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964037

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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 proportion of claimants undergoing a Work Capability Assessment for employment and support allowance have (a) failed their assessment and (b) failed their assessment and subsequently moved on to universal credit in each of the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	169033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>In response to part (a) this information can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-june-2018</a></p><p>The information requested for part (b) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/09/2018 12:03:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

965008

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, how many and what proportion of decisions on claims are overturned in the period of time between the date of a decision being made on a Mandatory Reconsideration and a date being set for a tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	169079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information that you requested.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/09/2018 10:45:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

938545

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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 the timeframe is for all assessments for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance in Birkenhead to be recorded using audio equipment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	162998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Provided they give advance notice, claimants of ESA and Universal Credit (UC) can already ask for their assessment to be audio recorded and equipment will be provided. Claimants may also use their own equipment provided they meet certain conditions required by DWP.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our commitment to improve the PIP assessment process we are currently progressing options to video record PIP face to face assessments. We are commencing testing in the Summer.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/07/2018 16:18:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

919193

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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 steps her Department is taking to raise awareness and increase take-up of the Access to Work scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	151091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>We will continue to promote Access to Work through our marketing and media activity, building on its success.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17, the number of people with provision approved rose 8% overall, including 13% rise for deaf people and 15% rise for those with dyslexia, compared to the previous Financial Year. In addition, provision was approved for record numbers of young people (up 26%), people with learning disabilities (up 25%) and people with mental health conditions (up 37%).</p><p> </p><p>As part of the on-going campaign, we are targeting key influencers such as employers and health professionals, as well as claimants. We work with stakeholders and advisory groups to raise awareness of Access to Work and have been working with Remploy to promote, and increase take up of the Mental Health Support Service. In addition, our Jobcentre partnership managers continue to engage with local stakeholders and partners to promote the support available. Access to Work is also promoted to a range of business leaders through the Disability Confident scheme.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/06/2018 09:04:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

919195

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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, whether she plans to issue revised guidance on work capability assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	151092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Work Capability Assessment (WCA) guidance is available via the WCA Handbook, available on Gov.uk. This document is reviewed regularly and an updated version will be published during Summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/06/2018 09:08:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

907095

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
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, how many claimants who have been sent an ESA50 form have not returned that form by the deadline and have subsequently ceased to be eligible for the assessment rate of employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	145555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of claimants disallowed ESA following failure to return form ESA50 (Decision Type: WCA – Failed to return ESA50) is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>ESA Claimants - Failed to return ESA50 </strong> <strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>Disallowed - Failed to return ESA50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7,193</p></td><td><p>8,490</p></td><td><p>7,137</p></td><td><p>5,537</p></td><td><p>6,427</p></td><td><p>6,348</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5,846</p></td><td><p>5,671</p></td><td><p>4,315</p></td><td><p>6,149</p></td><td><p>4,307</p></td><td><p>5,540</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We know that some claimants who fail to meet the original deadline for submission of their ESA50 subsequently provide good cause. This would lead to their claim being considered and either allowed or disallowed. This means that we cannot take the number of claimants who have been disallowed for failure to return their ESA50 as being the same as the number as those ceasing to be eligible for the assessment rate of Employment Support Allowance (ESA).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/05/2018 15:05:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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