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626015

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 Services: Disability
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 is taking to improve access to specialist employment services for young disabled people.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	51039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>‘Improving Lives - The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’, published on 31 October, announces a Personal Support Package for people with health conditions and disabilities, with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants, including young disabled people.</p><p>In particular as part of this package we will explore how to better support young disabled people by testing a voluntary, supported Work Experience programme. This will give young disabled people the opportunity to benefit from time in the workplace with a mainstream employer. It will enable them to build their confidence and skills, enhance their CV and demonstrate their ability to perform a job role.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 17:27:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

626104

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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: Newham
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 applications from addresses in the London Borough of Newham were accepted at the first stage without submitting a mandatory reconsideration or appeal between April 2015 and October 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Breakdowns of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment claims by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn), at the point of initial decision, are published online at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk. This includes data on both the total number of PIP awards made and on such awards as a percentage of overall claims. It also includes breakdowns by month and by Local Authority.</p><p>These statistics run until July 2016. Figures are published on a regular basis and statistics for August to October will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50929 51225 question first answered 03/11/2016 17:32:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

626105

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's assessment contractors receive any penalty or fine when a claimant has been initially refused (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance and is later awarded the relevant benefit on appeal at tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The role of contracted Assessment Providers is to carry out assessments on behalf of the Department. They do not determine whether a claim to Personal Independence Payment or Employment and Support Allowance is successful. They provide a report to DWP’s decision makers who then determine entitlement to benefit. No targets are in place as to how many applications are successful.</p><p>Where a need for additional support or training is identified, feedback is provided to the assessor and appropriate action taken.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51156 question first answered 03/11/2016 16:49:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626106

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 many employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants with (a) chronic disabilities and (b) illnesses were declared fit to work and had their ESA payments stopped in each month of (i) 2013, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2015 and (iv) 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><br>Information in respect of Employment and Support Allowance work capability assessments can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/11/2016 16:58:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626107

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	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 support his Department is putting in place to support people currently in receipt of Access to Work awards over the annual cap and their employers to prepare them for the end of the transition phase of the annual cap for existing scheme users.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	51055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The upper limit (annual cap) was announced in March 2015 and came into effect, for new customers only, in October 2015. New applications made between October 2015 and March 2016 were capped at an annual limit of £40,800, meaning that new customers could still potentially receive an award of £122,400 over a three year period. The annual cap was increased to £41,400 with effect from April 2016 and will continue to be reviewed annually.</p><p> </p><p>Those existing customers whose awards are or were above the annual cap have been notified that they will retain their current award, subject to usual annual reviews, until April 2018, provided their needs remain the same.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, Access to Work specialist teams are conducting annual reviews with customers and employers to establish the level of support required and determine whether there are any reasonable adjustments or other changes, such as greater use of technology, that could assist the customer overcome the barriers they face. Where appropriate, Access to Work will also commission a holistic workplace assessment of an individual’s support needs.</p><p> </p><p>We will monitor the application of the cap and consider whether any further flexibilities might be required in practice.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 17:23:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

626108

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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, whether his Department's assessment contractors received any (a) penalty, (b) bonus and (c) incentive to deny individual claims for (i) personal independence payment and (ii) employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The role of contracted Assessment Providers is to carry out assessments on behalf of the Department. They do not determine whether a claim to Personal Independence Payment or Employment and Support Allowance is successful. They provide a report to DWP’s decision makers who then determine entitlement to benefit. No targets are in place as to how many applications are successful.</p><p>Where a need for additional support or training is identified, feedback is provided to the assessor and appropriate action taken.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51158 question first answered 03/11/2016 16:49:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626110

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 targets his Department's assessment contractors have for conducting (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance assessments.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Information on all the contractual targets, payments and penalties for Personal Independence Payment and Employment Support Allowance assessment contractors can be found on the Government’s Contract Finder website:</p><p>Atos Healthcare for PIP assessments in Northern England and Scotland – Lot 1<br>http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695721/</p><p>Capita for Central England and Wales assessments – Lot 2 <br>http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/740844/</p><p>Atos Healthcare for PIP assessments in London, East of England and Southern England – Lot 3<br>http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695729/</p><p>Capita for Northern Ireland assessments – Lot 4<br>http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/762330/</p><p>Health and Disability Assessment Service (ESA)<br>https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk:443/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;NoticeId=1644334</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/11/2016 17:02:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626113

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 proportion of all personal independence payment applicants have been accepted at the first stage without submitting a mandatory reconsideration or appeal in the period between April 2015 and October 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Breakdowns of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment claims by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn), at the point of initial decision, are published online at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk. This includes data on both the total number of PIP awards made and on such awards as a percentage of overall claims. It also includes breakdowns by month and by Local Authority.</p><p>These statistics run until July 2016. Figures are published on a regular basis and statistics for August to October will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50929 51223 question first answered 03/11/2016 17:32:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

626114

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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, how many people whose initial claim for employment and support allowance was unsuccessful died before their appeal was heard in each year from 2013 to 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested 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 08/11/2016 15:59:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626116

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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, how many people died within a year of an unsuccessful personal independence payment in each year from 2013 to 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested 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 08/11/2016 16:09:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy