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1644527

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Horizon Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress she has made on securing the UK's association to Horizon Europe.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	905390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>We are moving forward with discussions on the UK’s association to Horizon Europe. We hope negotiations will be successful, and that is our preference.</p><p>But the terms must work for UK researchers, businesses and taxpayers and reflect the lasting impact of two years of EU delays to the UK’s association.</p><p>If we are unable to associate, we will implement our bold, ambitious alternative to Horizon Europe, Pioneer.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 14/06/2023 14:35:03 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1404919

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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 estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of mandatory reconsiderations for employment and support allowance and personal independence payment benefits claims in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	108447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The information for the financial years covered by the request are detailed in the tables below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20 <br> (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong> (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>£23.7</p></td><td><p>£24.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>£6.6</p></td><td><p>£1.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m</p><p>Data Source: ABM</p><p> </p><p>The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 02/02/2022 17:40:42 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1404920

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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 estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of tribunals for employment and support allowance and personal independence payment benefits claims in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	108448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/01/2022 11:46:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1404921

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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 her Department has made of the impact on the finances of personal independence payment and employment support allowance claimants who are required to wait for a tribunal in order to receive their correct benefits award.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	108449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department understands the potential effect of waiting for a tribunal hearing which is why our aim is to make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey. Recent improvements to our decision-making processes mean that Decision Makers can better gather relevant additional evidence. This helps to ensure that people get the support they are entitled to as quickly as possible, without the need for a tribunal appeal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/01/2022 16:51:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1404923

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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 steps are taken to ensure that claimants receive the correct benefit award after their assessment, rather than requiring a mandatory reconsideration or tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	108450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s aim is to make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey. We have made improvements to our decision making processes to ensure that people get the support they are entitled to as quickly as possible, because decision makers can better gather relevant additional evidence earlier in the process.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/01/2022 16:56:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1404924

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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, if her Department has considered the potential merits of (a) introducing a right to request an assessor with appropriate knowledge of a claimant’s condition, and (b) the potential impact such an assessor would have on the number of claimants requiring mandatory reconsideration and tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	108451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Disability Green Paper published last year explores how the benefits system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions, including how we could improve assessments to better understand the impact of a person’s condition on their ability to work or live independently. We will follow up on the responses to the Green Paper through a White Paper that we will publish later this year.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/01/2022 17:15:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1404925

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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: Disability
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 for the implications of her policies of the level of confidence disabled people have in the equity of the disability benefits assessment process.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	108452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department operates a robust quality assurance and independent audit process to ensure assessment decisions are consistent. We recognise that improvements could be made to the assessment process and we plan to publish a Health and Disability White Paper later this year following the views shared in response to the Green Paper published last year.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/01/2022 17:22:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw