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470648

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many disabled people who receive Disability Living Allowance (DLA) have so far been reassessed for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and of those that have been reassessed, how many have lost the top level of mobility allowance as they move from DLA to PIP, in each case broken down by disability.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department intends to provide detailed breakdowns of DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes in due course. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims in payment, registrations, clearances and awards for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)) are published on the Gov.UK website. Breakdowns of reassessed claims in payment by type and rate of awards can be found through Stat-Xplore, a statistical exploration tool available on the Gov.UK website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/03/2016 12:06:25 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

470650

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Personal Independent Payment claimants have so far been awarded the top level of mobility support; and of those, what percentage were awarded that support as a result of points from (1) the "planning and following a journey" activity, (2) the "moving around" activity, or (3) a combination of the two.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>At the end of January 2016 there were 218,279 people in receipt of the enhanced rate mobility component of PIP. The latest available data on the proportion of awards of the enhanced rate mobility component by activity are in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Activities/scores</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 or more points on the “planning and following a journey” activity</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 or more points on the “moving around” activity</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 or more points on both “moving around” and “planning and following a journey”</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 or more points from a combination of these activities.</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>Figures relate to Normal Rules assessments only.</em></p><p><em>Data at 31 December 2015.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 30/03/2016 14:44:24 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

459828

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what involvement the Department for Work and Pensions has had with disabled people and their families to inform their thinking on the forthcoming white paper on improving support for disabled people and people with health conditions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grey-Thompson
uin	HL6935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The department regularly engages with disability charities and organisations, as well as disabled people and their families and carers, at both Ministerial and official level. We proactively seek stakeholder views on current health, care and employment services to understand what works and where improvements can be made through roundtables, focus groups and face-to-face meetings. These discussions inform and provide the opportunity to test our thinking as we being to develop proposals for the forthcoming White Paper, and we will continue to engage at all levels over the coming months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/03/2016 12:05:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3862 label Biography information for Baroness Grey-Thompson

458642

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Motability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals who previously claimed a motability allowance under the Disability Living Allowance have (1) lost that allowance after being reassessed for Personal Independence Payments, and (2) kept that allowance after being reassessed for Personal Independence Payments.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL6794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>There is not a motability allowance in Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The information requested is, therefore, not available.</p><p> </p><p>Both DLA and PIP have a mobility component which can be paid at one of two rates and access to the Motability Scheme is through receipt of the higher rate mobility component of DLA or the enhanced rate mobility component of PIP.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on PIP claims in payment, registrations, clearances and awards for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of DLA) are published on Gov.UK. In particular, breakdowns of reassessed claims in payment by type and rate of awards can be found using the Stat Xplore tool on Gov.UK</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/03/2016 15:01:19 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

458691

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Health Services: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many improvement notices have been served by the Health and Safety Executive in relation to the failure of healthcare institutions and authorities to ensure that safer sharps are used so far as is reasonably practicable.
tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
uin	HL6843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>There have been thirty-two improvement notices served ( up to December 2015) to healthcare institutions in England, Scotland and Wales since the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013 came into effect in May 2013. Of these, twenty-six were specifically for the failure to use or provide safer medical sharps where reasonably practicable, three were for failure to provide appropriate training, two were for failure to take specific actions in the event of a sharps injury and one addressed all of these failings.</p><p> </p><p>Before an improvement notice is served the inspector will discuss the breaches of law with the duty holder and explain why a notice is being served. The inspector will also ensure that the duty holder understands what they need to do to comply, and has the opportunity to explore alternative approaches. A timescale for compliance will also be agreed.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/03/2016 13:13:54 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

458692

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Health Services: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which institutions and authorities have been served with improvement notices since the introduction of the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
uin	HL6844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013, twenty-six institutions across England, Scotland and Wales have received improvement notices up to December 2015. Before an improvement notice is served the inspector will discuss the breaches of law with the duty holder and explain why a notice is being served. The inspector will also ensure that the duty holder understands what they need to do to comply, and has the opportunity to explore alternatives. A timescale for compliance will also be agreed. The institutions are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Akari Care Limited</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>BUPA Care Homes (CFG) PLC</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Cardiff and Vale University Health Board</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Cwm Taf Health Board <em>(2 notices served)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>HC-One Limited <em>(2 notices served)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Luton &amp; Dunstable University Hospital</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>Tayside Health Board <em>(3 notices served</em>)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust <em>( 2 notices served)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust <em>(2 notices served)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/03/2016 13:12:12 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

457929

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Altmann on 2 March (HL6343), why Canada was excluded from the list of countries in Annex A, and what figure for the number of people in Canada in receipt of a frozen UK state pension should have been included.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be found at page 2 of Annex A, at line 5 of the table provided in the answer I gave on 3 March to (HL 6343). I attach that here at Annex A for convenience.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 14/03/2016 16:14:29 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

457930

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Altmann on 2 March (HL6343), why there is a difference within the Overseas Territories resulting in some people receiving uprating of their pensions while the pensions of others are frozen, and what would be the annual cost of unfreezing pensions for all those living in the Overseas Territories.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The government has a clear position, which has remained constant for around 70 years: the UK State Pension is payable worldwide and is uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement in place that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p> </p><p>The annual additional cost of up-rating the state pensions of those recipients who are resident in the British Overseas Territories is estimated at approximately £1million in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Were this to occur, liabilities for pensioners who live in other countries and territories would also have to be met. The estimated cost of increasing pensions in those countries where they are not currently uprated would be over £0.5 billion a year. This would be financially unaffordable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/03/2016 15:53:47 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454385

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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the regulations relating to frozen state pensions.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6343
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 HL6344 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

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