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677631

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of the claims process on the physical and mental health of personal independence payment claimants.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	61279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>We have consulted and engaged widely, and continue to do so, with disabled people, carers and representative organisations to ensure the claiming process for PIP works smoothly and efficiently for all claimants, regardless of their condition or disability. In addition we have recently undertaken research with a range of PIP claimants examining their experiences of the PIP claims process. The results from this research are being analysed and will be published in due course<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 15:58:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

677628

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Atos Healthcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the amount of time GP practices' staff spend compiling correct evidence for the proper assessment of their patients' personal independence payment claims due to inaccuracies in Atos reports; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	61280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not made any assessment of the amount of time GP practice staff spend compiling evidence for patients making claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). GPs are only required to provide clinical information and not to make an assessment of their patient’s PIP claim as this is the role of the Department’s Case Manager.</p><p>If a healthcare professional working on behalf of the Department requires clinical information from a GP they will request it directly from the GP and the GP is able to claim a fee. If a claimant requests a reconsideration of their claim, the Case Manager may ask the claimant if they have any additional evidence, which may include medical evidence to support their claim. A claimant may choose to ask their GP for evidence at this stage or at an appeal stage if they feel it supports their claim.</p><p> </p><p>In the Improving Lives Green Paper, we are currently consulting on the sharing of data between the two assessments for Employment Support Allowance/ Universal Credit and PIP. We are also exploring how the assessment process could use data already gathered by the NHS or local authority to ensure people do not have to provide the same information.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 16:51:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

677629

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Atos Healthcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Atos reimburses GP practices for any costs incurred when GPs have employed a staff member to deal with the administration of requests relating to personal independence payment claims.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	61277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>GPs are paid a prearranged fee of £33.50 by assessment providers for each completed further evidence request, as the information requested is not included in their contractual agreement.</p><p>The Department does not prescribe GPs with criteria on how they should handle these requests. That is purely a decision for the GP surgery.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 15:51:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

677630

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Atos Healthcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what quality assurance systems Atos has in place to minimise the number of reports wrongly sent to GP practices that do not relate to patients within those practices.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	61278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>Atos does not send reports to GPs but it does send requests for medical information which is intended for use to support the assessment process. The GP details used by Atos for correspondence purposes are provided to them by the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 15:55:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper