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172015

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014 to Question 204224, whether the introduction of personal independence payment is on time and on budget.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Personal independence payment (PIP) was introduced for new claimants from April 2013 in line with published plans. We are still on course to have completed the process of having invited all eligible disability living allowance claimants to claim PIP by late 2017 in line with expectations. PIP delivery to date has been achieved within the available budgets set for it by DWP.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 17:33:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172016

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances 15 year olds receiving disability living allowance (DLA) who have been informed that they need to claim personal independence payment are then permitted to reclaim DLA; and how many people have successfully reclaimed DLA in those circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Children in receipt of disability living allowance (DLA) who live in an area where reassessment activity in relation to inviting claims to personal independence payment (PIP) for existing DLA recipients has started are invited to claim PIP on or shortly after their 16<sup>th</sup> birthday. The parents or guardians of the child are notified in advance of the invitation of what will happen on the child’s 16<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p><p> </p><p>If a DLA claim has ceased prior to a child’s 16<sup>th</sup> birthday then the parent or guardian is able to reapply for DLA on the child’s behalf at any point up to a child’s 16<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p><p> </p><p>All DLA claimants living in a reassessment area and who are invited to claim PIP on or following their 16<sup>th</sup> birthday are excluded from making a further claim to DLA.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 17:22:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172017

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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 payments claims have been recorded as withdrawn as a result of PIP2 being returned late in the last years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest published PIP statistics show that between April 2013 and October 2014 there were 158,800 PIP claims disallowed (see table 2Bi - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388633/Data-tables-PIP-statistical-release-Dec-2014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388633/Data-tables-PIP-statistical-release-Dec-2014.xls</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Of these disallowed claims, around 48,500 were disallowed during the PIP claims process due to non-return of the PIP2 within the time limit. Procedures are in place to provide additional support to claimants during the claims process where necessary. <br></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 17:30:44 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172019

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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 the average time between claim and decision for carer's allowance was in each of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We do not hold official statistics on the time between claim and decision for carer’s allowance which meet the standard required in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 16:57:40 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172020

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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	Attendance 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 time between claim and decision for attendance allowance was in each of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We do not hold official statistics on the time between claim and decision for attendance allowance which meet the standard required in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 16:54:49 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172021

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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 former staff of his Department have been re-employed on (a) fixed term and (b) other arrangements to help address the personal independence payment delays backlog.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not routinely available and to gather it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 17:23:10 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172022

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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 staff not employed on permanent contracts have been employed to help reduce the number of people waiting for personal independence payment decisions.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>76 non-permanent staff have been employed to help reduce the number of people waiting for personal independence payment decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 17:57:41 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172023

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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 additional steps his Department has taken to reduce waiting times for people seeking personal independence payment decisions; and what the cost of those steps was.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	219693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP are working closely with both assessment providers to drive up PIP performance and taking forward various operational initiatives to improve overall PIP processing times, while also maintaining a strong focus on the quality of PIP decisions. So far DWP has introduced a wide range of improvements including:</p><ul><li>A reduction in claim times from terminally ill people to their expected level</li><li>Quadrupling the number of assessments cleared each month since January last year;</li><li>Almost 4 times more healthcare professionals.</li></ul><p>And as a result of that:</p><ul><li>The number of people with a PIP claim in payment almost doubled between July and October.</li><li>The number of clearances by providers has risen consistently last year and the backlog is reducing.</li></ul><p>All these improvements were delivered within reasonable budget tolerances and with due governance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 17:26:56 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

170796

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
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 Minister imposed a levy under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments scheme on relevant insurers at 2.2 per cent of the gross written premiums for employers liability insurance policies and not three per cent as anticipated.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	218873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The 3% figure was the maximum percentage of the active employers’ liability insurance market to be levied on the insurance industry to recoup the costs of the scheme. This figure is a cap rather than a set rate. This first year’s levy rate has been based on the estimated costs of the Scheme, extrapolated from only the first seven months of its operation. As this is a demand led scheme, the calculations for the levy are done afresh each year. An upturn in applications to the Scheme would result in a higher levy rate in future years, therefore the levy rate is under continual active review.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 10:15:49 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

170797

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount has been taken from the benefits recovered by the Compensation Recoveries Unit to subsidise the cost of the levy under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments scheme in the first year of its operation.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	218872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The levy rate has been set to recover the estimated net cost of the first year of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, including administration costs but excluding the amount expected to be recovered by the Department’s Compensation Recovery Unit. The figures used to calculate the levy are early estimates based on data from only seven months operation of the Scheme, but at this stage around 20% of the payment due under the tariff is being recovered.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 10:07:51 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 37389 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green