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65373

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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 Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the proposed funding model for residential training colleges will be announced.
tabling member constituency	Hereford and South Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Jesse Norman
uin	203587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Decisions around the future of DWP commissioned residential training college provision is still subject to internal departmental governance. We expect to be in a position to clarify this shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/07/2014 16:29:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman

65374

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Gas Masks
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 the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 126W, on gas masks, what progress he has made on preventing the continued on-line sale of Second World War gas masks containing asbestos.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	203585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>HSE has concluded its sampling exercise with online sellers. A number of the different types of gas mask available were analysed and most found to contain asbestos. The placing on the market, supply and transport of almost all items containing asbestos, including gas masks, is prohibited by the EU Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (EU1907/2006) (REACH).</p><p> </p><p>HSE and Trading Standards are working with the platform, which hosted the purchases of the gas masks involved in the study, on a policy to prohibit the sale of items that fall under REACH. <br> <br></p><p>HSE will continue work on a case by case basis with Local Authority Trading Standards, who are responsible for enforcement relating to sale to consumers, to take robust action against those who break the law on asbestos and unnecessarily put themselves and others at risk.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 16:45:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

65375

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the standards of asbestos management in schools (a) under and (b) outside of local authority control.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	203583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Health and Safety Executive continues to be a member of the Asbestos in Schools Steering Group which aim to promote the effective management of asbestos in both local authority and non-local authority controlled schools. The steering group has representatives from the joint Union Asbestos Committee, education trade unions, local authorities and independent schools.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2014, HSE published the results of its latest inspection survey into the management of asbestos in schools covering those outside local authority control. This survey showed improved levels of awareness and a decrease in the level of enforcement action required in comparison with a survey of the same sector in 2010/11. HSE also completed a similar inspection exercise in 2010 on local authority controlled schools.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 16:49:26 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

65379

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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 decisions based on work capability assessments were overturned during the completion of the mandatory reconsideration period in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	203624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is collecting information to understand how the introduction of mandatory reconsideration (MR) is operating.</p><p> </p><p>However, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available at this time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 14:22:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65094

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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 specific steps the Department took to reduce the delays to personal independence payment (PIP) claimants using special rules; and when PIP claimants using normal rules will benefit from efforts to reduce waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>So far we have introduced:</p><p> </p><p>• A dedicated phone service with specially trained staff;</p><p><br> • An electronic transfer of information between a claimant's health professional, DWP and assessment providers.</p><p><br> • Trialling a new process to enable decisions to be made in-house with support from health care professionals</p><p><br> • Clearer guidance for DWP staff</p><p><br> We are absolutely committed to reducing the delays. By the Autumn, we expect no one to be waiting for an assessment for longer than 26 weeks and by the end of the year, we expect no one will be waiting longer than 16 weeks.&quot;</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 14:00:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65095

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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 his Department's target time is for people to receive an accurate decision for claiming the personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are no legal requirements to complete action on a claim to PIP within a specified time, but we continue to monitor how long the claimant journey is taking and implement measures to speed up the process.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 14:10:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65096

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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 the average time taken to process a mandatory reconsideration of a work capability assessment is; and what steps the Government is taking to support employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants whose work capability assessments are being reconsidered, but who are unable to claim ESA during the reconsideration or claim job seeker's allowance because they do not meet the entitlement criteria because they are too ill to seek work.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	203404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is collecting information to understand how the introduction of mandatory reconsideration is operating, including completion timescales. However, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental statisticians need to assure themselves of the quality of administrative data sources before releasing information as Official statistics, and before the exact timing and format of statistics can be confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is correct to say that ESA cannot be claimed during the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, it is not correct to say that Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) cannot be claimed. These claimants have been found fit for work and the benefit for them is JSA. To be entitled to JSA the conditions of entitlement, including the signing of a Claimant Commitment, must be satisfied. Where someone presents with health issues the conditions are modified and the Claimant Commitment drafted accordingly - disability advisers support claimants in this position and provide specialist advice</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 13:47:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65097

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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 include data on clearance times of personal independence payment applications using normal and special rules claims in its quarterly statistical publication.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	203399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication but releasing them at this stage would give an incorrect representation of the process since the system has not yet reached maturity, and further quality assurance of the data is required. Departmental analysts are currently assessing the quality of this data to ensure it meets the standards set by the UK Statistics Authority before it can be published.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with UK Statistics Authority guidelines, we will pre-announce our intention to release these statistics, at least one month prior to their publication, on the UKSA hub and also on our PIP statistics webpage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 203324 question first answered 07/07/2014 14:32:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

65101

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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 is taking to ensure that the data on clearance time for personal independent payments are robust enough to be published; and what timescale he has set for implementing such steps.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication but releasing them at this stage would give an incorrect representation of the process since the system has not yet reached maturity, and further quality assurance of the data is required. Departmental analysts are currently assessing the quality of this data to ensure it meets the standards set by the UK Statistics Authority before it can be published.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with UK Statistics Authority guidelines, we will pre-announce our intention to release these statistics, at least one month prior to their publication, on the UKSA hub and also on our PIP statistics webpage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 203399 question first answered 07/07/2014 14:32:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65102

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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 is taking to demonstrate transparency and accountability with specific regard to the level of service provided to customers claiming personal independent payments.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has introduced a number of actions to ensure that our levels of service are transparent and claimants are aware of how long their PIP claim might take. Information about estimated journey times is included with the &quot;How your disability affects you&quot; form and by sending a text message acknowledging receipt of this form. We have updated the online information available to claimants and support organisations via gov.uk to include information regarding how long a claim might take.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to regularly publishing details of the numbers of cases we process and the numbers of awards of PIP.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 13:58:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham