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524312

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	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	Young Offenders: Restraint Techniques
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is any provision for people claiming Personal Independence Payments who have difficulty in completing questions by hand to be able to complete the forms electronically; and if not, whether they plan to introduce such a facility.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>We are developing a digital service for claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which brings the current PIP telephony claim and paper form together.</p><p>We have tested a number of different design approaches with users and, based on feedback, are developing an application process that is more tailored to individual needs. From April 2016 we started making the online PIP claim available to a small number of PIP claimants on a voluntary basis. This will allow us to get direct feedback, make ongoing improvements and ensure this new service is effective and secure before it is available nationally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 16/06/2016 14:20:46 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

484545

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2016
	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 Payments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the cost to the public purse in each of the last five years of the winter fuel allowance; and what would be the tax receipt if it were subject to the same tax as retirement pensions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL7322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has committed to keeping the Winter Fuel Payment for the lifetime of this Parliament. The cost over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m 2,759</p></td><td><p>2,149</p></td><td><p>2,144</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td><td><p>2,117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has not estimated the corresponding tax receipts had the Winter Fuel Payment been taxable.</p><p> </p><p>There is a total of 11.4 million pensioners in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics, published by HMRC, show that in 2013/14, there were 6.12 million taxpayers whose main source of income is from pensions, of which 90 per cent pay the basic rate of tax and 6 per cent pay the higher rate of tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 07/04/2016 15:27:09 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

388028

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make the planned further £74 million of funding available to upper tier local authorities for local welfare assistance schemes in 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL1154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Future arrangements for all local authority funding are a matter for the next Spending Review period and Local Government Finance Settlement consultations, which are led by DCLG. The outcome of these discussions will be made clear at the appropriate time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/07/2015 16:13:16 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

519612

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	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	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have allocated £22 million to hire new presenting officers to support them at disability benefit tribunals.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The government is increasing the number of Presenting Officers from 2017, to help the department present its case more effectively and gather valuable feedback from the Tribunal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 27/05/2016 12:22:37 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

519613

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	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	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of cuts in the number of welfare rights officers and to legal aid, they will provide resources to Citizens Advice Bureaux, local mental health charities and disability organisations to provide support for disabled people who go to tribunal when appealing against their Personal Independence Payment assessment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>Tribunal proceedings are designed to be straightforward and accessible to all. The tribunal panel is trained and possess special expertise to ensure that all issues which have a bearing on the outcome of an appeal are investigated irrespective of whether or not they have been raised by the parties.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not provide funding for this purpose. Individual local authorities may provide funding for these types of organisations but it would be a matter for the individual local authority to decide.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 31/05/2016 13:02:02 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

532337

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	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	Teachers: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether all Personal Independence Payment assessment centres are accessible for disabled people.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>All Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment sites must be fully compliant with the Equality Act 2010 with suitable ground floor accommodation available. The assessment providers are required to ensure that the needs of all PIP claimants are considered, including proximity to public transport routes and access to suitable parking.</p><p>Before attending a face-to-face consultation, claimants are informed that they can alert their assessment provider of any additional requirements that they may have and the providers will meet any such reasonable requests.<strong> </strong></p><p>Where appropriate, assessments may also be carried out in a claimant’s home.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/07/2016 13:58:41 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

511514

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	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	Swine Flu: Vaccination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the publication in <i>SLEEP </i>on 1 February of the epidemiological study into the association between the 2009 pandemic H1N1 vaccine and narcolepsy in adults (Pub Med identifier 26856903), whether the Department for Work and Pensions will now reverse its decisions to refuse applications for compensation for adults under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 on the grounds of a lack of evidence of causation, and if not, on what basis they continue to dispute causation for adults.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL7556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>All claims under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme are decided on the basis of each claimant’s individual circumstances, and in light of the latest scientific evidence on the possible effects of vaccines. The Department monitors research in this area. We are aware of the latest evidence and are studying it carefully. Where new evidence comes to light which suggests that an earlier decision was incorrect, the claimant may ask the Department to look at its decision again within the statutory time limits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 26/04/2016 16:34:09 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

525105

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	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	Students: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish details of their plans to devolve responsibility for Attendance Allowance to local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has announced that by the end of the Parliament local government will retain 100% of local business rates and new responsibilities will be devolved alongside this. As part of this, the government will consider giving councils in England more responsibility to support older people with care needs. Any change would not affect existing Attendance Allowance claimants, and any new responsibilities would be matched by the transfer of equivalent spending power. The Government intends to consult on this in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/06/2016 12:47:44 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

454386

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people living in each of the Overseas Territories are in receipt of a UK state pension which is (1) frozen, or (2) uprated annually.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6345 HL6346 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454387

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people living in each of the countries of the Commonwealth are in receipt of a UK state pension which is (1) frozen, or (2) uprated annually.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6344 HL6346 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham