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92706

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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 he has made of the number of cases in which disability living allowance payments have ceased before personal independence payment is received; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people are not left without either benefit.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	209866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who comply with the processes when claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) continue to receive their DLA up to, and for 28 days beyond the decision on their PIP claim.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 13:59:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92719

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when universal credit will begin accepting claims for families.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	209324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>In his Written Ministerial Statement of Monday 13 October 2014, the Secretary of State announced that we will be extending the Universal Credit service to families in the North West from later in the Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 16:49:54 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

92720

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have met the (i) First or Deputy First Minister for Northern Ireland or officials from their departments and (ii) Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	209999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department and its officials continue to engage with Ministers and their officials in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>No meetings have taken place with the First or Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. The table below shows all visits made within the last two years where Ministers have met with the Minister for Social Development.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ministers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of Visits</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secretary Of State</p></td><td><p>No Visits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minister for Employment</p></td><td><p>No Visits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minister for Disabled People</p></td><td><p>November 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minister for Pensions</p></td><td><p>October 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minister for Welfare Reform</p></td><td><p>October 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>November 2012</p><p>December 2012</p><p>March 2013</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 12:12:12 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

92728

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, how many personal independence payment cases are in payment; and how many applications for such payments have been made.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest statistics for the number of cases in payment, and applications made, for personal independence payment have been published and are available from the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 13:57:31 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92730

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Independent Living Fund: Wales
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 in each Welsh parliamentary constituency will no longer receive the Independent Living Fund from 30 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	209958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Funding and responsibility for providing care and support to former-ILF users in Wales will transfer to the Welsh Government after the ILF closes on 30 June 2015. The Welsh Government is currently consulting on future arrangements to support users living there.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 13:13:53 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

92087

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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 estimate he has made of the number of applicants for employment and support allowance in (a) England and Wales, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Barnsley Local Authority and (d) Barnsley East constituency who do not receive a decision within the target waiting time of 35 days; and what steps he is taking to expedite such applications.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	209440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There is not a target 35 day waiting time for Employment and Support Allowance claims to be decided. The Department has taken action to reduce waiting times by:</p><ul><li>Agreeing the exit of ATOS and procurement of a new provider</li></ul><ul><li>Suspending routine repeat assessments</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 11:07:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

92092

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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 5 September 2014 to Question 207549, if his Department will publish the number of employment and support allowance claims which are awaiting action by (a) a work capability assessment provider and (b) his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	209455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>As at 31 August 2014 there were:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Around 616,000 cases awaiting work capability assessments at Atos Healthcare (down from 637,000 at the end of July). These figures do not include cases where the claimant has yet to return the claimant questionnaire;</li></ul><ul><li>Around 39,000 cases awaiting work capability assessment decisions by the Department for Work and Pensions.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These figures are based on un-validated operational management information and are rounded to the nearest thousand.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 16:46:31 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

92323

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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: 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, how many work capability assessments for employment and support allowance have been cancelled with (a) one week's and (b) two weeks' notice in (i) Warrington, (ii) the North West and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	209583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>These figures are not routinely supplied to DWP.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 209585 question first answered 15/10/2014 10:58:59 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

92325

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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, how many appointments for work capability assessments were cancelled by Atos in July this year.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	209585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>These figures are not routinely supplied to DWP.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 209583 question first answered 15/10/2014 10:58:59 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

92326

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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: 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 estimate he has made of the number of applicants for employment and support allowance who have had their benefit stopped for failing to attend a work capability assessment and who claim not to have received an appointment letter from Atos; and how many such cases have been submitted to a tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	209588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not hold the information described and therefore I cannot provide an estimate.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 11:12:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones