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860768

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
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 of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) received less than two months notice of the closure of SMI.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	132125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Data on the number of claimants who will have less than 2 months’ notice of the introduction of SMI on 6 April 2018 is not available. A managed information provision process began in July 2017 to inform all existing recipients of SMI benefit of the new scheme. The regulations contain provision for all claimants to be given at least 6 weeks from the loan offer to make a decision whether to accept or decline an SMI loan before their SMI benefit payments cease. This 6 week period may run beyond 6 April 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/03/2018 14:15:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

860769

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
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 effect of the ending of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) on (a) homeowners who are recipients of SMI and (b) mortgage lenders if claimants do not take up the Government loan scheme.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	132126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) is not ending. The scheme will continue to provide financial support owner-occupiers in times of need in exactly the same way as it does now. Claimants and mortgage lenders will not see any difference in the payments they receive. The only difference is that we will require repayment of the loan once the property is sold, subject to there being sufficient equity available. Mortgage lenders will be notified when a claimant's SMI benefit payments cease. Lenders are required under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulations to engage with borrowers to discuss how they will meet their loan commitments.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/03/2018 14:36:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

798028

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made to his Department about Capita assessments for personal independence payments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	116935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>When the Department receives a complaint regarding a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment these are passed directly to Capita to provide a response. DWP do not collect data on these cases. Capita advise that they have received the following complaints regarding PIP: 2013 - 16.5% of caseload; 2014 - 3.8% caseload; 2015 – 1.1% caseload; 2016 – 1.5% caseload and 2017 (to October) - 1.6% caseload. These are inclusive of those cases received by DWP and forwarded on to Capita.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/12/2017 10:51:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

798029

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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, how many people who previously qualified for disability living allowance have not been awarded personal independence payments following assessments by Capita.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	116936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP case managers make decisions on all claims based on the PIP2 questionnaire completed by the claimant, any additional evidence they have submitted, the report from the assessment provider and any additional information the assessment provider has requested, for example information from the claimant’s GP.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of claimants who have undergone a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment with our assessment providers, IAS and Capita. We previously answered this question for IAS under PQ 109416.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Outcomes of DLA to PIP reassessments after assessment by Assessment Provider to 31st July 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Disallowed After Assessment</p></td><td><p>Awarded</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Disallowance Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IAS (Atos)</p></td><td><p>125,680</p></td><td><p>523,800</p></td><td><p>649,480</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>64,280</p></td><td><p>198,220</p></td><td><p>262,500</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>189,960</p></td><td><p>722,020</p></td><td><p>911,980</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures are the outcome of the first DWP decision on each DLA to PIP reassessment claim assessed under Normal Rules only, prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review, after the claimant underwent an assessment by IAS or Capita. Figures include decisions made between 8th April 2013 and 31st July 2017 as recorded on Department systems. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and are for Great Britain only.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to ensuring PIP claimants receive a high quality functional assessment. We continue to work closely to ensure a consistent approach is being taken across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We closely monitor assessment providers to make sure that the quality of the service, that the nurses, physiotherapists and other health professionals who carry out the assessments provide, is as high as it should be. We are continually working with the assessment providers to further improve the quality of assessments, including clinical coaching, feedback and support available to each assessor. The Department has put in place an independent audit of assessments to ensure that the advice provided to the Department's decision makers is of suitable quality, fully explained and justified. In addition, there are other safeguards in place to ensure correct decisions are made, such as DWP decision makers being able to ask the provider for clarification or advice or returning the report to the provider if they believe that it does not provide sufficient information for them to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 116939 question first answered 08/12/2017 11:04:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

798032

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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 any difference between the proportion of personal independence payment claims that are unsuccessful following assessment by Atos and Capita.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	116939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP case managers make decisions on all claims based on the PIP2 questionnaire completed by the claimant, any additional evidence they have submitted, the report from the assessment provider and any additional information the assessment provider has requested, for example information from the claimant’s GP.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of claimants who have undergone a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment with our assessment providers, IAS and Capita. We previously answered this question for IAS under PQ 109416.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Outcomes of DLA to PIP reassessments after assessment by Assessment Provider to 31st July 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Disallowed After Assessment</p></td><td><p>Awarded</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Disallowance Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IAS (Atos)</p></td><td><p>125,680</p></td><td><p>523,800</p></td><td><p>649,480</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>64,280</p></td><td><p>198,220</p></td><td><p>262,500</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>189,960</p></td><td><p>722,020</p></td><td><p>911,980</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures are the outcome of the first DWP decision on each DLA to PIP reassessment claim assessed under Normal Rules only, prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review, after the claimant underwent an assessment by IAS or Capita. Figures include decisions made between 8th April 2013 and 31st July 2017 as recorded on Department systems. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and are for Great Britain only.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to ensuring PIP claimants receive a high quality functional assessment. We continue to work closely to ensure a consistent approach is being taken across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We closely monitor assessment providers to make sure that the quality of the service, that the nurses, physiotherapists and other health professionals who carry out the assessments provide, is as high as it should be. We are continually working with the assessment providers to further improve the quality of assessments, including clinical coaching, feedback and support available to each assessor. The Department has put in place an independent audit of assessments to ensure that the advice provided to the Department's decision makers is of suitable quality, fully explained and justified. In addition, there are other safeguards in place to ensure correct decisions are made, such as DWP decision makers being able to ask the provider for clarification or advice or returning the report to the provider if they believe that it does not provide sufficient information for them to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 116936 question first answered 08/12/2017 11:04:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

792798

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants were also residents of supported housing in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	114725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect administrative data on the proportion of employment and support allowance claimants who were also residents in supported housing in the last 12 months.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government recently announced plans for a new flexible funding approach for supported housing. As part of this it has launched two consultations seeking views on the details of the models.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-supported-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-supported-housing</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/11/2017 16:34:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

792799

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Supported Housing
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 residents of supported housing claim Employment and Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	114726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect administrative data on the number and proportion of supported housing residents that also claim Employment and Support Allowance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government recently announced plans for a new flexible funding approach for supported housing. As part of this it has launched two consultations seeking views on the details of the models.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-supported-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-supported-housing</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/11/2017 16:36:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

777051

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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, how many people who previously qualified for disability living allowance have not been awarded personal independence payments following assessments by Atos.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	109416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP case managers make decisions on all claims based on the PIP2 questionnaire completed by the claimant, any additional evidence they have submitted, the report from the assessment provider and any additional information the assessment provider has requested, for example information from the claimant’s GP.</p><p> </p><p>Up to 31st July 2017, 649,480 claimants underwent a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment with Independent Assessment Services (IAS), previously known as Atos. Of these claimants, 125,680 were disallowed PIP and 523,800 were awarded PIP by the department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System claimant records.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><del class="ministerial">1. The figures above are the outcome of the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was a disallowance after the claimant underwent an assessment by Independent Assessment Services (previously known as Atos).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">2. Figures include decisions made between 8th April 2013 and 31st July 2017.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">2. Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8th April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">4. Great Britain only.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The figures are the outcome of the first DWP decision on each DLA to PIP reassessment claim assessed under Normal Rules only, prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review, after the claimant underwent an assessment by IAS. Figures include decisions made between 8th April 2013 and 31st July 2017 as recorded on Department systems. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and are for Great Britain only.</ins></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/11/2017 11:52:08 question first ministerially corrected 15/01/2018 10:56:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 19203 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

777052

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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: 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 decisions on personal independence payments claims were subsequently overturned by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	109417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on volumes of appeals, volumes overturned and volumes upheld can be found in quarterly published statistics from the Ministry of Justice in tables SSCS.1 and SSCS.3 of: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/10/2017 11:20:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

777055

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Atos Healthcare: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made regarding Atos assessments for personal independence payments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	109415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>From April 2013 to date, the Independent Assessment Services (formally Atos Healthcare) completed 2.3 million PIP assessments. The total number of complaints equates to less than 1% of the total number of assessments completed, as set out in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Complaints Received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (to 30 Sept)</p></td><td><p>4040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>17428</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/10/2017 15:47:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins