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843925

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Eligibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis was for the decision to move personal independent payment mobility criteria from 50 metres to 20 metres.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>There has been no move from 50 metres to 20 metres.</p><p> </p><p>Disability Living Allowance (DLA) does not have and has never had a 50 metre measure for mobilising for the purpose of assessing whether someone is unable or virtually unable to walk.</p><p> </p><p>The 20 metre distance was introduced in Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to distinguish those whose mobility is significantly more limited than others and who face even greater barriers on a day to day basis – those who have the highest need.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2018 15:59:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

843928

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis and Neurology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of knowledge of (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) neurological conditions among personal independence payment assessors; and what steps her Department is taking to improve the knowledge of those conditions and their symptoms among such assessors.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The objective of the PIP assessment is to assess the impact that health conditions and impairments can have on an individual’s daily life. The PIP assessment is not a medical assessment requiring the Health Care Professional to diagnose a condition or to recommend treatment options.</p><p> </p><p>All Health Care Professionals complete initial and ongoing training on neurological conditions and multiple sclerosis. They also practise several clinical scenarios involving neurological conditions and multiple sclerosis as part of that training. Health Professionals have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants with complex conditions. In addition, Assessment Providers frequently engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen, review and update their training programmes.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/02/2018 12:26:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

795379

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Fracking: Ryedale
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 adequacy of the KM8 pipeline to transport shale gas safely from the KM8 well, if he will publish the evidence on which that assessment has been made; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	115800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has inspected the pipeline and is content that the gas from the KM8 well can be safely conveyed within the pipeline, under the current risk management systems employed by Third Energy. If there is any breach of the health and safety regulations resulting in formal enforcement action, HSE will make this public.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/11/2017 16:14:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

756069

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Employment: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of people diagnosed with autism who are in full-time or part-time work.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>DWP has worked with the Hidden Impairment National Group (HING) to develop the Hidden Impairment Toolkit, which offers information on how to best support people with Autism.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is an active member of the Autism Programme Board (APB), responsible for the cross-government implementation of the Think Autism strategy. <strong>DWP</strong> also helped to develop a Disability Passport - About Me - to support people with autism who are seeking jobs.</p><p> </p><p>DWP worked with Autism Alliance UK to deliver an Autism training programme, to over 1200 staff members in Jobcentre Plus, and to develop an Autism and Neuro-diversity toolkit which is available across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, Improving Lives – the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ sets out the Government’s proposals for improving work and health outcomes for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, including people with autism. We are now considering consultation responses and the next steps for longer term reform.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 12:23:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

756126

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Social Security Benefits and Welfare Tax Credits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations have taken place for each type of benefit and tax credit; and how many of those reconsiderations overturned the original decision in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of Mandatory Reconsiderations that took place for each of the DWP benefits and how many of those have been overturned is included in Appendix 1</p><p> </p><p>For tax credits Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) introduced the mandatory reconsideration process on 6 April 2014 in order to align with DWP in advance of the migration of tax credits customers to Universal Credit. The change was brought in to enable more disputes to be resolved as early as possible in the decision making process.</p><p>Mandatory reconsideration is a revision to the HMRC appeals process. The customer can request a mandatory reconsideration within 30 days of the date on the decision letter.</p><p>A customer can request a mandatory reconsideration if they believe:</p><ol><ol><li>the decision is wrong;</li><li>the award does not take into account a change of circumstance;</li><li>the award is reduced or has stopped;</li><li>they do not agree with a penalty notice;</li><li>they have been charged interest.</li></ol></ol><p>HMRC do not routinely publish timescales for mandatory reconsiderations. There are no statutory time limits for carrying out a mandatory reconsideration.</p><p>If the mandatory reconsideration is disallowed and the customer remains unhappy; they have one month from the date of the mandatory reconsideration decision to escalate their appeal directly to HM Court and Tribunal Service (HMCTS).</p><p>The volume of Mandatory Reconsiderations received by month and the volume of those Mandatory Reconsiderations which resulted in the original decision being overturned for tax credits is shown in appendix 2</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 7543 - Appendix 1.xlsx title Appendix 1 2 file name 7543 Appendix 2.docx title Appendix 2 question first answered 12/09/2017 14:32:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

756127

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Social Security Benefits and Welfare Tax Credits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals have taken place for each type of benefit and tax credit; and how many of those appeals overturned the original decision in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold validated information on the outcome of appeals as this data is held by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publish quarterly data on the volume of appeals cleared at hearing and the outcome of those appeals, this has been included in Appendix 1.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2017 16:57:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 7544 - Appendix 1.xlsx title Appendix 1
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

749523

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women born in the 1950s and affected by the change in the state pension age have been able to return to employment from a position of unemployment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of older workers in the UK is at a record high, currently standing at 9.9m workers aged 50 years and over. 4.2m women aged 50-64 are in employment; this compares to 3.5m five years ago. There are 1.2 million individuals in employment aged over 65, of which 39% are women.</p><p> </p><p>Employment rates for older workers have also been increasing and recently reached record highs. Since ten years ago, the employment rate has increased by 6.0 percentage points (pp) (from 65.0% to 71.0%) for people aged 50-64. The current employment rate for women aged 50-64 is at a record high of 66.4%.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK can be found in the “UK labour market: July 2017” statistical bulletin published at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/july2017" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/july2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting people aged 50 years and over to remain in and return to work; the ‘Fuller Working Lives: A Partnership Approach’ strategy was published on 2nd February. This, crucially, is led by employers, but it also sets out the case for action by individuals, and the role of Government in supporting them in planning their careers and their approach to retirement. The Strategy and supporting evidence base are available at the attached web address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 3302 question first answered 14/07/2017 11:55:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

749524

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women born in the 1950s and affected by the change in the state pension age have not been able to return to employment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of older workers in the UK is at a record high, currently standing at 9.9m workers aged 50 years and over. 4.2m women aged 50-64 are in employment; this compares to 3.5m five years ago. There are 1.2 million individuals in employment aged over 65, of which 39% are women.</p><p> </p><p>Employment rates for older workers have also been increasing and recently reached record highs. Since ten years ago, the employment rate has increased by 6.0 percentage points (pp) (from 65.0% to 71.0%) for people aged 50-64. The current employment rate for women aged 50-64 is at a record high of 66.4%.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK can be found in the “UK labour market: July 2017” statistical bulletin published at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/july2017" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/july2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting people aged 50 years and over to remain in and return to work; the ‘Fuller Working Lives: A Partnership Approach’ strategy was published on 2nd February. This, crucially, is led by employers, but it also sets out the case for action by individuals, and the role of Government in supporting them in planning their careers and their approach to retirement. The Strategy and supporting evidence base are available at the attached web address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 3305 question first answered 14/07/2017 11:55:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

381565

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned in (a) York Central constituency and (b) the UK in (i) the last 12 months and (ii) each previous 12 month period since 2009; and what the average length of each such sanction was in each such period.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest available information on Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanctions, by geographies in Great Britain, is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>:</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested regarding the length of a sanction is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland are devolved matters which are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive Minister for Social Development. These statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:49:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

381566

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have experienced a delay in payment of benefits of more than (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months, (e) five months and (f) six months in (i) York Central constituency and (ii) the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available to the level of detail required.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:48:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell