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1146424

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that young people with SEND who are (a) in full-time further education and (b) aged 20 or above have sufficient financial support to complete their studies.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	291245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education will be investing over £700 million in additional high needs funding to support young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in education. This represents an increase of over 11% on the funding available this year, bringing the total high needs funding budget to over £7 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Every local authority will see a minimum increase of 8% per head of 2 to 18 population to their high needs funding. The Department for Education will provide provisional allocations for individual local authorities in October.</p><p /><p>A disabled student determined to have Limited Capability for Work (Work Related Activity Group) or Limited Capability for Work Related Activity (Support Group), in receipt of PIP/DLA, who has moved from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit following a change in circumstances, with no break in their claim will meet the criteria to receive Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>A person requiring financial support is able to claim Universal Credit alongside their PIP/DLA payments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 10:09:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146581

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to prevent food insecurity after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	291446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that leaving the EU with a deal is its preferred option.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has put in place contingency plans for a range of exit scenarios. These contingencies ensure that DWP can continue to provide our vital services and that individuals will continue to be able to access DWP benefits and services on the same basis as they do now.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to providing a strong safety-net through the welfare system. We continue to spend over £95 billion a year on benefits for people of working age. DWP continues to monitor the effects of EU exit on the economy. Rates of benefits continue to be reviewed in line with the relevant legislation for uprating.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 290576 291140 question first answered 04/10/2019 10:15:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1145681

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that previous claimants of the motability component under disability living allowance who have had their entitlement to the motability component removed under personal independence payments do not have their motability car removed while awaiting an appeal.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department worked closely with Motability to design an extensive £175 million Transitional Support Package for those who are no longer eligible for the Motability scheme following reassessment from DLA to PIP.</p><p> </p><p>Motability allow eligible claimants to retain their vehicle for up to eight-weeks after DLA payment end and offer £2,000 for those who joined before 2013, or £1,000 for those joining during 2013; or, instead claimants may opt to extend their lease for 26 weeks after the DLA payments end (or until a decision on their appeal is heard) and receive a smaller lump sum payment: £500 for those who joined before 2013, or £250 for those who joined during 2013.</p><p> </p><p>For those who are appealing their decision following reassessment, Motability have confirmed in a letter to the Work and Pensions Select Committee that “if a customer has opted for the 26-week retention period and Motability is satisfied that they are actively progressing an appeal, a discretionary extension to the handback period can be granted.”</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 09:35:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145682

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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: Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to extend the six months grace period that claimants of personal independence payments have while awaiting an appeal on a decision to remove their entitlement to the motability component.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department worked closely with Motability to design an extensive £175 million Transitional Support Package for those who are no longer eligible for the Motability scheme following reassessment from DLA to PIP.</p><p>Motability allow eligible claimants who joined the Scheme before 2014 to opt to extend their lease for 26 weeks after the DLA payments end (or until a decision on their appeal is heard) and receive a smaller lump sum payment.</p><p> </p><p>For those who are appealing their decision following reassessment, Motability have confirmed in a letter to the Work and Pensions Select Committee that “if a customer has opted for the 26-week retention period and Motability is satisfied that they are actively progressing an appeal, a discretionary extension to the handback period can be granted.”</p><p> </p><p>Those joining the scheme after 2014 and who subsequently lose eligibility for their Motability vehicle will receive a £1000 stopped allowance support payment from Motability.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 09:20:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145684

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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: Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) had their motability cars removed before a personal independence payments appeal hearing and (b) subsequently had their entitlement reinstated post-appeal in the Garston and Halewood constituency in each year since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The two respective parts of this question are being interpreted as referring to cases in the Garston and Halewood constituency, since April 2013, where individuals experienced the following sequence of events:</p><p> </p><p>a) The number of individuals in receipt of the <em>higher rate mobility</em> component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and specifically using this for the Motability Scheme, that then underwent a Reassessment from DLA to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) where their PIP initial decision did not award them the enhanced rate mobility component, which therefore meant they were no longer eligible for the Motability Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>b) The number of individuals from <em>Part A</em> that subsequently proceeded to lodge an appeal against the initial decision made at their Reassessment, and upon completing the appeal they saw the decision overturned where the post-appeal PIP award specifically included the enhanced rate mobility component, thus seeing them once again entitled to the Motability Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of these cases could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 11:03:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145726

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Redundancy: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to prepare for potential jobs losses in the event the UK leaves the EU without a negotiated withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	291032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that leaving the EU with a deal is its preferred option. The Government is, however, continuing to plan for a range of scenarios, including a no deal exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>These contingencies ensure that DWP can continue to provide our vital services and that individuals will continue to be able to access DWP benefits and services on the same basis as they do now.</p><p> </p><p>The labour market remains resilient and our employment rate is at a joint record high, but we need to be prepared for changing circumstances, including potential economic impacts of different EU Exit scenarios as well as impacts not related to EU Exit. DWP is working across Government to build the most up to date picture of the labour market, using all available information.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to helping everyone access fulfilling work while ensuring vulnerable people get the support they need, and leaving the EU on October 31 will not change that.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 11:12:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1145729

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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: Pay
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 Trades Union Congress's report entitled TUC calls on Government to make employers report their disability pay gap, what steps her Department has taken to address the disability pay gap.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	290746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The government published the voluntary reporting framework on disability, mental ill health and wellbeing in November 2018.This is aimed at large employers (over 250 employees) and it is recommended that they publically report on the pay and progression of disabled people at regular intervals. It can also be used to support smaller employers who are keen to drive greater transparency in their organisation or industry.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 12:59:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1145878

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 the average time taken was to process a mandatory reconsideration for personal independence payment in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	290833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on the median clearance times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) are provided in Tables 7C-E of the “Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to July 2019” publication, available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2019</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the extremes of a distribution (e.g. the maximum clearance times) does potentially risk leading to the identification of the claimant. We would not release this information publicly. Therefore, we have presented information on the upper quartile of clearance times.</p><p> </p><p>For the 12 months from August 2018 to end of July 2019, for Great Britain the upper quartile was 68 calendar days, with a median of 49 days as published.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 290834 question first answered 04/10/2019 11:42:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145879

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 the maximum time taken was to process a mandatory reconsideration for personal independence payment in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	290834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on the median clearance times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) are provided in Tables 7C-E of the “Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to July 2019” publication, available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2019</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the extremes of a distribution (e.g. the maximum clearance times) does potentially risk leading to the identification of the claimant. We would not release this information publicly. Therefore, we have presented information on the upper quartile of clearance times.</p><p> </p><p>For the 12 months from August 2018 to end of July 2019, for Great Britain the upper quartile was 68 calendar days, with a median of 49 days as published.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 290833 question first answered 04/10/2019 11:42:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145895

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, if she will publish details of Access to Work spending by region.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	291067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see attached excel file.</p><p> </p><p>Here you will find Access to Work spending by region consistent with the published Access to Work statistics.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 11:03:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson attachment 1 file name AtW expenditure regional breakdowns.xlsx title AtW Expenditure Regional Breakdown
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard