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904659

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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 average duration of mandatory reconsideration is for people who following an initial decision on their employment and support allowance claim (a) do and (b) do not set up a new claim for universal credit while awaiting the outcome of that reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	144198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The specific information requested for the average length of time for a Mandatory Reconsideration to be heard for claimants who were unsuccessful in claiming Employment Support Allowance who subsequently do or do not set up a claim for Universal Credit is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the clearance times of Mandatory Reconsiderations broken down by Month can be found in Table 16 of the quarterly bulletin “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2018”</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/05/2018 10:32:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

890328

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Work and Health Programme
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 have enrolled on the Work and Health Programme; and how many of those people are in employment as a result of enrolling in that programme.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	137468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on Work and Health Programme referrals, attachments and employment outcomes is not currently available.</p><p>We plan to publish statistical information for the Work and Health Programme in Autumn 2018, which will be produced in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/04/2018 14:00:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882651

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, what steps she is taking to stop claimants on low incomes from being charged by GPs for the supply of supporting medical information for claims for benefit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We advise claimants not to seek additional evidence which they may be charged for, such as from GPs. Where an assessment provider determines that additional medical evidence from a GP could prove helpful they will request that evidence from the GP directly.</p><p> </p><p>GPs are obliged through their contract with NHS England to provide the assessment provider with medical evidence for Employment and Support Allowance free-of-charge. For Personal Independence Payment GPs are paid a standard fee (currently £33.50) for completing a General Practitioner Factual Report.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s response to the recent Work and Pensions Select Committee report on Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance Assessments we set out our commitment to continue improving the customer experience for both. For example, in order to simplify the process for claimants, we are currently exploring how data can be usefully shared between the two assessments, and opportunities for better data sharing between DWP and the NHS. We are also working to ensure better communication with claimants, in addition to working closely with both GPs and the Department of Health.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/04/2018 16:26:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

869332

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department estimates will be saved to the public purse as a result of the £57,000 cap on individual awards under Access to Work.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	133846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Based on the published Equality Analysis in 2015, the original estimate was that the cap would free £3m pa to re-invest in the scheme. We intend to publish an updated Equality Analysis as a formal addendum to the 2015 document.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/03/2018 16:13:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

869333

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: 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 she has made of the adequacy of the length of time assessors of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments have at initial assessment compared with the length of time afforded to tribunal panels.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	133847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Healthcare Professionals are encouraged to take as much time as they need during an assessment to fully understand the impact of a claimant’s condition on their everyday life. In order to provide an assessment report that is medically justified and accurate, a Health Professional must undertake extensive questioning to establish how the claimant is impacted by their condition. Depending on the health condition or impairment, assessments may also include a physical examination, sight, hearing and any other tests deemed relevant. This is a comprehensive functional assessment which is tailored to the individual needs of the claimant and as such, there are no time limits set on the duration.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 16:09:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

868421

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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
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 access to work users who will be affected by the new cap of £57,000 per year.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	133641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Written Ministerial Statement of 20 March on Access to Work announced that the award limit, currently £42,100 per year, will rise from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 to £57,200 per annum. The Equality Analysis published in May 2015 identified an estimate of 200 customers with awards exceeding the level of the cap and it is estimated that many of these transitionally protected customers will benefit from the increase. In addition, some existing customers with awards at or just below the current cap may benefit when they renew their claim if their needs have increased. An Equality Analysis of the changes will be published as a formal addendum to the Equality Analysis published in May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/03/2018 13:31:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 49832 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

868423

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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: Appeals
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 mandatory reconsiderations upheld the initial decision on (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment support allowance claims in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	133643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) mandatory reconsiderations (MRs) cleared, by decision type, can be found in the official published statistics: “Data tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to January 2017”. The relevant data can be found in Table 7b.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of MRs for Employment Support Allowance (ESA), by decision type, can be found in the official published statistics: “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2018”. The relevant data can be found in Table 14.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 15:54:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

868424

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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: 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 she has made of the potential merits of enabling all applicants to retain their benefits pending the outcome of a tribunal proceeding on their claim.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	133644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The law, save for one exception, has never provided for the payment of benefit pending a tribunal hearing where entitlement has ended. (Historically the one exception has related to benefits where entitlement is linked to capacity for work. Today this means that some ESA claimants can be paid the basic rate of ESA pending their appeal being heard.)</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 03/04/2018 15:47:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

855569

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled claimants have made a claim for universal credit after failing their reassessment for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and have then successfully appealed the outcome of their ESA reassessment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	130876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2018 13:24:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

851618

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place a copy of the routine oral questions asked during face-to-face medical assessments for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	130381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>There is no set script or bank of questions that Healthcare Professionals ask during face-to-face assessments for Employment and Support Allowance or Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The assessments are conducted in line with the guidance available to the Health Professionals: the PIP Assessment Guide, Part 1 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684001/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-assessment-process.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684001/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-assessment-process.pdf</a>); and the Work Capability Assessment Handbook (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634850/wca-handbook.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634850/wca-handbook.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/03/2018 15:07:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead