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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

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

770096

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	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 information his Department holds on the number of decisions that individual decision-makers have overturned at tribunal in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	107685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of decisions that individual Decision Makers (DMs) have overturned at an appeal tribunal. If an appeal is heard by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service then an independent legally qualified judge (supported by other panel members) will uphold or overturn the original decision.</p><p> </p><p>However the Department does hold data on the total number of lapsed decisions. Regulations allow DMs to review an appeal prior to submission to the tribunal. If the DM makes a revised decision wholly in the claimants favour this is classed as a lapsed appeal and negates the need for consideration by the tribunal. See yearly volumes of lapsed decisions in the table below;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017 – 30 June 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4,275</p></td><td><p>9,620</p></td><td><p>12,760</p></td><td><p>4,542</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p><p>Data is only available from 1 April 2014. This is due to a change in the Mandatory Reconsideration and Appeals process in October 2013 as part of Appeals Reform. Pre October 2013 data is not comparable to current volumes. Volumes from October 2013 – April 2014 (initial Appeals Reform roll-out) were small volumes and therefore not reflective of normal trend.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit data is only available from September 2014</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source</strong>:</p><p>Personal Independence Payment Computer System (PIPCS)</p><p>Disability Living Allowance Computer System (DLACS)</p><p>Pensions Computer System for Pension Age.</p><p>Decision Making and Appeals Case Recorder (DMACR) for Working Age benefits.</p><p>Appeals Tracking System for Child Maintenance Group</p><p> </p><p>The above data sources are Departmental performance management, data capture and reporting tools. This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/10/2017 11:14:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

769771

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment: Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which disabilities and health conditions are now exempt from work capability re-assessments for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	107389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Rather than setting out a list of specific medical conditions, the criteria for stopping routine assessments in Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit is based on a set of functional descriptors to determine how an illness or disability affects an individual’s ability to work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/10/2017 12:35:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

768206

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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, whether he has any plans to review the personal independence payments assessment criteria.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	107039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no current plans to review the Personal Independence Payment assessment criteria.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/10/2017 11:00:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

768208

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an assessment rate for personal independence payments during the appeals process.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	107037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment or costings exercise has been made in relation to introducing an assessment rate for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) during the appeal process. As for other decisions in law, a PIP decision persists until such time as an appeal against the decision is concluded. As PIP can be paid at one of eight different rates this means that those appealing against a successful award continue to be paid the level of PIP awarded by the Secretary of State during the appeal process.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 107038 question first answered 18/10/2017 11:08:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

768214

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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 assessment he has made of the (a) quality and (b) consistency in the delivery of personal independence payment assessments across the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	107048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has set standards for the quality of assessments which both Personal Independence Payment providers must meet, which the Department monitors. The standards require assessment providers to provide the Department’s Decision Makers with an assessment that is clear and medically reasonable.</p><p>We are continually working with the assessment providers to further improve the quality of assessments including clinical coaching, feedback and support available to each assessor.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/10/2017 13:23:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock