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794259

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reimburse claimants of Employment and Support Allowance who were subject to payment miscalculations between 2011 and 2015 when those people were moved from incapacity benefit and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	115232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>We are aware that some individuals have been underpaid when moving to Employment and Support Allowance. The department has started to put this right and will bring these plans to parliament.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/11/2017 17:24:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

794596

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Maximus CHDA assessment centres have recording equipment available for use by employment support allowance claimants undergoing assessments; what the average number of recording units available is in each assessment centre; and what the cost per unit is of those recording units.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	115569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Centre for Health and Disability Assessments currently have135 recording devices available to Assessment Centres as required. Not all Assessment Centres currently hold recording equipment permanently on site as the demand to record assessments is currently low. In October 2017 less than 1% of claimants asked to have their assessment recorded. Despite the very low number of requests, DWP is still making this service available.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are required to notify Centre for Health and Disability Assessments in advance if they want their assessment recorded and Centre for Health and Disability Assessments will ensure that recording equipment is made available at the assessment centre, including transferring the equipment to sites if required. Since Centre for Health and Disability Assessments took over the contract to deliver Work Capability Assessments there has not been a need to purchase new recording units so an up-to-date cost estimate cannot be provided.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/12/2017 10:20:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

797647

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Maladministration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2017 to Question 115232, how many claimants of Employment and Support Allowance were subject to payment miscalculations in each (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013, (d) 2014 and (e) 2015, and what the timetable is for those claimant to be reimbursed.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	116610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department estimates that around 270,000 cases need to be looked at again and that around 75,000 of those cases (5% of the population transferred over from incapacity benefits) may have been underpaid. The Department has already started contacting individuals to establish if there has been an underpayment of premiums and a small number of claims have already been corrected and the arrears that are due have been paid. The Department expects to complete the review and correct cases by April 2019. We will update the House shortly.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/12/2017 14:20:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

800629

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	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, how many claimants have been moved from a higher rate mobility component to a lower rate as a result of their transfer from Disability Living Allowance to personal independence payments since such transfers began.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	117250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on the outcome of initial decisions on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessments can be found in the statistical tables released in December 2016 here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576641/pip-official-statistics-dla-to-pip-reassessment-outcomes-october-2016.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576641/pip-official-statistics-dla-to-pip-reassessment-outcomes-october-2016.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 8A shows a comparison of DLA and PIP level of award for DLA reassessment claimants who were reassessed onto PIP prior to October 31<sup>st</sup> 2016, the latest date for which published data is available. Updated tables containing data to October 31<sup>st</sup> 2017 will be published on December 13<sup>th</sup> 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/12/2017 14:31:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

800636

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	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, what plans he has to make an assessment of the effectiveness of his Department's pilot for recording face-to-face medical assessments for PIP.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	117257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We recently conducted a pilot to consider whether there are any benefits to recording face-to-face assessments. We are currently considering the findings of this pilot, and will use the evidence gathered to make sure we can continue to improve the assessments process.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/12/2017 14:00:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead