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678624

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Skin Diseases
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 in each parliamentary constituency who receive employment and support allowance have been diagnosed with (a) hidradenitis suppurativa and (b) a dermatological condition in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	61546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The specific information requested in part (a) is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants with a primary medical condition of ‘Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous system’ by Parliamentary Constituency can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp</a></p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/01/2017 16:02:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

677628

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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	Atos Healthcare
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 assessment of the amount of time GP practices' staff spend compiling correct evidence for the proper assessment of their patients' personal independence payment claims due to inaccuracies in Atos reports; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	61280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not made any assessment of the amount of time GP practice staff spend compiling evidence for patients making claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). GPs are only required to provide clinical information and not to make an assessment of their patient’s PIP claim as this is the role of the Department’s Case Manager.</p><p>If a healthcare professional working on behalf of the Department requires clinical information from a GP they will request it directly from the GP and the GP is able to claim a fee. If a claimant requests a reconsideration of their claim, the Case Manager may ask the claimant if they have any additional evidence, which may include medical evidence to support their claim. A claimant may choose to ask their GP for evidence at this stage or at an appeal stage if they feel it supports their claim.</p><p> </p><p>In the Improving Lives Green Paper, we are currently consulting on the sharing of data between the two assessments for Employment Support Allowance/ Universal Credit and PIP. We are also exploring how the assessment process could use data already gathered by the NHS or local authority to ensure people do not have to provide the same information.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 16:51:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

677629

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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	Atos Healthcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Atos reimburses GP practices for any costs incurred when GPs have employed a staff member to deal with the administration of requests relating to personal independence payment claims.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	61277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>GPs are paid a prearranged fee of £33.50 by assessment providers for each completed further evidence request, as the information requested is not included in their contractual agreement.</p><p>The Department does not prescribe GPs with criteria on how they should handle these requests. That is purely a decision for the GP surgery.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 15:51:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

677630

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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	Atos Healthcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what quality assurance systems Atos has in place to minimise the number of reports wrongly sent to GP practices that do not relate to patients within those practices.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	61278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>Atos does not send reports to GPs but it does send requests for medical information which is intended for use to support the assessment process. The GP details used by Atos for correspondence purposes are provided to them by the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 15:55:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

677631

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of the claims process on the physical and mental health of personal independence payment claimants.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	61279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>We have consulted and engaged widely, and continue to do so, with disabled people, carers and representative organisations to ensure the claiming process for PIP works smoothly and efficiently for all claimants, regardless of their condition or disability. In addition we have recently undertaken research with a range of PIP claimants examining their experiences of the PIP claims process. The results from this research are being analysed and will be published in due course<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 15:58:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

573541

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Atos and the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments are required to refund costs incurred by people in supplying the medical information to those bodies required by his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	44001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>Claimants are not required to obtain further medical evidence for which they may be charged. Health and disability assessment providers will contact the individual’s GP should they feel additional evidence is required. No refund will be provided to a claimant should they choose to obtain additional evidence.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/09/2016 10:33:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

542303

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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, within what period for time a mandatory reconsideration must be completed for a personal independence payment application.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	43832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>We introduced Mandatory Reconsideration to make the system as fair as possible for those going through it. It gives people the opportunity to present new evidence and to have their case looked at again.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not have a clearance time target for Mandatory Reconsiderations. Claimants have one calendar month from the date of their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decision to request a Mandatory Reconsideration. Further information on Mandatory Reconsideration in PIP can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pip/appeals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pip/appeals</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/09/2016 11:46:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

540102

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Work Capability Assessment: Medical Certificates
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 assess the potential merits of a cost cap applying to welfare claimants requiring a medical certificate as part of a work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	43467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Prior to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) claimants are advised that they should only submit information that they already hold with their claim. During the WCA additional evidence may be requested from doctors on behalf of the Department, at no charge to the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/09/2016 10:51:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

536520

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
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, for what reason Motability is required to repossess a claimant's vehicle before mandatory reconsideration or appeals related to personal independent payment claim applications.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	42852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Motability is an independent charitable organisation wholly responsible for the Motability scheme. It is therefore Motability’s decision whether to allow claimants to keep their vehicle during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are allowed to keep their vehicle for up to seven weeks following a decision that they are no longer entitled to PIP, with Mandatory Reconsiderations normally completed well before this. Most are also eligible for a £2,000 transitional support payment. Those who win their appeal can normally reapply for the scheme immediately, providing they repay this; otherwise, they can re-join after 6 months.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2016 12:12:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper