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1313787

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date	12/05/2021
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants have had their claim accepted at appeal following an initial rejection in (a) Cynon Valley, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/05/2021 14:52:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1305240

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment claimants with incurable illnesses were (a) invited for a reassessment and (b) successful in their reassessment since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	174288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is an extra costs benefit based on assessment of disability-related needs rather than medical condition. Reviews of PIP are a key part of the benefit and ensure that not only do awards remain correct where needs may change but that we also maintain contact with the claimant. Importantly, the length of an award is based on an individual’s needs, rather than their condition or disability, and can vary from nine months to an on-going award, with a light touch review at the ten-year point.</p><p /><p>As such, it’s not possible to provide data specifically on Personal Independence Payment claimants with incurable illnesses. Data on Award Review clearances broken down by disability is published covering June 2016 - January 2021 (the latest available data). This can be found in table 6B(iv) in the following published statistical tables:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/969159/tables-pip-statistics-to-january-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/969159/tables-pip-statistics-to-january-2021.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2021 13:35:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1305241

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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 the projected cost of reassessments for personal independence payment claimants is in the 2020-2021 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	174289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The direct DWP staffing costs of administrating PIP reassessments in 20/21 is forecast to be £5.2m. This figure does not include any costs for overheads, caseworkers or subsequent further action (e.g. appeals).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2021 13:38:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1305242

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payments claimants had their award ended without an extension from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	174290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2021 13:41:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1305243

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment claimants have had their claim accepted at appeal following an initial rejection in (a) Cynon Valley, (b) Wales, and (c) the UK in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	174291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who had an initial disallowance decision changed at appeal in 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Appeals Lapsed</p></td><td><p>Appeals Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>12,930</p></td><td><p>23,860</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to the time taken for an appeal to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision, information for appeals as a percentage of initial decisions made in 2020 is not shown.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Irish Assembly has devolved responsibility for social security benefits. The responsibility for statistics in Northern Ireland lies with the Department for Communities: <a href="http://www.communities-ni.gov.uk" target="_blank">http://www.communities-ni.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>This data covers initial decisions following a PIP assessment only (New Claims or DLA Reassessments), and does not include applications which end before that (for example, due to failure to return required paperwork or attend an assessment) or decisions made at an Award Review or Change of Circumstance.</li><li>Appeal lapsed is where DWP changed the decision (in the customer’s favour) after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Some decisions which are changed at the Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) stage, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore, these figures may include a number of initial disallowances which were awarded at MR but where the claimant continued to appeal for a higher award.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2021 13:45:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1300827

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what criteria her Department based its decision to award the contract for assessing personal independence payment claimants to (a) Capita and (b) Independent Assessment Services.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	165693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP) contracts in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Each contract was awarded to the supplier offering the most economically advantageous tender for each contract Lot (geographical area), using an open fair and transparent evaluation methodology.</p><p> </p><p>The Department used the following evaluation criteria for all contracts:</p><p> </p><ul><li>60% Quality Assessment</li><li>30% Finance Assessment</li><li>10% Risk Assessment</li></ul><p> </p><p>Capita Business Services Ltd were awarded the Lot 2 contract, covering Central England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Atos IT Services UK Ltd (now trading as Independent Assessment Services) were awarded the Lot 1 contract, covering North East England, North West England &amp; Scotland and Lot 3 contract, covering London and Southern England.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/03/2021 13:49:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter