Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

536520

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Motability is required to repossess a claimant's vehicle before mandatory reconsideration or appeals related to personal independent payment claim applications.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	42852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Motability is an independent charitable organisation wholly responsible for the Motability scheme. It is therefore Motability’s decision whether to allow claimants to keep their vehicle during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are allowed to keep their vehicle for up to seven weeks following a decision that they are no longer entitled to PIP, with Mandatory Reconsiderations normally completed well before this. Most are also eligible for a £2,000 transitional support payment. Those who win their appeal can normally reapply for the scheme immediately, providing they repay this; otherwise, they can re-join after 6 months.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2016 12:12:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

536189

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 takes to ensure that the level of functional impairment is adequately assessed to provide appropriate support for a claimant to obtain employment.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	42659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department introduced the independent audit of Work Capability Assessments in March 2015 in line with the start of the new Health and Disability Assessment Service contract.</p><p> </p><p>Audit has a central role in confirming that independent health professional advice complies with the required standards and that it is clear and medically reasonable. It also provides assurance that any approach to assessment and opinion given is consistent so that, irrespective of where or by whom the assessment is carried out, claimants with conditions that have the same functional effect will ultimately receive the same benefit outcome.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/07/2016 13:22:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

536190

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 publish the evidence base for the choice of descriptors used in work capability assessments.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	42660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Details of the evidence base and consultative group members involved in the development of the Work Capability Assessment can be found in the Transformation of the Personal Capability assessment reports of September 2006, February 2007 and November 2007.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090605153301/http:/www.workandpensions.gov.uk/welfarereform/pca.asp" target="_blank"><strong>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090605153301/http:/www.workandpensions.gov.uk/welfarereform/pca.asp</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 42709 question first answered 21/07/2016 13:25:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

536317

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 proposed changes to the work related activity group on the effectiveness of the assessment process.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	42665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>The change is not related to the work capability assessment process, which happens prior to a claimant being placed in the work related activity group. Therefore no assessment of the change on the effectiveness of the work capability assessment process has been undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2016 11:49:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

536320

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which agents external to his Department (a) supplied and (b) analysed the evidence that his Department used to decide on the descriptors used for the work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	42709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Details of the evidence base and consultative group members involved in the development of the Work Capability Assessment can be found in the Transformation of the Personal Capability assessment reports of September 2006, February 2007 and November 2007.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090605153301/http:/www.workandpensions.gov.uk/welfarereform/pca.asp" target="_blank"><strong>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090605153301/http:/www.workandpensions.gov.uk/welfarereform/pca.asp</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 42660 question first answered 21/07/2016 13:25:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

535578

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
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, how many assessments of claimants transferring between disability living allowance and personal independence payments have been made in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	42533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearances by type (e.g. awarded/disallowed after or before referral to the assessment provider or withdrawn), for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)), is published on Gov.UK: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 42534 question first answered 19/07/2016 13:18:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

535579

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
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, how many claimants have been transferred from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	42534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearances by type (e.g. awarded/disallowed after or before referral to the assessment provider or withdrawn), for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)), is published on Gov.UK: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 42533 question first answered 19/07/2016 13:18:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

535585

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
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, what steps he has taken to ensure consistency in the length of intervals between awards of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	42461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their impairment or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability. The length of an award for PIP is based on the needs of the individual claimant and whether these are likely to change in the future, as a result, for example, of treatment or changes in their health condition.</p><p> </p><p>The Department monitors all aspects of the PIP application process including the performance of the assessment providers, Atos Healthcare and Capita. The reports of Health Professionals who carry out assessments are subject to quality audit, to ensure accurate advice on the best time to review a case based on a claimant’s individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The PIP Assessment Guide for Health Professionals carrying out assessments includes guidance on how to determine the length of an award – Section 2.9 Prognosis (page 54) and 2.10 Review dates (page 56).</p><p> </p><p>This guidance can be accessed on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>There is also guidance and information for DWP decision makers on how best to establish the length of an award.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/07/2016 15:21:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

533574

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is giving to women soldiers in Iraq through (a) training and (b) provision of body armour.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK has trained female soldiers from the Iraqi Security Forces in infantry skills, combat first aid and explosive hazard awareness as part of the wider Coalition programme to build security force capacity in Iraq. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence announced to the House on 2 September 2014 (Column 16WS), the UK has also gifted non-lethal equipment to the Peshmerga including enhanced combat body armour suitable for both men and women.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/07/2016 15:32:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 2 September 2014 , (Col 16WS).docx title Operations in Iraq (Update)
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

533344

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) women and (b) men employed as (i) merchant navy (A) officers and (B) ratings or (ii) merchant seafarers by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	42048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The number of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Personnel as of 1 April for each of the last 10 years by Officer/Ratings and Male/Female is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p>RFA Officers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>920</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>740</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p>RFA Ratings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>1,510</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. Due to rounding the total is not always the sum of the rounded parts.</p><p> </p><p>These totals may also differ slightly from the total RFA personnel given in the answer of 14 June 2016 to question 39903 for years prior to 2013, as the gender and rank breakdowns are taken from a different source.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on those employed in the merchant navy.</p><p> </p><p>In compiling the answer to this question an error has been identified in the answer to question 39903 given on 14 June 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The number of RFA employees on 1 April for each of the years 2008 to 2016 should have been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Total RFA Personnel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>2,360</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>1,890</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The original figures given were extracted from the RFA’s live Human Resources system. These can differ from the Official Statistics published in the Ministry of Defence Quarterly Civilian Personnel Statistics Report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-2016</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/07/2016 15:16:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns