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797407

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: 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 made of the effect of personal independence payments assessments on stress levels for sufferers of Motor Neurone Disease.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	116370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. We recognise that attending a face-to-face assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be a stressful experience for some people, which is why we do not carry out face-to-face consultations where there is enough existing evidence to determine benefit entitlement. Furthermore, 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.</p><p> </p><p>PIP also recognises that for the most severely disabled claimants, the award review process could seem unnecessarily intrusive. Existing PIP claimants with the most severe, lifetime disabilities, whose functional ability has remained the same, are more likely to have their evidence reviewed by a DWP Decision Maker and will not need to have another face-to-face assessment with a health professional.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/12/2017 14:17:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

797647

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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: Maladministration
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 28 November 2017 to Question 115232, how many claimants of Employment and Support Allowance were subject to payment miscalculations in each (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013, (d) 2014 and (e) 2015, and what the timetable is for those claimant to be reimbursed.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	116610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department estimates that around 270,000 cases need to be looked at again and that around 75,000 of those cases (5% of the population transferred over from incapacity benefits) may have been underpaid. The Department has already started contacting individuals to establish if there has been an underpayment of premiums and a small number of claims have already been corrected and the arrears that are due have been paid. The Department expects to complete the review and correct cases by April 2019. We will update the House shortly.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/12/2017 14:20:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

795817

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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: Cancer
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 support people entering, returning and staying in the workforce after cancer.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	116155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> paper published on 30 November set out the Government’s strategy to support the ambitious target of getting one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years. Within the Civil Service, we are leading the way as an employer. We are working with external partners through a cross-sector programme on disability inclusion to push the boundaries of best practice in topics such as job-carving. This is a form of workplace adjustment, which could involve redesigning an existing job around the needs of an individual employee with a specific disability, or creating a new role; for example, when an employee returns to work following a serious illness such as cancer or a stroke.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work (AtW) provides practical and financial support to help with additional costs faced by individuals whose health or disability affects the way in which they do their job. This includes the effects of cancer, or health conditions or disabilities arising from cancer. The type of support is tailored to the needs of the individual and can include travel to work, support workers and specialist aides and equipment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides a range of support to employers to help them recruit and retain people with mental health conditions: for example, the Disability Confident scheme and Access to Work, which has a specific Mental Health Support Service. This service helps people by providing telephone and online advice and support. Last year, over 1,800 people with mental health conditions were approved provision from Access to Work – a record number, a 37% increase compared to the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 116156 question first answered 06/12/2017 17:14:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

795818

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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: Mental Illness
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 support people with mental ill health entering, returning to and staying in the workforce?
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	116156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> paper published on 30 November set out the Government’s strategy to support the ambitious target of getting one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years. Within the Civil Service, we are leading the way as an employer. We are working with external partners through a cross-sector programme on disability inclusion to push the boundaries of best practice in topics such as job-carving. This is a form of workplace adjustment, which could involve redesigning an existing job around the needs of an individual employee with a specific disability, or creating a new role; for example, when an employee returns to work following a serious illness such as cancer or a stroke.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work (AtW) provides practical and financial support to help with additional costs faced by individuals whose health or disability affects the way in which they do their job. This includes the effects of cancer, or health conditions or disabilities arising from cancer. The type of support is tailored to the needs of the individual and can include travel to work, support workers and specialist aides and equipment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides a range of support to employers to help them recruit and retain people with mental health conditions: for example, the Disability Confident scheme and Access to Work, which has a specific Mental Health Support Service. This service helps people by providing telephone and online advice and support. Last year, over 1,800 people with mental health conditions were approved provision from Access to Work – a record number, a 37% increase compared to the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 116155 question first answered 06/12/2017 17:14:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

795893

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the reassessment period for people with mental health problems receiving personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	116218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I previously gave on 15 November 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-07/111959/" target="_blank">UIN 111959</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/12/2017 10:25:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

795927

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training in assessing mental health conditions is available to officials dealing with personal independence claims; and what proportion of such staff have received such training.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	116246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Training for Health Professionals on how to identify the impact of mental health conditions on a claimant’s ability to carry out the PIP assessment activities is a key feature of both Assessment Providers training programmes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, both Assessment Providers also have Mental Function Champions who are available to provide advice and support to Health Professionals at any point during the assessment process. These are specialist practitioners who have at least 2 years of post–registration clinical experience in a mental health or learning disability role.</p><p> </p><p>All DWP Operational staff go through a programme of learning and development during their induction into the Department to equip them to support vulnerable people who access our services. They do not undertake specific training to assess mental health as this would need to be carried out by an appropriate medical expert.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/12/2017 13:49:08 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

795299

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: Disability
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 July 2017 to Question 3585, on disability: employment, what steps his Department is taking to achieve its target of 1 million more disabled people in work over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment to get one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years gives us a clear, ambitious, and time-bound goal.</p><p>The employment rate of disabled people is 49% – up 4.7 percentage points since 2014. There are 3.5 million disabled people in work – an increase of over 530,000 since 2014. We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. Today (November 30<sup>th</sup> 2017) the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have published our response to the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. This sets out our vision for a 10 year programme of reform, the actions we have taken since the Green Paper and our immediate next steps.</p><p>We will track the number of disabled people in employment and publish a statistical update annually. We will also consider other useful statistical indicators, which give more information about how disability and employment change over this time period, and inform our actions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 115721 question first answered 30/11/2017 17:15:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

795300

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: Disability
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 July 2017 to Question 3585, on disability: employment, how his Department plans to report its progress on getting 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment to get one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years gives us a clear, ambitious, and time-bound goal.</p><p>The employment rate of disabled people is 49% – up 4.7 percentage points since 2014. There are 3.5 million disabled people in work – an increase of over 530,000 since 2014. We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. Today (November 30<sup>th</sup> 2017) the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have published our response to the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. This sets out our vision for a 10 year programme of reform, the actions we have taken since the Green Paper and our immediate next steps.</p><p>We will track the number of disabled people in employment and publish a statistical update annually. We will also consider other useful statistical indicators, which give more information about how disability and employment change over this time period, and inform our actions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 115720 question first answered 30/11/2017 17:15:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

795323

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	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 if his Department is required to consider all evidence in support of an individual's application for Personal Independence Payment if that evidence is submitted before the Department's stated deadline for the application.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	115744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>When making their decision, case managers will look at all the available evidence to determine eligibility for PIP. Additional evidence can be submitted at any point up to where the case manager makes a decision. It’s a requirement that the PIP 2 questionnaire is returned within the deadline given, although rules and procedures allow claimants additional time to complete the form where that is reasonably required.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/12/2017 13:36:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

795379

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Fracking: Ryedale
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 adequacy of the KM8 pipeline to transport shale gas safely from the KM8 well, if he will publish the evidence on which that assessment has been made; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	115800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has inspected the pipeline and is content that the gas from the KM8 well can be safely conveyed within the pipeline, under the current risk management systems employed by Third Energy. If there is any breach of the health and safety regulations resulting in formal enforcement action, HSE will make this public.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/11/2017 16:14:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell