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634205

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	Employment and Support Allowance: Chronic Illnesses
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 with degenerative illnesses are included within the employment and support allowance work-related activity group in (a) Plymouth, (b) the South West and (c) England; and whether any special provision is made for people who have degenerative conditions.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Johnny Mercer
uin	52658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As two people with the same condition can be affected in different ways, there is no condition based entitlement to Employment Support Allowance. The Work Capability Assessment recognises that conditions can vary in their severity and therefore people with the same condition can be placed in the Work Related Activity Group or the Support Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2016 14:16:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer

634206

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	Employment and Support Allowance: 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 list the conditions that meet the chronically ill criteria used to exempt claimants from reassessments for employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	52657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>There is no condition based entitlement to Employment Support Allowance.</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. This change will only apply to those placed in the Support Group and Universal Credit equivalent.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2016 14:32:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

634207

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	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, how many new employment and support allowance claimants have been in receipt of the assessment rate for a continuous period of more than 13 weeks in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	52641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2016 14:41:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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

634210

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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2016 to Question 51516, whether he expects to achieve the commitment to halve the disability employment gap by (a) 2020, (b) 2025 and (c) 2030.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	52528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Following on from my reply to the Rt Hon Gentleman’s previous question on this matter, I would like to reiterate our commitment to halving the disability employment gap.</p><p> </p><p>Our recently published Work, Health and Disability Green Paper marks the start of action we intend to take to do so, both in the short and long term.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Paper explores how action is required by many different partners on a number of fronts. It seeks to build consensus on the change needed across society. It also asks questions on ideas for longer-term reform over this Parliament and beyond, so that our systems, sectors and social attitudes all work together to help achieve the ambition of halving the disability employment gap.</p><p> </p><p>We are not setting a deadline for completing this work, in recognition that achieving real and lasting change to the employment prospects of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, will require a collaborative approach from government, employers, the third sector and health care professionals. This is why we are consulting on the best approach to reform and the most accurate measures of success.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2016 17:51:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

631965

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls have been made to the personal independence payment enquiry line in the last six months; and what the average waiting time was before those calls were answered.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	52282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The number of calls made to the Personal Independence Payment Enquiry line in the 6 month period from May 2016 to October 2016 was 1,455,474. The average speed of answer for calls received in the same period was 00:06:25<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/11/2016 16:12:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

631975

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Statutory Sick Pay
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 bring forward proposals to extend the eligibility criteria for statutory sick pay to living organ donors.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	52238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>All employed live donors should be able to receive Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if they satisfy the qualifying conditions and provide some form of medical evidence, after the first seven days of sickness, which assesses them as unfit for work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2016 15:16:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

631985

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	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 recent assessment he has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of the work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	52305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The contract between DWP and Centre for Health Disability Assessment (CHDA), which carries out Work Capability Assessments, contains a range of quality performance indicators and targets that are monitored on an on-going basis. DWP also has an independent audit team that audits a statistically valid sample of CHDA assessments on a monthly basis.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2016 11:47:07 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

631995

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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 an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings and recommendations of the report of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, published on 6 October 2016, entitled Inquiry concerning the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland carried out by the Committee under article 6 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	52382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>My Department has already reflected on the UN Committee’s findings and recommendations as set out in the UK Government response, which was published at the same time as the report.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/11/2016 16:22:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

631996

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	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 account his Department took of (a) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (b) Asperger syndrome, (c) dyspraxia and (d) other neuro-developmental conditions when designing fitness for work questionnaires.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	52389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The capability for work questionnaire (form ESA50) was developed with medical experts and groups representing a range of disabled people. It is designed to mirror the Work Capability Assessment which relates to functional ability in the workplace rather than being linked to specific conditions. The form is regularly reviewed and revised and we have worked closely with a number of charities and stakeholder groups to make changes to the ESA50.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2016 15:31:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield