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832981

	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	Pensions: Consumer Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which types of pension scheme will be required to provide information to the pensions dashboard in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	125297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>As announced on 19th October 2017 the DWP is leading a feasibility study, working with industry, consumer-facing organisations and the regulators to explore the key issues and determine a path towards implementation for the pensions dashboard.</p><p>As part of the feasibility study, the Department is considering how best to ensure the widest possible participation of pension schemes to meet the user need and ensure the dashboard is a success. To inform the study, the Department is looking at the experiences of other countries as well as taking into account the views from different parts of the UK pensions industry. The feasibility report is expected to be published in March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2018 14:19:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

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

832980

	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit payments have been made to credit unions in each month since its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	125296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/02/2018 13:52:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

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

832903

	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	Personal Independence Payment: Aberdeen South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people had personal independence payment decisions overturned because of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in Aberdeen South constituency in each year since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
	uin	125219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions and the number and proportion of mandatory reconsideration decisions and appeal decisions where the award was changed, by financial year of the initial PIP decision since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of Aberdeen South.</p><p><em>Number of PIP decisions, and number and proportion of mandatory reconsiderations decisions and appeal decisions where the award changed, by financial year of initial PIP decision.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year of initial PIP decision</p></td><td><p>Number of PIP decisions</p></td><td><p>Number of awards changed at MR</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PIP decisions changed at MR</p></td><td><p>Number of awards changed at appeal</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PIP decisions where award changed at appeal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18 (April 17 to Oct 17)</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10 and nearest percent.</p><p>‘#’ means fewer than 5 in this category.</p><p>There will be some degree of retrospection in these figures over time due to changes in individual case outcomes, particularly with appeals. It is expected that there will be lower numbers of completed appeals in recent months due to the time lag in appeal completion.</p><p>Latest available data to October 2017</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 14:01:27 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

834291

	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	Winter Fuel Payment: Care Homes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a self-funding resident of a care home who is receiving pension credit is not eligible for the shared rate of the winter fuel payment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	125911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Residents of care homes who are in receipt of Pension Credit are not entitled to a Winter Fuel Payment. This is because the majority have their care and accommodation costs met by the local authority. A small number of Pension Credit recipients living in care homes do not receive local authority funding. Individual details of these recipients are not available and would need to be collected from local authorities on the basis of an application from the Pension Credit recipient. This would add significant costs to a system designed to make large numbers of payments at low unit cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2018 11:59:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

833770

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the ability to report excessive emissions at present applied to buses and commercial vehicles to private cars and motorcycles; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	125528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>All vehicles must meet strict emission standards before they enter use and emissions from private cars are then checked at the annual MoT for cars of 3 years age and older.</p><p> </p><p>Smoky lorries and buses can be reported by telephone via DVSA’s national number, online via GOV.UK or by sending an email. DVSA will then send a letter to the registered keeper of the vehicle as recorded on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s database. The letter is also copied to the remote enforcement office at DVSA. The operator is then required to undergo an emissions test and submit the results to DVSA’s enforcement team.</p><p> </p><p>The Government currently has no plans to extend the ability to report suspected excessive lorry and bus exhaust emissions to private cars and motorcycles. It remains the user’s responsibility to ensure the vehicle continues to meet these emissions standards at all times while in use.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/02/2018 14:03:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

832973

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of staffing levels at DVLA in each year between 2009 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	125289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of full time equivalent staff employed at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each financial year between 2008/09 and 2016/17:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>5,690.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>5,614.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5,561.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,469.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,612.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>4,985.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>5,147.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>5,429.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5,351.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/02/2018 13:46:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

833917

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Inland Waterways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effect on local waterways of the proposal to expand Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	125675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has carried out an Appraisal of Sustainability (AoS) to support development of the draft Airports National Policy Statement (NPS). The AoS assesses impacts on culverting and diversion of watercourses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/02/2018 13:48:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

827908

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Low Emission Zones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in relation to ultra low emission zones, they consider motorcycles and other two-wheel motorised vehicles separately from cars.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Simon
	uin	HL4958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>As outlined within the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) Framework, motorcycles and mopeds are not routinely included under any category for a charging Zone. Local authorities may choose to include them under a class D CAZ, which charges buses, coaches, taxis, PHVs, HGVs LGVs and cars. The full guide provided to local authorities is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/02/2018 11:44:28 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg attachment 1 file name clean-air-zone-framework.pdf title Clean Air Zone Framework
	tabling member	3128 label Biography information for Viscount Simon