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776233

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the qualifying period for attendance allowance is six months.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	109058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Attendance Allowance provides financial support to severely disabled people who require long-term care or supervision. Although some disabling conditions may appear to be long-term at their onset, this is not always so. The six-month qualifying period helps establish that the disability and the resulting care or supervision needs are of a long-term nature, and ensures the benefit goes to those for whom it is intended.</p><p> </p><p>When awarding a claim, the Decision Maker will look at whether, and for how long, the severely disabled person has required the necessary level of care or supervision before the date of claim, and consider whether some or all of the qualifying period has already been completed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For people who have a progressive disease and are not expected to live longer than another six months, there is no requirement to meet the 6 month qualifying period.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2017 08:42:07 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

752839

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reform the work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	5406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We have consulted on reforms to the Work Capability Assessment as part of the Improving Lives Green Paper, and have committed in our manifesto to building more personalised and tailored employment support to help disabled claimants and those people with health conditions return to work where appropriate. We will set out our plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/07/2017 13:54:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

750066

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Local Government: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in England are Disability Confident.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>In England 268 Local Authorities have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/07/2017 09:32:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

749290

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Government Departments: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Government Departments are disability confident.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>All Government Departments have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 12:05:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

749511

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he plans to publish the list of long-term and life-limiting diseases that will be exempt from benefit re-assessments.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There is no condition based entitlement to Employment Support Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Rather than a list of specific medical conditions, the criteria will be based on identifying claimants with the most severe health conditions or disabilities where it would be unreasonable to expect the individual to undertake any form or amount of work or work-related activity.</p><p> </p><p>This change will come into effect in autumn 2017 and will apply to those placed in Employment and Support Allowance’s Support Group and the Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with stakeholders to develop the new criteria and, when finalised, the amended guidance will be incorporated into the Work Capability Assessment Handbook published annually on GOV.UK. This change will be reflected in the summer 2018 update.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 12:03:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

749512

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to halve the disability employment gap by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government remains dedicated to improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. The Government has committed itself to getting 1 million more disabled people into work over the next ten years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 11:51:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

749514

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he plans to publish the White Paper on Work, Health and Disability.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government published the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper (Improving Lives) in October 2016. The Government is currently reviewing over 6000 responses that were received as part of a national consultation, is considering next steps and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 11:57:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748643

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people are in receipt of universal credit in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 3263 question first answered 10/07/2017 15:09:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748644

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Universal Credit: Disability
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 number of disabled people who will be in receipt of universal credit in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 3218 question first answered 10/07/2017 15:09:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

511324

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) Royal Navy, (b) British Army excluding Gurkhas and (c) Royal Air Force personnel are from an ethnic minority background.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	33630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to achieving a more diverse workforce and is developing plans to meet the Government's commitment to increase the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) recruits into the Armed Forces to 10% by 2020 and have allocated resources for this purpose.</p><p>Planning is ongoing to ensure that new activity is evidence-based and resources are allocated in the best way to deliver the step change that is required.</p><p>Whilst this plan is being finalised, examples of steps already taken include increased engagement with ethnic minority communities, using communications to improve understanding on careers in the Armed Forces and offering support throughout the application process where it is needed.</p><p>The Armed Forces recently won two awards in October 2015 at the Race for Opportunity Awards. The Armed Forces Muslim Association won the Public Sector Employee Network Award and the Royal Air Force won the Future Workforce Award for their Employability Skills Programme. The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force have also been recognised as two of the Top 10 public sector organisations for race diversity and inclusion by Race for Opportunity.</p><p>Statistics on the diversity declaration and representation of minority groups of <br>Service Personnel employed by the Ministry of Defence are published biannually. The most recent data can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2015</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 33496 question first answered 18/04/2016 15:41:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis