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155589

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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, when his Department will publish the average waiting times for decisions on personal independence payment claims.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	214341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of personal independence payment performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 11:54:34 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

155592

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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, pursuant to his statement of 13 October 2014, Official Report, column 18, when he expects legacy benefits to be closed to new claims.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	214344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave him on 11 November 2014, <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=213752" target="_blank">UIN213752</a>.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 11:56:34 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

143433

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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, how many people claiming universal credit have an income less than £330 a month inclusive of their universal credit payment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	213885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 12:03:57 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

143436

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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	Social Security Benefits: Kilmarnock
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 Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were waiting for (a) a decision on an application for personal independence payment and (b) a work capability assessment on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	213903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the number of applications for personal independence payment awaiting a decision from a DWP decision maker is not available. The published information does not break down applications by where they are in the claiming process, which has several stages.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for work capability assessments is not available as Atos Healthcare do not record information at a constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 12:01:48 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

143437

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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: Kilmarnock
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 Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency are currently in receipt of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	213904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of claimants in receipt of personal independence payment, by parliamentary constituency, has been published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a> Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 11:59:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

142206

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he issues on the use of the DS1500 to support people at the end of life to die in their preferred place of care.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	213797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The sole purpose of the DS1500 is to support claims to a range of social security benefits from people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness by a healthcare professional. Guidance for healthcare professionals who complete the DS1500 is available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306630/medical-reports-completion-apr-14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306630/medical-reports-completion-apr-14.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/11/2014 14:12:30 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

142333

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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, pursuant to his Statement of 13 October 2014, Official Report, column 18WS, on universal credit, when the last claim for legacy benefits or tax credits will be accepted.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	213752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As has already been announced, the current business case assumes for planning purposes that the last new claims to legacy benefits will be accepted during 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Following this the stock of remaining legacy claims will progressively decline, and the Department will migrate the remaining claims to Universal Credit. Should there be no change in the labour market outlook or the pace at which claims are migrated, the current business case assumes for planning purposes the bulk of this exercise will be complete by 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is being implemented in a safe and secure manner using a test and learn approach. Taking this approach has allowed us to accelerate our plans for national roll-out of Universal Credit to all Jobcentres and Local Authorities from February 2015, and will deliver £7 billion in economic benefits per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/11/2014 17:05:49 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

114941

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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 3 November 2014, Official Report, column 526, whether he has considered making changes to the level of employment and support allowance; how many recipients of that allowance are disabled; and how many recipients of that allowance are doing permitted work.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	213476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are committed to ensuring that the support system offers those who want to work with the right opportunities to reach their potential, whilst continuing to provide appropriate financial support for those who are unable to work.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the number of Employment and Support Allowance recipients, who are disabled or doing permitted work, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/11/2014 15:39:11 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

114956

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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 steps his Department has taken to ensure the consistency of the application process for personal independence payments with his Department's duties under the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	213566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>As part of the development and design of Personal Independence Payment the Department analysed the likely impacts on protected groups, including disabled people as required by the Equality Act. The DWP published an impact assessment and equality impact assessment on the reform of DLA in May 2012. Equality impact assessments conducted in respect of PIP are available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-living-allowance-reform-equality-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-living-allowance-reform-equality-impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>All our processes are developed to be compliant with the Equality Act and we continually monitor compliance of these processes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 12:38:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

114962

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Atos Healthcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases are still being dealt with by Atos; and what transitional arrangements are in place to deal with cases previously dealt with by Atos.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	213576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Atos will continue to undertake all health and disability assessments including the Work Capability Assessments until 28 February 2015 when MAXIMUS Health and Human Services Ltd. will take over the contract. The Department will work closely with MAXIMUS and Atos during the transitional period to ensure a smooth and effective handover of services. The process for claimants will remain the same during transition so claimants should continue to attend their assessments.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/11/2014 14:34:22 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert