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1129805

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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 and Support Allowance: Carer's Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants receive the carer premium.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	260036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2019 14:08:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1132257

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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 much her Department has spent from the public purse on defending legal cases in relation to people formerly in receipt of severe disability premium that have transferred to universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	264775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>As at 14<sup>th</sup> June 2019, the Department has spent £131,399.50 on legal costs defending and appealing the cases in relation to people formerly in receipt of Severe Disability premium that have transferred to Universal Credit, broken down as follows<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>The Department has spent £91,528.68 on legal costs defending and appealing the case of <em>TP and AR v SSWP.</em> The Department has spent £39,870.82 on legal costs defending and appealing the case of <em>TP, AR and SXC v SSWP.</em> These figures include Government Legal Department litigation fees, counsel’s fees and other disbursements, as well as VAT where payable. This does not include payment of any costs paid or which may be owed to the claimants’ solicitors.</p><p> </p><p>Time spent by Government advisory lawyers is not recorded in a manner that allows it to be attributed to individual cases. Time spent by policy officials supporting lawyers is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 264776 question first answered 19/06/2019 16:04:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1132258

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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 much her Department has spent to date on legal costs in the case of R (TP AR & SXC) v SSWP & Anor [2019] EWHC 1116 (QB) involving payments to former recipients of Severe Disability Premium who have transferred to universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	264776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>As at 14<sup>th</sup> June 2019, the Department has spent £131,399.50 on legal costs defending and appealing the cases in relation to people formerly in receipt of Severe Disability premium that have transferred to Universal Credit, broken down as follows<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>The Department has spent £91,528.68 on legal costs defending and appealing the case of <em>TP and AR v SSWP.</em> The Department has spent £39,870.82 on legal costs defending and appealing the case of <em>TP, AR and SXC v SSWP.</em> These figures include Government Legal Department litigation fees, counsel’s fees and other disbursements, as well as VAT where payable. This does not include payment of any costs paid or which may be owed to the claimants’ solicitors.</p><p> </p><p>Time spent by Government advisory lawyers is not recorded in a manner that allows it to be attributed to individual cases. Time spent by policy officials supporting lawyers is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 264775 question first answered 19/06/2019 16:04:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1128844

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments for industrial injuries disablement benefit have been granted in the UK by (a) region, (b) Department for Work and Pensions division and (c) local authority area in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	258998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on claims paid and assessments made under the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) scheme here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on claims paid under the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit scheme are to September 2018. Table 2.2 of this publication provide the number of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit in payment by region.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for anything below regional level, including DWP divisions and local authority areas, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 14:59:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1128846

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit in each (a) region, (b) DWP division and (c) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	258999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes the benefits caseload and expenditure tables here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The Benefit expenditure by country and region, 1996/97 to 2017/18 spreadsheet includes the latest figures for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB).</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for anything below regional level, including DWP divisions and local authority areas, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 15:18:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1128847

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit payment have been revised after the death of the recipient (a) in total, (b) following a successful change of circumstances application and (c) following a Tribunal judgement in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	259000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 12:09:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1128848

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit payment have been revised after the death of the recipient by (a) region, (b) DWP division and (c) local authority area in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	259001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 15:14:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1127524

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Severe Disability Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timeframe is for compensation to be made available to people who were entitled to a severe disability premium payment and who claimed universal credit before 16 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	256335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Since the introduction of The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (SDP Gateway) Amendment Regulations 2019, which came into force on 16th January 2019, claimants who are entitled, or have been within the last month, to an award of an existing benefit that includes SDP have not been required to move to Universal Credit; even if they have experienced a relevant change in their circumstances. The draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019, which are currently before Parliament, make provision for SDP transitional payments for those eligible claimants who have already moved to UC and for moving existing legacy claimants onto Universal Credit and implementing transitional protection.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the court judgment handed down on 3 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/05/2019 09:53:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1131072

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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 and Support Allowance: Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for an award of employment support allowance to be made to an applicant suffering from cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	262244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2019 12:12:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1130566

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment and employment and support allowance decisions made by (a) ATOS, and (b) Maximus were overturned on appeal in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	261117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Assessment Providers do not make the benefit decisions which are appealed to Her Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service (HMCTS). They provide assessment reports to the department’s decision makers who use that as evidence to make the actual benefit decision. It is that decision which is appealed.</p><p>PIP assessments are delivered by IAS (formally known as Atos) and Capita. Information on the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions following an IAS assessment that are overturned on appeal is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>ESA Work Capability Assessments (WCA) are delivered by the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA), operated by Maximus. CHDA began delivering WCAs from March 2015. Experimental statistics on the number of ESA (WCA) completed and the number where the decision was overturned on appeal by period of claim start are available in Table 17 of the publication “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2019”, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 15:02:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane