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818656

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce statutory sick pay at an hourly rate; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	121420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We want to see a reformed Statutory Sick Pay system which supports more flexible working – for example, to help support phased returns to work including spacing out working days during a return to work, managing a health condition, or recovering from illness. We are taking forward further policy development and will bring forward a consultation on these changes, before introducing this reform</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:26:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

818782

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Newham
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 over the age of 60 have claimed (a) employment support allowance and (b) job seekers allowance in the London Borough of Newham in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	121546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The information available for the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by Local Authority and age is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The information available for the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants by Local Authority and age is also published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 09:32:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

816934

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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, with reference to paragraph 68 of the Government's report, Improving Lives: The Future of health, Work and Disability, published in November 2017, Cm 9526, if he will consult with disabled people (a) on the proposed changes to the work and capability assessment and (b) on those proposed changes ahead of the publication of the Government's proposed consultation on statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	121361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>In the Improving Lives: The Future of health, Work and Disability command paper we committed to work with external stakeholders to inform future changes to the Work Capability Assessment.</p><p>We are taking forward policy development to create a statutory sick pay system which supports more flexible working, for example to support phased returns to work. We will bring forward a consultation on these changes, as well as any other SSP changes we identify in our wider work. As part of this consultation we will seek views from a range of people and organisations, including disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 16:55:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

816935

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Statutory Sick Pay: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the Government's proposed consultation on statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	121362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>As announced in ‘Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability’, we want to see a reformed Statutory Sick Pay system (SSP), which supports more flexible working, for example to support phased returns to work. We are taking forward further policy development and will bring forward a consultation on these changes, as well as any other SSP changes we identify in our wider work, before bringing forward this reform.</p><p> </p><p>We are also considering Matthew Taylor’s further recommendations about SSP and how to achieve the appropriate balance of incentives and expectations are in place for employers. We will report back on preliminary work later this year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 16:58:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

810506

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3475 on Employment and Support Allowance: Motor Neurone Disease, if he will publish the process required for the 600 people with motor neurone disease who were in the support group for Employment and Support Allowance on 29 September when the severe conditions exemption commenced and are due a reassessment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important to ensure that decisions on whether someone meets the severe conditions criteria are based on a Work Capability Assessment. This way the claimant has the best opportunity to share with us the most up to date information about the functional impacts of their health condition.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance used by Healthcare Professionals, who undertake the Assessments, has been designed to have the least possible impact on claimants. We will ask claimants to complete a new health questionnaire, and where appropriate we will ask their General Practitioner or Specialist Healthcare Professional for further, supporting evidence, so that in the vast majority of cases we should be able to make a decision on whether someone meets the criteria without the need for a face to face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>I am meeting the Motor Neurone Disease Association in February to discuss the implications of the introduction of the severe condition criteria.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 15:33:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

810510

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to recommendation eight of the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment, Cm 9540, what the optimum timeframe is for the completion of assessment reports after the assessment has taken place.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	120855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of factors that impact on the length of time taken to complete the report following the assessment, for example, whether the assessment was conducted in a person’s home or at an assessment centre. As the Second Independent Review of PIP acknowledged, the logistics in organising and conducting home visits will introduce some time delay in writing up reports immediately after the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects assessment reports to be completed in a timely manner following the assessment but does not set a fixed timeframe for the completion of assessment reports following the assessment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:55:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810581

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to protect claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group and its Universal Credit equivalent from financial loss if they engage in work-related activity and are subsequently transferred to the Work-Related Activity Group or its Universal Credit equivalent.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	120926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Where an ESA claimant in the Support Group or the UC equivalent chooses to undertake some form of work-related activity, we provide encouragement, help and support to assist the claimant to do so. Volunteering to undertake some work-related activity does not mean, in itself, that the claimant will be transferred to the Work-related Activity Group.</p><p> </p><p>ESA and UC claimants whose condition improves so that following a Work Capability Assessment they move from the Support Group to the Work-related Activity Group will receive the relevant rate of benefit. Where the date of claim is prior to 3 April 2017 that will include the work-related activity component and the UC equivalent.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 15:56:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

810582

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, with reference to the Government paper Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability, published in November 2017, if he will consider the commissioning of specialist external providers to provide employment support to disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	120927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer to UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-12-13/119269/" target="_blank">119269</a> on 20 of December 2017</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 16:05:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

810678

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Access to Work Programme: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many deaf people were in receipt of Access to Work payments in (a) Camberwell and Peckham constituency and (b) the London Borough of Southwark in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	121023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. The Department’s analysts are currently exploring the feasibility of including payments data in the next publication of Access to Work Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/01/2018 14:18:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

810712

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	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, pursuant to the Answers of 21 December 2017 to Questions 119554, 119555 and 119556 and with reference to the paper entitled Work and Pensions Select Committee PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry: Supporting Statistics, published by his Department on 4 December 2017, what mechanisms are in place to improve the conduct of work capability assessments for people whose primary health condition is among those most likely to have a decision overturned at mandatory reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	121057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>DWP monitor very closely the performance of the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) to make sure that the quality of the service they provide is as high as it should be. We are continually working with CHDA to further improve the quality of assessments for people with all types of health conditions and disabilities. CHDA conduct regular reviews of health care professionals’ assessments and provide one-to-one feedback to help them to continuously improve, additional coaching is provided if required and all healthcare professionals undertake an annual programme of continuing professional development.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 16:29:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden