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1719078

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on Personal Independence Payment tribunals in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The full cost of a tribunal cannot be ascertained. This is because appeals are a joint process between DWP and HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). DWP do not handle tribunals for appeals; the cost of handling appeal tribunals sits with HMCTS and we do not hold their cost information. If this information were required, we would suggest that this element of your request be submitted to HMCTS.</p><p> </p><p>The department holds information relating to the initial PIP appeals process and that can be provided for financial years 2021/22 to 2023/24. The costs of processing the appeals would include expenditure relating to DWP Presenting Officers who attend some Tribunals. The DWP PIP Presenting Officers costs are detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong> (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong> (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong> (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Presenting Officers</p></td><td><p>£2.6</p></td><td><p>£2.5</p></td><td><p>£3.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m.</p><p>Data Source: ABM</p><p>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>The figures provided are for PIP Presenting Officers only and excludes Admin Support or Decision Making staff dealing with the initial appeals processing work.</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 This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics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>The data is frequently revised and changes to definitions / benefits / DWP structure effect comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen as an indication of cost, rather than the actual cost.</p><p> </p><p>The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:07:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1719079

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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: Appeals
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 cost to his Department was of a Personal Independence Payment tribunal appeal in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p>The department holds information relating to the initial appeals process and that can be provided for financial years 2021/22 to 2023/24 but would only include Direct Operating costs and not any wider DWP overheads. The costs of processing the Appeals would include the costs of DWP Presenting Officer who attend some Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The full cost of a tribunal cannot be ascertained. This is because appeals are a joint process between DWP and HM Courts and Tribunals Service. DWP do not handle tribunals for appeals; the cost of handling appeal tribunals sits with HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), and we do not hold their cost information. If this information were required, we would suggest that this element of your request be submitted to HMCTS.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:02:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1719080

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on mandatory reconsiderations of Personal Independence Payment claims in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 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><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong> (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong> (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong> (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations</p></td><td><p>£28.5</p></td><td><p>£22.8</p></td><td><p>£22.9</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>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>The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:03:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1719081

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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: Appeals
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 cost to his Department was of a Personal Independence Payment mandatory reconsideration in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The information for the financial years covered by the request are detailed in the tables below:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PIP Unit Costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations</p></td><td><p>£113</p></td><td><p>£81</p></td><td><p>£87</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Cost figures are rounded to the nearest pound.</p><p>Data Source: ABM</p><p> </p><p>The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct</p><p>delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff. They show the average Unit Cost of processing one PIP Mandatory Reconsideration. The reduction in Unit Cost in the latter years follows an <br> improvement in productivity.</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</p><p>Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official</p><p>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. <br></p><p>The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:06:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1719082

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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: 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 people in Aberavon constituency have had personal independence payments overturned as a result of an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number and percentage of initial decision awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Aberavon constituency by the financial year of the initial decision.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year of Initial Decision</p></td><td><p>Initial Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p>% PIP Initial Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p>All Initial Decisions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>2,880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24*</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>740</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the number and percentage of Award Reviews (AR) and Change of Circumstances (CoC) decisions for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Aberavon constituency by the financial year of the AR or CoC decision.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year of AR or CoC decision</p></td><td><p>AR/CoC Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p>% PIP AR/CoC Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing</p></td><td><p>All AR and CoC Decisions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24*</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Please note:</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>Figures in Table 1 and Table 2 are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Percentages in Table 1 and Table 2 are calculated using unrounded figures, then rounded to the nearest percent.</li><li>These figures include initial decisions (New Claims, reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA)), award reviews and change of circumstances to 30<sup>th</sup> September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.</li><li>These figures include appeal outcomes up to 31st December 2023, the latest date for which published data is available. Note that more appeals could be made and completed after December 2023, so numbers may change as it can take some time for an appeal to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision, award review or change of circumstances.</li><li>The 2023/24 financial year does not contain a full year of data.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:00:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1718269

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Universal Support
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 are being assisted through Universal Support.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	26475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>We have interpreted your question as referring to the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) initiative and Work and Health Programme (WHP) Pioneer, both of which form part of the first phase of Universal Support.</p><p>We explained in our press release that we expect to help 25,000 people by September 2024. Progress will be reported in the WHP official statistics publication on GOV.UK. Information relating to IPSPC is not currently available; however, the Secretary of State has committed to the publication of data for the IPSPC initiative as part of the first phase of Universal Support. This will be pre-announced prior to publication.</p><p>The next release of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-and-health-programme-statistics" target="_blank">published statistics</a> for the WHP is planned for 30 May 2024. This release will include statistics on starts, referrals and individual referrals to WHP Pioneer. Statistics on job outcomes and first earnings from employment will be released in later publications.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 26476 26477 question first answered 20/05/2024 14:58:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1718270

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Universal Support: 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 press release entitled 25,000 people to be helped into work as Government ramps up roll-out of flagship Universal Support scheme, published on 13 September 2023, what recent estimate his Department has made of when it will reach its target of assisting 25,000 disabled people through the Universal Support scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	26476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>We have interpreted your question as referring to the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) initiative and Work and Health Programme (WHP) Pioneer, both of which form part of the first phase of Universal Support.</p><p>We explained in our press release that we expect to help 25,000 people by September 2024. Progress will be reported in the WHP official statistics publication on GOV.UK. Information relating to IPSPC is not currently available; however, the Secretary of State has committed to the publication of data for the IPSPC initiative as part of the first phase of Universal Support. This will be pre-announced prior to publication.</p><p>The next release of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-and-health-programme-statistics" target="_blank">published statistics</a> for the WHP is planned for 30 May 2024. This release will include statistics on starts, referrals and individual referrals to WHP Pioneer. Statistics on job outcomes and first earnings from employment will be released in later publications.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 26475 26477 question first answered 20/05/2024 14:58:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1718271

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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 Schemes: Mental Illness
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 were on the Individual Placement and Support programme on 15 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	26477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>We have interpreted your question as referring to the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) initiative and Work and Health Programme (WHP) Pioneer, both of which form part of the first phase of Universal Support.</p><p>We explained in our press release that we expect to help 25,000 people by September 2024. Progress will be reported in the WHP official statistics publication on GOV.UK. Information relating to IPSPC is not currently available; however, the Secretary of State has committed to the publication of data for the IPSPC initiative as part of the first phase of Universal Support. This will be pre-announced prior to publication.</p><p>The next release of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-and-health-programme-statistics" target="_blank">published statistics</a> for the WHP is planned for 30 May 2024. This release will include statistics on starts, referrals and individual referrals to WHP Pioneer. Statistics on job outcomes and first earnings from employment will be released in later publications.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 26475 26476 question first answered 20/05/2024 14:58:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1718272

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	WorkWell
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 were on the WorkWell pilot on 15 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	26478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>WorkWell, backed by £64m investment, will provide support for up to 59,000 disabled people and people with health conditions to start stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>The 15 successful WorkWell pilots were announced on 7 May 2024. The pilot areas will now develop a delivery plan with a view to services going live from October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:06:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1718282

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	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, whether his Department holds data on the number of job offers for disabled people withdrawn due to the time taken to arrange Access to Work packages.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	26479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested about the number of job offers for disabled people withdrawn due to the time taken to arrange Access to Work packages is not available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, applications which have a start date of 4 week or less are prioritised to ensure customers are able to enter and remain in the labour market.</p><p>The Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2021/23.</p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found on Access to Work statistics on GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:10:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle