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997295

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	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, if she will undertake a review of the accuracy of the assessments made by personal independence payment assessors.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	184930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, objective assessments. All Health Professionals who undertake the assessments are subject to on-going audit by our assessment providers to ensure that they deliver high quality assessments. The Department also undertakes independent audit to ensure that the advice provided to the Department’s decision makers is of suitable quality, fully explained and justified.</p><p> </p><p>All Health Professionals undertaking PIP assessments are highly trained practitioners who must have at least 2 years post full registration experience or less than 2 years by individual, prior, written agreement with the Department.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2018 16:38:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

982864

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	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, if her Department will provide an update on plans to roll-out video recordings of assessments for personal independence payments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	176453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to improve the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process we are progressing options to video record PIP face to face assessments. Over the summer we have gathered views on video recording from claimants, charities and other representative bodies, and from Health Professionals. These views will inform the design of a live pilot. We are designing a live pilot, due to begin later this year. The pilot will inform any wider full roll out decisions.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/10/2018 15:08:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

983361

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	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 evidential basis was for the introduction of the 20-metre rule as a criterion for mobility in the personal independence payment assessment procedure.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	176485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The development of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment has been carried out in an iterative, transparent and consultative manner. It was developed in collaboration with a wide range of experts and through comprehensive public consultation.</p><p>The consultation process confirmed there is no consensus across the health and social care community of the perfect measure of mobility and there is no evidence for one particular distance.</p><p>The 20 metre distance was introduced in PIP to distinguish those whose mobility is significantly more limited than others and who face even greater barriers on a day to day basis – those who have the highest need.</p><p> </p><p>There are 104,000 PIP claimants receiving the enhanced rate of mobility who previously were not awarded the higher rate mobility in Disability Living Allowance in the period April 2013 to October 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 176486 question first answered 23/10/2018 16:45:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

968342

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: 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 proportion of personal independence payments assessments are home visits.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	170754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>In the financial year April 2017 to March 2018, 29% of all PIP face to face assessments were conducted in the Claimants home.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/09/2018 13:43:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

908452

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When she last visited a personal independence payment assessment centre.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	905452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The last time I attended a Personal Independence Payment assessment centre was 12th December 2017. I was struck by the professional and helpful attitude displayed by all the staff at the assessment centre.</p><p> </p><p>My Honourable Friend, the member for North West Hampshire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Kit Malthouse MP) visited Vauxhall assessment centre on the 17th April 2018. Like me he found the visit extremely informative.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/05/2018 16:10:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

832947

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: 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 reports were requested from GPs in connection with claims for personal independence payments in (a) 2017, (b) 2016 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	125263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not available as further medical evidence can be requested from a wide range of health professionals such as consultants, mental health nurses and not just GPs. The Department is able to provide information relating to the total number of recorded requests for further medical evidence by each assessment provider which will, but does not solely, include requests to GPs, this information is set out in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>Independent Assessment Service (Lots 1 and 3)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Recorded Requests for further medical evidence </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>98,084</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>58,979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>51,166</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Capita (Lot 2)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Recorded Requests for further medical evidence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>20,902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>48,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>94,349</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/02/2018 17:23:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

810510

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Medical Examinations
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 recommendation eight of the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment, Cm 9540, what the optimum timeframe is for the completion of assessment reports after the assessment has taken place.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	120855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of factors that impact on the length of time taken to complete the report following the assessment, for example, whether the assessment was conducted in a person’s home or at an assessment centre. As the Second Independent Review of PIP acknowledged, the logistics in organising and conducting home visits will introduce some time delay in writing up reports immediately after the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects assessment reports to be completed in a timely manner following the assessment but does not set a fixed timeframe for the completion of assessment reports following the assessment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:55:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810511

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Medical Examinations
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 recommendation six of the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment, Cm 9540, what the timescale is for the proposed pilot due in early 2018 to understand the benefits of early case preparation in more complex cases.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	120856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We are developing a process to gather information from Healthcare Professionals who deliver PIP assessments to gauge their opinion on the timescales needed to prepare effectively for assessments. This is due early 2018. The evaluation of the pilot, will help inform decisions about the specification for future contracts regarding pre-assessment preparation.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:58:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810742

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: 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 qualifications health professionals completing a Personal Independence Payment medical assessment should possess to be able to assess people with a mental health issue.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	121087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Health Care Professionals (HCPs) undertaking PIP assessments must have at least 2 years post full registration experience (this refers to either UK registration or equivalent overseas registration for non-UK HCPs) or less than 2 years post full registration experience by individual, prior, written agreement with the Department. Requests by providers to employ HCPs with less than 2 years post full registration experience is rare and exceptional.</p><p> </p><p>All HCPs receive training on how to identify the impact of mental health conditions on claimants. This is followed by on-going professional training and support which continues for the duration of their employment in the role.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Mental Health Champions support HCPs by providing additional expertise about mental health, cognitive, developmental and learning disabilities and can be referred to at any time during the assessment process.</p><p> </p><p>HCPs make every attempt to obtain the best evidence available to assist them in undertaking the assessment. This includes accessing evidence from Community Mental Health Teams, psychologists, psychiatrists and other medical professionals.</p><p> </p><p>Health Assessment Providers frequently engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen review and update training programmes for all their assessment staff.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/01/2018 15:06:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

810173

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the total number of people who were awarded a score of zero in the assessment of the (a) mobility and (b) daily living components of the personal independence payment in each month of the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	120639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below gives statistics on the number of cases given a total of zero points at assessment for the a) mobility and b) daily living components of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in each month for 1<sup>st</sup> November 2016 to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2017, the most recent twelve months for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 – number of cases scoring zero points at assessment for PIP</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Zero mobility, non-zero daily living</p></td><td><p>Zero daily living, non-zero mobility</p></td><td><p>Zero mobility and zero daily living</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2016</p></td><td><p>6,430</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>11,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2016</p></td><td><p>5,070</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>8,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2017</p></td><td><p>5,760</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>9,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2017</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>9,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>5,930</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>10,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2017</p></td><td><p>4,660</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>8,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>5,980</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>11,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>6,350</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>12,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>13,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 2017</p></td><td><p>5,680</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>12,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep 2017</p></td><td><p>5,540</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>12,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2017</p></td><td><p>6,940</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>15,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>70,150</p></td><td><p>5,780</p></td><td><p>137,380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: PIP Computer System</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/01/2018 14:43:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle