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638002

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date	16/11/2016
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding the Government has in place to provide personal support packages for disabled people in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group; and whether such support is voluntary for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	53204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>As announced in the Green Paper, we are putting in place a Personal Support Package to support those on ESA Work-Related Activity Component and UC Limited Capability for Work element. We have allocated a total of £330m for new, voluntary support for people with limited capability for work, over four years starting from April 2017. This will provide support for new ESA/UC claimants with limited capability for work, helping them to move closer to the labour market and, when they are ready, move into work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2016 16:40:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

638003

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether disabled people will have access to voluntary, specialised and personal employment support during and after the transition from the Work Choice and Work Programme to the Work and Health Programme.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	53205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Work and Health Programme is only one part of the wider package of support for disabled people. ‘Improving Lives, The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ published on 31 October, confirms we will introduce a new Personal Support Package for people with health conditions and disabilities, with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health programme, including funding to be devolved to Scotland, focussing support on people with a disability, early access for priority groups and the long term unemployed. We expect the majority of people who will start the programme will be disabled people and they will be able to volunteer to join the programme at any time.</p><p> </p><p>Our current assumption is that participants provided support on existing programmes will continue to be supported on that programme and will not transfer to the Work and Health Programme, although no decision has yet been made. The Work and Health Programme will launch in 2017 following the end of referrals to the Work Programme and Work Choice.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2016 16:46:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

637226

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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: Chronic Illnesses
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 end the requirement for re-assessments for those with long-term medical conditions who are receiving personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	53014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) already recognises that for the most severely disabled claimants, the award review process could seem unnecessarily intrusive. The length of a PIP award is based on an individual’s circumstances and can vary from nine months to an on-going award with a light touch review at the 10 year point. As such, existing PIP claimants with the most severe, lifetime disabilities, whose functional ability has remained the same, are more likely to have their evidence reviewed by a DWP Decision-Maker and will not need to have another face-to-face assessment with a healthcare professional. Regular reviews for PIP claimants are a key feature of the benefit, and ensure that benefit payments accurately match the current needs of claimants.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to engage with stakeholders to improve the service we provide. We are committed to ensuring that the review process works effectively across the spectrum of disabilities and health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2016 16:53:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

640523

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Employment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people with mental health conditions are properly supported into work.
tabling member constituency	Yeovil
tabling member printed	Marcus Fysh
uin	907336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>We are investing significant resources in this area including increasing the coverage of the Talking Therapy services by 600,000 people per year to 1.5million by 2020. We are also investing in trials and initiatives with a view to taking forward those that work best for individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Mental Health is a key feature of our Green Paper Improving Lives published on 31 October 2016.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2016 17:40:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

634209

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
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: 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 personal independence payment claims are awaiting mandatory reconsideration decisions; and what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded waiting time was for such a decision in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	52598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>As at July 2016 there were 29,300 Personal Independence Payment Mandatory Reconsideration decisions outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in respect of Mandatory Reconsideration waiting times is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2016 14:47:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy