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758308

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payment in the London Borough of Southwark have been due to a mental health illness in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The requested information for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applications is not available as information on PIP claimants’ disabling conditions is not collected at the initial claim application stage. Only those who have a disability assessment determination decision will have a primary disabling condition recorded for them. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of individuals with a particular condition who make a claim for PIP.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on PIP claims in payment, including by main disabling condition and geography (e.g. local authority), are published on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. 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>These data relate to the claimant’s main disabling condition. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions, but these cannot be identified from the data the department holds. Therefore there may be other claimants in receipt of PIP who have been diagnosed with a mental health illness who are not captured in the above data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/09/2017 12:45:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

758310

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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: Southwark
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 the London Borough of Southwark have appealed against his Department's decision not to grant them personal independence payment in each of the last five years; and how many of those appeals have been successful in those years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of appeals lodged against Personal Independence Payment claims which were disallowed at initial decision and where this decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration, the number of these appeals where a decision has been made and the number of these appeals that were subsequently successful for the appellant, for the London Borough of Southwark over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of appeal lodgement</p></td><td><p>Number of appeals lodged</p></td><td><p>Number of appeals with a decision</p></td><td><p>Number of successful appeals (for the appellant)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (to April ’17)</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>‘# ‘used for instances where there are less than 5 cases to avoid the release of confidential data</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/09/2017 13:10:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

758312

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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, if he will make it his policy to report annually to Parliament on progress in tackling the disability employment gap as part of the annual report on full employment.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	9126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment gives a clear and time-bound goal to achieve this, which is to see 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>Since quarter 1 2016, the number of working aged disabled people in employment has increased by around 170,000 to 3.5 million in quarter 1 2017. The disability employment rate has increased by over 2 percentage points and now stands at 49 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The number of disabled people in employment, according to the Labour Force Survey, is publicly available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. That is why we published Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, which set out the action we plan to take to achieve this and start a far-reaching, national debate on what more we can do to ensure everyone is supported to reach their full potential. We are considering next steps, taking account of the Green Paper consultation, and will set out our response to this and future plans in due course, including supporting local effort and reporting arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9244 9245 question first answered 14/09/2017 09:53:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

758313

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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, what plans his Department has to reduce the disability employment gap.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	9245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment gives a clear and time-bound goal to achieve this, which is to see 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>Since quarter 1 2016, the number of working aged disabled people in employment has increased by around 170,000 to 3.5 million in quarter 1 2017. The disability employment rate has increased by over 2 percentage points and now stands at 49 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The number of disabled people in employment, according to the Labour Force Survey, is publicly available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. That is why we published Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, which set out the action we plan to take to achieve this and start a far-reaching, national debate on what more we can do to ensure everyone is supported to reach their full potential. We are considering next steps, taking account of the Green Paper consultation, and will set out our response to this and future plans in due course, including supporting local effort and reporting arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9126 9244 question first answered 14/09/2017 09:53:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

758319

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to extend the Access to Work scheme to (a) internships and (b) apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	9243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <ol><li>Young people who start a work placement with an employer as part of the Department for Education supported internship programme or a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy traineeship are eligible to apply for Access to Work support for the period of the work placement.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>People undertaking apprenticeships are also eligible for Access to Work support, as they receive a wage and have a contract of employment.</li></ol><p>We will publish our response to “<em>Improving Lives: The Work, Health, and Disability Green Paper“ </em>this autumn, in which we will explore options for improving the service offered through AtW.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/09/2017 14:07:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

758320

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 his Department has regional strategies for reducing the disability employment gap.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	9244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment gives a clear and time-bound goal to achieve this, which is to see 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>Since quarter 1 2016, the number of working aged disabled people in employment has increased by around 170,000 to 3.5 million in quarter 1 2017. The disability employment rate has increased by over 2 percentage points and now stands at 49 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The number of disabled people in employment, according to the Labour Force Survey, is publicly available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. That is why we published Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, which set out the action we plan to take to achieve this and start a far-reaching, national debate on what more we can do to ensure everyone is supported to reach their full potential. We are considering next steps, taking account of the Green Paper consultation, and will set out our response to this and future plans in due course, including supporting local effort and reporting arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9126 9245 question first answered 14/09/2017 09:53:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

758321

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 transitional arrangements are in place for claimants whose health deteriorates when in receipt of jobseeker's allowance if their claim is stopped and they are advised to claim employment support allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	9203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Since August 2017 we have been focussing on more proactive case management to reduce delays and speed up the clearance of mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payment. A similar exercise for mandatory reconsiderations for employment and support allowance has started, looking at the entire journey from when the customer first challenges the Department’s decision, from which we expect to be able to identify opportunities to reduce delays in the current process and speed up clearance of mandatory reconsiderations.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The median monthly clearance time for employment and support allowance mandatory reconsiderations in July 2017 was 13 days, 1 day less than in April 2017. However it is important that sufficient time is allowed for customers to provide any additional evidence that will help to support their case. Accordingly there is no target time for clearing mandatory reconsiderations – each is done without delay, but based on its merits.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">If a JSA claimant’s health deteriorates, and the period of sickness is expected to exceed 13 weeks, a claim should be made to ESA or Universal Credit (UC) in relevant geographical areas.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In this instance the claimant would need to close their JSA claim and make a new claim to ESA. ESA can be claimed immediately following the closure of a JSA claim and, provided the claim to ESA was made within 12 weeks of closing their JSA claim, the claimant would not have to serve waiting days.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There are no transitional arrangements between the benefits however, the aim is for there to be no unnecessary interruption of funds to the individual. Where a claimant is in urgent financial need whilst their ESA claim is being processed, they can apply for additional support in the form of an advance on their first payment, known as a “short term benefit advance”, or a hardship payment. The claimant will receive a benefit advance payment on the same or next working day.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">If the JSA claimant’s period of sickness is likely to be for less than 13 weeks (referred to as an Extended Period of Sickness (EPS)), the claimant may choose to remain in receipt of JSA rather than claiming ESA/UC. If they choose to do this, they will receive the same amount of JSA benefit.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To qualify for an EPS the claimant must not be fit for any work and this will be determined based on the medical evidence supplied. During this period the claimant will be treated as being available for work, and the Work Coach will tailor the conditionality requirements on their Claimant Commitment, taking into account the claimant’s health condition.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">An EPS can only be declared for one continuous period of sickness of 13 weeks or less in any 12 month period calculated from the start of the period of sickness. Once it is clear the period of sickness will last for 13 weeks or more, the claimant will be advised to make a claim to ESA or UC.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In areas where UC Full Service is in place, the claimant will be advised to claim UC rather than ESA.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">One of the policy designs of Universal Credit is that it removes the need for claimants to switch between different benefits as their circumstances change, simplifying the system and ensuring continuity for claimants.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As stated, there are no transitional arrangements for UC. Where a claimant advises they cannot manage financially until their pay day (UC is paid monthly, unlike JSA and ESA which are fortnightly), an advance can be made. This advance is recoverable from further payments of UC, at a rate agreed between the claimant and the Work Coach.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Universal Credit is a much simpler system with clearer rules and clearer rates. It has an easy to use online account, where claimants can report changes of circumstance in real time. UC Support for disabled people under UC reflects two core components of the old ESA system, ensuring that more severely disabled people benefit from higher payments.</ins></p></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/09/2017 14:56:40 question first ministerially corrected 04/10/2017 11:07:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 13091 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

757511

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Access to Work Programme: Disclosure of Information
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 people receiving Access to Work grants do not receive a monthly statement setting out the amount of their remaining allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The IT that is currently used to administer Access to Work (AtW) is not configured to issue monthly statements. We are continuing to develop the AtW digital service and we are testing new features and improvements with users as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2017 13:50:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

757832

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints relating to personal independence payments raised by hon. Members were not responded to within 15 days.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The total number of complaints closed about Personal Independence Payments which received by Hon. Members is 685, of which 54 were not responded to within in 15 days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data provided for complaints closed within the 2016/2017 operational year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2017 11:17:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757835

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) tier one and (b) tier two complaints relating to personal independence payments take longer than 20 working days to receive a response.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of complaints about Personal Independence Payments is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Tier One complaints – A total of 6292 complaints were cleared, of which 165 took longer than 20 working days to receive a response</p><p> </p><p>Tier Two complaints - A total of 170 complaints were cleared, of which 30 took longer than 20 working days to receive a response.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(Data provided for complaints closed within the 2016/2017 operational year)</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2017 11:16:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett