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1137202

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits there have been to UK naval bases by foreign vessels carrying nuclear weapons in each of the last ten years; which bases those vessels visited; and what nations those vessels originated from.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	273805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>It is UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons onboard specific ships or submarines at any particular place or time, for the purposes of safeguarding national security and international relations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/07/2019 13:46:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713577

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken under Access to Work for disabled people to receive the support packages they require; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	68818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2014 Access to Work transformed its operational delivery, providing greater consistency and increased speed of customer service. Consequently, Access to Work delivery is now performing above its Key Performance Indicators, which are internal measures of performance. However, we are constantly considering ways to improve the customer journey and expedite the provision of support. For example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Last year we re-launched Access to Work as a digital service, allowing customers to apply online at a time of their choosing and taking an average of 20 minutes to do so. We are currently exploring what further online functionality could be offered.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We have recently specified in new contracts to be awarded shortly that 90% of independent workplace assessments are to be delivered within 8 days rather than the current 10 days.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are also considering whether customers could have a longer window to apply in advance of receiving an employment start date from an employer, in order to ensure support is in place for the first day at work. We are currently working with employer and customer stakeholders to establish whether there is an optimum period.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As a highly personalised grant scheme, Access to Work is reliant on correct information being received from customers and employers within set timeframes in order to calculate awards or make payments timeously. It is important to note that Access to Work provides grants on receipt of invoices to pay for items or services that are commissioned by employers or disabled employees and which may therefore be delivered to timeframes over which Access to Work has no control.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/03/2017 15:50:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

711105

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	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	Disability: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on disability employment of reductions to the work-related activity group component of employment and support allowance; and whether the Government will reconsider that measure if the disability employment gap widens as a result.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	67886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the change to the work-related activity component on 20 July 2015. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government remains committed to halving the disability employment gap as set out in the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper published on 31st October 2016 and we have seen nearly 600,000 more working age disabled people in employment over the past three years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/03/2017 12:48:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

669143

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	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: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability living allowance have undertaken a reassessment for personal independence payments when over the age of 65 since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	58972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The available data on clearances of claims by type (i.e. awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), by a range of breakdowns including whether they were new claimants or Disability Living Allowance to PIP reassessment claimants, is available from Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 58973 question first answered 16/01/2017 14:18:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

669144

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	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: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability living allowance who were reassessed for personal independence payments when over the age of 65 have had their claim disallowed since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	58973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The available data on clearances of claims by type (i.e. awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), by a range of breakdowns including whether they were new claimants or Disability Living Allowance to PIP reassessment claimants, is available from Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 58972 question first answered 16/01/2017 14:18:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

606853

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision is in place to support employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants after a successful ESA appeal during the interim period before the reinstatement of that benefit and payment of arrears.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	49707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>If an employment and support allowance claimant appeals following mandatory reconsideration, benefit can be paid at the assessment phase rate pending the appeal hearing. Following a successful appeal the payment will be backdated to cover the period of mandatory reconsideration, provided medical evidence is supplied.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2016 15:43:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

576534

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the effect of the change from disability living allowance to personal independence payments on the standard of living of the recipients of those payments.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	44986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Both Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are designed to contribute towards the extra cost of having a disability. PIP is a modern benefit that maintains the key principles of DLA; it is a non-means-tested, non-taxable cash benefit available to people in and out of work. In addition, it takes proper account of mental health conditions and targets resources on those who need support. Most people will continue to receive support under PIP and, in fact, a greater proportion of claimants are receiving the highest rates of the benefit than in DLA – 23 per cent compared to 15 per cent on DLA.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 11:14:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

541114

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	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	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, how many applications for personal independence payments have been rejected since the introduction of that benefit; and how many of those rejected applications have been overturned by (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) tribunal hearing.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	43589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) registrations and clearances split by geographical area (local authority and parliamentary constituency) and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) mandatory reconsideration registrations and clearances by type (e.g. 'New decision - Award changed') for Great Britain, for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016</a> (Tables 7a and 7b). These statistics will include a number of mandatory reconsiderations that have been raised against awarded claims as well as disallowed (rejected) claims.</p><p> </p><p>To answer your questions in full, and provide a further breakdown of the mandatory reconsideration data for the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency, can only be done at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of PIP appeals and their outcomes is published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). A link to the latest national level statistics published on 6 June 2016 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb</a></p><p>See table 2.7. However, the data is not published at lower geographical levels. Further enquiries should be referred to MoJ.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 43590 question first answered 05/09/2016 13:26:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

541115

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Edinburgh North and Leith
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for personal independence payments have been rejected since the introduction of that benefit in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency; and how many of those rejected applications have been overturned by (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) tribunal hearing.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	43590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) registrations and clearances split by geographical area (local authority and parliamentary constituency) and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) mandatory reconsideration registrations and clearances by type (e.g. 'New decision - Award changed') for Great Britain, for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016</a> (Tables 7a and 7b). These statistics will include a number of mandatory reconsiderations that have been raised against awarded claims as well as disallowed (rejected) claims.</p><p> </p><p>To answer your questions in full, and provide a further breakdown of the mandatory reconsideration data for the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency, can only be done at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of PIP appeals and their outcomes is published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). A link to the latest national level statistics published on 6 June 2016 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb</a></p><p>See table 2.7. However, the data is not published at lower geographical levels. Further enquiries should be referred to MoJ.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 43589 question first answered 05/09/2016 13:26:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock