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521685

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of personal independence payment applications were disallowed in (i) 2015 and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	38482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number and proportion of claims to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which were unsuccessful are available from Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2016 10:49:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

521334

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Sign Language
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 will bring forward legislative proposals to apply provisions equivalent to those of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 to England.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	38138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to apply provisions equivalent to those of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 to England.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the Minister for Disabled People published a written statement announcing that DWP would lead a Market Review of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting provision, which would engage with Deaf people and stakeholder groups to examine opportunities that could strengthen and improve the market in the long term.</p><p> </p><p>The Call for Evidence for this review opened in January 2016 and closed in March 2016. We received hundreds of comprehensive submissions of evidence, which we are currently analysing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2016 10:04:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

521336

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Pay
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 hourly earnings were of his Department's (a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	38231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions pays employees an annual salary and does not pay an hourly rate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department uses a grade structure to determine salary rates. The grade structure is underpinned by Job Evaluation and Grading Support (JEGS), an analytical job evaluation tool which meets all requirements of legislation and EHRC statutory codes of practice on Equal Pay. The use of JEGS and its application in determining the appropriate grade for a role enables us to determine where employees are doing equal work based on “work rated as equivalent”.</p><p> </p><p>DWP Equality data is published on an annual basis on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/equality-and-diversity</a> this includes the average pay by indicated ethnicity each year up to 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The main factor influencing the DWP pay gap is the difference in distribution of staff within each of these groups across the grades. DWP continues to regularly review ways to address the pay gap.</p><p> </p><p>This report is usually published in July each year and looks at data over the previous financial year. The report for 2016 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 31/05/2016 14:51:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

521342

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) medical assessors and (b) others considering applications for (a) personal independence payment and (b) other benefits have knowledge of (i) muscular dystrophy, (ii) neuromuscular conditions and (iii) other rare and progressive conditions.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	38288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>All healthcare professionals carrying out assessments receive comprehensive training in disability analysis, which includes the evaluation of how medical conditions affect claimants in their day-to-day activities. Prior to carrying out an assessment, assessors refresh their knowledge of any condition with which they are not fully familiar.</p><p> </p><p>Benefit entitlement is determined by the Department’s decision makers, who receive extensive training to enable them to evaluate a claim and assess a claimant’s needs. In order to make a decision on benefit entitlement the decision maker considers all the available evidence, including the reports received from the healthcare professional and any further evidence, which may include reports from GPs, hospital doctors and other clinicians.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2016 13:46:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

521343

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions
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 24 May 2016 to Question 37321, on healthy life expectancy, what specific assessment he has made of what account is taken of healthy life expectancy distinct from life expectancy in making decisions on future levels of pension age.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	38289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>In making decisions on future State Pension age arrangements the Secretary of State will be informed by the first review, established under the Pensions Act 2014, which is due to report by May 2017. This review will take into account up to date life expectancy data and the report from the independently led review.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the independent report is to recommend to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what to consider when making decisions on future State Pension age arrangements. In conducting its analysis and reaching recommendations the review will also to have regard to variations between different groups and the views of organisation and individuals on factors to be taken into account. It will consult widely to ensure that it has considered the appropriate evidence and the range of views of interested parties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 31/05/2016 10:28:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

521345

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
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 meet with Women Against State Pension Inequality campaigners; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	38361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has met with a number of his constituents who have raised this issue, and with Tim Loughton, who has been involved in the WASPI campaign. He has made clear that he will not be bringing forward further concessions or changes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2016 10:46:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

520944

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual budget is for food produced for his Department's offices; and what proportion of food produced for his Department was sourced from British producers in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	37838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>Since 1998 the Department for Work and Pensions has outsourced the provision and maintenance for the majority of its estate to Telereal Trillium under a 20 year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract that expires on 31 March 2018.</p><p>Under the terms of the contract, Telereal Trillium provides fully-serviced accommodation, including the provision of catering services. Telereal Trillium provide catering through their Service Partners, Compass Group. The Department pays an all-inclusive facility unit price for sites and we are unable to separate the costs for catering.</p><p>The amount of food sourced from British producers for DWP was 42% (Jan – Mar 2016). This figure does not include the considerable spend on non-indigenous products purchased for use in the DWP contract with large volumes of coffee as well as rice, pasta, tea, banana's, citrus, exotic fruits etc. Additionally as this period falls in winter some UK seasonal products are not available so have been procured from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/06/2016 12:15:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

520947

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Attendance Allowance: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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 who currently claim attendance allowance have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease in (a) England and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	37993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Statistical information on people currently receiving Attendance Allowance (AA), including the numbers with a main disabling condition of inflammatory bowel disease, and their location, is available from the DWP Tabulation Tool: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These data relate to the claimant’s main disabling condition at the time their claim is awarded. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions, but these cannot be identified from the data the department holds. Therefore there may be other claimants in receipt of AA who have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease who are not captured in the above data.</p><p> </p><p>Information on disabling conditions is not collected at the initial claim application stage.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 37987 question first answered 26/05/2016 13:39:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

520948

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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 who currently claim personal independence payments have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease in (a) England and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	37995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The requested information for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applications is not available as information on PIP claimants’ disabling conditions is not collected at the initial claim application stage.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on PIP claims in payment, including by main disabling condition and geography (e.g. region), are published on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These data relate to the claimant’s main disabling condition. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions, but these cannot be identified from the data the department holds. Therefore there may be other claimants in receipt of PIP who have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease who are not captured in the above data.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 37994 question first answered 26/05/2016 13:29:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

520949

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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 applied for personal independence payments and were diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease in (a) England and (b) Wales in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	37994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The requested information for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applications is not available as information on PIP claimants’ disabling conditions is not collected at the initial claim application stage.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on PIP claims in payment, including by main disabling condition and geography (e.g. region), are published on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These data relate to the claimant’s main disabling condition. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions, but these cannot be identified from the data the department holds. Therefore there may be other claimants in receipt of PIP who have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease who are not captured in the above data.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 37995 question first answered 26/05/2016 13:29:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy