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1715789

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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, if he will make an estimate of the number of people for whom the funds spent on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) would provide talking therapy for in place of PIP in (a) Wirral, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	24767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Such information is not available as no decisions on detailed policy design have yet been made. The consultation, <em>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper, </em>is instead about opening up a broader conversation about how we could reshape the current welfare system to provide better targeted support to those who need it most.</p><p>Part of the Green Paper explores alternative ways of supporting people to live independent and fulfilling lives. This could mean financial support being better targeted at people who have specific extra costs, but it could also involve improved support of other kinds, such as physical or mental health treatment.</p><p>The Green Paper was published on Monday 29 April and the 12 week consultation will close on Monday 22 July.</p><p>We encourage everyone to respond to the consultation so that we are able to hear from as many people as possible on these important issues, including disabled people, people with health conditions, their representatives, and other stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/05/2024 16:27:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1715791

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average extra costs that disabled people face as a result of their disability compared to people who are not disabled.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	24769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. Over recent years, the government has demonstrated its commitment to supporting the most vulnerable with one of the largest support packages in Europe. The total support over 2022- 2025 to help households and individuals with higher bills amounts to £108 billion – an average of £3,800 per UK household.</p><p> </p><p>We provided a Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 in June/July 2023 to people in receipt of certain disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA). This is in addition to the £150 payment paid in September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that nearly 60 per cent of individuals who received an extra costs disability benefit would have received the means-tested benefit Cost of Living Payments, worth up to £900.</p><p> </p><p>We also increased extra costs disability benefits by 10.1 per cent from April 2023 and by 6.7% from April 2024 in line with the Consumer Price Index.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24770 question first answered 14/05/2024 16:25:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1715792

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	Mental Health: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average extra costs that people with less severe mental health conditions face as a result of their conditions compared to the general population.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	24770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. Over recent years, the government has demonstrated its commitment to supporting the most vulnerable with one of the largest support packages in Europe. The total support over 2022- 2025 to help households and individuals with higher bills amounts to £108 billion – an average of £3,800 per UK household.</p><p> </p><p>We provided a Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 in June/July 2023 to people in receipt of certain disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA). This is in addition to the £150 payment paid in September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that nearly 60 per cent of individuals who received an extra costs disability benefit would have received the means-tested benefit Cost of Living Payments, worth up to £900.</p><p> </p><p>We also increased extra costs disability benefits by 10.1 per cent from April 2023 and by 6.7% from April 2024 in line with the Consumer Price Index.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 24769 question first answered 14/05/2024 16:25:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1715793

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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: Mental Health
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 Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024, what the evidential basis is for the statement that people with less severe mental health conditions should be expected to engage with the world of work.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	24771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Evidence shows that good work is generally good for health<sup>1</sup>. The Government therefore has an ambitious programme of initiatives to support people with mental health conditions, who are able, to start, stay and succeed in work. This includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions;</li><li>The Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health disabilities to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market; and</li><li>WorkWell, which is being established as a new early-intervention work and health support and assessment service in England, with the aim of preventing and reducing economic inactivity among disabled people and people with health conditions.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><sup>1</sup> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/is-work-good-for-your-health-and-well-being" target="_blank">Is work good for your health and well-being? An independent review - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/05/2024 16:24:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1715794

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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 his Department's consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of condition-based assessments on people with multiple health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	24772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper was published on 29 April 2024. The associated consultation will last for 12 weeks, ending on 22 July. Throughout this period we will continue to listen to and work with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives.</p><p>The consultation aims to hear views on whether we should have a condition-based assessment. We understand that many people have more than one health condition, and if this proposal is taken forwards following the consultation, we will consider in the detailed policy design how a condition-based approach would work for people with multiple conditions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/05/2024 16:18:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1715795

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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, with reference to his department's consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what steps he is taking to help ensure that disabled people can respond to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	24773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>To help ensure that disabled people and people with long term conditions can access and respond to <em>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em>, the Green Paper was published in standard and five alternative formats:</p><ul><li>Large print</li><li>Braille</li><li>Easy Read</li><li>British Sign Language (BSL)</li><li>Audio</li></ul><p> </p><p>All formats can be accessed via the web page <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modernising-support-for-independent-living-the-health-and-disability-green-paper" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>We encourage everyone to respond to the consultation, so that we are able to hear from disabled people, people with health conditions, representatives, and others on these important issues.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is possible to respond via the online form, via email or by post. If anybody has difficulty responding, they can ask a representative to support them or respond on their behalf.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/05/2024 16:20:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1702221

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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	Carer's Allowance: Telephone Services
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 (a) average and (b) maximum amount of waiting time when contacting the Carer's Allowance Unit by telephone.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	22579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Telephony is our customers’ primary channel to contact us. We continually assess the number of calls we are receiving and the associated waiting times, deploying resources accordingly to support service levels wherever this is possible.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/04/2024 13:56:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1699041

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department provided between 1 September 2023 and 23 February 2024 to people who wished to apply for a lump sum payment under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 who had (a) been awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit as they had unilateral but not bilateral Pleural Thickening, PD9 and (b) been awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit for asbestos-related lung cancer based on their employment history but had not been diagnosed with asbestosis, PD8A.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	20667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Regulations which widened potential Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 scheme entitlement to include sufferers of unilateral diffuse pleural thickening and asbestos-related primary carcinoma of the lung (without asbestosis) came into force on 23 February 2024. Once the Department identified that these customers were not previously entitled to an award under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 scheme, the Department’s priority was to amend the relevant legislation as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>An initial letter was sent on 09 January 2024 notifying asbestos support groups of the situation, and the Department’s intention to amend the legislation, and a follow-up letter was sent to asbestos support groups on 26 February 2024, confirming that the new regulations had now come into force.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible customers should receive award notifications as usual when their claim is processed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/04/2024 10:32:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1695808

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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 Scheme: Musculoskeletal Disorders
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 an assessment of the effectiveness of the Access to Work scheme for people with a musculoskeletal condition.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	18476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department does collect information on Access to Work recipient's primary medical condition, however, we do not hold information to the level required to identify people with musculoskeletal conditions. Therefore, we cannot assess the effectiveness of Access to Work scheme for people with a musculoskeletal condition.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Access to Work volumes and expenditure by primary medical condition are published annually in the official statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2023" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/03/2024 12:45:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1685308

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
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, what estimate he has made of the (a) numbers and (b) cost to the public purse of PIP claims from claimants with untreatable conditions who were successful at Tribunal; and what proportion of these were repeat Tribunal cases.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	11619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed statistics on PIP can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. The department holds data on a range of conditions. However, these are not collected in a way that allows them to be defined as untreatable. You can view the disability categories <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/PIP_AR_COC_Clearances_post2016/Disability.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/02/2024 11:39:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood