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228680

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	MAXMIMUS Health and Human Services
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 place in the Library a copy of the service level agreement with Maximus relating to work capability assessments; what penalties exist under that agreement for a failure to adhere to the terms of the agreement; and what requirements exist under that agreement for the clearance of the backlog of existing cases.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	228324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As part of the Government’s transparency agenda, a redacted version of the MAXIMUS Health and Human Services Ltd contract with the Department for Work and Pensions to deliver Health and Disability Assessments was published on the Contracts Finder website on 24 November 2014. This can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;noticeid=1644334&amp;fs=true" target="_blank">https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;noticeid=1644334&amp;fs=true</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has put in place a strong contract management and operational monitoring regime so that we will be able to hold the supplier to account in the event of under-performance. However, we are confident that we have selected the right provider for this service and we look forward to the delivery of a high quality service. The contract makes clear in what circumstances financial remedies will be incurred if performance does not meet the expected levels, as well as the other non-financial remedies available, up to and including termination. The Department has both Contract and Performance Managers in place for the contract who help ensure that all aspects of the contract are delivered, policy objectives are met and that performance is rigorously managed.</p><p> </p><p>Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (operated by MAXIMUS) has not been allocated specific targets relating to the clearance of legacy work.</p><p>The Department and Centre for Health and Disability Assessments are committed to a close partnership, working to continuously improve waiting times for all assessment appointments.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 25/03/2015 16:35:12 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 52575 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

226784

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Incapacity Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) original forecast of expenditure savings and (b) actual expenditure savings were from the reassessment of incapacity benefit claims since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	227145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The original estimate of the economic impact of the reassessment of Incapacity Benefit claims from 2010 was a net saving of £1,000 million (net present value, 2009/10 prices) over the years 2009/10 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>This figure was published by the previous Government on 29 March 2010 in the Explanatory Memorandum to the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010 (2010 No. 875), published at this address: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf</a>.)</p><p> </p><p>Actual savings from Incapacity Benefit reassessment are not available. Isolating the impact of any single policy change becomes increasingly uncertain as new policy beds into the benefits system, and becomes the norm.</p><p> </p><p>As Chris Grayling, when Minister for Employment, said to the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Incapacity Benefit reassessment is not a savings measure – it is not a financially based exercise, although clearly if we succeed it will save money – but is about identifying the people who have the potential to return to work, and helping them to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 18/03/2015 12:35:36 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 50580 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223703

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of universal credit claimants likely to face hardship as a result of the seven-day waiting period before new claimants are paid.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	225409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available. If a claimant is in urgent financial need they will be able to claim a UC New Claim Advance.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/03/2015 17:23:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 47460 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223717

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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: 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 review the procedures for notifying his Department of a change of circumstances in the event of hospitalisation when the claimant is incapacitated and unable to contact the Disability Benefits helpline.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	225435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has reviewed its procedures for notifying hospital admissions when the customer is incapacitated and unable to contact us themselves.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken account of the fact that there is no reduction in the Benefit paid for the first twenty eight days following admission, where there has been no previous hospitalisation within the preceding twenty eight days. Also, measures are in place so that the report of the hospital admission may be taken from another person, on the customer’s behalf. We have concluded that the procedures already in place are satisfactory.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/03/2015 14:36:13 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 47472 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

223068

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target time is from the point of application for people with (a) cancer and (b) motor neurone disease to receive their benefit entitlement under the special rules for terminal illness.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Davidson
uin	224883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer my Hon. Member to the reply given by the Department to his previous question number <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=223035" target="_blank">223035</a>, Official Report 09 February 2015.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/03/2015 14:27:54 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 46910 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	611 label Biography information for Mr Ian Davidson