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631075

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Carer's Allowance
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 raising the earnings threshold for carer's allowance to enable those who work 16 hours a week on the living wage to be eligible.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	52037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government keeps the Carer’s Allowance earnings limit under regular review and increases it when it is warranted and affordable.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer she received on 25 April 2016 in response to UIN34752</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-04-20/34752/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-04-20/34752/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/11/2016 17:11:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

631257

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of foreign children adopted by UK parents who are not eligible for disability living allowance because of the past presence rule.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	52007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I am replying to this question as assessments of the effect of the benefit cap are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Evaluation evidence in relation to the existing cap showed very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small numbers of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Where claimants need further financial support with their housing costs in order to adjust to the benefit cap, for example while they find work or move to more suitable accommodation, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To help Local Authorities protect the most vulnerable and to support households adjusting to the reforms, the Government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><ins class="ministerial"><p>The information is not held.</p></ins><p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/11/2016 15:05:14 question first ministerially corrected 16/11/2016 15:41:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 20545 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

631258

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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: Parkinson's Disease
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 with Parkinson's disease have been placed in the (a) support group and (b) work-related activity group with a prognosis statement of (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) 12 months, (iv) 18 months, (v) two years and (vi) more than two years since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	52057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes of initial and repeat Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessments and Incapacity Benefits Reassessments (IBR) for claimants with Parkinson’s Disease, by Prognosis: October 2008 – December 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Prognosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3 Months</p></td><td><p>6 Months</p></td><td><p>12 Months</p></td><td><p>18 Months</p></td><td><p>2 Years</p></td><td><p>In the longer term</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initial assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Repeat assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IB reassessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by our Healthcare Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“denotes nil or under 50.</li><li>SG – Support Group</li></ol><p>WRAG – Work Related Activity Group</p><ol start="3"><li>The outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker’s decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker’s decision is not yet available.</li><li>The data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011, existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they qualify for ESA instead.</li><li>The reassessment of existing incapacity benefits claimants was rolled out nationally from April 2011.</li></ol> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/11/2016 17:20:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

631259

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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 people with (a) multiple sclerosis, (b) spinal muscular atrophy, (c) Parkinson's disease, (d) cystic fibrosis and (e) rheumatoid arthritis were placed in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance between (i) April 2014 and April 2015 and (ii) April 2015 and April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	52058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The latest information available is shown in the table below:</p><p>Numbers placed in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) for initial and repeat Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessments and Incapacity Benefits Reassessments (IBR) for claimants with Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Parkinson’s Disease, Cystic Fibrosis or Rheumatoid Arthritis: April 2014 to March 2015 and April 2015 to December 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Condition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Multiple<br> Sclerosis</p></td><td><p>Spinal<br> Muscular<br> Atrophy</p></td><td><p>Parkinson's Disease</p></td><td><p>Cystic<br> Fibrosis</p></td><td><p>Rheumatoid<br> Arthritis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initial assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14 to Mar-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15 to Dec-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Repeat assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14 to Mar-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15 to Dec-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IB Reassessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14 to Mar-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15 to Dec-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by our Healthcare providers.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“denotes nil or under 50.</li><li>The WRAG outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker’s decision or the recommendation made by the our Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker’s decision is not yet available.</li><li>The data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011, existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they qualify for ESA instead.</li><li>The reassessment of existing incapacity benefits claimants was rolled out nationally from April 2011.</li></ol> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/11/2016 17:23:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

631260

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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: Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2016 to Question 23428, how many claimants of employment and support allowance who had a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease have been removed from the work-related activity group since 2008 because they had died.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	52059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 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 14/11/2016 17:26:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

628190

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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, for what reason the Green Paper Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability, published on 31 October 2016, does not contain a commitment to aim to halve the disability employment gap by 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>This Government’s commitment to halving the disability employment gap was set out in our Manifesto. We have seen almost 500,000 more disabled people in employment over the past three years. Over the same time we’ve seen the employment rate for disabled people increase by over 4 percentage points, where it now stands at 48 per cent.</p><p>We want to build on this. We are clear that sustained progress calls for action across the areas of welfare, employment and health. Although the Government has an important role to play in leading the way and facilitating change, everyone needs to play their part. That is why we have just published “<em>Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em>”. It sets out the short-term action we intend to take to bring about change, alongside our intention to work with others to change perceptions and transform the culture around disability, health and work. The aim of the public consultation is to spark a proactive, wide-ranging and challenging conversation and build a consensus for change. It includes questions on proposals for longer-term reform over this Parliament and beyond, so that our systems, sectors and social attitudes all work together to help achieve the ambition of halving the disability employment gap.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 15:55:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

628191

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average median number of weeks' clearance times were after assessment for personal independence payments for new claimants and reassessments in (a) Arun (E07000224), (b) Chichester (E07000225), (c) Worthing (E07000229), (d) Adur (E07000223), (e) Horsham (E07000227), (f) Crawley (E07000226) and (g) Mid Sussex (E07000228) between July 2015 and June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Horsham
tabling member printed	Jeremy Quin
uin	51879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below gives statistics on the median clearance time in weeks for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for normal rules cases in selected local authority areas. The figures relate to the time between the return of the case from the Assessment Provider (AP) to the date of the decision made by DWP on the case. The figures are for those cases returned by the AP to DWP between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>New Claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reassessments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adur</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arun</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horsham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Sussex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worthing</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Table 1: Median PIP clearance times in weeks, from return from AP to DWP decision.</em></p><p><em>Source: PIP Computer Systems</em></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/11/2016 10:37:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin

628193

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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, what the average waiting time was for people who successfully appealed their application for personal independence payments to receive a payment before being reassessed.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	51865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold the information you have requested and this could only be collected and provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 11:54:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

627479

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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: Garston and Halewood
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 from Garston and Halewood constituency have had their personal independence payment claim rejected since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	51738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>Breakdowns of PIP reassessment claims by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) are published online at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk. This includes breakdowns by constituency.</p><p>The Department does not have verified data on the number of DLA higher-rate mobility claimants who were reassessed for PIP and were not awarded enhanced-rate PIP mobility. We intend to provide more detailed breakdowns of DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes in due course. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51739 question first answered 10/11/2016 14:01:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

627481

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	Motability: Garston and Halewood
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 from Garston and Halewood constituency have had their eligibility for the motability scheme revoked since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	51739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>Breakdowns of PIP reassessment claims by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) are published online at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk. This includes breakdowns by constituency.</p><p>The Department does not have verified data on the number of DLA higher-rate mobility claimants who were reassessed for PIP and were not awarded enhanced-rate PIP mobility. We intend to provide more detailed breakdowns of DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes in due course. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51738 question first answered 10/11/2016 14:01:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle