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776223

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Office for Nuclear Regulation
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 Answer of 20 October 2017 to Question 108257, if the reduction in the grant to the Office for Nuclear Regulation in 2019-20 will take place.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	109007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The bulk of the income received by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is from charges to industry. The grant made available by the Department to cover statutory activity, for which the ONR cannot charge industry, is planned to decrease in line with ONR’s intention to reduce its reliance on the grant and the Spending Review 2015 Settlement.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will allocate ONR the funding necessary to set up a domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime on leaving Euratom.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2017 08:39:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

776233

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the qualifying period for attendance allowance is six months.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	109058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Attendance Allowance provides financial support to severely disabled people who require long-term care or supervision. Although some disabling conditions may appear to be long-term at their onset, this is not always so. The six-month qualifying period helps establish that the disability and the resulting care or supervision needs are of a long-term nature, and ensures the benefit goes to those for whom it is intended.</p><p> </p><p>When awarding a claim, the Decision Maker will look at whether, and for how long, the severely disabled person has required the necessary level of care or supervision before the date of claim, and consider whether some or all of the qualifying period has already been completed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For people who have a progressive disease and are not expected to live longer than another six months, there is no requirement to meet the 6 month qualifying period.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2017 08:42:07 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

776239

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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: Motor Neurone Disease
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 make it his policy to ensure that people with motor neurone disease are not required to be regularly reassessed for personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	109079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 October 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-18/108380/" target="_blank">UIN 108380</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/10/2017 11:17:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

774102

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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, if he will list examples of co-operation between his Department and charitable or private sector providers on personal independence payments or employment and support allowance by parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	108661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department works with many charitable and private sector providers<em>. </em></p><p> </p><p>Examples within each parliamentary constituency could only be provided at disproportionate costs</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2017 13:20:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

774104

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to decision-makers on the process for receiving employment and support allowance and personal independence payment cases pending tribunal where concerns are highlighted about a decision.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	108686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The guidance issued to decision makers when considering an ESA or PIP appeal to the First-tier Tribunal reflects the law. It explains (in summary) that</p><p> </p><ul><li>ESA can continue to be paid pending the tribunal hearing, provided the appealed decision is not based on a second consecutive failed Work Capability Assessment determination. It further explains that if payment pending appeal is not available, then a further claim for ESA can be made anyway but payment would only be made where the claimant’s condition has deteriorated or they present with a new condition.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>There is no entitlement to PIP pending the tribunal hearing. A further claim can be made before the appeal is decided – the same decision making process applies to this claim as it did to the previous claim.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2017 13:16:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

774125

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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 additional support his Department provides to claimants in response to their individual circumstances, including, but not limited to, any health conditions, disabilities and caring responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	108806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Claimants are provided with personalised support, based on their individual circumstances. This includes tailored support from a work coach on a one-to-one basis, with additional work-related support and financial assistance, provided through Jobcentre Plus or specialist providers. Work coaches will also signpost to appropriate locally delivered provision.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2017 13:10:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

773327

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on reassessing entitlement to personal independence payments for existing claimants with progressive and severe conditions such as motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	108380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 July 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-17/5325/" target="_blank">UIN 5325</a>. 16% of claimants with motor neurone disease currently receive Personal Independence Payment at a rate lower than the maximum available meaning that their award may increase on review.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/10/2017 10:57:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

772329

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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: Crohn's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to revise the criteria for determining applications for personal independence payments and employment and support allowance for people with Crohn's disease.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	108160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The assessment criteria for Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment are intended to treat all health conditions and disabilities fairly and measure the functional impact of a person’s health condition or impairment on their ability to work or manage daily living and mobility activities rather than focusing on the health condition or disability itself.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2017 10:18:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

771635

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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 and Support Allowance: Mental Illness
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 review the employment and support allowance assessment criteria to tackle the difficulties faced by applicants suffering with mental health problems including anxiety and depression.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	107866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the WCA assesses people fairly and accurately, which is why we keep our processes under review. Since ESA was introduced, we have made a number of changes to strengthen the assessment process for people with mental health conditions. We took forward a number of recommendations from Professor Harrington and Dr Litchfield who independently reviewed the WCA, including redesigning the ESA50 claimant questionnaire to make it clear that evidence from healthcare professionals and advocates is particularly valuable in mental health cases.</p><p>More information regarding these independent reviews can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-independent-review-year-1" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-independent-review-year-1</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/10/2017 15:56:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

770091

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
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, how many Access to Work reassessments have been conducted in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	107705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently published the following statistics on the number of people who have had Access to Work provision approved: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics have been developed using guidelines set out by the UK Statistics Authority and are new official statistics undergoing development. They have therefore been designated as experimental statistics. We plan to publish these statistics on an annual basis and will explore the feasibility of expanding their scope to cover other parts of the Access to Work customer journey such as Access to Work payments. Users are invited to comment on the development and relevance of these statistics at this stage and can send feedback to: <a href="mailto:access.toworkstatistics@dwp.gsi.gov.uk" target="_blank">access.toworkstatistics@dwp.gsi.gov.uk</a>. Your questions above will also be considered as part of the development of the statistics.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 107706 107707 107717 question first answered 18/10/2017 09:50:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams