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1121933

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	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 8 April 2019 to Question 239928 on Employment and Support Allowance, when she plans to complete her update of the ESA65B letter.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	245846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the right honourable member to Parliamentary Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=242946" target="_blank">242946</a> answered on 15<sup>th</sup> April 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2019 12:51:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1121934

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	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 8 April 2019 to Question 239928 on Employment and Support Allowance, which medical organisations she is consulting to advise on the updating of the ESA65B letter.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	245847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is consulting the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners on the revised wording of the ESA65B letter.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2019 12:35:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1121962

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	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, if it remains the Government’s ambition to provide access to work support to over 60,000 people per year by 2020 as set out in the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper published in November 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	245556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The ‘60,000 people per year’ ambition was proposed in the ‘Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives’ consultation document, which was published in October 2016, but it was not repeated in the Government’s response ‘Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability’, published 30 November 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The figure of ‘60,000 people per year’ was developed using data from the old Access to Work statistics series. These were withdrawn and replaced by the new experimental Access to Work Statistics, first published on 10 October 2017 and available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>We explained the reasons for the changes to our methodology for calculating Access to Work statistics in the Statistical Notice that we published on 12 September 2017: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643401/statistical-notice-access-to-work-statistics.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643401/statistical-notice-access-to-work-statistics.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving Access to Work’s reach, as well as the support it offers. In 2017/18 expenditure rose to £110.8 million, a 4% increase in real terms on 2016/17, and support was provided to nearly 34,000 disabled people, an increase of 13% on 16/17. Record numbers of people with learning disabilities (up 22%) and mental health conditions (up 34%) were supported by the scheme. We have also expanded the eligibility criteria for the scheme to include a broader range of customers, such as people who have a drug and alcohol addiction and are in a treatment programme.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2019 12:44:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1121966

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	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 16 May 2018 to Question 142518 on Employment and Support Allowance, whether any subsequent changes have been made to the ESA65B letter to inform doctors that they should continue to provide fit notes for claimants if they are appealing a decision or their condition worsens.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the right honourable member to Parliamentary Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239928" target="_blank">239928</a> answered on 8<sup>th</sup> April 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/04/2019 13:26:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121977

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether GP’s are required when recommending a claimant has home assessment for the purpose of a benefit claim to follow her Department‘s required and accepted terminology; and what guidance her Department has issued to GPs on statements her Department accepts in agreeing to grant a home assessment.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	245848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>DWP has not issued any guidance to GPs on the subject of providing letters to support requests for home visits from assessment providers for their patients.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2019 14:46:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1121987

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, as a result of reassessments of personal independence payment claim eligibility at the end of a payment time frame, how many of such payments have (a) been stopped, (b) been reduced (c) increased and (d) remained the same in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	245849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The latest available data on the initial outcomes of PIP award reviews, whether they were increased, maintained, decreased or disallowed each month from June 2016 – October 2018 can be found in Table 3A of the data tables <em>“</em><em>PIP: Planned Award Review and Change of Circumstance Registrations and Clearances, October 2018”</em> which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2018</a>.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>Note that prior to June 2016, the outcomes recorded for award reviews were either ‘changed’ or ‘unchanged’ on the PIP Computer system.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2019 12:27:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1122034

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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
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 1 February 2019 to Question 209776 on Personal Independence Payment, how many of the 56,920 claimants of personal independence payments who died within six months of their claim being registered received a payment claimed under (a) the normal rules and (b) the special rules for terminal illness process.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	245705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Over 3.6 million applications to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) were made between April 2013 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018. 73,870 of these claimants died within 6 months of their claim being registered.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>56,950* of the 73,870 claims have been credited with a payment. 16,520 and 40,430 of these claimants registered their PIP claim under Normal Rules and Special Rules for Terminal Illness respectively.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>*This is a slight increase on the answer to Question <strong>209776 (</strong>56,920) as payments continue to be credited.</p><p> </p><p>There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise. People claim PIP for various reasons, the majority of which are non-life threatening.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures include claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) and include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures cover claims made up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018 and clearances up to and including 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>Data is as recorded on the PIP Computer System.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2019 16:49:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1122035

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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: Terminal Illnesses
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 18 March 2019 to Question 230076 on Personal Independence Payment, how many claimants of personal independence payments over that period who applied under the special rules for terminal illness process and had their claim disallowed subsequently lived for longer than six months; what medical conditions those claimants had; and what reasons were given for their claims being disallowed.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	245706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Table 1A shows the main disabling conditions of personal independence payment (PIP) claimants who registered a claim under special rules for terminal illness (SRTI) and were disallowed but had not died within 6 months of their claim being registered. The claim may have been disallowed under normal rules or special rules for terminal illness as claims can transition between the two as the claim progresses. The Department only records a claimant’s disability at assessment so does not hold this information where a claimant was disallowed prior to attending an assessment.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1A: Disability Category of claimants who registered a claim under SRTI and were disallowed and had not died within 6 months of registration. Registrations to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018 and Clearances to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Outcomes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autoimmune disease (connective tissue disorders)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiovascular disease</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the immune system</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endocrine disease</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastrointestinal disease</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genitourinary disease</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haematological Disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hearing disorders</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infectious disease</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malignant disease</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metabolic disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (general)</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (regional)</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neurological disease</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychiatric disorders</p></td><td><p>820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respiratory disease</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skin disease</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown or missing</p></td><td><p>2,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visual disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (ALL)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,830</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>*The Department only records a claimant’s disability at assessment so does not hold this information where a claimant was disallowed prior to attending an assessment.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Table 1B shows the first outcomes at the initial assessment of PIP claimants who had registered a claim under SRTI but were disallowed and had not died within 6 months of their claim being registered.</p><p> </p><p>It is possible for a PIP claim made under special rules for terminal illness to be rejected as a special rules case by the Assessment Provider for not satisfying the terminally ill definition. When this occurs the claim is subsequently referred back to the Department for Work and Pensions and the claim process will proceed under normal rules. A claim can be disallowed for the claimant failing to return the PIP2 form or attend an assessment under the normal rules process, even though the claimant originally registered under special rules.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1B: Outcome of claimants who had not died 6 months after registration: Registrations to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018 and Clearances to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Outcomes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the AP</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the AP - due to non return of Part 2 within the time limit</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed post-referral to the AP - Failed Assessment</p></td><td><p>4,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed post-referral to the AP - FTA</p></td><td><p>780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,830</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: PIP ADS</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>These figures include claims made under SRTI and include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>The Normal Rules and Special Rules indicator is taken at the point of registration. It’s possible during the claim to move between Special Rules and Normal Rules and vice- versa as the claim progresses. This may mean that someone who registers under Special Rules moves to Normal Rules during the process and is invited to an assessment but is marked as Special Rules here.</li><li>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP and DLA computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</li><li>The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system. This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Data is as recorded on the PIP Computer System.</li><li>Components may not sum to the whole.</li><li>Figures cover claims made up to and including 30th April 2018 and clearances up to and including 31st October 2018.</li><li>Figures cover claimant deaths up to and including 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>“#” indicates fewer than 5 cases</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2019 16:57:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1122036

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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: Terminal Illnesses
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 18 March 2019 to Question 230077 on Personal Independence Payment, which team is responsible for making decisions to disallow claims under special rules for the terminally ill prior to a referral to the assessment provider.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	245707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Cases under Special Rules for the Terminally Ill are routinely referred to the Assessment Provider for a decision and not disallowed by DWP staff. The exception to this would only be when a claim is made by a customer outside of the age restrictions or where there is no recourse to public funds e.g. fails to meet nationality requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Previous Question 230077 asked about claims made under special rules for terminal illness and reason for disallowance. It is possible for a PIP claim made under special rules for terminal illness to be rejected as a special rules case by the Assessment Provider for not satisfying the terminally ill definition. When this occurs the claim is subsequently referred back to the Department for Work and Pensions and the claim process will proceed under normal rules. A claim can be disallowed for the claimant failing to return the PIP2 form or failing to attend an assessment under the normal rules process, even though the claimant originally registered under special rules.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2019 16:33:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1122037

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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: Terminal Illnesses
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 18 March 2019 to Question 230077 on Personal Independence Payment, whether it is a requirement to complete and return Part 2 of the Personal Independence Payment application form for claims made under special rules for the terminally ill.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	245708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>There is no requirement for a claimant claiming under Special Rules for the Terminally Ill to complete Part 2 of the Personal Independence Payment application form. Where an Assessment Provider believes that a claimant does not satisfy the criteria to claim under Special Rules for the Terminally Ill and the claim is to progress under normal rules then a part 2 would need to be completed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2019 16:24:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon