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1045560

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to the public purse is of a mandatory reconsideration process for welfare benefits.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	210588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2019 18:11:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1045562

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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: Appeals
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 applicants for personal independence payment have gone on to apply for mandatory reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	210589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Between April 2013 and September 2018 3.7 million Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions have been made, of these 21% had registered a mandatory reconsideration by the end of September 2018.</p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures include claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill and include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>Percentages have been rounded to the nearest percent.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Great Britain only.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2019 18:15:53 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1045563

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: 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 and what proportion of mandatory reconsideration cases for welfare benefits have resulted in the original ruling being overturned in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	210590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) clearances by type are available on GOV.UK:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a> (Table 7b)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p><p>DWP also publish data about MRs in relation to Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance Work-Related Activity Group (ESA WRAG), and Universal Credit Live Service (UC) benefit sanctions, available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions#latest-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions#latest-release</a> (Tables 1.8, 2.6 and 3.6)</p><p> </p><p>To provide information across all other DWP administered benefits would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2019 18:17:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1045612

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the universal credit payment system so that claimants paid on a four-weekly basis for part-time or casual work do not have their benefit payment substantially reduced as a result of receiving two work payments four weeks apart in one calendar month.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	210704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit payments reflect, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. Assessment periods allow for Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if a claimant’s income falls, they do not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit award.</p><p> </p><p>Some claimants receive earnings from work multiple times within an assessment period if they are paid via four-weekly, fortnightly, or weekly patterns. This in turn may reduce, or in some cases, nil the Universal Credit award the claimant receives that month. We have produced guidance to help ensure claimants, staff and representatives are aware and it is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments-payment-cycles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments-payment-cycles</a></p><p> </p><p>Claimants can always discuss the implications of this with their case managers and work coaches and can be referred to Personal Budgeting Support to help them manage their budgeting.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with employers to ensure that they use the most appropriate payment practices and comply with RTI guidelines in order to minimise the incidence of erroneous or late reporting by employers, and HMRC have recently updated guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/01/2019 17:10:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1045647

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Farmers: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce risks for farmers at work.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	210531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has responsibility for the regulation of health and safety standards on Great Britain’s farms. In March 2018, HSE published its Agriculture Sector Intervention Strategy (available at: <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/strategiesandplans/sector-plans/ag-sec-intervention-strategy.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/strategiesandplans/sector-plans/ag-sec-intervention-strategy.pdf</a>) which details the actions they will take to tackle farm accidents and ill health.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2019 18:00:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1045688

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Universal Credit: 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 people asked for a mandatory reconsideration of their universal credit application in 2018; and how many of those reconsiderations led to a different outcome.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	210538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 16<sup>th</sup> January 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-11/207594/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-11/207594/</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 210539 question first answered 29/01/2019 18:02:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1045690

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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: 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 people asked for a mandatory reconsideration of their personal independence payment application in 2018; and how many of those reconsiderations led to a different outcome.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	210539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 16<sup>th</sup> January 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-11/207594/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-11/207594/</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 210538 question first answered 29/01/2019 18:02:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1043154

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer on 11 January 2019 to Question 203813, how many claimants of personal independence payments who died within six months of their claim being registered received a payment.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	209776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>Over 3.6 million applications to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) were made between April 2013 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018. Of these, 73,800 claimants died within 6 months of their claim being registered.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to any Mandatory Reconsideration or Appeal action, 56,770 and 7,990 of these claimants had their claims awarded and disallowed respectively.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant dies before a decision is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim is withdrawn so around 7,700 of the 73,800 claims were withdrawn rather than awarded or disallowed.</p><p> </p><p>56,920 of the 73,800 claims have been credited with a payment.</p><p> </p><p>Claims made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill are fast tracked and are currently being cleared at a median average of 6 working days for new claimants. This has reduced from a median average of 11 working days between April 2013 and March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures include claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) and include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system. This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures cover claims made up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018 and clearances up to and including 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 209778 question first answered 01/02/2019 15:54:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1043155

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer on 11 January 2019 to Question 203813, how many claimants who died after registering a personal independence payments claim but prior to her Department making a decision on their claim applied under (a) Normal Rules and (b) Special Rules.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	209777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>Over 3.6 million applications to PIP were made between April 2013 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018. 17,070 of these claimants died after registering but prior to the DWP making a decision on their claim. Over 3.5 million applications were made under normal rules and 11,790 of these claimants died after registering but prior to the DWP making a decision on their claim.</p><p> </p><p>Nearly 109,000 applications were made under special rules for terminally ill people and 5,290 of these claimants died after registering but prior to the DWP making a decision on their claim.</p><p> </p><p>Claims made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill are fast tracked and are currently being cleared at a median average of 6 working days for new claimants. This has reduced from a median average of 11 working days between April 2013 and March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>Special rules indicator is taken at the point of registration. It is possible for claims to transition between normal rules and special rules for terminally ill people during the claimant journey.</li><li>The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures cover claims made up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/02/2019 15:45:37 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1043156

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer on 11 January 2019 to Question 203813, how many claimants of personal independence payments who died within six months of their claim being registered had their application rejected.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	209778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>Over 3.6 million applications to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) were made between April 2013 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018. Of these, 73,800 claimants died within 6 months of their claim being registered.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to any Mandatory Reconsideration or Appeal action, 56,770 and 7,990 of these claimants had their claims awarded and disallowed respectively.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant dies before a decision is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim is withdrawn so around 7,700 of the 73,800 claims were withdrawn rather than awarded or disallowed.</p><p> </p><p>56,920 of the 73,800 claims have been credited with a payment.</p><p> </p><p>Claims made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill are fast tracked and are currently being cleared at a median average of 6 working days for new claimants. This has reduced from a median average of 11 working days between April 2013 and March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures include claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) and include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system. This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures cover claims made up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2018 and clearances up to and including 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 209776 question first answered 01/02/2019 15:54:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon