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711779

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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 estimate his Department has made of the cumulative cost to date of the personal independence payments assessment programme on the NHS budget.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	68310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP), together with Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance, are universal benefits that help with the extra costs arising from a long-term health condition or disability. Spending on these benefits increased by over £3 billion over the course of the last parliament and we expect to be spending nearly £23 billion in 2017/18. We would expect individuals to be accessing the relevant support services, regardless of benefit receipt and do not expect the introduction of PIP to impact health services.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/03/2017 14:24:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

711827

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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 steps he plans to take to reduce the (a) number of appeals against decisions on personal independence payments and (b) success rate of such appeals.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	68243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>7%, of all Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions have been appealed and 3% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>As part of on-going review and improvement of PIP, we are continuing to make efforts to ensure that all decisions, whether made initially or at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR), are the best informed decisions. For example, the department is running a series of trials which looks at the end to end PIP decision making process with a particular focus on MR and explores the different ways we can improve the quality of our decision making.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is important that claimants can appeal their award decision if they are unhappy with it. Moreover, a request for an appeal does not mean that the decisions taken initially and as part of Mandatory Reconsideration were not right. Claimants often provide new, relevant evidence at the tribunal stage.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/03/2017 14:27:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

711534

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Urgent Question on 15 March 2017, Official Report, column 402, on personal independence payment assessments, how many people have scored points under descriptor f for psychiatric disorders alone for (a) new claims and (b) disability living allowance reassessments.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	68150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>We have interpreted your question to be requesting the number of people who have scored points under descriptor f for Mobility Activity 1 (Planning and Following Journeys).</p><p> </p><p>The number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments where the claimant had a Psychiatric Disorder and scored descriptor F for Mobility Activity 1 was:</p><p> </p><p><strong>New Claims: 12,160</strong></p><p><strong>Reassessments: 68,220</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Figures include all PIP decisions between April 2013 and 28<sup>th</sup> February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/03/2017 14:21:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

711539

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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: Epilepsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the daily living activity 3 of the personal independence payment assessment, how many people with epilepsy have scored points on descriptors c, d, e or f for (a) new claims and (b) disability living allowance reassessments in (i) each of the three years before and (ii) the period since November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	68090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The two tables below give statistics on the number of people with main disabling condition epilepsy who scored c, d, e or f on Activity 3 (“Managing therapy/Monitoring a health condition”) of their assessment for Personal Independence payment (PIP) for both new claimants and DLA reassessments.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 – Number of new claimants each calendar year that scored c, d, e or f on Activity 3 of their PIP assessment</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>New claims</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016 (to 31<sup>st</sup> October)</p></td><td><p>1<sup>st</sup> November 2016-28<sup>th</sup> February 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number scoring c, d, e or f on Activity 3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2 – Number of DLA reassessment claimants each calendar year that scored c, d, e or f on Activity 3 of their PIP assessment</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>DLA Reassessments</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016 (to 31<sup>st</sup> October)</p></td><td><p>1<sup>st</sup> November 2016-28<sup>th</sup> February 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number scoring c, d, e or f on Activity 3</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data beyond 28<sup>th</sup> February 2017 is not readily available; preparing it would require us to link together several complex datasets and take steps to assure the quality of the results.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/03/2017 13:22:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

711105

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Disability: Employment
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 effect on disability employment of reductions to the work-related activity group component of employment and support allowance; and whether the Government will reconsider that measure if the disability employment gap widens as a result.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	67886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the change to the work-related activity component on 20 July 2015. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government remains committed to halving the disability employment gap as set out in the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper published on 31st October 2016 and we have seen nearly 600,000 more working age disabled people in employment over the past three years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/03/2017 12:48:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

711110

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Self-employed: Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to improve access to sick pay for the self-employed.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	67862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Matthew Taylor’s Independent Review of Modern Employment Practices will look at the impact of non-standard forms of employment on security, pay and rights such as sick pay and the Government will consider any recommendations his report may make with regards to sick pay entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is supporting self-employed people by extending, from April 2017, the New Enterprise Allowance to include an offer of mentoring support for self-employed Universal Credit (UC) claimants to help them grow their existing business.</p><p> </p><p>This Department is also working closely with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to ensure it delivers a joined up service and identifies local and national provision available to support those in existing self-employment or those who wish to start a new business.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/03/2017 16:04:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

711116

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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 advice his Department issues to personal independence payment claimants on their right to have a recorded home assessment.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	67931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Any claimant can request a home consultation for Personal Independence Payment, however a claimant may specifically require a home consultation where their diagnosis suggests extreme difficulty travelling to an assessment due to their health condition or impairment.</p><p> </p><p>All PIP claimants are entitled to use their own equipment to record assessments, within an assessment centre or at their home. This equipment should meet DWP standards. You can find standards for recording PIP assessments, for each Assessment Provider, on their respective websites, or by using the following links:</p><p> </p><p>Atos: <a href="http://www.atoshealthcare.com/pip/faq_view/recording_my_consultation" target="_blank">http://www.atoshealthcare.com/pip/faq_view/recording_my_consultation</a></p><p>Capita: <a href="http://www.capita-pip.co.uk/en/assessment-process.html" target="_blank">http://www.capita-pip.co.uk/en/assessment-process.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Health Professional does not need to separately consider the recording of a recorded assessment, as they will have conducted the assessment themselves and produced a report; however a copy the recording will be held securely for 14 months following. The Department will consider evidence from the recorded home assessment report in the same way it considers all PIP assessments; by treating 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.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 67930 question first answered 22/03/2017 13:07:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

711117

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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 criteria his Department uses to determine eligibility for recorded home assessments for personal independence payment; what support his Department provides for vulnerable claimants who require home assessments; and what processes are undertaken by his Department to consider the evidence from recorded home assessments.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	67930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Any claimant can request a home consultation for Personal Independence Payment, however a claimant may specifically require a home consultation where their diagnosis suggests extreme difficulty travelling to an assessment due to their health condition or impairment.</p><p> </p><p>All PIP claimants are entitled to use their own equipment to record assessments, within an assessment centre or at their home. This equipment should meet DWP standards. You can find standards for recording PIP assessments, for each Assessment Provider, on their respective websites, or by using the following links:</p><p> </p><p>Atos: <a href="http://www.atoshealthcare.com/pip/faq_view/recording_my_consultation" target="_blank">http://www.atoshealthcare.com/pip/faq_view/recording_my_consultation</a></p><p>Capita: <a href="http://www.capita-pip.co.uk/en/assessment-process.html" target="_blank">http://www.capita-pip.co.uk/en/assessment-process.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Health Professional does not need to separately consider the recording of a recorded assessment, as they will have conducted the assessment themselves and produced a report; however a copy the recording will be held securely for 14 months following. The Department will consider evidence from the recorded home assessment report in the same way it considers all PIP assessments; by treating 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.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 67931 question first answered 22/03/2017 13:07:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

711119

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a person who has been assessed for employment and support allowance or personal independent payments is entitled to a copy of the computer file report created by the HCP during their assessment process.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	67987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>A person who has been assessed for either Employment Support Allowance or Personal Independence Payment can ask to see a copy of their assessment report at any time after its completion. They can do this by telephone, in writing or in person.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/03/2017 17:27:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

711120

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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: Medical Records
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 effect full online medical record access for patients will have on the efficiency of processing employment and support allowance and personal independence payments applications.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	67905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Claimants are encouraged to provide all evidence they have that is relevant to their case at the outset of their claim, including evidence from their GP or other professionals, such as support workers, carers and community mental health nurses, to ensure advice provided to Decision Makers is of a suitable quality to support a good standard of decision making.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper we are looking at ways to simplify and streamline benefit assessments, including our use of digital services and our ability to use and share appropriate data.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/03/2017 12:57:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson