare and Capita.</p><p>From 1<sup>st</sup> July 2016, we implemented an independent audit of PIP throughout Great Britain. This covers an audit of assessments carried out by our providers to ensure that the advice they provide to the Department's decision makers is of suitable quality, is fully explained and is justified.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/07/2016 13:47:20 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

532334

	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	Bahrain: Technical Assistance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Atos and Capita about introducing audio recordings of Personal Independence Payment assessments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>There are no current contractual obligations for Personal Independence Payment assessment providers (Atos and Capita) to provide an audio-recording of consultations. Claimants may use their own equipment to record their face-to-face consultation should they wish, subject to any reasonable conditions the Department place on such recordings.</p><p>We regularly keep our position on recording under review and will be having further dialogue with the Assessment Providers on this point.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/07/2016 14:26:36 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester