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225942

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Employment Schemes: Mental Illness
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 is providing to people in Hertfordshire with mental health problems to return to work.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>At Jobcentre level, all our Work Coaches are trained to support customers with mental health conditions and are aware of the specialist help available within their area. They also support those individuals with complex needs to overcome any barriers which may be preventing them from returning to the workplace.</p><p>Jobcentre Plus offers a range of support to people with mental health conditions including: Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership Managers; Disability Employment Advisers; and Work Psychologists. In January 2014, we launched an enhanced product in Jobcentres, the toolkit <em>Employment and Wellbeing</em>, which offers practical support to work coaches to help them advise claimants affected by mental health problems.</p><p>In Hertfordshire we are working with a number of stakeholders that provide services to people with Mental Health conditions. This work has included: securing funding at two of our Jobcentres for Herts Mind Network to support customers with mental health conditions; and Watford and West Herts College designing a course called ‘Moving Forward’ to support Employment and Support Allowance claimants with mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 11:43:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

225945

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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, whether the next release of statistics on personal independence payments (PIP) will include information on the impairment types of people applying for or receiving awards; and how his Department is monitoring the impact of the PIP applications process on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	226695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the long term health conditions or disabilities of claimants to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not collected at initial claim stage. The published and future release strategy therefore only includes this information in relation to successful claims in payment. Such information has been published since June 2014 and can be accessed using the Stat-Xplore tool - <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>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><p>As we made clear in our response to the first Independent Review of PIP carried out by Paul Gray, understanding how the PIP claiming process is working and how it affects people is very important. We continually monitor all elements of the PIP process through a combination of regular operational checks, performance monitoring and ad hoc focus on particular areas as required. As part of our performance monitoring, we are considering how we could best implement a comprehensive evaluation strategy which builds on the early evaluation research already published in July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 15:48:44 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

226082

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many self-employed people have (a) applied for, (b) received, (c) been refused and (d) lost some or all of their Access to Work support packages on review since the Department issued new guidance.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	226791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The only recent change to self employment guidance was introduced on 2 December 2014. From this day - Company Directors - did not need to be in receipt of National Minimum Wage to be eligible for Access to Work support.</p><p>Since 14/12/2014 to the week ending 08/03/2015, Access to Work has received 858 applications from self employed people of which 693 were eligible. 165 of those applicants were not eligible for support.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the information requested regarding how many people have lost some or all of their support packages on review as this information is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 17:10:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

226083

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific guidance his Department issues to staff working with Access to Work claimants and recipients; and whether greater numbers of specialist staff are provided to work with those in receipt of high cost support packages.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	226790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Access to Work provides comprehensive guidance and training to staff working with Access to Work claimants and recipients.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387398/access-to-work-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387398/access-to-work-guide.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Access to Work does not have a specialist team that focuses on customers with high cost support packages but does have teams covering Hearing Loss, Sight Loss, Self Employment and Mental Health/fluctuating conditions. All advisers assess cases appropriately and award decisions are made based on the customer’s disability need.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 16:18:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

226084

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's response to freedom of information requests 2014-79 and 2014-2282, what information his Department holds on the reason for sanction in each case reported.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
uin	226858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 226839 question first answered 12/03/2015 17:14:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

226085

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the London Borough of Southwark have claimed discretionary housing payments in relation to the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	226842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not hold information regarding the number of households who have claimed Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) by each local authority. In June last year the Department released a publication detailing local authorities use of DHP in 2013/14, which included the number of awards made.</p><p> </p><p>The information can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 11:37:07 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

226086

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of adverse employment and support allowance sanction decisions broken down by the Summary International Classification of Diseases since January 2014; and what the reason was for each such sanction.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
uin	226839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 226858 question first answered 12/03/2015 17:14:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

226087

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Sign Language
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 contribution of the Minister for Disabled People to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 29 October 2014, how his Department is monitoring the application of guidance to ensure support for people requiring British Sign Language interpreters is sustained and improved; whether the guidance on 30 hours has been continued; and how consistency of support to British Sign Language interpreters is monitored.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	226843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>I ref the hon. Member to the written statement on <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2015-03-12/HCWS372/" target="_blank">Access to Work</a> that I made earlier today.</p><p> </p><p>The Access to Work Deaf and hearing loss team have additional training over and above that provided to other teams specifically focusing on the issues and barriers faced by this user group. This team process all applications for people requiring BSL interpreters and their award decisions are scrutinised by our quality assurance team when funding over £25,000 is recommended to ensure consistency and the correct application of guidance.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 16:01:15 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

226089

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	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 people are currently awaiting work capability assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	226805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The latest available data, February 2015, shows that there were 477,985 people awaiting their Work Capability Assessment. This compares with 766,368 people waiting for an assessment in February 2014, a reduction of 37%.</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include cases yet to be referred to the Health Assessment Advisory Service or cases referred where the claimant has yet to return the claimant questionnaire.</p><p> </p><p>Centre for Health and Disability Assessments plan on recruiting and retaining more high quality healthcare professionals which will lead to people being assessed quickly and further reduce waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 11:54:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

226090

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 (a) monthly and (b) yearly payment is by each household in the London Borough of Southwark affected by the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	226808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The average weekly Housing Benefit deduction for those impacted by the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy in the London Borough of Southwark is £20.43. This information can be found in the two links below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>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> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 16:11:11 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman