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1002480

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what level of funding they intend to make available to higher education institutions to mitigate the impact of changes to employer contributions on the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
	uin	HL11321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>​The department will be consulting on the impact that these costs will impose on all institutions covered by the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, including those in the higher education (HE) sector, and will decide what action should be taken.</p><p>At present, the department proposes to provide funding to schools, including state-funded, non-maintained special schools and independent special schools to cover increased pensions costs to ensure that funding is allocated where it is most needed.</p><p>​This includes proposed funding for those further education (FE) providers obliged to offer the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, consisting of general FE colleges, sixth form colleges, designated institutions (including the new designated institutions that form part of HE institution group structures), specialist post-16 institutions and adult &amp; community learning providers (local authority provision).</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 15/11/2018 16:17:49 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

1002121

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in police officer numbers on levels of serious violence.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	188200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Minister for Policing and Fire has spoken to every police force in England and Wales in order to gain a better understanding of the demands they face. There are a range of complex factors behind the recent increases in se-rious violence, and in the Serious Violence Strategy published in April 2018, our analysis was that a major factor has been changes in the drugs market.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/11/2018 17:47:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1002625

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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, whether her Department has taken steps to ensure that benefits claimants in financial hardship can obtain letters which are required to progress their claims from their GP without having to pay for such letters; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	188914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We advise claimants not to seek additional evidence in support of their claim which they may be charged for, such as from GPs. Where an assessment provider determines that additional medical evidence from a GP could prove helpful they will request that evidence from the GP directly.</p><p> </p><p>GPs are obliged through their contract with NHS England to provide the assessment provider with medical evidence for Employment and Support Allowance free-of-charge. For Personal Independence Payment, we pay GPs a standard fee (currently £33.50) for completing a General Practitioner Factual Report.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee report on Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance Assessments we set out our commitment to continue improving the customer experience for both, including opportunities for better data sharing.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2018 17:41:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1002628

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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, what guidance is provided to Job Centre staff on the Equality Act 2010 duty to make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled people to progress their claims.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	188915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Comprehensive guidance for Jobcentre staff about the Equality Act 2010 is included on the Department’s intranet site ‘Equality and You – a guide for employees’. This includes advice for staff on understanding what reasonable adjustments are and why the Department has a duty to provide them for claimants who are disabled.</p><p>Where our customers advise us that they need assistance to access our services and information, we make reasonable adjustments to meet their individual needs. This means the Department communicates with customers in a variety of different formats such as Braille, audio, large print, through third party interpreters or by arranging for a member of staff to visit the customer in their home.</p><p>Service delivery teams within Jobcentres provide a professional and supportive environment for our customers, providing digital coaching, helping claimants set up their claims and also maintaining them.</p><p>Claimants who require additional support to complete a claim form have the option to book a one to one appointment with a member of the Service Delivery team to receive assistance. In addition telephony support is in place for those vulnerable claimants who cannot ‘self-serve’ online and where a claimant is unable to manage their own affairs, an appointee can act on their behalf, taking responsibility for making and maintaining any benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2018 17:33:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1003893

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the Government's 10-year target of getting one million disabled adults into employment.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	189737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We set out our continued commitment to improving employment rates for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. We believe people should get the support they need whatever their health condition or disability, whether that’s from their employer, from the health system or from the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in our Personal Support Package, which includes £330 million of funding over four years with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants. We have recruited 300 additional Disability Employment Advisers and we are introducing 200 new Community Partners, bringing specialist advice and support into the Jobcentre.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting employers to help them recruit and retain disabled people and people with health conditions through Disability Confident, the Access to Work scheme, and specialist advisers in Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>The number of working age disabled people in employment in the UK reached around 3.9 million in Q3 2018. This was an increase of 123,000 since Q3 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2018 17:19:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1005762

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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: Easington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home visits to applicants for universal credit have been conducted by the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments in the Easington constituency for each year in which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	190427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2018 16:37:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1005856

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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: Visual Impairment
	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 with (a) sight loss or (b) a visual impairment that are new claimants of personal independence payments (PIP) did not receive an award during their initial PIP assessment but received an award at (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) tribunal in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	190496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Since Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was introduced 43,230 decisions have been made for people who have a primary disabling condition of visual disease up to June 2018. 10,960 people did not receive an award following their initial PIP assessment, 570 of these decisions were changed at mandatory reconsideration and 1,100 were overturned at tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed breakdowns by financial year can be found below. The year relates to the year of the initial decision; mandatory reconsiderations or appeals may have taken place in a different financial year to the initial decision.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Decisions made</p></td><td><p>Failed initial assessment</p></td><td><p>Failed initial assessment - Changed at mandatory reconsideration</p></td><td><p>Failed initial assessment - Overturned at tribunal appeal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>5,450</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>14,490</p></td><td><p>3,160</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>12,270</p></td><td><p>2,930</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to June 2018</p></td><td><p>2,860</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p /><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.5m decisions have been made for all health conditions up to June 2018, of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics. It is not possible to break down the condition of “visual disease” into sight loss or visual impairment from the data.</p><p> </p><p>The appeals may include 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.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2018 16:37:30 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1005685

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people being held in prisons by the expected end of this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	190383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Prison population projection data for England and Wales from July 2018 to March 2023, is regularly published by the department and is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-projections-ns" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-projections-ns</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/11/2018 17:35:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1003871

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Crown Lands and Estates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2018 to Question 186180 on Crown Lands and Estates, which topics regarding property held in escheat were discussed.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	189559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Escheat was discussed at a high level and particularly in relation to landfill sites.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2018 17:04:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1005867

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the report prepared by KPMG on behalf of the Association of British Bookmakers which was submitted to his Department as part of its consultations on the reduction in maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals and increasing remote gaming duty.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	190390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The report was commissioned by the Association of British Bookmakers and was provided in confidence to HM Treasury due to its commercial sensitivity.</p><p> </p><p>It is imperative that stakeholders can provide information in confidence for the government to critically analyse to ensure policy making can be evidence-based.</p><p> </p><p>Releasing the report and breaching that confidence would discourage stakeholders from engaging with government and harm future policy-making<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2018 17:06:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest