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523654

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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 who have claimed employment and support allowance after a paper-based review were refused a paper-based review upon re-assessment for that allowance in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	39660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The decision as to whether a paper-based review is appropriate is made by the Healthcare Professional. Their decision on whether to do so is based on evidence provided by the claimant to support their claim including all medical evidence from the claimant’s GP, hospital doctor or other appropriate clinicians.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 39674 question first answered 13/06/2016 10:31:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

523656

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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 requests for paper-based reviews for employment and support allowance were submitted in each year since 2009-10; and how many of those claims were (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	39674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The decision as to whether a paper-based review is appropriate is made by the Healthcare Professional. Their decision on whether to do so is based on evidence provided by the claimant to support their claim including all medical evidence from the claimant’s GP, hospital doctor or other appropriate clinicians.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 39660 question first answered 13/06/2016 10:31:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

522726

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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 the average length of time was that prospective employment and support allowance claimants waited between application and a decision on their claim being reached in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	39171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Please see table below for requested data;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>National Claims Actual Average (mean) Clearance Time (AACT) (Working days)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment &amp; Support Allowance (ESA)</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>This measures the average number of Working Days (excludes weekends and English Bank Holidays) between an application being made and the date the customer was notified of the decision on their claim. The AACT relates to the initial ESA assessment phase prior to WCA.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p>This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/06/2016 10:41:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

521681

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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 who have been reassessed to remain in the support group of employment support allowance have medical conditions that are not expected to improve.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	38513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Between October 2008 and September 2015 a total of 38,100 people in the Support Group have been reassessed and found to still be eligible for Employment and Support Allowance, and to remain in the Support Group, and were also found to either be terminally ill or had a prognosis of “in the longer term”, suggesting that their conditions are not expected to improve in the short term.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Data is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos and the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Please note that the figure supplied is derived from unpublished information and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li></ol> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/06/2016 12:55:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

516357

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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, if he will abolishing work-focused interviews in work-related activity groups for disabled people who are under appeal from employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	35908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Growing evidence over the last decade has shown that work can keep people healthy as well as help promote recovery and it is right therefore to offer support to those placed in the work related activity group who are appealing the decision. The work coach or provider will work with the claimant to tailor reasonable activities to help them prepare for a future return to work.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 09:27:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

514552

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2016 to Question 32294, what account is taken of a person's earlier claim for work capability assessment if the person submits a new claim for employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	34909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>In order for the claim to progress, a claimant must demonstrate that there has been a significant worsening in their health condition or that a new health condition has developed.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 25/04/2016 16:48:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

514561

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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 guidance his Department provides to health care professionals on applying the power in regulation 35 of the Employment Allowance Regulations 2008 to award employment and support allowance to claimants in the support group in exceptional circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	34944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Healthcare professionals who carry out the Work Capability Assessment are trained in all aspects of their role including the application of Regulation 35. They are also issued with written guidance on all aspects of the Work Capability Assessment including the application of Regulation 35.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 28/04/2016 13:47:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

514564

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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 claimants have been awarded employment and support allowance (ESA) under regulation (a) 29 and (b) 35 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008; and how many such claimants were originally in the ESA support group.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	34943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Information on the outcomes of initial Employment and Support Allowance claims awarded under regulation 35 of the ESA Regulations 2008 can be found in Table 5 of the published statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-claims-made-to-jun-2015-and-appeals-to-dec-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-claims-made-to-jun-2015-and-appeals-to-dec-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The rest of the information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 28/04/2016 15:09:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

513550

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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 his Department's latest estimate is of the number of parents with children who will be claiming employment and support allowance in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	34256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/04/2016 09:28:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

506765

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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 support his Department make available to people whose mandatory reconsideration and appeal takes longer than seven weeks to resolve.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	33044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Claimants who are found fit for work through the Work Capability Assessment and wish to appeal may be entitled to claim either Universal Credit, Income Support or Jobseeker’s Allowance during the reconsideration period. Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches work with all such claimants to tailor a package of support commensurate with their individual needs.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/04/2016 14:00:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop