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1086491

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date	11/03/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in receipt of the lower child disability addition have transitioned from legacy benefits to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	230744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 12:30:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1086494

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are in receipt of the lower child disability addition on universal credit for (a) one child (b) two children and (c) three or more children.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	230745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The estimated number of Universal Credit households with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate in November 2018, Great Britain is given below. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated number of </strong><strong>Households on </strong><strong>Universal Credit </strong><strong>with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate, by number of children,</strong><strong> in November 2018, Great Britain</strong><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One child</p></td><td><p>15,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two children</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three or more children</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,480</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Universal Credit Household dataset.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 so may not sum.</li><li>Households with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate may also have entitlement at the higher rate for one or more children.</li><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 16:19:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1086625

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful appeals there have been against decisions on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment claims in (a) Wallasey, (b) Wirral, (c) Liverpool city region and (d) the North West in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	230641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Employment and Support Allowance</p><p>Information on appeal outcomes in relation to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments by several geographical areas is available on Stat-Xplore. This includes data at Regional, Parliamentary Constituency or Local Authority level as requested above.</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The mandatory reconsideration process was introduced in 2013. The latest available information for Great Britain on the number of mandatory reconsiderations can be found in the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>It is the intention to produce further geographical breakdowns of these statistics in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and June 2018, 3.7m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made in Great Britain, of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Appeals in a) Wallasey b) Wirral c) Liverpool City Region and d) the North West is shown in the table below, by year of appeal clearance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Wallasey, of the 770 appeals, 520 (67%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 9,180 initial decisions have been made in Wallasey and 6% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Wirral, of the 2,400 appeals, 1,600 (66%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 29,320 initial decisions have been made in Wirral and 5% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool City Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Liverpool City Region, of the 10,500 appeals, 7,110 (68%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018, 146,380 initial decisions have been made in Liverpool City region and 5% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td><td><p>4,070</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>2,990</p></td><td><p>5,490</p></td><td><p>7,440</p></td><td><p>6,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in the North West, of the 36,310 appeals, 23,010 (63%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 537,600 initial decisions have been made in the North West and 4% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Personal Independence Payment Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) in a) Wallasey b) Wirral c) Liverpool City Region and d) the North West is shown in the table below, by year of MR clearance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>2,360</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool City Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>2,380</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td><td><p>8,430</p></td><td><p>9,740</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>4,710</p></td><td><p>6,810</p></td><td><p>9,030</p></td><td><p>7,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>3,950</p></td><td><p>21,550</p></td><td><p>31,210</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td><td><p>27,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>PIP Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p>PIP was introduced in 2013 to replace Disability Living Allowance for working age people.</p><p>The geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was held.</p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at MR, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 230642 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:31:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1086626

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful mandatory reconsiderations there have been of decisions on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment claims in (a) Wallasey, (b) Wirral, (c) Liverpool city region and (d) the North West in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	230642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Employment and Support Allowance</p><p>Information on appeal outcomes in relation to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments by several geographical areas is available on Stat-Xplore. This includes data at Regional, Parliamentary Constituency or Local Authority level as requested above.</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The mandatory reconsideration process was introduced in 2013. The latest available information for Great Britain on the number of mandatory reconsiderations can be found in the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>It is the intention to produce further geographical breakdowns of these statistics in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and June 2018, 3.7m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made in Great Britain, of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Appeals in a) Wallasey b) Wirral c) Liverpool City Region and d) the North West is shown in the table below, by year of appeal clearance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Wallasey, of the 770 appeals, 520 (67%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 9,180 initial decisions have been made in Wallasey and 6% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Wirral, of the 2,400 appeals, 1,600 (66%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 29,320 initial decisions have been made in Wirral and 5% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool City Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Liverpool City Region, of the 10,500 appeals, 7,110 (68%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018, 146,380 initial decisions have been made in Liverpool City region and 5% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td><td><p>4,070</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>2,990</p></td><td><p>5,490</p></td><td><p>7,440</p></td><td><p>6,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in the North West, of the 36,310 appeals, 23,010 (63%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 537,600 initial decisions have been made in the North West and 4% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Personal Independence Payment Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) in a) Wallasey b) Wirral c) Liverpool City Region and d) the North West is shown in the table below, by year of MR clearance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>2,360</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool City Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>2,380</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td><td><p>8,430</p></td><td><p>9,740</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>4,710</p></td><td><p>6,810</p></td><td><p>9,030</p></td><td><p>7,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>3,950</p></td><td><p>21,550</p></td><td><p>31,210</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td><td><p>27,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>PIP Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p>PIP was introduced in 2013 to replace Disability Living Allowance for working age people.</p><p>The geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was held.</p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at MR, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 230641 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:31:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1086634

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	National Insurance Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether credits for approved training can be used towards (a) the second contribution condition for contribution-based employment and support allowance and (b) contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	230695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>A person undertaking training approved by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions will be awarded Class 1 National Insurance credits. These credits will help to satisfy the second contribution condition for both contributory Employment and Support Allowance and contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 16:11:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1086659

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Appeals
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 cost to the public purse is of a successful appeal for personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	230643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 12:36:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1086749

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many constituent complaints have been referred to her Department by the Department for Work and Pensions in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	230830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have taken this to mean how many complaints from hon. Members to the Department have been escalated to the Ministerial team.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not available other than at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/03/2019 16:46:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1088615

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Welfare State: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, What steps the Government is taking to ensure that the welfare system works for women.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	909797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The welfare system treats individuals of all genders equally. It provides better support and incentives to claimants to enter employment and progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is committed to ensuring all claimants have the tailored support they need. We also continue to provide for groups who may need additional help. For example, Work Coaches can tailor conditionality where appropriate to the individual, particularly those with health issues or caring responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 17:43:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1084416

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Procurement
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 Government guidance entitled Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts by her Department Department as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	230093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. To obtain the information a search through individual records would be required as this is not recorded on departmental systems.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/03/2019 13:22:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1083577

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consultations by her Department (a) are open, (b) are closed awaiting a Government response and (c) have been initiated since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	229747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has one open consultation, 8 that are closed awaiting a Government response and has initiated 90 consultations since 1 January 2016.</p><p>All public government consultations are uploaded onto GOV.UK where it is possible to filter consultations by many criteria, including department, official document status and date of publication.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/03/2019 13:25:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd