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642953

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of pausing planned reductions in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group rates on the rate of employment for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	54543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that the changes to Employment and Support Allowance should proceed as legislated for so that people have access to the best support to move closer to the labour market and, when they are ready, into work. New funding of £60m in 2017/18 rising to £100m a year in 2020/21 has been provided for additional practical employment support for new claimants who have limited capability for work from April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2016 16:35:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

643166

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) medical and (b) work capability assessments were conducted to assess claimants' eligibility for each benefit for which his Department is responsible in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	54499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not record the information you have requested on (a) medical assessments for Personal Independence Payment. The information on (b) work capability assessments can be accessed from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-september-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-september-2016</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 15:13:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

643167

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of claimants for each benefit administered by his Department require a home visit for the purpose of conducting medical or work capability assessments.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	54500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of home assessments completed is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 14:56:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

643172

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the provision of support for disabled people whose condition precludes them from attending face to face assessments.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	54600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The decision as to whether a paper-based review or a home visit is appropriate is made by the Healthcare Professional. Their decision on whether to do so is based on evidence provided by the claimant to support their claim including all medical evidence from the claimant’s GP, hospital doctor or other appropriate clinicians.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 15:06:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

643173

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	Employers' Liability: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses which are threatened with legal action from previous employees affected by asbestos is but are unable to trace any relevant employers' liability insurance policy.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	54646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 requires most employers to insure against liability for injury or disease to their employees arising out of employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not provide financial support to businesses that face an employers’ liability compulsory insurance claim. Employers are strongly advised to keep, as far as is possible, a complete record of their employers’ liability insurance. <br>Businesses that fail to hold the necessary insurance details risk having to meet the costs of such claims themselves.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2016 16:45:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

643176

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work of 21 November 2016, Official Report, column 604, if his Department will issue guidance to personal independence payment assessment providers on how claimant satisfaction reviews should be conducted; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	54594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>It is a contractual requirement for providers to undertake claimant satisfaction reviews. Claimant satisfaction reviews are undertaken by a third party on behalf of Capita and Atos, and only after the case has been returned to the department. Reviews would normally be conducted by telephone, but in the event the customer is unable to be contacted by telephone a survey is issued via the post for completion.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2016 16:41:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

642412

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much he plans to spend on employment support for claimants of employment and support allowance in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	54335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not organise its management accounts by spending on each claimant group so the information is not available in the format requested. However, as set out during the passage of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, in addition to existing support we are investing in additional practical support for claimants with limited capability for work from April 2017, rising from £60m in 2017/18 to £100m in 2020/21. Employment support for claimants of Employment and Support Allowance includes provision in Jobcentre Plus, contracted employment programmes, and other spending such as Access to Work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/11/2016 14:58:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

642413

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which terminal illnesses he plans to make exempt from benefits assessments.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	54343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>Terminally ill people can already claim Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit using a fast track procedure rather than the normal assessment process.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/11/2016 14:58:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

641377

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of all fit-for-work decisions made in initial assessments for employment and support allowance which were subsequently overturned at appeal for each (a) month and (b) year from July 2013 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	53882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 14:01:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

641382

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants transferring from disability living allowance to personal independence payments have had their claim disallowed due to non-attendance at an assessment appointment.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Johnny Mercer
uin	53978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>As at July 2016, of the 466,400 Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment clearances, 10,600 had been disallowed for failure to attend an assessment consultation without good reason.</p><p> </p><p>Notes to the figures: Data has been rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/11/2016 14:32:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer