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1310548

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2021
	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: 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 planned timescale is for resuming face-to-face benefits assessments during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	184427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Honourable gentleman will find details of our plans to resume face-to-face assessments for health and disability benefits published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/face-to-face-assessments-to-resume-for-health-and-disability-benefits" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2021 13:09:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1302595

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	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	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on implementation of the recommendations of the Paul Maynard taskforce on inclusive apprenticeships published in July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
	tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
	uin	168875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government accepted all 14 recommendations put forward by the Maynard taskforce and have introduced legislation which allows for the minimum English and Maths requirements for apprenticeships to be adjusted for people with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) to entry level 3.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to ensuring that more people from underrepresented backgrounds undertake and achieve an apprenticeship and benefit from their progression opportunities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/03/2021 14:09:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1270876

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to resume face-to-face medical assessments for (a) universal credit and (b) employment support allowance claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	128935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 December to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-07/126162" target="_blank">UIN 126162</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/12/2020 14:17:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1202405

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for (a) personal independence payments, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) the limited capability for work component of universal credit were scheduled to take place after 1 March 2020; and how many of those assessments have taken place.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	58015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>Our priority throughout this Covid-19 period continues to be to protect the public and staff, while ensuring people receive the benefits they are entitled to quickly and safely. We suspended face-to-face assessments, reviews and reassessments. We continue to assess people based on written evidence alone, where that is possible, and have introduced telephone assessments. We also automatically extended awards where necessary for certain health and disability benefits, providing reassurance to those in receipt of them. This action enabled us to prioritise activity on new claims and changes of circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The number of assessments that were scheduled to have taken place between 1 March 2020 and 30 May 2020 and the number of assessments that took place during that time can be found in the table below:</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Assessments</strong> <strong>Scheduled</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assessments</strong> <strong>Completed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>187,700</p></td><td><p>117,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>20,370</p></td><td><p>14,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UC</p></td><td><p>34,530</p></td><td><p>19,890</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>Figures do not include paper based reviews.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>PIP</strong></p><p>The Assessments Scheduled data has been produced by the assessment providers (Capita and Independent Assessment Services).</p><p>The Assessments Completed data is derived from unpublished contractual management information produced by the assessment providers which was collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.</p><p> </p><p>Face-to-face assessments for PIP were paused due to Covid-19 from 17 March 2020. Telephone assessments began a piloted roll out from 23 March 2020 for Capita and 03 April 2020 for IAS.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>ESA and UC</strong></p><p>Face-to-face assessments for UC and ESA were paused due to Covid-19 from 17 March 2020. Telephone assessments began a piloted roll out from 04 May 2020 where only Limited Capability for Work Related Activity recommendations were being made.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to process both New Claims and Changes of Circumstance and encourage anyone with a change in their needs to contact the Department so that we can ensure they are receiving the correct level of support.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/07/2020 14:07:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 28975 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1202401

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	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: Medical Examinations
	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 were awaiting an assessment for (a) personal independence payments, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) the limited capability for work component of universal credit in each of the most recent six months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	58013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>In each of the most recent six months, the number of individuals claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC) with either an assessment scheduled or awaiting scheduling in the UK can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to process both New Claims and Changes of Circumstance and encourage anyone with a change in their needs to contact the Department so that we can ensure they are receiving the correct level of support.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to separate out individuals for the Limited Capability for Work element of Universal Credit and have therefore provided the total number of individuals claiming Universal Credit awaiting an assessment.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p>168,310</p></td><td><p>184,340</p></td><td><p>193,800</p></td><td><p>164,720</p></td><td><p>156,620</p></td><td><p>132,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ESA</strong></p></td><td><p>87,500</p></td><td><p>81,100</p></td><td><p>73,650</p></td><td><p>81,770</p></td><td><p>101,010</p></td><td><p>115,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UC</strong></p></td><td><p>62,740</p></td><td><p>60,080</p></td><td><p>59,030</p></td><td><p>83,190</p></td><td><p>120,080</p></td><td><p>143,120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note: data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>The data provided is derived from unpublished contractual management information produced by the Assessment Providers which was collected for Internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/06/2020 13:49:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1202402

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	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: Medical Examinations
	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 are waiting for an assessment for (a) personal independence payments, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) the limited capability for work component of universal credit as at 15 June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	58014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2020 14:35:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1186836

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	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: Habitual Residence Test
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for universal credit required a habitual residence test; and of those claims how many have been closed as a result of failing that test in each month since July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	32684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>The table below gives UC claims with an associated HRT, whether the claimant passed the HRT, failed or the outcome could not be determined. Of these, the number of UC claims that were closed due to failing the HRT. The UC data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month claim declared</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UC Full Service claims with an associated HRT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UC Full Service claims closed due to failing the HRT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>21,700</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>22,700</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>25,200</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>30,400</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>31,800</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>27,600</p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>41,900</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>37,200</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>33,700</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>35,900</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>33,200</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>36,400</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>32,500</p></td><td><p>3,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>36,900</p></td><td><p>3,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>38,100</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>32,900</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Figures are taken from Management Information on Universal Credit Full Service claims.</li><li>All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>The month used in this data is the month in which the UC claim was declared (regardless of when the closure for the claim occurred because of a failed HRT)</li><li>Information on Universal Credit Full service claims may be subject to future change; this is because claim data may be entered retrospectively for past months. Any retrospective changes are most likely to affect recent months; for this reason, we have provided data up to the end of November 2019.</li><li>Subtracting the number of HRT fails from the total number of UC HRTs undertaken would not provide the number of HRT passes, as this also includes HRTs where the outcome could not be determined, for example, a claim was withdrawn before the HRT result was recorded</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/03/2020 16:50:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1186239

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2020
	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	Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
	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 extending statutory sick pay to people who are not self-isolating due to covid-19 but their place of employment has no work as a result of that infection.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	31616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>As both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19 and we have been clear in our intention that everyone should be supported to do the right thing.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/03/2020 18:06:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1183050

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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, what steps she will take to ensure that claimants in receipt of personal independence payment (PIP) automatically receive the accompanying rates of employment and support allowance or the limited capability for work component of universal credit, including associated premiums, that fully reflect their PIP entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	25699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Those in receipt of Personal Independence Payment may be entitled to additional premiums as part of their income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). Whilst our ambition is to provide automated solutions to facilitate the payment of these there will always be occasions – whether because of the relative costs and benefits of a particular approach or the complexity or lifespan of the product – where this is not possible and human intervention is required. To support our people to deliver a high quality service we are undertaking regular scans of our ESA caseload to identify and eliminate error; prioritising payment related processing across sites; re-organising the delivery of our services to maximise capability and capacity and digital transformation to support delivery.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/03/2020 13:36:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1183048

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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 in receipt of personal independence payment (PIP) are being paid a rate of employment and support allowance or the limited capability for work component of universal credit, including associated premiums, that does not fully reflect their PIP entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	25697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department publishes annual statistics on fraud and error in the benefit system, which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system</a>. These include estimates of underpayments due to errors relating to premia and income from other benefits. The information requested on the total number of claimants receiving ESA or Universal Credit payments inconsistent with their PIP and other relevant living and care arrangements is not available and it would incur disproportionate cost to determine this number.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 25698 question first answered 10/03/2020 11:19:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens