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720351

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Veterans: 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, how many former service men and women were in receipt of personal independence payments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	70223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, in 2015/16 1000 former Servicemen and woman were receiving Armed Forces Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Information can be found in the following link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/603004/outturn-and-forecast-spring-budget-2017.ods" target="_blank">Outturn and forecast: Spring Budget 2017 (ODS)</a> Table 1c</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:40:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

720808

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 and Safety Executive: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications the board of the Health and Safety Executive received during its last intake.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Two recruitment exercises were undertaken for the board of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in 2015/16, to recruit a Chair and six Non-Executive Directors (NED). For the Chair post we received 26 applications and for the NED posts we received 213 applications.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:33:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

720809

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, what steps his Department plans to take to promote the uptake of the Access to Work programme with (a) employers and (b) employees.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	70507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>We have promoted Access to Work as part of Disability Confident, and will continue to do so. Disability Confident gives employers the tools and advice they need to think differently about disability and to take action to recruit, retain and develop disabled workers.</p><p> </p><p>We are also undertaking further marketing and promotion of the Access to Work programme. This includes working with stakeholders and partners and employer associations to raise awareness through communications to their customers and ensuring advisers who work with potential customers, including Jobcentre Plus, health professionals and advisory groups, have the information and tools to act as advocates.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 12:13:07 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

720814

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will launch a national programme to promote the employment potential of autistic people to employers.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	70516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department is actively promoting the employment potential of all disabled people across Britain, including those with autism, to employers via the Disability Confident Scheme. To further support employers, the Hidden Impairments National Group, established by DWP, provides an “Uncovering Hidden Impairment toolkit” which is free of charge to employers.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 12:05:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

720815

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will record the number of autistic people in employment as part of the Labour Force Survey; and what steps his Department has taken to ensure that autistic people are benefitting from increased employment rates.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	70517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Over a number of years employment data on people with specific long term health conditions has been collected by the Office for National Statistics using the Labour Force Survey. This important survey has allowed the Department to produce useful time series statistics on the employment rates of individuals with long term health conditions, where this information is collected. The Labour Force Survey includes a large range of health conditions that survey respondents can report they experience; however this does not currently include autism as one of the named health conditions and there are no plans to begin collecting this data.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is working with Autism Alliance UK on a national training programme for Jobcentre Plus staff (so that they can better support claimants with autism into work). In addition, the Department has helped to develop a Disability Passport - About Me - to support disabled people, including those with autism, who are seeking jobs and those helping them. Disabled people can share it with their work coach or adviser, to help improve communication and put any reasonable adjustments in place at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Improving Lives – the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper sets out the Government’s proposals for improving work and health outcomes for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. We are now considering consultation responses and the next steps for longer term reform.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 12:10:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

720817

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, following the accepting of an appeal against a personal independence payment award, how many claimants (a) are offered a revised decision by his Department prior to the appeal being heard, (b) accept the revised decision leading to the appeal lapsing, (c) reject the revised decision and continue with the appeal and (d) accept the revised decision leading to the appeal lapsing and subsequently lodge an appeal against the revised decision; and how many appeals were considered lapsed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	70571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:29:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

720848

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 the average processing time is for claims of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) carer's allowance and (c) attendance allowance; and what plans his Department has to publish that data on a quarterly basis.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	70325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The data available in relation to this question is the Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) which is the average number of working Days (excludes weekends and English Bank Holidays) between an application being made and the date the customer was notified of the decision on their claim.</p><p> </p><p>The AACT for Carers Allowance Claims for the Financial Year which runs from April 16 to March 17 is 21.5 days</p><p> </p><p>The AACT for Attendance Allowance Normal Rules Claims for the Financial Year which runs from April 16 to March 17 is 19.3 days</p><p> </p><p>The AACT for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claims for the Financial year which runs from April 16 to March 17 is 7.9 days</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to publish these statistics on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p><p>Sources:</p><p>Attendance Allowance Computer System (AACS)</p><p>Carers Allowance Computer System (CACS)</p><p>Management Information System Programme (MISP). MISP is a Departmental performance management, data capture and reporting tool.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:52:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

720852

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of paying carer's allowance to all those eligible for that benefit, including those with an underlying entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	70269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>An estimate of the overall cost to the public purse of paying Carer’s Allowance to those claimants with an underlying entitlement, but not receiving a payment, is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on Carer’s Allowance is published within the Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables 2017 – available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the number of people (i) receiving a payment for Carer’s Allowance and (ii) have an underlying entitlement to Carer’s Allowance are available within Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 70270 question first answered 20/04/2017 09:40:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

720853

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are eligible for carer's allowance currently (a) receive that benefit and (b) have an underlying entitlement without payment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	70270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>An estimate of the overall cost to the public purse of paying Carer’s Allowance to those claimants with an underlying entitlement, but not receiving a payment, is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on Carer’s Allowance is published within the Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables 2017 – available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the number of people (i) receiving a payment for Carer’s Allowance and (ii) have an underlying entitlement to Carer’s Allowance are available within Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 70269 question first answered 20/04/2017 09:40:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

720861

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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 cases overturned at reconsideration or appeal stages were initially assessed as scoring zero points by the relevant assessor in 2016.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	70970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of mandatory reconsiderations and appeals where the decision was overturned in 2016, and the proportion of these cases where the individual was initially assessed as scoring zero points by the DWP case manager.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations</p></td><td><p>Appeals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overturned cases</p></td><td><p>34,110</p></td><td><p>32,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overturned cases when they initially scored zero points</p></td><td><p>5,030 (15%)</p></td><td><p>8,100 (25%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The number of Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) and Appeal overturns includes decisions where a claimant’s monetary award was changed at MR or Appeal.</li><li>Data shows the number of MRs and Appeals where the outcome of this decision was reached during 2016.</li><li>The data currently available on point scores and reported here shows the points awarded by the DWP case manager at initial decision.</li></ol> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 12:06:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson