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1005744

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date	12/11/2018
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have been refused industrial injuries disablement benefit for prescribed disease D12 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	190497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The available information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Industrial Injury Disablement Benefit - first diagnosed prescribed diseases all assessments and decisions following a new claim, in each quarter for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (formally known as chronic bronchitis/emphysema) (D12)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Total number of Assessments made in each month</p></td><td><p>Number of claims in payment after assessment</p></td><td><p>Number of claims disallowed after assessment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:49:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1005746

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the current occupational qualification to receive industrial injuries disablement benefit for prescribed disease D12 reflects current research into the industrial causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	190498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I am advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) which is a non-Departmental public body made up of independent experts, representatives of employers and employees on matters relating to the Industrial Injuries Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Council’s primary role is to make recommendations about which diseases should be included in the list of diseases covered by the Industrial Injuries Scheme and the prescription criteria for those diseases.</p><p> </p><p>The legal framework underpinning the Industrial Injuries Scheme makes it clear that compensation should not be paid for a disease unless a link between a particular occupation and the disease can be established or presumed with reasonable certainty. A link is presumed where there is evidence that, on the balance of probabilities, work in the prescribed job or occupational exposure doubles the risk of developing the disease.</p><p> </p><p>The Council keeps all occupational diseases under continuous review to ensure they are in line with current scientific evidence, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is always prepared to receive and consider new robust evidence from any source.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:28:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1005786

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will remove social security sanctions in circumstances where someone is (a) pregnant and (b) caring for a severely disabled person.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	190429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Claimants who are 11 weeks (or less) before their due date and claimants who have substantial and regular caring responsibilities (35 hours or more per week) for a severely disabled person are not subject to any work-related requirements that could result in a new sanction.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who are more than 11 weeks before their baby is due, or who have less than 35 hours of caring responsibilities per week, will have their requirements tailored to their individual circumstances and what they can reasonably do.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/11/2018 15:21:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1005789

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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, with reference to page 53 of the Government's White Paper entitled Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability, in November 2017, what progress her Department has made with Initiative No.5 on reform of the work capability assessment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	190483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to assessing people with health conditions and disabilities fairly and accurately, helping people to access the right support. We made a clear commitment in <em>Improving Lives</em>: The Future of Work, Health and Disability to reform the Work Capability Assessment and recognise the importance of getting this right. We are therefore testing new approaches to build the evidence base for what works, and working with external stakeholders to inform future changes to the WCA. We have established a policy forum, with a focused group of academics, think tanks and disability charities to bring together evidence for reform options and will also gather views from wider stakeholder groups, including individuals with lived experience of disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:42:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1002477

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their decision to extend the policy to provide Universal Tax Credit to a maximum of two children to new Universal Credit claimants from February 2019, whether there will be an exception for families with three or more children who were born before 6 April 2017.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL11318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Since 6 April 2017 families with third and subsequent children born on or after this date are able to claim additional support through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit for their first two children only. This maximum support will also apply to entirely new claims to Universal Credit on or after 1 February 2019, regardless of the date of birth of their children.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants that are already receiving support for those born before 6 April 2017 will continue to do so. If they subsequently move to or reclaim Universal Credit (following a break in claim of less than 6 months) they will receive the child element for the same number of children they were previously. This will apply both if they naturally migrate following a significant change of circumstances or are moved as part of managed migration, so long as they remain responsible for the same children.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/11/2018 17:10:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1002483

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Buscombe on 5 November (HL Deb, col 1581), what evidence informed her statement that the UK “provides more benefits for families than any other advanced nation”; and what measure of “benefits for families” was used.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL11324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest data shows that the UK spends 3.8 per cent of GDP on expenditure classified by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as “family benefits”. This is more than any other country in the OECD.</p><p> </p><p>“Family benefits” include cash benefits, such as personal tax credits, Child Benefit; maternity benefits and child Disability Living Allowance; and benefits in kind covering child care and social services. They do not include other benefits that might be available to the claimant, such as Personal Independence Payment or Housing Benefit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/11/2018 17:08:23 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett