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1606350

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2023
	date	22/03/2023
	date tabled	22/03/2023
	ddp created	22/03/2023 18:12:30
	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	22/03/2023 18:36:55 28/03/2023 12:38:13
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	171508
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	28/03/2023 12:07:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to improve the application process for Personal Independence Payments.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 171508
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	171508
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process is kept under continual review to ensure it meets the needs of claimants and helps the department reach an accurate assessment of an individual’s entitlement. Since PIP was introduced, we have introduced a range of accessibility improvements such as the Video Relay Service and Relay UK, improved the clarity of the PIP2 questionnaire to make it easier to complete, expanded the assessment methods to include video and telephone, and introduced recording by request for telephone and face-to-face appointments. Claimants are also kept informed and updated at each stage of the application process, including through our improved text message service.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, the Health Transformation Programme is transforming the entire PIP service which will reduce the time it will take to process a claim and create a vastly improved claimant experience and a more efficient service for the taxpayer. We will introduce an option to apply for PIP online, giving claimants a greater choice in how they interact with the DWP and the ability to save, resume and upload medical evidence. We are currently operating a small-scale test of the new online apply service, taking a small number of claims to begin with before we gradually and carefully increase the number of people using the service. This approach allows us to develop, test and evaluate the service, exploring and making improvements as we gradually increase its availability. We are also exploring options to re-use evidence we currently hold, removing the need for claimants to upload or re-submit it, and we are reviewing what evidence is relevant to a decision, to enable more accurate data gather and decision making.</p><p> </p><p>We published Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper on 15 March 2023 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-support-the-health-and-disability-white-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-support-the-health-and-disability-white-paper</a>). The White Paper responds to feedback from The Health and Disability Green Paper consultation and sets out proposals to support more disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work, as well as to improve the overall experience of, and trust in, the benefits system. We will continue to work with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives, to reach the important goals set out in the White Paper.</p>
	creator	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1135998

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2019
	date	01/07/2019
	date tabled	01/07/2019
	ddp created	01/07/2019 21:48:53
	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	01/07/2019 22:04:04 04/07/2019 10:40:04
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	271435
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/07/2019 10:08:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Official Report column WS1376, what the implementation dates are for the new stipulations on personal independence payment.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 271435
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	271435
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In March 2019 the Secretary of State announced that people receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) who have reached State Pension Age will no longer have their awards regularly reviewed, instead moving to a light touch review at 10 years. From 31 May 2019 new claimants to PIP whose review would have been scheduled after they had reached State Pension age will receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at 10 years. Claimants already in receipt of PIP will be moved to on-going awards from this July.</p><p>This change is an important step in improving the claimant experience by reducing reviews for these claimants whose needs are less likely to change.</p>
	creator	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1135999

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2019
	date	01/07/2019
	date tabled	01/07/2019
	ddp created	01/07/2019 21:48:56
	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	02/07/2019 14:15:08 04/07/2019 10:40:02
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	271436
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/07/2019 10:08:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Written Statement of 5 March 2019, HCWS1376,what assessment she has made of the effect of new provisions for reviews of personal independence payments on the review timescale for claimants who are state pension age and over.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 271436
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	271436
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In March 2019 the Secretary of State announced that people receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) who have reached State Pension Age will no longer have their awards regularly reviewed, instead moving to a light touch review at 10 years. From 31 May 2019 new claimants to PIP whose review would have been scheduled after they had reached State Pension age will receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at 10 years. Claimants already in receipt of PIP will be moved to on-going awards from this July.</p><p>This change is an important step in improving the claimant experience by reducing reviews for these claimants whose needs are less likely to change.</p>
	creator	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1136000

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2019
	date	01/07/2019
	date tabled	01/07/2019
	ddp created	01/07/2019 21:48:58
	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	01/07/2019 22:04:08 04/07/2019 10:40:01
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	271437
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/07/2019 10:08:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her Written Statement of 5 March 2019, WS1376, whether there will be regular reviews of personal independence payment awards to people (a) at and (b) above state pension age.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 271437
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	271437
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In March 2019 the Secretary of State announced that people receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) who have reached State Pension Age will no longer have their awards regularly reviewed, instead moving to a light touch review at 10 years. From 31 May 2019 new claimants to PIP whose review would have been scheduled after they had reached State Pension age will receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at 10 years. Claimants already in receipt of PIP will be moved to on-going awards from this July.</p><p>This change is an important step in improving the claimant experience by reducing reviews for these claimants whose needs are less likely to change.</p>
	creator	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

517573

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/05/2016
	date	04/05/2016
	date tabled	04/05/2016
	ddp created	04/05/2016 22:19:11
	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	05/05/2016 18:50:55 09/05/2016 16:23:24
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	36632
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	09/05/2016 15:44:28
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department has set to ensure that people who carry out personal independence payment assessments for Capita are fully qualified medically.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 36632
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	36632
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>All Health Professionals (HPs) undertaking assessments on behalf of DWP must be registered practitioners who have also met requirements around training, experience and competence.</p><p> </p><p>Approval to work as an HP must be conferred by the DWP Chief Medical Adviser on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>For the delivery of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments, they must be an occupational therapist, level 1 nurse, physiotherapist, paramedic or doctor. They must also be fully registered and have at least two years’ post full-registration experience.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to their profession, the Department recognises the importance of ensuring that individuals also have sufficient experience, skills and training to carry out their duties and PIP providers are required to ensure that the HPs carrying out assessments have knowledge of the clinical aspects and likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions and impairments. This means that all HPs receive comprehensive training in disability analysis which includes a functional evaluation as to how medical conditions and the long-term medical treatment of those conditions affect an individual’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. Prior to carrying out an assessment the HP routinely refreshes their knowledge of any condition with which they are not fully familiar.</p>
	creator	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1192740

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2020
	date	04/05/2020
	date tabled	04/05/2020
	ddp created	04/05/2020 19:39:47
	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	04/05/2020 20:03:04 13/05/2020 17:09:07
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	43070
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/05/2020 16:38:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the average processing time for new personal independence payment claims for each month from April 2019 to April 2020 in (a) Lewisham Deptford, (b) London and (c) the UK.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 43070
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	43070
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Data on the average processing time (Average Actual Clearance Time) for new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims for each month from April 2019 to January 2020 (the latest available data) in Great Britain and broken down by region (including London) is included in the Data Tables:</p><p>“<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/873333/tables-pip-statistics-to-january-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">Data tables: PIP award rates, clearance/outstanding times, and tracking of initial decisions following a PIP assessment through to Mandatory Reconsiderations or Appeals, to January 2020 (XLS)</a>” which are published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2020</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for Lewisham Deptford is presented in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Table: PIP Average Actual Clearance Times (Median number of weeks) from registration to DWP decision for New Claims (Normal Rules) for Lewisham Deptford, April 2019 to January 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Median Number of Weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System claimant records.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks.</p><p>2. The status of claims as 'normal rules' and 'new claim' is shown as at the point of the DWP decision, in accordance with the measure. It is possible for claims to transition between normal/special rules and new claims/reassessments during the course of the claimant journey.</p><p>3. The figures in the table are the average clearance time of claims cleared within that calendar month.</p><p>4. The median time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The median is presented here instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected by outlying cases (e.g. cases where the person has been hard to reach due to being in prison, hospital, failed to attend the assessment on numerous occasions etc.)</p><p>5. The 'Registration to DWP decision' clearance time is measured as the average time between the date of registration of the claim and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit).</p><p>6. '-' Fewer than 50 claims in this category.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for February to April 2020 is not yet readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. It is due for future publication in the PIP Quarterly Official Statistics which will be released on 11 June 2020.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1192741

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2020
	date	04/05/2020
	date tabled	04/05/2020
	ddp created	04/05/2020 19:39:50
	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	04/05/2020 20:03:07 13/05/2020 11:10:11
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	43071
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/05/2020 10:38:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new personal independence payment claims were accepted (a) with and (b) without a telephone assessment in each week since 1 March 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 43071
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	43071
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1197520

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/06/2020
	date	20/05/2020
	date tabled	20/05/2020
	ddp created	20/05/2020 18:37:47
	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	20/05/2020 18:52:48 03/06/2020 15:44:06
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	49769
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	03/06/2020 15:12:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for personal independence payment have been rejected since 1 March 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 49769
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	49769
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1197522

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/06/2020
	date	20/05/2020
	date tabled	20/05/2020
	ddp created	20/05/2020 18:37:52
	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	20/05/2020 18:52:53 03/06/2020 15:47:06
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	49770
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	03/06/2020 15:15:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new personal independence payment claims carried out over the phone have been rejected since 1 March 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 49770
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	49770
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
	creator	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1203820

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2020
	date	15/06/2020
	date tabled	15/06/2020
	ddp created	16/06/2020 01:05:10
	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	16/06/2020 15:35:41 19/06/2020 13:01:09
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	identifier	59520
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	19/06/2020 12:29:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy that existing disability living allowance recipients who are awarded a higher rate of Mobility or Daily Living allowance after applying for personal independence payment (PIP) because their health has deteriorated are awarded those higher rates from the date of their PIP application.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59520
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59520
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>When existing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) recipients begin to get paid a new award of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) a single rule is applied, which is the subject of statutory Regulations, regardless of their circumstances or the outcome of the claim. PIP is a different benefit to DLA and the statutory arrangements maintain the level of DLA paid while the claim to PIP is being processed to ensure continuity of payment. The arrangements also provide for a minimum four week run on to provide additional, limited support to those seeing a decrease in financial support. For those entitled to PIP, the rules also operate to allow a smooth transition without running the risk of over or underpaying anyone and represent the fairest outcomes for the majority of claimants going through the process of being reassessed for PIP.</p><p> </p><p>These arrangements have been in place since DLA to PIP reassessment activity commenced from October 2013 and we have no plans to change them.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft