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576936

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Independent Living Fund
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 of the closure of the independent living fund on people who received payments from that fund prior to its closure.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	45315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has fully funded local authorities to meet their additional obligations to service users previously in receipt of the Independent Living Fund for the remainder of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>When the Department closed the Independent Living Fund, a commitment was made to conduct research into the impact of the closure. This will be based on interviews with former users and with Local Authorities. The research is on-going and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 14:55:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

576940

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Carers' Benefits: Living Wage
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 effect of the living wage on the earnings threshold for carers allowance; and if he will bring forward proposals to raise the existing threshold.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	45121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The primary purpose of Carer's Allowance is to provide a measure of financial support and recognition for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment in order to provide regular and substantial care for a severely disabled person. It is not, and was never intended to be, a carer’s wage or a payment for the services of caring, nor is it intended to replace lost or forgone earnings in their entirety.</p><p> </p><p>The earnings limit for Carer's Allowance is a net figure which is the figure left once income tax, National Insurance contributions and half of any contributions to an occupational or personal pension are deducted from earnings. There are also a number of other deductions which can be made that mean that people can earn significantly more than £110 per week and still be eligible for Carer's Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government does not link the earnings limit to any other particular factor (including the National Living Wage), we do keep it under regular review and increase it when it is warranted and affordable, and this will continue to be our approach. Most recently in April 2015 the earnings limit was increased by 8% to £110, far outstripping the general increase in earnings.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 11:54:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

576942

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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 Living Allowance: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department plans to issue to its staff on the application of residency tests to refugees applying for disability living allowance.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	45160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Refugees and people in Great Britain with humanitarian protection status who are disabled and in need of financial support are entitled to claim Disability Living Allowance, providing they meet all the necessary conditions of entitlement set out in regulations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 10:39:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

576526

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Attendance Allowance: Cancer
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 with cancer applied for attendance allowance under the special rules for people with terminal illness in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Information on claims awarded under the special rules for people with terminal illness is available from the DWP Tabulation Tool: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 44899 question first answered 08/09/2016 13:37:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576527

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on advertising the attendance allowance scheme in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>2015/16 advertising costs for the Attendance Allowance scheme are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 14:57:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576528

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Attendance Allowance: 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 people applied for attendance allowance under the special rules for people with terminal illness in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Information on claims awarded under the special rules for people with terminal illness is available from the DWP Tabulation Tool: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 44900 question first answered 08/09/2016 13:37:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576529

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on administration costs related to attendance allowance in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The total administrative cost of Attendance Allowance for 2015/16 is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 15:02:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576530

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to increase awareness of the Disability Confident campaign; and how his Department plans to measure the effectiveness of that campaign.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	44951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We have developed a new Disability Confident employer accreditation scheme. This went live in July.</p><p>This will be core to our engagement with employers to raise awareness, improve performance and drive up engagement on the disability employment agenda.</p><p>We are developing plans to formally launch the scheme in the Autumn and more information on take up and effectiveness measures will be available from then.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 11:44:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

576532

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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 average time taken is for a decision to be made for a personal independence payment claim in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	45061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the average (median) actual clearance times (AACT), in weeks, for normal rules new claims and DLA reassessments to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for Airdie and Shotts, Scotland and England in April 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>Normal Rules, New Claims AACT (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Normal Rules, DLA Reassessments AACT (weeks)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airdie and Shotts parliamentary constituency</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source – PIP Computer Systems</em> <em>management information.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes to table:</em></p><p>1) The figures are for normal rules only, and do not include special rules for the terminally ill, as these claims have a separate and faster route through the claims process.</p><p>2) ‘Time take for a decision’ has been interpreted as the average time between the date of referral to the assessment provider and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit).</p><p>3) Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on AACTs is published and available at;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 14:38:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

576533

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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: Scotland
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 Scotland received support from Access to Work grants (a) in total and (b) for a mental health condition in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	45060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The requested data is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people helped by Access to Work in Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people helped by Access to Work in Scotland with a primary medical condition recorded as “Mental health condition</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2,860</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><strong>Note:</strong></em></p><p><em>The Department does not routinely publish regional breakdowns of Access to Work data. These data were obtained from the Disability Service Client database and are rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 13:41:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray