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1341793

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the disability employment gap in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	24220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The information requested can be derived from the Annual Population Survey and is publically available through Nomis. This can be accessed with the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/apsnew" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/apsnew</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on the disability employment rate at the constituency, local authority, regional and country level can be found here, along with the non-disabled employment rate. The disability employment gap can be calculated from the difference in the employment rate between the disabled and non-disabled employment rates.</p><p> </p><p>However, it should be noted that:</p><ul><li>The Annual Population Survey dataset covers a one-year period. The latest available data is from January- December 2020 so does not cover the full pandemic period.</li><li>Sample sizes at the constituency and local authority level may be small. Estimates for the disability employment gap at this level are therefore likely to be subject to a large degree of sampling variation and should be used with caution.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/07/2021 15:24:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1336662

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to social security benefits for all people in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England who have been diagnosed as terminally ill.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	16127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department has published updated guidance for clinicians to support them with completing DS1500s for Special Rules for Terminal Illness claims. We also introduced a dedicated GOV.UK page with information on claiming benefits for those nearing the end of their lives. The Department is committed to delivering an improved benefit system for claimants that are nearing the end of their lives and in July 2019, announced an in-depth evaluation into how the benefits system supports people nearing the end of their life. The Department is working across Government to bring forward proposals following the evaluation to implement the key areas identified in the evaluation; raising awareness of the support that is available; improving ​consistency with other services used by people nearing the end of their lives; and a consensus to change the six-month rule.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/06/2021 12:33:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1316255

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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	Long Term Unemployed People: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect of long-term unemployment on mental health; and what steps she is taking to support the mental health of people facing (a) redundancy and (b) long-term unemployment in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	3894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly meets with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to discuss health and employment support.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the important link between work and health, including mental health, in 2015 we created the joint Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Health and Social Care Work and Health Unit (WHU). This brings the two departments together to pilot new ways of joining up the health and employment systems. The WHU delivers a programme of trials, initiatives and policy development to support disabled people and people with health conditions to remain in and return to work, and to support health and wellbeing in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>One of the largest initiatives of the joint WHU is providing additional Employment Advisors (EAs) in NHS Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Services. This provides combined psychological treatment and employment support to help clients receiving IAPT treatment for depression and anxiety to remain in, get back to, or find work, including those impacted by changes to the labour market resulting from COVID-19. This initiative is currently running in 40% of Clinical Commissioning Groups in England, including the Coventry and Warwickshire CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Large scale trials in the West Midlands and Sheffield City Region have been testing the internationally-recognised Individual Placement and Support approach to employment support in a health setting for people with common mental health and/or physical health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, DWP has developed and implemented mental health guidance and training for its frontline staff across the nation. To support vulnerable customers, DWP has created a national network of senior leaders who will liaise locally with authorities who have safeguarding responsibilities to identify individuals who may need extra support. National employment programmes, including the Work and Health Programme and the Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme, provide specialist employment support to individuals. The Access to Work Mental Health Service also provides a package of tailored support and advice for up to nine months and can provide coping strategies, a step-by-step support plan, advice on adjustments and support for employers to enable them to fully understand the person’s condition.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/05/2021 14:00:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1301378

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
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	Disability: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people and their carers in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	166460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>Disabled people and their carers have access to the full range of social security benefits according to their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>DWP Ministers and officials regularly discuss support for disabled people and carers with their counterparts across Government and recognise and value the vital contribution made by carers in supporting some of the most vulnerable in society.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2021 14:15:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1257750

registered interest
date	02/12/2020
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: 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 cases there have been in which people have been declared fit for work and then went on to win an appeal against her Department in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	124204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Statistics on Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment (WCA) outcomes are published quarterly. The latest figures covering the outcome of completed initial and repeat WCAs, including appeals decisions and mandatory reconsiderations, can be found at:</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>Additional geographical breakdowns of the ESA WCA figures can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Universal Credit 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 07/12/2020 14:11:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1251903

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
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: Coventry North East
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 former claimants of disability living allowance who have been unsuccessful in their claim for personal independence payment have been waiting over (a) six months and (b) one year for their appeal to be heard in Coventry North East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	91980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Information on the waiting time to a first tribunal hearing is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publish statistics on the mean age of a case at disposal by tribunal venue. This is the average number of weeks from receipt in Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to the final outcome within the period for all Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals. It will include cases cleared at hearing and cases cleared without a hearing which include strike outs, superseded and withdrawals prior to a hearing. An appeal may not necessarily be cleared at its first hearing.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are available in the Tribunal Statistics CSV files, Tribunal Statistics Quarterly, January to March 2020 publication, available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2020</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/11/2020 13:17:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1247125

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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 estimate her Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of the appeals process for personal independence payment assessments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	109395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/11/2020 17:40:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1245454

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to work with (a) charities and (b) advice centres to improve the advice and support provided to disabled people (i) completing applications and (ii) undergoing assessments for benefits.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	107011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions provides funding of up to £39 million to Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland to deliver Help to Claim support. Help to Claim provides advice and practical support to people making their Universal Credit application.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, as part of our ongoing work on the Green Paper, we have run 16 virtual events in which we’ve heard directly from over 200 disabled people, and 30 organisations supporting them, about their experiences with the benefits system. The health and disability Green Paper will reflect themes coming out of these conversations and ask for views on how best to improve the benefits system, including the application and assessment process.</p><p> </p><p>We regularly engage with a wide range of external stakeholders in order to continually improve the PIP claimant experience. We are working with charities to hear their views on the PIP application process and reflecting these in improvements to the customer journey and assessments, and in up-coming changes to GOV.UK.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/11/2020 17:37:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1242940

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to benefits for terminally ill people.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	102837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to delivering an improved system for claimants that are nearing the end of their lives and is working at pace across government to bring forward proposals. An evaluation was launched in July 2019 and has identified three themes: the desire for change to the six-month rule, the need to improve consistency and the need to raise awareness of available support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2020 11:42:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1242943

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Food Poverty: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of disabled people living in food poverty.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	102838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>We spend over £55 billion a year on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions – up nearly £10 billion since 2010 and more than ever before.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has announced it will be bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support, considering issues that disabled people have told us that they want to see addressed. This will explore a wide range of issues linked to health and disability benefits and the wider support that is provided.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2020 12:02:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher