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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

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

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

626121

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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in the support group for employment and support allowance can access specialist employment advice.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	51113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>There is no requirement for people in the support group to undertake work-related activity. However, they can volunteer for support or other provision if they wish.</p><p> </p><p>The Health, Work and Disability Green Paper, launched on 31<sup>st</sup> October recognises that we need to do more to help people placed in the Support Group who would like to work now or in the future. We are committed to understanding what works for those in the Support Group. We will undertake comprehensive research and develop a large scale trial to test and learn from different approaches of offering employment and health support for those in the Support Group.</p><p> </p><p>We are also consulting to establish if a ‘keep in touch’ discussion would be of benefit for this group, and if so, how and by whom should it be delivered, to ensure it meets the needs of individuals in this group.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 16:31:14 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

626123

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, how many people by type of disability who have applied for Access to Work since the imposition of the annual cap have been given awards equal to that cap.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	51054
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 grouped question UIN 51036 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:23:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

626125

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, how many Access to Work scheme users by type of disability are taking part in the pilot of personal budgets.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	51037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises that people need support that is tailored to their needs. Personal Budgets are currently being trialled in Access to Work to offer customers greater flexibility to manage their Travel to Work or Support Worker costs.</p><p>From clerical data rounded to the nearest ten, in November 2016 there are 40 people in the trial. It is not possible to break this figure down by type of disability. Rounded to the nearest ten, 30 more customers who were approached did not meet the qualifying criteria and were unable to join the trial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 17:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

626126

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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers are currently accredited under the Two Ticks scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	50986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The previous Positive about Disability (Two Ticks) scheme has been replaced by the new Disability Confident scheme, which was formally launched on 2 November 2016 with attendant publicity aimed at both employers and disabled people. Prior to the change there were about 3,500 employers listed as “Two Ticks”. There are currently more than 2,400 employers signed up to Disability Confident, with that number growing daily.</p><p> </p><p>The new scheme has been designed to give employers the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff. Employers currently registered with the Two Ticks scheme are invited to transfer to Disability Confident. If they accept, they are sent the Disability Confident Employer self-assessment pack and allowed 12 months to undertake the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Some employers have chosen to undertake the self-assessment straight away. In submitting details to be awarded Disability Confident Employer, the employer is required to confirm that they have undertaken the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>No validation of the self-assessment is required. However, to reach the highest level of Disability Confident Leader, a business must put that assessment up for external challenge, which could include examination by disabled groups, disabled staff networks or professional assessment bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The new Disability Confident scheme went live in a test and learn phase from July 2016. Feedback was considered and changes made to the scheme before it was launched on 2<sup>nd</sup> November. The effectiveness of the scheme will now be closely monitored, looking at the number of employers signed up by sector and by geographic area, as well as such issues as what offers of employment, apprenticeships, internships, etc. they are making and delivering.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50987 50988 50989 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:09:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

626127

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: 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 his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people are made aware that the Two Ticks scheme is being transferred to the Disability Confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	50987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The previous Positive about Disability (Two Ticks) scheme has been replaced by the new Disability Confident scheme, which was formally launched on 2 November 2016 with attendant publicity aimed at both employers and disabled people. Prior to the change there were about 3,500 employers listed as “Two Ticks”. There are currently more than 2,400 employers signed up to Disability Confident, with that number growing daily.</p><p> </p><p>The new scheme has been designed to give employers the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff. Employers currently registered with the Two Ticks scheme are invited to transfer to Disability Confident. If they accept, they are sent the Disability Confident Employer self-assessment pack and allowed 12 months to undertake the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Some employers have chosen to undertake the self-assessment straight away. In submitting details to be awarded Disability Confident Employer, the employer is required to confirm that they have undertaken the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>No validation of the self-assessment is required. However, to reach the highest level of Disability Confident Leader, a business must put that assessment up for external challenge, which could include examination by disabled groups, disabled staff networks or professional assessment bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The new Disability Confident scheme went live in a test and learn phase from July 2016. Feedback was considered and changes made to the scheme before it was launched on 2<sup>nd</sup> November. The effectiveness of the scheme will now be closely monitored, looking at the number of employers signed up by sector and by geographic area, as well as such issues as what offers of employment, apprenticeships, internships, etc. they are making and delivering.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50986 50988 50989 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:09:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

626128

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: 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 his Department is taking to ensure that employers transferred from the Two Ticks scheme to the Disability Confident scheme are meeting the requirements for which they are being accredited.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	50988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The previous Positive about Disability (Two Ticks) scheme has been replaced by the new Disability Confident scheme, which was formally launched on 2 November 2016 with attendant publicity aimed at both employers and disabled people. Prior to the change there were about 3,500 employers listed as “Two Ticks”. There are currently more than 2,400 employers signed up to Disability Confident, with that number growing daily.</p><p> </p><p>The new scheme has been designed to give employers the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff. Employers currently registered with the Two Ticks scheme are invited to transfer to Disability Confident. If they accept, they are sent the Disability Confident Employer self-assessment pack and allowed 12 months to undertake the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Some employers have chosen to undertake the self-assessment straight away. In submitting details to be awarded Disability Confident Employer, the employer is required to confirm that they have undertaken the self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>No validation of the self-assessment is required. However, to reach the highest level of Disability Confident Leader, a business must put that assessment up for external challenge, which could include examination by disabled groups, disabled staff networks or professional assessment bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The new Disability Confident scheme went live in a test and learn phase from July 2016. Feedback was considered and changes made to the scheme before it was launched on 2<sup>nd</sup> November. The effectiveness of the scheme will now be closely monitored, looking at the number of employers signed up by sector and by geographic area, as well as such issues as what offers of employment, apprenticeships, internships, etc. they are making and delivering.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50986 50987 50989 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:09:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie