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167569

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the length of time it takes for a decision to be reached on eligibility for personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	216884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The department has made a number of improvements to reduce times. For example, we have significantly increased staffing resources and improved IT processes. The improvements also include both providers increasing the number of health professionals they employ and opening more assessment centres.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/12/2014 10:24:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

167571

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Jobseeker's 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 families claiming jobseeker's allowance with dependent children have been sanctioned since October 2012; and how many such people have subsequently had their sanction rescinded.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	216812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/12/2014 13:31:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

167572

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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 families claiming employment and support allowance with dependent children have been sanctioned since December 2012; and how many such people have subsequently had their sanction rescinded.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	216813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/12/2014 10:38:40 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

167574

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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: Bootle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance applicants are awaiting for a medical assessment at Bootle Assessment Centre.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	216747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There are 3,713 people who have been referred to Atos Healthcare and, following a review by a healthcare professional, will require an appointment at the Assessment Centre in Bootle for a Work Capability Assessment (WCA).</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/12/2014 10:09:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

167575

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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 the average time has been that employment and support allowance applicants waited for a medical assessment by a doctor since the implementation of that allowance.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	216777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>For completed initial assessments for new claims to ESA for the period from October 2008 to December 2013 the median time taken from the issue of the ESA50 questionnaire to the claimant and the assessment date is 68 days.</p><p> </p><p>Medical assessments are not solely carried out by doctors but by a range of health care professionals.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/12/2014 10:31:02 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

167576

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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, whether there is a contractual timeframe for carrying out medical assessments after receipt of an employment and support allowance application.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	216784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There is no contractual timeframe for carrying out medical assessments after receipt of an employment and support allowance application.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/12/2014 10:35:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

167162

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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 Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department gives to a Work Programme sub-contractor to which a prime provider has refused to make a contractual payment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	216535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department's contracts for delivering the Work Programme are with the prime contractors and we do not get involved in the contractual relationships prime providers have with their sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects sub-contractors to be treated fairly. That’s why we have launched the Merlin Standard, a set of behaviours prime providers are expected to live up to in their relationships with their sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p>The Merlin Mediation Service delivered by the Independent Case Examiner is available for complaints of non-compliance with the Merlin Standard, relating to DWP contracts.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/12/2014 13:55:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 31820 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

166804

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to jobcentres on their obligation to provide interpreter services.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	216362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>To meet the Department’s duties under Equality Act 2010 we make suitable provision to communicate with claimants and customers who do not speak English or Welsh (for people residing in Wales), or who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired. We have policy and procedures in place for staff to provide an interpreter for claimants and customers where there is a requirement to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has issued internal communications to staff on Interpreting Services and has embedded the policy and procedures into internal guidance. Staff use this guidance to know how to recognise when a customer or claimant is in need of an interpreter and how to make the appropriate arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/12/2014 13:38:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois