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438093

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/12/2015
	date	14/12/2015
	date tabled	14/12/2015
	ddp created	15/12/2015 01:35:37
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 18:10:05
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	20027
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/12/2015 17:39:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many personal independence payment (PIP) reassessment appeals have been upheld since the introduction of PIP.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 20027
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20027
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits including Personal Independence Payment (PIP).</p><p>Information on overall volumes of PIP appeals received is published by the Ministry of Justice in Tribunal Statistics Quarterly. The most recent report, for the period July to September 2015, can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a></p><p>Between April 2013 (when PIP was introduced) and September 2015 (the latest period for which statistics are available, 3713 PIP reassessment appeals were upheld.</p><p>HMCTS does not hold accurate information on the overall volumes of PIP reassessment appeals received.</p>
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

438096

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/12/2015
	date	14/12/2015
	date tabled	14/12/2015
	ddp created	15/12/2015 01:35:40
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 18:10:07
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	20026
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/12/2015 17:39:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reassessments of personal independent payments (PIP) have been appealed since the introduction of PIP.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 20026
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20026
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits including Personal Independence Payment (PIP).</p><p>Information on overall volumes of PIP appeals received is published by the Ministry of Justice in Tribunal Statistics Quarterly. The most recent report, for the period July to September 2015, can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a></p><p>Between April 2013 (when PIP was introduced) and September 2015 (the latest period for which statistics are available, 3713 PIP reassessment appeals were upheld.</p><p>HMCTS does not hold accurate information on the overall volumes of PIP reassessment appeals received.</p>
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

782909

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2017
	date	02/11/2017
	date tabled	02/11/2017
	ddp created	02/11/2017 21:41:13
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/11/2017 19:05:21 10/11/2017 14:55:06
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	111233
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/11/2017 14:23:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109400, if he will publish the local personal independence payment areas and the relevant constituencies, with a longer than average waiting time.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 111233
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111233
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service currently only publishes waiting time information at national level.</p><p> </p><p>It can provide waiting time information at hearing centre and regional level, but cannot provide the breakdown requested.</p><p> </p>
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1015478

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/12/2018
	date	27/11/2018
	date tabled	27/11/2018
	ddp created	27/11/2018 19:59:39
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	27/11/2018 20:09:32 03/12/2018 17:50:04
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	196272
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/12/2018 17:19:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to undertake a review of the application process for personal independence payments.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 196272
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196272
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to improving the overall Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimant experience as this is what claimants rightly expect and deserve. As part of that commitment, we constantly keep under review how we can improve the PIP application process. For example, this has been supported by the findings published in the PIP Claimant Research – Final Report, two independent reviews of PIP and recommendations from the Work and Pensions Select Committee.</p><p>Some of the key improvements we have made to the PIP application process:</p><ul><li>In April 2018 we increased our use of SMS text messages to better keep claimants updated about the progress of their claim</li><li>In April 2018 we launched a series of PIP videos to help claimants better navigate and understand the PIP claims process and the types of supporting evidence to send and;</li><li>In October 2016 (after the wave 1 fieldwork), we published a revised version of the PIP2 questionnaire where the language, style and tone of the form was simplified, and paragraphs were shortened to make it easier to understand and more focused for claimants to complete;</li></ul><p> </p><p>However, I recognise that there is more to do to improve the application process and that is why we are in the final stages of commissioning independent research to support further improvements to the PIP2 questionnaire. In addition to the independent research, the Department has gathered views, on video recording, from a range of stakeholders and representatives as well as from claimants and health professionals. These views have helped to inform the design of the live testing pilot which began on 29 November 2018, which will inform views on rolling out video recording more widely, in order to promote greater trust and transparency.</p>
	creator	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1020741

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/12/2018
	date	06/12/2018
	date tabled	06/12/2018
	ddp created	06/12/2018 21:16:33
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	06/12/2018 21:29:22 11/12/2018 16:13:05
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	199923
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/12/2018 15:41:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on disabled claimants of personal independence payment (PIP) of the closure of the Atos PIP customer service email.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 199923
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199923
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>A general email enquiry address is not currently available but work is underway to introduce a new online contact route as soon as possible in 2019. Where claimants require contact via email as a reasonable adjustment to make a claim, Independent Assessment Services continue to make arrangements to do so. There are a range of contact routes currently available to claimants, including a free phone enquiry line, written enquiries by post or a range of alternative formats including braille, large print, text phone &amp; sign video to assist claimants within the claim process.</p>
	creator	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1020742

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/12/2018
	date	06/12/2018
	date tabled	06/12/2018
	ddp created	06/12/2018 21:18:46
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	06/12/2018 21:29:25 11/12/2018 16:02:02
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	199924
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/12/2018 15:30:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that disabled people have access to a customer service email address for personal independence payment assessments.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 199924
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199924
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>A general email enquiry address is not currently available but work is underway to introduce a new online customer service route as soon as possible in 2019. Where claimants require contact via email as a reasonable adjustment to make a claim, Independent Assessment Services continue to make arrangements to do so.</p>
	creator	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1028534

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/01/2019
	date	19/12/2018
	date tabled	19/12/2018
	ddp created	19/12/2018 21:11:16
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	20/12/2018 15:55:11 11/01/2019 15:36:27
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	203812
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/01/2019 15:05:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have died while waiting for their personal independence payment assessment to be completed; and what conditions those people died from.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 203812
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203812
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting.</p><p> </p><p>All benefit claims can be made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill which will mean that they are fast tracked. These are currently being cleared within 6 working days for new claimants to PIP. The Department would encourage all claimants with a terminal illness to let the department know and to apply using the special rules.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of PIP claimants is not collated centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Over 3.6 million applications to PIP were made between April 2013 and 30th April 2018. Of these:</p><ul><li>4,760 claimants<sup>1</sup> died between their case being referred to, and returned from, an assessment provider;</li><li>73,800 claimants died within 6 months of their claim being registered; and</li><li>17,070 claimants died after registering but prior to the DWP making a decision on their claim. Details of the claimant’s primary medical condition, where recorded, are in the accompanying spreadsheet.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures include claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill and include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li><sup>1</sup>These figures only include claimants whose case has been referred to an assessment provider and who died before their case was returned from an assessment provider to DWP. All new claims and DLA to PIP reassessment claims which reach the assessment stage are referred to an assessment provider.</li><li>The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures cover claims made up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1028535

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/01/2019
	date	19/12/2018
	date tabled	19/12/2018
	ddp created	19/12/2018 21:11:18
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	20/12/2018 15:55:13 11/01/2019 15:36:26
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	203813
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/01/2019 15:05:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who applied for personal independence payment died within six months of making their application.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 203813
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203813
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting.</p><p> </p><p>All benefit claims can be made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill which will mean that they are fast tracked. These are currently being cleared within 6 working days for new claimants to PIP. The Department would encourage all claimants with a terminal illness to let the department know and to apply using the special rules.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of PIP claimants is not collated centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Over 3.6 million applications to PIP were made between April 2013 and 30th April 2018. Of these:</p><ul><li>4,760 claimants<sup>1</sup> died between their case being referred to, and returned from, an assessment provider;</li><li>73,800 claimants died within 6 months of their claim being registered; and</li><li>17,070 claimants died after registering but prior to the DWP making a decision on their claim. Details of the claimant’s primary medical condition, where recorded, are in the accompanying spreadsheet.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures include claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill and include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li><sup>1</sup>These figures only include claimants whose case has been referred to an assessment provider and who died before their case was returned from an assessment provider to DWP. All new claims and DLA to PIP reassessment claims which reach the assessment stage are referred to an assessment provider.</li><li>The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures cover claims made up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1028579

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/01/2019
	date	19/12/2018
	date tabled	19/12/2018
	ddp created	19/12/2018 21:12:51
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	19/12/2018 21:27:28 11/01/2019 15:36:24
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	203817
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/01/2019 15:05:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have died while waiting for their eligibility for personal independence payment to be determined, and what the main disabling condition was of those people.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 203817
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203817
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting.</p><p> </p><p>All benefit claims can be made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill which will mean that they are fast tracked. These are currently being cleared within 6 working days for new claimants to PIP. The Department would encourage all claimants with a terminal illness to let the department know and to apply using the special rules.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of PIP claimants is not collated centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Over 3.6 million applications to PIP were made between April 2013 and 30th April 2018. Of these:</p><ul><li>4,760 claimants<sup>1</sup> died between their case being referred to, and returned from, an assessment provider;</li><li>73,800 claimants died within 6 months of their claim being registered; and</li><li>17,070 claimants died after registering but prior to the DWP making a decision on their claim. Details of the claimant’s primary medical condition, where recorded, are in the accompanying spreadsheet.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures include claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill and include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li><sup>1</sup>These figures only include claimants whose case has been referred to an assessment provider and who died before their case was returned from an assessment provider to DWP. All new claims and DLA to PIP reassessment claims which reach the assessment stage are referred to an assessment provider.</li><li>The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures cover claims made up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1029091

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/01/2019
	date	19/12/2018
	date tabled	19/12/2018
	ddp created	19/12/2018 21:54:54
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	19/12/2018 21:55:32 07/01/2019 18:24:06
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12439
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/01/2019 17:52:20
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in reviewing Personal Independence Payment claims following the High Court judgment on 21 December 2017; whether they will automatically review the cases of all individuals assessed prior to that judgment; and if so, whether those individuals will be informed that their cases are being reviewed.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12439
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12439
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The High Court judgment on 21 December 2017 refers to the successful challenge by judicial review of the 2017 amending regulation which had reversed the effect of the MH Upper Tribunal (UT) decision. This decision, handed down on 28 November 2016 related to how overwhelming psychological distress should be considered when assessing a claimant’s ability to plan and follow a journey under PIP mobility activity 1.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the Written Statement of 25 June 2018 (HLWS767) my Department is currently carrying out an administrative exercise to identify anyone who may be entitled to more support under Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as a result of the MH UT decision. At the same time, case managers will be considering the RJ decision, which concerns the way the Department assesses whether claimants can complete a PIP activity safely and if supervision is required.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the written statement of 20 December 2018 (HCWS1224), as at 23 November 2018, 140,000 cases had been reviewed and cleared and around 1,000 claimants had received payments. Given the complexity of the exercise we have started at a relatively small scale to test our processes to ensure they are effective before ramping up.</p><p> </p><p>Under this administrative exercise we are reviewing decisions made by the Department where the claimant was in receipt of PIP at the date of the Upper Tribunal decisions (MH, 28th November 2016 and RJ, 9th March 2017) and those who have had a decision made on their PIP claim since those dates. We will also be reviewing claims disallowed after these decisions.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants will be notified if we have reviewed their case. Claimants do not need to contact the Department at this stage.</p>
	creator	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere