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1131002

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Farms: Industrial Health and Safety
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 provide advice to farmers on the potential dangers of mixing slurry.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	262227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has responsibility for the regulation of health and safety standards on Great Britain’s farms and has published guidance to farmers on the risks associated with managing slurry on farms at <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais9.pdf" target="_blank">www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais9.pdf</a>. HSE has also worked with the farming industry’s Farm Safety Partnership to highlight how the dangers of mixing slurry can be managed. Information is available on the National Farmers Union website at <a href="https://www.nfuonline.com/farm-safety-think-slurry-v10/" target="_blank">https://www.nfuonline.com/farm-safety-think-slurry-v10/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Research has been carried out by HSE to inform practical control strategies. The findings will inform future revisions of the guidance and will be shared with the farming industry through the Farm Safety Partnerships.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2019 11:59:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1131072

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Cancer
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 is for an award of employment support allowance to be made to an applicant suffering from cancer.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	262244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2019 12:12:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1130670

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Dupuytren's Contracture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable a claimant be able to make an application for industrial injuries disabled benefit for Dupuytren’s contracture.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	261503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The inclusion of Dupuytren’s Contracture in the list of prescribed diseases, for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit was announced in the Autumn Budget of 2018.</p><p>Since the announcement, the Department has been working towards implementation and expects to bring forward legislation towards the latter end of 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/06/2019 15:31:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1130492

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the draft legislation to include Dupuytren's Contracture to the list of prescribed diseases for the purpose of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	261187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The inclusion of Dupuytren’s Contracture in the list of prescribed diseases, for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit was announced in the Autumn Budget of 2018.</p><p>Since the announcement, the Department has been working towards implementation and expects to bring forward legislation towards the latter end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 16:14:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1130566

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment and employment and support allowance decisions made by (a) ATOS, and (b) Maximus were overturned on appeal in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	261117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Assessment Providers do not make the benefit decisions which are appealed to Her Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service (HMCTS). They provide assessment reports to the department’s decision makers who use that as evidence to make the actual benefit decision. It is that decision which is appealed.</p><p>PIP assessments are delivered by IAS (formally known as Atos) and Capita. Information on the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions following an IAS assessment that are overturned on appeal is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>ESA Work Capability Assessments (WCA) are delivered by the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA), operated by Maximus. CHDA began delivering WCAs from March 2015. Experimental statistics on the number of ESA (WCA) completed and the number where the decision was overturned on appeal by period of claim start are available in Table 17 of the publication “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2019”, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 15:02:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1130568

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her Written Statement of 5 March 2019, HC WS1376, if she will place in the Library a copy of the contract terms for the extension of the Health and Disability Assessment Service.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	261118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The negotiations to extend the Health and Disability Assessment Service contract for 17 months until 31 July 2021 are still to be concluded<strong>.</strong> There are currently no plans to publish a redacted version of the contract which supports this extension in the House of Commons library.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 11:43:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1129974

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have had their mobility car repossessed after an assessment for personal independence payments; how many people have subsequently had their entitlement reinstated after an appeal; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	260529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2019 14:29:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1129607

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Employment: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration has been given to providing employers with information and support on mental health in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	260087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The DWP and DHSC Joint Work and Health Unit is overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that were made in <em>Thriving at Work: The Stevenson / Farmer review of mental health and employers</em> published in October 2017 these range from short term deliverables to longer term reform. Government is committed to working with the authors of the review and key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p><p>One of the review’s recommendations was about transparency as a significant opportunity to encourage cultural change around mental health. We have worked with partners, including employers, to develop a framework to support organisations to record and voluntarily report information on disability and mental health in the workplace. This framework was published on 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2018 and is aimed at large employers with 250 or more employees. To improve information and advice for employers we are working with Mind and the Royal Foundation to continue developing their Mental Health at Work website (<a href="https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk" target="_blank">https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk</a>) which launched on 11<sup>th</sup> September 2018.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/06/2019 12:58:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1129655

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Flintshire
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 living in Flintshire who previously received disability living allowance care component at the (a) lower, (b) middle and (c) higher rate received no personal independence payment daily living component after being invited to apply for that payment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	259896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Table 1(a) below shows the level of Care component a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimant in the Flintshire Local Authority area received prior to them being reassessed onto Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and being awarded Nil Daily Living. This data is split by calendar year from the first PIP reassessment clearances in 2014 to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018, the latest date for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>For additional context, Tables 1(b) and 1(c) show the level of DLA Care Component in the Flintshire Local Authority area received prior to being reassessed onto PIP and being awarded the Standard Daily Living component and the Enhanced Daily Living component respectively over the period 2014 – 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018. For reference, 2,760 claimants in Flintshire were given a PIP award on reassessment from DLA over this time period.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1(a): DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded Nil PIP Daily Living<sup>1</sup> at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>640</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ol><li>Data includes PIP Reassessments that were awarded the PIP Daily Living component at the Nil rate – this includes claimants who were awarded PIP and thus were awarded either Standard or Enhanced mobility rate and those who were completely disallowed PIP and were awarded Nil Mobility.</li></ol><strong>Table 1(b) DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded the standard level of the PIP Daily Living Component at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p><strong>470</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,050</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 1(c) DLA Care Component Award for claimants who were awarded the </strong> <strong>enhanced level of the PIP Daily Living Component at reassessment from DLA to PIP</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA Care Award Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p><strong>570</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Middle</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p><strong>460</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>320</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,370</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol start="2"><li>2018 data to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> PIP ADS, DLA Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study claimant data and Customer Information System data.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8th April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</li><li>This data also includes DLA claimants who were invited to claim PIP and those who chose to claim PIP once their DLA award had ended.</li><li>Figures are correct as at 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Components may not sum to the whole due to rounding.</li></ul><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/06/2019 13:21:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1129805

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Carer's Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants receive the carer premium.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	260036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2019 14:08:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood