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752802

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	Personal Independence Payment: Delyn
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 constituents in Delyn constituency who had been categorised as lifelong recipients of disability living allowance have subsequently been judged as ineligible for personal independence payments in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	5347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5132 5183 5324 5326 5328 5397 question first answered 20/07/2017 12:49:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

752803

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	Employment and Support Allowance: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants in (a) the work-related activity group and (b) support group have a primary diagnosis related to mental health.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	5384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information available on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by phase of claim and medical condition is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/07/2017 13:56:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

752804

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	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, if he will publish the indicators for agreed outcomes for (a) personal independence payment health assessments and (b) work capability assessments; and if he will publish the performance against those indicators for each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	5378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have interpreted ‘agreed outcomes’ as benefit award rates. There are no indicators in relation to agreed outcomes for either Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments or Work Capability Assessments (WCAs).</p><p> </p><p>The Department routinely publishes information relating to award outcomes on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p><p>The latest PIP statistics are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest Employment and Support Allowance statistics are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617749/esa-wca-summary-june-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617749/esa-wca-summary-june-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/07/2017 13:01:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

752806

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	Personal Independence Payment: Gower
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 percentage of people in Gower constituency who had been categorised as lifelong recipients of disability living allowance and have subsequently been judged ineligible for personal independence payments in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	5326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5132 5183 5324 5328 5347 5397 question first answered 20/07/2017 12:49:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

752807

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	Social Security Benefits: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for (a) employment and support allowance payments and (b) personal independence payments were assessed from application to decision from April 2015 to March 2017; and what the average length of time was for such assessment of each of those payments.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	5377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA):</p><p>The available information on the number of applications made to ESA can be found in the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics cover ESA applications made up to September 2016 and are the latest figures available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the average length of time taken for the ESA assessment process is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP):</p><p>The latest available data on PIP registrations and clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reassessed claims for each month since PIP was introduced in April 2013, can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes a range of Official Statistics on PIP here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>These include average clearance times by new claims and DLA re-assessment claims and normal rules and special rules for terminally ill people. Specifically, tables 5A and 5B in the file “Data tables: PIP: Official Statistics to April 2017” show the Average Actual Clearance Times (Median number of weeks) for each stage of the PIP claimant journey.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/07/2017 12:58:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

752809

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	Personal Independence Payment: Swansea East
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 percentage of people in Swansea East constituency were categorised as lifelong recipients of disability living allowance and were subsequently judged ineligible to receive personal independence payments in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	5328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5132 5183 5324 5326 5347 5397 question first answered 20/07/2017 12:49:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

752813

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	Social Security Benefits: 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 health and disability assessment centres are not wheelchair-accessible.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	5251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>All Assessment Centre buildings [operated by Independent Assessment Services (an Atos company), Capita, and the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA)] are compliant with the Equality Act 2010 and are wheelchair accessible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The assessment providers are required to ensure that the needs of all claimants are considered, including proximity to public transport routes and access to suitable parking. Before attending an assessment, claimants are given the opportunity to alert the assessment provider to any additional requirements they may have. The providers will endeavour to meet any reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is unable to travel to, or access an Assessment Centre as a result of their health condition or impairment, a home visit may be offered.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5252 5253 question first answered 20/07/2017 12:53:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

752814

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	Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that access to health and disability assessment centres is compliant with the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	5253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>All Assessment Centre buildings [operated by Independent Assessment Services (an Atos company), Capita, and the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA)] are compliant with the Equality Act 2010 and are wheelchair accessible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The assessment providers are required to ensure that the needs of all claimants are considered, including proximity to public transport routes and access to suitable parking. Before attending an assessment, claimants are given the opportunity to alert the assessment provider to any additional requirements they may have. The providers will endeavour to meet any reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is unable to travel to, or access an Assessment Centre as a result of their health condition or impairment, a home visit may be offered.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5251 5252 question first answered 20/07/2017 12:53:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

752815

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	Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that health and disability assessment centres are accessible to wheelchair users.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	5252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>All Assessment Centre buildings [operated by Independent Assessment Services (an Atos company), Capita, and the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA)] are compliant with the Equality Act 2010 and are wheelchair accessible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The assessment providers are required to ensure that the needs of all claimants are considered, including proximity to public transport routes and access to suitable parking. Before attending an assessment, claimants are given the opportunity to alert the assessment provider to any additional requirements they may have. The providers will endeavour to meet any reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is unable to travel to, or access an Assessment Centre as a result of their health condition or impairment, a home visit may be offered.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5251 5253 question first answered 20/07/2017 12:53:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

752816

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	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 proportion of employment and support allowance claims were overturned at the mandatory reconsideration stage between (a) January and December 2016 and (b) January and June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	5286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested for Employment and Support Allowance claims is shown in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>National level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st January 16 to</strong> <strong>31st December 16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st January 17 to</strong> <strong>30th June 17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> % Overturned at Mandatory Reconsideration <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source</strong>:</p><p> </p><p>Decision Making and Appeals Case Recorder (DMACR).</p><p> </p><p>The above data source is a Departmental performance management, data capture and reporting tool. This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/07/2017 13:03:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones