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445389

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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 what case material was examined as part of the review of 105 Personal Independence Payments (PIP) claims referenced in the DWP's consultation on PIP aids and appliances (Cm 9171).
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL5153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>DWP are currently running a consultation to seek views on how support can best be provided to help meet the costs of disability faced by people who are currently awarded points due to aids and appliances. The department is keen to hear views from all interested parties, especially disabled people and disability organisations.</p><p>As part of the consultation on aids and appliances and the daily living component of PIP, the Department reviewed a sample of 105 cases where claimants scored all, or the majority, of their points from aids and appliances. These were randomly selected.</p><p>DWP doctors, who reviewed these cases, looked at all the relevant information held on departmental systems relating to each case. This included the application form, the results of any face-to-face assessment and any additional supporting evidence provided by the claimant.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 26/01/2016 13:04:52 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

445390

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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: Multiple Sclerosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people with multiple sclerosis have scored a minimum of half their points for (1) standard rate, and (2) enhanced rate, of Personal Independence Payments daily living through aids and appliances descriptors.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL5154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>For Multiple Sclerosis:</p><p>3,500 individuals were awarded Standard Daily Living, of which 3,050 (87%) scored at least half of their daily living points from aids and appliance descriptors.</p><br /><p>3,110 individuals were awarded Enhanced Daily Living, of which 790 (25%) scored at least half of their daily living points from aids and appliance descriptors.</p><br /><p>These figures relate to PIP normal rules awards made during the period April 2013 to 30th September 2015.</p><br /><p>DWP are currently running a consultation to seek views on the way that aids and appliances are taken into account when determining entitlement to the daily living component of PIP. The department wants to make sure that the policy on this is meeting the intent of focusing support on those with the greatest needs and is keen to hear views from all interested parties, especially disabled people and disability organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 25/01/2016 12:25:23 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

445391

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Carer's Allowance claimants have a claim linked to a Personal Independence Payments daily living award.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL5155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 25/01/2016 12:24:53 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

417039

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people receive Carer’s Allowance in relation to care for a recipient of Employment Support Allowance who is (1) in the support group, and (2) in the work-related activity group.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL1959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>None.</p><p> </p><p>Payment of Employment and Support Allowance is not one of the benefits that can “trigger” payment of Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/09/2015 14:48:05 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor