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172933

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2015
	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	Widowed Parent's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of proposed changes to the widowed parent's allowance; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	220244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Bereavement benefits including Widowed Parent’s Allowance will be replaced by Bereavement Support Payment from April 2017. Those already in receipt of the existing benefit will not be affected by the change.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>An impact assessment was published in April 2014: “Replacement of existing Bereavement Benefits for New Claims from April 2017 – Bereavement Benefits for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century (in Great Britain)”</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311318/pensions-act-ia-annex-d-bereavement-support-payment.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311318/pensions-act-ia-annex-d-bereavement-support-payment.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/01/2015 14:01:49 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

106463

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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	Widowed Parent's Allowance
	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 claimants of the widowed parent's allowance claimed that allowance for less than one year in each year from 2001 to 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	213371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Widowed Parents’ Allowance (WPA) is one of DWP bereavement benefits and provides financial support to bereaved parents eligible to Child Benefit on behalf of their child. Questions can be answered from analysing data the Department publishes every quarter via the Tabulation Tool – see link: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/tabtool_bb.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/tabtool_bb.html</a></p><p> </p><p>For example, in February 2014, about 15% of WPA claimants have been claiming for less than a year and half of them between two and five years; claimants receive on average about £108 per week.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 213372 213373 question first answered 11/11/2014 14:48:05 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

106464

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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	Widowed Parent's Allowance
	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 number of years is which claimants of the widowed parent's allowance have received payments for.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	213372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Widowed Parents’ Allowance (WPA) is one of DWP bereavement benefits and provides financial support to bereaved parents eligible to Child Benefit on behalf of their child. Questions can be answered from analysing data the Department publishes every quarter via the Tabulation Tool – see link: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/tabtool_bb.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/tabtool_bb.html</a></p><p> </p><p>For example, in February 2014, about 15% of WPA claimants have been claiming for less than a year and half of them between two and five years; claimants receive on average about £108 per week.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 213371 213373 question first answered 11/11/2014 14:48:05 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

106465

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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	Widowed Parent's Allowance
	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 weekly amount received by claimants of the widowed parent's allowance was in each year from 2001 to 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	213373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Widowed Parents’ Allowance (WPA) is one of DWP bereavement benefits and provides financial support to bereaved parents eligible to Child Benefit on behalf of their child. Questions can be answered from analysing data the Department publishes every quarter via the Tabulation Tool – see link: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/tabtool_bb.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/tabtool_bb.html</a></p><p> </p><p>For example, in February 2014, about 15% of WPA claimants have been claiming for less than a year and half of them between two and five years; claimants receive on average about £108 per week.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 213371 213372 question first answered 11/11/2014 14:48:06 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

65602

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	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, if he will recruit additional staff to help clear personal independence payment backlogs.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	203683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP Operations has a large number of employees at the decision maker grade (EO) and we are constantly reviewing our plans to ensure that we have the right number of people to deliver all of our services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:07:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48715

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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
	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 8 April 2014, Official Report, columns 218-9W, on social security benefits, when he expects to make available the requested data.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	196518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In the production of new statistics the Department works to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All releases will be preannounced via the UK National Statistics publication hub at <a href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

65612

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	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 comparative assessment he has made of the methods used to assess personal independence payment claims with the methods used to assess disability living allowance claims.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	203684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Personal independence payment (PIP) includes a more objective assessment process than for Disability living allowance (DLA), with a face-to-face consultation for most applicants, that enables a more accurate and consistent assessment of individual need. Unlike DLA, eligibility for PIP is not assessed on the type of health condition or impairment an individual may have.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/07/2014 14:19:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

89864

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (a) registrations and (b) decisions were made in the (i) KA and (ii) PA postcode areas between April 2013 and March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	207333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Published statistics show that in the KA postcode area there were (a) 2,840 registrations and (b) 1,070 decisions made for the personal independence payment. In the PA postcode area, there were (a) 2,430 registrations, and (b) 680 decisions made for the personal independence payment.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/09/2014 11:07:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

89867

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	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 mean length of time between a personal independence payment claim being registered and a decision being made was on (a) claims not made under special rules for terminally ill people and (b) claims made under special rules for terminally ill people where the decision was taken between April 2013 and March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	207331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on the time taken to clear cases are intended for future publication and the Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/09/2014 15:07:36 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

89862

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	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 comparative performance of Capita and Atos in conducting personal independence payment assessments.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	207332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department's contracts with Atos Healthcare and Capita for the delivery of assessments for Personal Independence Payment include a full set of service level agreements setting out the Department's expectations for service delivery, including quality of assessments and the number of days to provide advice to the Department. We are closely monitoring their progress and are taking action to drive up performance where this does not meet the required standards.</p><p>We are aware that, in many cases, it is taking longer than we would like for claimants to have their assessments with Capita and Atos Healthcare. To ensure they deliver we are working closely with our suppliers to speed up the process for claimants.</p><p>By the autumn, we expect no one to be waiting for an assessment for longer than 26 weeks and by the end of the year, we expect no one will be waiting longer than 16 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/09/2014 10:37:22 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning