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1728268

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date	09/09/2024
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 steps her Department is taking to reduce the length of time to undertake a PIP review.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Katie White
uin	4836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>We continue to prioritise new claims to PIP to ensure claims are put into payment as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this means many customers are waiting longer than expected for their review to be undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>We have been actively recruiting additional Case Managers to meet increased demand for PIP, which means we are now in a position to begin to deploy additional resource onto award reviews. This will increase the number of review cases we can complete ‘in house’.</p><p> </p><p>We have just moved to a new contract for the delivery of health assessments and our new suppliers will be taking steps to ensure they have sufficient capacity to deliver the required volume of assessments. However, this may take time and there is an extensive training period for new Healthcare Professionals to ensure quality standards are maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced processes to increase efficiency and move cases through the system more quickly:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Where sufficient evidence/information is available, Case Managers can make decisions on reviews, avoiding the need for a functional assessment, which means many customers receive a decision faster.</li><li>Healthcare Professionals now complete most assessments by telephone, which means the vast majority of customers who need an assessment do not need to attend a face-to-face appointment at an Assessment Centre.</li><li>We’ve introduced a change for customers with the most severe conditions, on the highest level of support, who now receive an ongoing PIP award which is only subject to a light touch review every 10 years. .</li></ul><p> </p><p>For customers waiting for a review, we keep them regularly updated using SMS text messages. We also ensure all PIP customers awaiting a review remain in payment, extending awards for up to 12 months where necessary, notifying customers in writing to allay concerns.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 16/09/2024 10:48:28 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5260

1726059

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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 estimate she has made of the number of claimants known to her Department who applied for personal independence payments but died with six months of making their application.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of claimants who died within 6 months of their PIP application per year up to 2023, the last year for which complete data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of PIP Application</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Claimants who died within 6 months of PIP application</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>12,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>12,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>12,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>11,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>Figures are for England and Wales only; <ul><li>These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for end of life;</li></ul></li><li>Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.</li></ul> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 09/09/2024 11:34:23 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5168

1723852

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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, whether her Department will replace cash payments for the Personal Independence Payment.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	1957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>We will be reviewing the responses people have made to the previous government's consultation on Personal Independence Payment, which closed on Monday 22 July.</p><p> </p><p>The proposals in this Green Paper were developed by the previous government. We will be considering our own approach to social security in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 30/07/2024 14:55:58 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1307313

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 criteria her Department is using to review extended personal independence payment awards.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	179626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Award reviews, whether following an extension to the award or not, are initiated within the 12 months prior to the award ending.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 12:36:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1308008

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 the average timescale is for a personal independence payment applicant to receive an assessment for (a) a new applications and (b) a renewal claim.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	179488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p>Data on clearance times for all PIP New Claims to January 2021 (the latest available data) is published in Table 2A of the PIP Statistics tables which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/969159/tables-pip-statistics-to-january-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/969159/tables-pip-statistics-to-january-2021.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>This data does not distinguish between renewal claims and new applications. Column (iii) ‘Referral to AP to return from AP’ is measured as the average time between the date of referral to the Assessment Provider and the date of return of the Assessment Provider’s recommendation to DWP. This is a proxy for the length of time the claimant has waited for an assessment, because data on the dates that assessments took place is not held by DWP.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 13:42:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1305696

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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, if he will extend personal independence payment claims by six months in line with the extension granted for the universal credit uplift.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	174964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the Covid-19 outbreak, we have been committed to making sure people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment in a timely manner. To ensure continuity of payments to our customers, in the early stage of the pandemic we extended existing awards with a review date 9 months to ensure that a review could take place before the end of the award. Reviews are an integral part of PIP to ensure that our customers are receiving the correct level of award.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2021 14:39:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1305241

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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 the projected cost of reassessments for personal independence payment claimants is in the 2020-2021 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	174289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The direct DWP staffing costs of administrating PIP reassessments in 20/21 is forecast to be £5.2m. This figure does not include any costs for overheads, caseworkers or subsequent further action (e.g. appeals).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2021 13:38:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1305242

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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 personal independence payments claimants had their award ended without an extension from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	174290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2021 13:41:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1302901

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of claimants for personal independence payment that are on a fixed term award in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	169795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/03/2021 13:40:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1302947

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
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 Answer of 9 March 2021 to Question 161811 on Personal Independent Payment, whether her Department carried out an equality impact assessment before drafting the renewed guidance following the MH and RJ decisions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	169907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>I can confirm an equality analysis was undertaken by the Department to enable Ministers to fulfil the requirements placed on them by the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) as set out in the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the approach to be taken for the MH/RJ administrative exercise.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/03/2021 17:13:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft