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784660

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money has been spent in each of the last 12 months on the process of administering Personal Independence Payment (1) mandatory reconsiderations, and (2) tribunals, in (a) England, (b) Scotland, and (c) Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL2878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The table attached at Annex A Table 1 provides data on the amount spent by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on administering Personal Independence Payment (PIP) mandatory reconsiderations in each of the last 12 months (October 2016 to September 2017 inclusive)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP does not hold separate costs relating to mandatory reconsiderations for England, Scotland and Wales and these could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached at Annex A Table 2 provides data on the amount spent by DWP on internal costs of administering PIP appeals in each of the last 12 months (October 2016 to September 2017 inclusive)</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not hold separate costs relating to appeals for England, Scotland and Wales and these could only be obtained at disproportionate cost</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service holds data on overall tribunal costs for the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeals). Therefore, to give PIP-only tribunal costs could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/11/2017 17:06:58 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL2878 Annex A - Data tables 1 and 2.docx title Annex A
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

784661

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the performance measures in (1) England, (2) Scotland, and (3) Wales, for the percentage of Personal Independence Payment mandatory reconsiderations which are to be upheld.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL2879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no targets within the Department for Work and Pensions and none set for Atos and Capita for upholding applications for mandatory reconsiderations. Each application is considered on its merits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL2975 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:12:23 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

785051

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
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 effect of the personal independence payment process on the health and wellbeing of claimants.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	111562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP and our Assessment Providers are committed to providing a quality, sensitive and respectful service by conducting fair, accurate and objective assessments, not all of which have to be carried out face-to-face where sufficient evidence exists. Where a face-to-face assessment is required claimants are given the opportunity to alert their Assessment Provider of any additional requirements they may have and the providers will meet any such reasonable requests. Claimants are also encouraged to bring someone with them to their consultation where they would find that helpful for example, to reassure them or to help them during the consultation. The PIP Assessment Guide, which is regularly updated, provides comprehensive guidance for Health Professionals regarding all aspects of the assessment process, including how health professionals conduct themselves during face-to-face consultations.</p><p> </p><p>Awards of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be at one of eight possible rates of payment. Reviews of PIP are therefore a key part of the benefit and ensure that not only awards remain correct where needs may change but that we also maintain contact with the claimant, both features missing from its predecessor Disability Living Allowance. The length of an award is based on an individual’s circumstances and can vary from nine months to an on-going award with a light touch review at the ten year point. Award reviews can also be instigated where a claimant reports that their needs have improved or got worse. PIP already recognises that for the most severely disabled claimants, the award review process could seem unnecessarily intrusive. Existing PIP claimants with the most severe, lifetime disabilities, whose functional ability has remained the same, are more likely to have their evidence reviewed by a DWP Decision-Maker and will not need to have another face-to-face assessment with a healthcare professional.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to closely monitor developments across the health and disability landscape and engage with stakeholders to improve the service we provide. We are committed to ensuring that the PIP reassessment process works effectively across the spectrum of disabilities and health conditions, including mental health conditions, cognitive impairments and physical disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has interpreted your costs request to mean the DWP costs associated with PIP award reviews. The yearly operating costs are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP Award Reviews</p></td><td><p>£167,408</p></td><td><p>£1,867,455</p></td><td><p>£8,019,582</p></td><td><p>£5,958,376</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>The data above is shown in financial years (01<sup>st</sup> April – 31<sup>st</sup> March) with the exception of 2017/18 which is 01<sup>st</sup> April – 30<sup>th</sup> September</p><p>The costs associated with Award Reviews have risen each year due to the staged roll-out of the PIP benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Source</p><p>Activity Based Management Model – L1 Operating Costs</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 111563 111564 question first answered 15/11/2017 11:22:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

785052

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of long-term sick and disabled personal independence payment (PIP) claimants taking repeated PIP tests and assessments of the health and wellbeing of claimants; and what the cost to the public purse has been of such repeat tests and assessments since they were instituted.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	111563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP and our Assessment Providers are committed to providing a quality, sensitive and respectful service by conducting fair, accurate and objective assessments, not all of which have to be carried out face-to-face where sufficient evidence exists. Where a face-to-face assessment is required claimants are given the opportunity to alert their Assessment Provider of any additional requirements they may have and the providers will meet any such reasonable requests. Claimants are also encouraged to bring someone with them to their consultation where they would find that helpful for example, to reassure them or to help them during the consultation. The PIP Assessment Guide, which is regularly updated, provides comprehensive guidance for Health Professionals regarding all aspects of the assessment process, including how health professionals conduct themselves during face-to-face consultations.</p><p> </p><p>Awards of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be at one of eight possible rates of payment. Reviews of PIP are therefore a key part of the benefit and ensure that not only awards remain correct where needs may change but that we also maintain contact with the claimant, both features missing from its predecessor Disability Living Allowance. The length of an award is based on an individual’s circumstances and can vary from nine months to an on-going award with a light touch review at the ten year point. Award reviews can also be instigated where a claimant reports that their needs have improved or got worse. PIP already recognises that for the most severely disabled claimants, the award review process could seem unnecessarily intrusive. Existing PIP claimants with the most severe, lifetime disabilities, whose functional ability has remained the same, are more likely to have their evidence reviewed by a DWP Decision-Maker and will not need to have another face-to-face assessment with a healthcare professional.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to closely monitor developments across the health and disability landscape and engage with stakeholders to improve the service we provide. We are committed to ensuring that the PIP reassessment process works effectively across the spectrum of disabilities and health conditions, including mental health conditions, cognitive impairments and physical disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has interpreted your costs request to mean the DWP costs associated with PIP award reviews. The yearly operating costs are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP Award Reviews</p></td><td><p>£167,408</p></td><td><p>£1,867,455</p></td><td><p>£8,019,582</p></td><td><p>£5,958,376</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>The data above is shown in financial years (01<sup>st</sup> April – 31<sup>st</sup> March) with the exception of 2017/18 which is 01<sup>st</sup> April – 30<sup>th</sup> September</p><p>The costs associated with Award Reviews have risen each year due to the staged roll-out of the PIP benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Source</p><p>Activity Based Management Model – L1 Operating Costs</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 111562 111564 question first answered 15/11/2017 11:22:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

785066

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
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 the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218, on social security, how existing personal independence payment (PIP) claimants who were considered ineligible for support as a result of previous PIP assessment guidelines will be (a) identified and (b) assessed according to the updated PIP assessment guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	111727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Claimants of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will not have to wait until 2022/23 to benefit from these changes. New claimants will be assessed under the updated guidance from the 13<sup>th</sup> of November.</p><p> </p><p>Existing claimants will have their awards reviewed under a separate exercise to ensure that their awards take into account the changes to the term ‘safely’ and the severity of harm. Those who were previously assessed as being ineligible for PIP from 9<sup>th</sup> of March will also have their award looked at again as part of this exercise. For those who see an increase in their award or are now entitled to PIP, we will be paying claimants their full entitlements back to the date of the judgment (9 March 2017).</p><p> </p><p>This will be a complex exercise and it’s important we get it right so we will begin testing the process from the 20<sup>th</sup> of November 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 111711 111724 111725 111726 question first answered 16/11/2017 11:40:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

785067

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
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 the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218, on social security, how many previously unsuccessful personal independence payment (PIP) claimants are now eligible for PIP under the updated PIP assessment guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	111728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department estimates that approximately 10,000 claimants will benefit from this change in 2022/23. However, the Department cannot reliably apply this methodology retrospectively to past disallowances.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/11/2017 18:04:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

785068

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
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 the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCSW218, what additional training and support will be made available to personal independence payment (PIP) assessors and other relevant healthcare professionals in light of the updated PIP assessment guidelines.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	111710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has engaged closely with the PIP Assessment Providers to ensure that the impact of the Upper Tribunal ruling has been fully understood. Both Assessment Providers have enhanced their existing training packages to ensure that when Health Professionals are assessing whether a person can carry out an activity safely, they also consider both the likelihood of the harm occurring and the severity and nature of the harm that might occur. This same approach also applies to the assessment for a need for supervision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/11/2017 16:16:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

785069

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
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 the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCSW218, when the updated guidance will be applied to new and existing personal independence payment claimants; and when those claimants will receive the additional support outlined in that Statement.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	111711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Claimants of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will not have to wait until 2022/23 to benefit from these changes. New claimants will be assessed under the updated guidance from the 13<sup>th</sup> of November.</p><p> </p><p>Existing claimants will have their awards reviewed under a separate exercise to ensure that their awards take into account the changes to the term ‘safely’ and the severity of harm. Those who were previously assessed as being ineligible for PIP from 9<sup>th</sup> of March will also have their award looked at again as part of this exercise. For those who see an increase in their award or are now entitled to PIP, we will be paying claimants their full entitlements back to the date of the judgment (9 March 2017).</p><p> </p><p>This will be a complex exercise and it’s important we get it right so we will begin testing the process from the 20<sup>th</sup> of November 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 111724 111725 111726 111727 question first answered 16/11/2017 11:40:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

785165

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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
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 Written Ministerial Statement of 2 November 2017, on social security, HCWS218, whether new and existing claimants will have to wait until 2022-23 for any additional support they are entitled to under the updated Personal Independence Payments Assessment Guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	111724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Claimants of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will not have to wait until 2022/23 to benefit from these changes. New claimants will be assessed under the updated guidance from the 13<sup>th</sup> of November.</p><p> </p><p>Existing claimants will have their awards reviewed under a separate exercise to ensure that their awards take into account the changes to the term ‘safely’ and the severity of harm. Those who were previously assessed as being ineligible for PIP from 9<sup>th</sup> of March will also have their award looked at again as part of this exercise. For those who see an increase in their award or are now entitled to PIP, we will be paying claimants their full entitlements back to the date of the judgment (9 March 2017).</p><p> </p><p>This will be a complex exercise and it’s important we get it right so we will begin testing the process from the 20<sup>th</sup> of November 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 111711 111725 111726 111727 question first answered 16/11/2017 11:40:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

783269

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability-specific training personal independence payment assessors receive to enable them to adapt their communication and assessment methods so that claimants can better understand and take part in their assessment.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	111433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has set clear requirements on the professions, skills, experience and training of the Healthcare Professionals that the providers should use to carry out assessments. Healthcare Professionals are medically qualified professionals who have previous clinical experience of communicating with individuals who have varied conditions.</p><p> </p><p>All Healthcare Professionals receive comprehensive training in disability analysis which includes communication skills and understanding the communication needs of those with specific disabilities. This training builds on prior clinical knowledge to develop an understanding as to how conditions affect claimants in their day-to-day activities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/11/2017 16:37:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan