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837231

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	What steps her Department is taking to ensure that personal independence payment assessments are undertaken fairly and efficiently.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	903749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, objective assessments. The Department holds regular performance meetings with Assessment Providers at local and senior levels. Assessments are independently audited and Departmental clinicians periodically observe assessments. Both providers have increased personalised clinical support to all Health Professionals. PIP Assessment Providers cost less than 4% of the total annual benefit spend on PIP.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:25:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

837232

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the accuracy and efficiency of contracted-out health assessments for employment and support allowance and personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	903750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, accurate assessments. We monitor assessment quality through independent audit. Decision Makers can return reports for rework/additional advice. A range of measures, including provider improvement plans, address performance falling below expected standards. We continually look to improve the assessment process.The performance expectations for PIP are that 97% of assessment reports are considered acceptable.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:32:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

834368

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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 plans she has to provide personal independence payments (PIP) claimants with an accompanying list of functional descriptors used to assess PIP claims and the points each descriptor carries.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
	tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
	uin	125988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to her previous Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-01-16/123022/" target="_blank">UIN 123022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:09:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

834367

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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 feedback mechanisms for reporting errors relating to personal independence payments assessments are in place between the courts and healthcare assessment providers.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
	tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
	uin	125987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The fact a tribunal comes to a different conclusion does not mean there has previously been an error. DWP decisions are most often overturned because of new written evidence that the claimant has not provided to DWP to consider previously or because of the claimant’s oral evidence.</p><p>Over the past year the department has recruited over 150 Presenting Officers. These are being used at PIP and ESA hearings and are now providing direct feedback to decision makers and the assessment providers. Where appeals progress to the Upper Tribunal and the courts, the decisions and judgments handed down are used, where appropriate, to review existing decision making guidance, including that relating to PIP assessments.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 12:11:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

834246

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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: Mental Health
	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 Urgent Question of 30 January 2018, Official Report, columns 703 to 717, on PIP Back Payments, how many FTE staff in her Department she plans to allocate to re-examining those personal independence payment claims.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	125876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the statement made by myself, <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-30/debates/F35E85CB-FF67-467E-AD63-1C13EB1EC32B/PIPBackPayments" target="_blank">Official Report</a>, 30 January 2018, Columns 703 – 704.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 16:51:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

834366

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	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 25 January 2018 to Question 123740 on social security benefits: disability, how many times decision makers or quality assurance managers have contacted an assessment provider for clarification, advice or to return reports for re-work as unacceptable in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
	tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
	uin	125986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>For benefits administered under the Health and Disability Assessment Services contract rework volumes are recorded but volumes of enquiries for advice and clarification are not. Rework volumes for these benefits in 2017, 2016 and 2015 can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Re-work</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>481</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For Personal Independence Payments both rework and advice volumes are recorded, but clarification enquiry volumes are not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs. Rework and advice volumes for PIP in 2017, 2016 and 2015 can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Re-work</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Advice Requests</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of PIP assessments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1,493</p></td><td><p>34,687</p></td><td><p>684,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1,967</p></td><td><p>58,436</p></td><td><p>970,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>11,228</p></td><td><p>77,493</p></td><td><p>1,042,638</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It should be noted that in June 2017 the Department clarified the criteria that Case Managers should apply for the identification of PIP rework.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:06:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

834240

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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: Appeals
	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 24 January 2018 to Question 123047, if the Government will review the guidelines for decisions on mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payments to take account of the decline in the number of cases in which the mandatory reconsideration decision is upheld since the introduction of that system.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	125872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Mandatory reconsideration benefits claimants, as it enables (i) the Department to provide a clear explanation of the decision; (ii) the claimant a further opportunity to present their case, including providing new evidence; and (iii) crucially, for decisions to be changed at the earliest opportunity, when appropriate.</p><p>The overturn rate of appeals does not mean that mandatory reconsideration is not working. The main reason decisions are overturned on appeal is due to additional evidence, both oral and written, being provided at tribunal, which was not previously available at the initial decision or the mandatory reconsideration stage</p><p>There are strands of work in progress to drive continuous improvement in the appeals process. This includes improving the way further evidence is collected to ensure all relevant information is available to decision makers at the earliest opportunity and the recruitment of approximately 150 Presenting Officers who represent DWP cases at Tribunals and provide valuable insight into why decisions are overturned.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 16:46:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

832948

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	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	Disability Living Allowance: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports were requested from GPs in connection with claims for Disability Living Allowance claims in (a) 2017, (b) 2016 and (c) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	125264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 14:08:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

830177

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	124840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The figures requested are given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Initial claims made in 2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of people refused PIP</p></td><td><p>390,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of whom:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration</p></td><td><p>28,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal</p></td><td><p>32,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are for Great Britain.</p><p>Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 124839 124841 question first answered 05/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

830179

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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: Tribunals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at Tribunal in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	124841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The figures requested are given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Initial claims made in 2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of people refused PIP</p></td><td><p>390,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of whom:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration</p></td><td><p>28,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal</p></td><td><p>32,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are for Great Britain.</p><p>Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 124839 124840 question first answered 05/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds