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782791

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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: Motor Neurone Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on people with motor neurone disease of being reassessed for personal independence payments and other assistance.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	111160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 October 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-18/108380/" target="_blank">UIN 108380</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/11/2017 11:27:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

782892

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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, how many recipients of employment support allowance have moved into work since changes were made to the level of that benefit in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	111083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information to February 2017 on the number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants by phase of claim is published and available at:</p><p> </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> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/11/2017 12:28:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

782893

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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: Motor Neurone Disease
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 ensure the prompt payment of benefits to people with motor neurone disease; whether his Department plans to make changes to that regime for such people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to processing all claims as quickly as possible, while ensuring we have all the evidence we need to make the right decisions. In Personal Independence Payment around 81,000 claims are processed each month compared with 80,000 per month this time last year. As at July 2017 the average claimant was waiting 8 weeks for an assessment for both new and reassessment claims. Where a claimant is terminally ill, their claim is fast tracked, these cases are currently taking just 6 working days to clear.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/11/2017 14:58:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782895

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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 the Department's target times are for getting disability benefits claims back into payment after a tribunal rules in a claimant's favour; and what the times achieved were in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	111163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We do not have any target times, but aim to deal with any case as quickly as possible paying arrears where necessary. The times taken to process appeal decisions post hearing are not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/11/2017 11:24:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

782908

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Bakeries: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the recommendations of the Workplace Health Expert Committee report on the risks of bakery work published in March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	111239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>Whilst I have regular meetings with senior officials from HSE, there have been no specific discussions about the findings in the Workplace Health Expert Committee (WHEC) report: Risks of bakery work: the adverse effects of working in high temperatures and of occupational asthma.</p><p> </p><p>HSE receives an annual report from WHEC which includes any reports the committee has published. HSE, via its Chief Scientific Adviser, is due to provide a formal response to the next report in Spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/11/2017 14:42:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

782910

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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, what proportion of claimants of employment and support allowance are awarded payments through the exemption contained in paragraph 25(b) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	111235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/11/2017 12:52:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns