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709423

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 66433, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of employment and support allowance work-related activity group claimants who will only be entitled to a reduced rate who will fall below the poverty line as a result of changes in support for that group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	67041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>There will be no cash losers among those who are already in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and we have laid regulations to protect existing ESA claimants, including those who temporarily leave the benefit to try out work and then return to ESA.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the change to the work-related activity component on 20 July 2015. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 67185 question first answered 13/03/2017 12:43:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

709431

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Clause 4, Part 2 of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	66991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their impairment or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability. Since its inception, the system of assessing claimants’ eligibility for PIP has been continually reviewed and refined in order to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. We continue to work extensively with PIP assessment providers and disability representatives to make improvements to guidance, training and audit procedures in order to ensure a quality service is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/03/2017 12:29:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

709499

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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 assessment his Department has made of the difference in levels of income between employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants who are entitled to the former work-related activity group rate and new ESA claimants who will receive a reduced rate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	67185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>There will be no cash losers among those who are already in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and we have laid regulations to protect existing ESA claimants, including those who temporarily leave the benefit to try out work and then return to ESA.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the change to the work-related activity component on 20 July 2015. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 67041 question first answered 13/03/2017 12:43:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

709070

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how a person who has undergone an employment and support allowance or personal independence allowance assessment can obtain a copy of the relevant reports.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	66869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Any evidence used to make a DWP decision that is still held by the Department, will be made available to the claimant on request by telephone, in writing or in person.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/03/2017 13:42:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

709072

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
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	Sickness, disability and carers' benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long individual records of (a) personal independence allowance and (b) employment and support allowance assessments are held electronically before destruction.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	66870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>In line with the DWP data retention policy, any Personal Independence Payment documents or records that do not support any active award of benefit, are destroyed 2 years after the award ends or 2 years after a disallowance decision has been made. For ESA the retention period is 14 months following the end of the award or disallowance decision.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/03/2017 13:41:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

708626

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has produced updated estimates of the (a) annual and (b) total number of (i) applicants to and (ii) costs of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme for 2014 to 2024, since changes made to that scheme from February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	66649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not produce projected estimates for the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme. The latest report on the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS) including costs, are produced in the annual review, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>An earlier report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also produces bi-annual statistics showing the actual number of applicants. The latest publication can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/03/2017 13:46:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

708634

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: 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 steps his Department is taking to put into practice the new measures on mental health set out in the Prime Minister's speech to the Charity Commission on 9 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	66710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>An Inter-Ministerial Group has been established to oversee the implementation of the new measures on mental health set out by the Prime Minister. These measures address a broad range of issues and therefore require a cross government response. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plays a key role and will continue to work with the Department of Health, NHS England and our other partners to ensure the recommendations of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health are implemented.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Improving our offer of support for people with mental health conditions will be integral to our approach. The government is investing in trials, proofs of concept and feasibility studies to test ways to provide specialist support for people with common mental health conditions and ensure that we are providing access to the most effective health support when it is needed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are making progress on the Independent Mental Health and Employers review, led by Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer. It will consider current best practice and seeks to engage with the full range of employers and individuals with lived experience in different sectors. The review will be published in summer 2017.</p><p> </p><p>We are also taking forward the internal review of discrimination law in relation to mental health and work.</p><p> </p><p>The other measures in the Prime Ministers speech are being led by relevant departments<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2017 15:01:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

708635

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation, Improving lives, work, health and disability, published in October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	66714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Work and Health Unit received over 4,000 responses to the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper Consultation from a wide range of individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions, and organisations with an interest. We are now considering all that we have heard before deciding how best to move forward and want to do justice to the breadth and depth of views that have been shared with us and this will take some time. We are committed to building on the momentum of the work and health agenda, and to taking early action where it is right to do so.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2017 15:12:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

708638

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2017 to Question 65533, whether there will be a minimum number of minutes per year for which people in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group will receive support from their work coach.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	66774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Whilst we do not set out a minimum number of minutes a year, claimants moving into the work-related activity group (or the appropriate labour market regime in Universal Credit) will be offered support from a work coach. This includes an initial meeting with a work coach, which will provide tailored support for the claimant based on their individual circumstances and capabilities, with the aim of helping them prepare for work in the future. Follow up meetings will then be carried out, with the expectation that this support should be offered at least quarterly. The exact number of minutes of support will be based on the needs of the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2017 15:18:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

707713

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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 estimate he has made of the number of employment and support allowance claimants who will fall below the poverty line as a result of recent changes in support to the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	66433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>There will be no cash losers among those who are already in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and we aim to protect existing ESA claimants who temporarily leave the benefit to try out work and then return to ESA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/03/2017 11:11:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff