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5108

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2013
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the total loss to the economy as a result of underemployment in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	153940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2014 answer text <p>This is not a matter for Cabinet Office Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

1078568

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Boundary Commission for England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have been tasked with preparing Orders in Council to implement recommendations of the Boundary Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	226737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>We are preparing a draft Order in Council that will give effect to the recommendations contained in the final reports of the four Boundary Commissions. I am not able to give a figure of the number of staff involved in the preparation of the Order as they work on a number of different projects at any one time.</p><p> </p><p>We will lay the draft Order in Council before Parliament as soon as possible, and it will be debated and there will be a vote in both Houses in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/03/2019 17:12:05 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1078569

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Boundary Commission for England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by what date he has asked for Orders in Council to be prepared to implement recommendations of the Boundary Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	226738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>We are preparing a draft Order in Council that will give effect to the recommendations contained in the final reports of the four Boundary Commissions. I am not able to give a figure of the number of staff involved in the preparation of the Order as they work on a number of different projects at any one time.</p><p> </p><p>We will lay the draft Order in Council before Parliament as soon as possible, and it will be debated and there will be a vote in both Houses in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/03/2019 17:12:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1202279

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Amit Patel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the dates of the meetings between Government Ministers and Amit Patel held in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	58060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/06/2020 16:18:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1219191

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Dominic Cummings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the names of civil service staff who report directly to Mr Dominic Cummings.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	66964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>Paragraph 5 of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out their role in relation to the exercise of management functions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/07/2020 10:52:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356902

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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, with reference to her Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, if she will publish further detail on (a) the work involved in the Administrative Exercise including the different stages of work to be carried out and (b) the date on which she expects the Administrative Exercise to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We currently estimate between 320,000 and 340,000 claimants will need their claims to be reviewed as a result of the MM judgment. Early estimates are subject to uncertainty and we will be refining this estimate as the exercise progresses. The exercise includes claims that were in payment on 6 April 2016 (the date of the original Upper Tribunal decision) as well as claims where DWP made a decision on or after 6 April 2016, including some claims where we did not award PIP. Where these claimants have made more than one claim for PIP each claim will need to be reviewed. The Department published updated guidance implementing the judgment from 17 September 2020, so new PIP decisions from that date already reflect the judgment and will not be reviewed as part of the exercise.</p><p> </p><p>We are not planning to invite claimants for an assessment. However, we may contact them for more information, so that we can make a decision on their claim. We will write to all claimants whose claim(s) we review. Claimants entitled to more PIP following a review will have their award increased and will receive backdated payments.</p><p> </p><p>It is too early for us to give a date by which we expect to have completed all the reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 51700 51808 question first answered 01/11/2021 15:47:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23500 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356903

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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, with reference to her Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, how many individual PIP claims will be reviewed over the course of the Administrative Exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We currently estimate between 320,000 and 340,000 claimants will need their claims to be reviewed as a result of the MM judgment. Early estimates are subject to uncertainty and we will be refining this estimate as the exercise progresses. The exercise includes claims that were in payment on 6 April 2016 (the date of the original Upper Tribunal decision) as well as claims where DWP made a decision on or after 6 April 2016, including some claims where we did not award PIP. Where these claimants have made more than one claim for PIP each claim will need to be reviewed. The Department published updated guidance implementing the judgment from 17 September 2020, so new PIP decisions from that date already reflect the judgment and will not be reviewed as part of the exercise.</p><p> </p><p>We are not planning to invite claimants for an assessment. However, we may contact them for more information, so that we can make a decision on their claim. We will write to all claimants whose claim(s) we review. Claimants entitled to more PIP following a review will have their award increased and will receive backdated payments.</p><p> </p><p>It is too early for us to give a date by which we expect to have completed all the reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 51700 51807 question first answered 01/11/2021 15:47:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23501 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356904

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, HCWS294, what additional support her Department plans to provide to those who request it and whose PIP claim is awaiting review as part of the Administrative Exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that claimants receive the PIP support they are entitled to. The Department is contacting claimants who may be affected and we may ask for further information about the help they needed. We want to ensure we have all the relevant evidence when making a decision and get the right outcome for claimants when reviewing their claim, as part of the administrative exercise.</p><p>We recognise that the Department comes into contact with some claimants who are potentially very vulnerable. That is why claimants with a severe mental health or behavioural condition, learning disability, developmental disorder or cognitive problems, who may have difficulty engaging with the process, and with no support network in place, can be provided with additional support during the process if they need it.</p><p>This support can include arranging to speak to a representative, carer or other support worker at a convenient time and allowing additional time to provide further information. Where we identify there may be an impact on health, safety and wellbeing of an individual when they receive an arrears payment as part of the exercise, we will work with claimants to understand their needs and seek to help them in identifying and accessing the help that they require.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 24/09/2021 16:10:31 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23502 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356905

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, HCWS294, how her Department plans to prioritise PIP claims for review as part of the Administrative Exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>As part of this exercise we are prioritising cases of terminally ill claimants. The remainder of cases will be reviewed in chronological order, starting with the earliest cases first. I can also confirm it is the Department’s policy to review cases where the claimant is now deceased to ensure that their next of kin receive payments.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 51811 question first answered 28/09/2021 13:52:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23503 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1356906

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 September 2021, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Update, HCWS294, whether her Department plans to review the PIP claims of deceased claimants as part of the Administrative Exercise; and whether posthumous backdated payments will be made to the family of claimants where it has been found that more support should have been given.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	51811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>As part of this exercise we are prioritising cases of terminally ill claimants. The remainder of cases will be reviewed in chronological order, starting with the earliest cases first. I can also confirm it is the Department’s policy to review cases where the claimant is now deceased to ensure that their next of kin receive payments.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 51810 question first answered 28/09/2021 13:52:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 23504 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden