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769038

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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, if he will request from the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments the details of how many claimants have requested a recorded employment and support allowance assessment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	107116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of claimant requests for recording Employment and Support Allowance assessments is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/10/2017 13:37:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

768205

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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 the current mean time is for a claimant to apply, be assessed and receive their first ESA payment.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	106976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The latest available information on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) clearance times can be found in table 18 of 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> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/10/2017 13:41:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

768211

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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 made when preparing its benefit assessment process of the potential detrimental effects of that process on claimants suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	106988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We have consulted and engaged widely, and continue to do so, with disabled people, carers and representative organisations, to ensure the Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) assessment processes work smoothly and efficiently for all claimants, regardless of their condition or disability.</p><p> </p><p>We do recognise that attending a face-to-face assessment can be a stressful experience for some people, which is why we do not carry out such consultations where there is enough existing evidence to carry out a paper-based assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Where a face-to-face consultation is required, we encourage claimants to bring another person with them to consultations where they would find this helpful to, for example, reassure them or to help them during the consultation. The person chosen is at the discretion of the claimant and might be, but is not limited to, a parent, family member, friend, carer, or advocate. Health Professionals are medically qualified professionals and as such, they have the appropriate skills to enable them to deal with people in a supportive and sensitive way.</p><p> </p><p>Specific condition insight reports on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are now available to all health professionals working for our Assessment Providers.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/10/2017 13:34:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

767707

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Statutory Sick Pay
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 11 September 2017 to Question 8608, when he plans to announce the proposed next steps on statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	106680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p><em>Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em> was published on 31 October 2016 and the consultation closed on 17 February 2017. As noted in response to PQ 8608, this included consultation on how Statutory Sick Pay could be reformed to encourage supportive conversations between the employer and employee and make it easier for people to make a phased return to work.</p><p>The issues addressed by the Green Paper are wide-ranging and complex and as such received a high level of responses. We are now carefully considering the consultation responses and next steps for longer-term reform and will set these out in the autumn.</p><p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment underpins this with a clear and time-bound goal-to see 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/10/2017 11:47:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

767708

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Livingston
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 constituents in Livingston constituency have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory consideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	106707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at <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: <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><strong> </strong>The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions and appeal decisions where the award was changed by year of each decision since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of Livingston.</p><p> </p><p><em>Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations decisions and appeal decisions where the award changed, by financial year of decision.</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of Mandatory Reconsideration</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (April 17 to July 17)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Awards Changed at Mandatory Reconsideration</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year of Appeal Decision</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (April 17 to July 17)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Awards Changed at Appeal</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/10/2017 15:30:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

767723

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had personal independence payment awards reduced or removed as a result of reassessment in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017 to date in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	106710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The attached table shows the numbers of DLA to PIP Reassessments cleared in 2016/17 (April 6<sup>th</sup> to October 31<sup>st</sup> 2016 - the last date for which data is available). Data is published annually with the next update due in December 2017 and this will include data to October 31<sup>st</sup> 2017.</p><p> </p><p>For each individual who has a PIP reassessment outcome their PIP entitlement has been compared to their DLA entitlement at the time of their PIP reassessment registration.</p><p> </p><p>'Award Increased' means the Department have made a decision to award PIP and the total monetary value of the PIP award (Daily Living plus Mobility component) is higher than the total monetary value of the DLA award (Care component plus Mobility component).</p><p> </p><p>'Award Unchanged' means the Department have made a decision to award PIP and the total monetary value of the PIP award (Daily Living plus Mobility component) is the same as the total monetary value of the DLA award (Care component plus Mobility component).</p><p> </p><p>'Award Decreased' means the Department have made a decision to award PIP and the total monetary value of the PIP award (Daily Living plus Mobility component) is less than the total monetary value of the DLA award (Care component plus Mobility component).</p><p> </p><p>'Disallowed post-referral to the assessment providers (AP)' includes claims that have been disallowed following the assessment due to the claimant not scoring enough points at the assessment to be awarded the benefit, or the claimant failing to attend the assessment without good reason.</p><p> </p><p>'Disallowed pre-referral to the assessment providers (AP)' includes claims that have been disallowed due to failure of basic eligibility criteria or non-return of the Part 2 form within the time limit and have not been marked as requiring additional support.</p><p> </p><p>'Withdrawn' includes all claims that have been withdrawn by the claimant prior to a decision being made. This can take place at any point in the claimant journey following registration of a claim.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 106711 question first answered 12/10/2017 15:10:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 106710 106711 Number of PIP to DLA Reassessments in 2016-17 Table.docx title Number of PIP to DLA Reassessments in 2016/17
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

767724

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	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 people had personal independence payment awards reduced or removed as a result of reassessment in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017 to date in each parliamentary constituency in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	106711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The attached table shows the numbers of DLA to PIP Reassessments cleared in 2016/17 (April 6<sup>th</sup> to October 31<sup>st</sup> 2016 - the last date for which data is available). Data is published annually with the next update due in December 2017 and this will include data to October 31<sup>st</sup> 2017.</p><p> </p><p>For each individual who has a PIP reassessment outcome their PIP entitlement has been compared to their DLA entitlement at the time of their PIP reassessment registration.</p><p> </p><p>'Award Increased' means the Department have made a decision to award PIP and the total monetary value of the PIP award (Daily Living plus Mobility component) is higher than the total monetary value of the DLA award (Care component plus Mobility component).</p><p> </p><p>'Award Unchanged' means the Department have made a decision to award PIP and the total monetary value of the PIP award (Daily Living plus Mobility component) is the same as the total monetary value of the DLA award (Care component plus Mobility component).</p><p> </p><p>'Award Decreased' means the Department have made a decision to award PIP and the total monetary value of the PIP award (Daily Living plus Mobility component) is less than the total monetary value of the DLA award (Care component plus Mobility component).</p><p> </p><p>'Disallowed post-referral to the assessment providers (AP)' includes claims that have been disallowed following the assessment due to the claimant not scoring enough points at the assessment to be awarded the benefit, or the claimant failing to attend the assessment without good reason.</p><p> </p><p>'Disallowed pre-referral to the assessment providers (AP)' includes claims that have been disallowed due to failure of basic eligibility criteria or non-return of the Part 2 form within the time limit and have not been marked as requiring additional support.</p><p> </p><p>'Withdrawn' includes all claims that have been withdrawn by the claimant prior to a decision being made. This can take place at any point in the claimant journey following registration of a claim.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 106710 question first answered 12/10/2017 15:10:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 106710 106711 Number of PIP to DLA Reassessments in 2016-17 Table.docx title Number of PIP to DLA Reassessments in 2016/17
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

767727

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	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, pursuant to the oral Answer of 9 October 2017, Official Report, column 12, what proportion of personal independence payment assessments were overturned at mandatory reconsideration or tribunal appeals in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	106725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>In the latest 12 months of available figures 5% of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions were overturned at mandatory reconsideration (MR), and 5% of PIP decisions were overturned at tribunal appeals.</p><p> </p><p>These proportions are calculated from the latest available data on PIP clearances which can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>, the latest available data on MRs which can be found in table 7B at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643744/tables-pip-statistics-to-july-2017.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643744/tables-pip-statistics-to-july-2017.ods</a>, and the latest available data on PIP appeals which can be found in table SCSS3 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644444/tribunal-and-GRC-main-tables-1718q1.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644444/tribunal-and-GRC-main-tables-1718q1.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/10/2017 15:33:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

765388

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Hartlepool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Hartlepool have appealed against his Department's decision not to grant them personal independence payments in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	105660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of appeals lodged against Personal Independence Payment claims which were disallowed at initial decision and where this decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration for Hartlepool in the last 12 months is 110.</p><p> </p><p>Period covered: August 2016 – July 2017 (latest available data).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/10/2017 14:06:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

765464

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	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 assessment he has made of the reasons for the recent trends in the number of successful personal independence payment tribunal appeals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	106173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The main reason that decisions are overturned at appeal is additional evidence provided by the claimant at appeal stage.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/10/2017 14:28:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle