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1123071

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date	25/04/2019
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timeframe is to bring forward legislative proposals for regulations for compensatory payments for people that have moved to universal credit and lost legacy benefit severe disability premium payments.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	247654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text Draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 were laid in Parliament on 14 January 2019, to introduce provision for those claimants who were in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) and who moved on to Universal Credit following a change in their circumstances. These regulations will provide both an on-going monthly payment to eligible claimants who have already lost the SDP as a consequence of moving to Universal Credit, and an additional lump sum payment to cover the period since they moved. These regulations are subject to parliamentary debate and approval before they come in to force. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2019 15:42:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1123076

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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: Medical Examinations
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) average waiting time and (b) longest waiting time was for a mandatory reconsideration after a personal independence payment assessment in (i) the UK, (ii) Wales and (iii) Newport East constituency in each of the last seven years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	247655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Information about the extremes of a distribution (e.g. the longest clearance times) risks being disclosive. We would not release this information publicly. Therefore we have presented information on the average clearance time and for the upper quartile of clearance times.</p><p> </p><p>Measures to reduce the number of outstanding MRs include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Age profiles of outstanding work are managed at a national level to ensure that cases which have been outstanding for longest are actioned first.</li><li>Resource levels dedicated to the clearance of MRs have been regularly reviewed with significant recruitment, training and redeployment undertaken to support reduced clearance times.</li></ul><p> </p><p>MR is a key element of the decision making process for both the Department and claimants, and whilst ensuring they make quality decisions, decision makers work hard to clear applications without delay. Gathering the right evidence is critical at the MR stage if decisions are not to go to appeal; and we are reviewing our processes to not only obtain this, but to do so whilst continuing to make timely decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Irish Assembly has devolved responsibility for social security benefits. The responsibility for statistics in Northern Ireland lies with the Department for Communities: <a href="http://www.communities-ni.gov.uk" target="_blank">http://www.communities-ni.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the median and upper quartile clearance times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) are provided in the tables below.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Median Clearance Times, in Calendar Days, for PIP MRs, </strong> <strong>Normal Rules, by Financial Year of MR Clearance</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year of MR Clearance</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Newport East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 - January 2019</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 2: Upper Quartile of Clearance Times, in Calendar Days, for PIP MRs, Normal Rules, by Financial Year of MR Clearance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year of MR Clearance</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Newport East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 - January 2019</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures cover clearance times for all types of PIP MRs including those where the claimant was disallowed PIP for reasons other than failing the PIP assessment, such as disallowances pre-referral to an Assessment Provider due to non return of the PIP Part 2 form within the time limit, and disallowances post-referral to the Assessment Provider where the customer failed to attend the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>This data on PIP MR clearance times is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p> </p><p># denotes less than 50 MRs cleared in the time period.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2019 15:33:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1091294

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Housing Benefit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in each Welsh (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority had their housing benefit payments reduced as a result of the benefit cap in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	234158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The tables below show the number of households capped under Housing Benefit in the requested geographical areas for the year 2017 and January to November 2018 (the latest published data). The figures do not show the total number of households capped in these areas as the benefit cap can also be applied to Universal Credit awards. Please note that figures have been rounded to protect data confidentiality.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in Wales by Local Authority</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January to December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January to November 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynedd / Gwynedd</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy / Conwy</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flintshire / Sir y Fflint</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham / Wrecsam</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Powys / Powys</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion / Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea / Abertawe</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff / Caerdydd</p></td><td><p>1200</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly / Caerffili</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen / Tor-faen</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport / Casnewydd</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data Source:</strong> DWP 100% Single Housing Benefit Extract.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 2: Number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in Wales by Parliamentary Constituency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Parliamentary Constituency name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January to December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January to November 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys Môn</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyn and Deeside</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data Source:</strong> DWP 100% Single Housing Benefit Extract.</p><p>For cases where we were not able to match to a specific Parliamentary Constituency, we have classified these as ‘unknown’.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/03/2019 13:52:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1037832

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: Newport East
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 for personal independence payment were made in Newport East constituency in (a) 2017-18 and (b) since April 2018; and what proportion of those appeals were successful.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	206293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p /><p>Breakdowns of the number of appeals completed in relation to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each parliamentary constituency in Wales (including Newport East) can be found in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>These figures include all PIP appeals; so they will contain appeals where claimants appealed for a higher PIP award as well as those appeals against a disallowance decision.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Constituency geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: the number of PIP appeals and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each Welsh constituency in 2017-18.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyn and Deeside</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys Mon</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 2: the number of PIP appeals and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each Welsh constituency between April and September 2018, the latest date for which statistics have been published.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyn and Deeside</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys Mon</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2019 14:34:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

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registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: Wales
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 for personal independence payment were made in each parliamentary constituency in Wales in (a) 2017-18 and (b) since April 2018; and what proportion of those appeals were successful.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	206294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p /><p>Breakdowns of the number of appeals completed in relation to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each parliamentary constituency in Wales (including Newport East) can be found in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>These figures include all PIP appeals; so they will contain appeals where claimants appealed for a higher PIP award as well as those appeals against a disallowance decision.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Constituency geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: the number of PIP appeals and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each Welsh constituency in 2017-18.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyn and Deeside</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys Mon</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 2: the number of PIP appeals and the number and proportion of these where the decision was overturned in each Welsh constituency between April and September 2018, the latest date for which statistics have been published.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of appeals where the decision was overturned</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyn and Deeside</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys Mon</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2019 14:29:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

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registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department's classifies a student loan as income in the calculation of universal credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	182137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-15/179316/" target="_blank">179316</a> on 18 October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 14:08:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

992694

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the different rates for the standard allowance of universal credit for claimants aged (a) under 25, and (b) 25 and over; and what comparative assessment her Department has made of the difference in the cost of living for those two groups of people.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	182138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The lower rates for younger claimants who are under the age of 25 years reflects the fact that they are more likely to live in someone else's household and have lower living costs and lower earnings expectations. This also reinforces the stronger work incentives that Universal Credit creates for this age group.</p><p>Universal Credit also includes support for housing costs, children and childcare costs and support for disabled people and carers.</p><p>As the differing rates broadly reflect those in the currently legacy benefits system, no comparative assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 13:31:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

990363

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 Ministerial Statement of 18 July on Employment and Support Allowance, WS877, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been underpaid; and what the average sum is that has been underpaid to claimants in (a) Wales and (b) each parliamentary constituency in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	181214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>We are not able to make robust estimates of the numbers of cases likely to be due arrears as part of the exercise to correct underpayments of Employment and Support Allowance, at regional or parliamentary constituency level. All estimated numbers and amounts are available at national level only.</p><p> </p><p>We are focusing our efforts on contacting all potentially affected individuals to ensure they are paid as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>A Written Statement and Frequently Asked Question document was deposited in the House of Commons Library on Wednesday 17<sup>th</sup> October which can be found at <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/</a>. Ad hoc statistics can also be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking</a>.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/10/2018 16:54:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

942668

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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 Health and Safety: Mental Illness
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 potential merits of including the reporting of work-related mental health problems as part of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	164373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR 2013), which carefully define the range of health conditions that must be reported. These health conditions are linked with occupational exposure to specified hazards.</p><p> </p><p>Work-related mental ill health, i.e. stress, is subjective; what one person finds stressful may have no detrimental effect on another. In addition, it is not usually possible to fully attribute the causes of stress solely to work-related issues on an individual basis. Factors outside of the workplace, such as financial problems and relationships, can contribute to the overall situation. This would make identifying an objective level of reportable stress very difficult to do.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/07/2018 11:07:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

942673

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of face-to-face appointments have been conducted to verify a claimant's identity; and what the average waiting time was from the point of claiming Universal Credit to receiving a face-to-face assessment in order to verify a claimants identity since the introduction of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	164374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>This information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2018 16:39:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden