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806475

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average monthly total amount per person, comprising employee employer and tax relief contributions, paid into pensions under the compulsory workplace pension scheme in 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	119551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally collate the data requested. However, the Department does publish annual workplace pension statistics for eligible employees, which includes data on annual amounts saved.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data available showed the average annual amount saved per eligible saver (those eligible employees saving into a workplace pension) in the private sector, in 2016, was £4,098.</p><p> </p><p>Our <em>Automatic Enrolment Review 2017: Maintaining the Momentum</em> was published on Monday 18 December, setting a clear direction to build a more robust and inclusive savings culture and specifically in supporting younger generations with the opportunity to save for a more secure retirement. Since 2012, over 9 million people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension, although workers are free to opt-out within one month of being put into a workplace pension, and can cease saving at any time. By 2019/20 an estimated extra £20 billion a year will be saved into workplace pensions as a result of automatic enrolment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/12/2017 12:45:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

806476

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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: Blood Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Atos on making improvements to how that provider conducts personal independence payment assessments for people with a haematological disease; and what steps that provider is taking to improve such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We meet regularly with PIP Assessment Providers to discuss all aspects of their delivery of PIP assessments, including ensuring it works effectively for people with long-term health conditions or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>PIP is a functional assessment, and addresses the impact of an individual’s medical conditions on their daily life, rather than the medical conditions themselves. There is no requirement for the Health Professional to diagnose a condition or to recommend treatment options.</p><p> </p><p>The assessments are undertaken by qualified Health Professionals who are experts in disability analysis with knowledge of the likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions. Health Professionals have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Independent Assessment Services regularly engage with representative groups for clinical conditions and have recently updated their range of condition insight reports and are working to expand this guidance to cover additional topics.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 15:03:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806477

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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: Infectious Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Capita on making improvements to how that provider conducts personal independence payment assessments for people with an infectious disease; and what steps that provider is taking to improve such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We meet regularly with PIP Assessment Providers to discuss all aspects of their delivery of PIP assessments, including ensuring it works effectively for people with long-term health conditions or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>PIP is a functional assessment, and addresses the impact of an individual’s medical conditions on their daily life, rather than the medical conditions themselves. There is no requirement for the Health Professional to diagnose a condition or to recommend treatment options.</p><p> </p><p>The assessments are undertaken by qualified Health Professionals who are experts in disability analysis with knowledge of the likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions. Health Professionals have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Independent Assessment Services regularly engage with representative groups for clinical conditions and have recently updated their range of condition insight reports and are working to expand this guidance to cover additional topics.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 15:11:37 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806478

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Skin Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Maximus on making improvements to how that provider conducts employment and support allowance assessments for people with a skin disease; and what steps that provider is taking to improve such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I will personally be meeting with Maximus in the New Year but the department regularly meets with the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) to discuss all aspects of their delivery of Work Capability Assessments, including ensuring it works effectively for people with all types of health conditions and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects CHDA to continuously seek out opportunities to improve the service they provide and to identify how to improve the customer journey. Since CHDA took over the contract to carry out assessments in March 2015, they have made a number of improvements to claimants’ experience of assessments, including increasing the number of Healthcare Professionals by over 60% and opening new assessment rooms so they can see more people in more locations.</p><p> </p><p>CHDA have also introduced a number of claimant-focused improvements, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>establishing a Customer Representative Group with leading charities who have regular meetings with the clinical leadership team from CHDA;</li><li>producing videos for their website showing claimants exactly what to expect when they have an assessment;</li><li>introducing disability awareness training for clinical and administrative staff (carried out by Disability Rights UK);</li><li>introducing a customer charter that commits to treating all of their customers with professionalism, dignity and respect;</li><li>introducing a telephone support service to help claimants complete their ESA50/UC50 questionnaire, including advising about the types of evidence that are useful; and</li><li>increasing the number of mental health champions in place.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 119555 119556 question first answered 21/12/2017 15:00:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806479

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Maximus on making improvements to how that provider conducts employment and support allowance assessments for people with a musculoskeletal disease; and what steps that provider is taking to improve such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I will personally be meeting with Maximus in the New Year but the department regularly meets with the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) to discuss all aspects of their delivery of Work Capability Assessments, including ensuring it works effectively for people with all types of health conditions and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects CHDA to continuously seek out opportunities to improve the service they provide and to identify how to improve the customer journey. Since CHDA took over the contract to carry out assessments in March 2015, they have made a number of improvements to claimants’ experience of assessments, including increasing the number of Healthcare Professionals by over 60% and opening new assessment rooms so they can see more people in more locations.</p><p> </p><p>CHDA have also introduced a number of claimant-focused improvements, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>establishing a Customer Representative Group with leading charities who have regular meetings with the clinical leadership team from CHDA;</li><li>producing videos for their website showing claimants exactly what to expect when they have an assessment;</li><li>introducing disability awareness training for clinical and administrative staff (carried out by Disability Rights UK);</li><li>introducing a customer charter that commits to treating all of their customers with professionalism, dignity and respect;</li><li>introducing a telephone support service to help claimants complete their ESA50/UC50 questionnaire, including advising about the types of evidence that are useful; and</li><li>increasing the number of mental health champions in place.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 119554 119556 question first answered 21/12/2017 15:00:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806480

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Maximus on making improvements to how that provider conducts employment and support allowance assessments for people with an injury; and what steps that provider is taking to improve such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I will personally be meeting with Maximus in the New Year but the department regularly meets with the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) to discuss all aspects of their delivery of Work Capability Assessments, including ensuring it works effectively for people with all types of health conditions and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects CHDA to continuously seek out opportunities to improve the service they provide and to identify how to improve the customer journey. Since CHDA took over the contract to carry out assessments in March 2015, they have made a number of improvements to claimants’ experience of assessments, including increasing the number of Healthcare Professionals by over 60% and opening new assessment rooms so they can see more people in more locations.</p><p> </p><p>CHDA have also introduced a number of claimant-focused improvements, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>establishing a Customer Representative Group with leading charities who have regular meetings with the clinical leadership team from CHDA;</li><li>producing videos for their website showing claimants exactly what to expect when they have an assessment;</li><li>introducing disability awareness training for clinical and administrative staff (carried out by Disability Rights UK);</li><li>introducing a customer charter that commits to treating all of their customers with professionalism, dignity and respect;</li><li>introducing a telephone support service to help claimants complete their ESA50/UC50 questionnaire, including advising about the types of evidence that are useful; and</li><li>increasing the number of mental health champions in place.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 119554 119555 question first answered 21/12/2017 15:00:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806531

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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
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 Memo ADM 30/17, whether previously unsuccessful personal independence payments claimants who had their claims refused after 9 March 2017 will have their claim reviewed according to a (a) LEAP exercise, (b) full case review or (c) any other review.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	119607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In order to ensure that claimants’ award decisions take into account the changes to the term ‘safely’ and how we consider risk of harm, we will review all previous decisions dating back to 9th March 2017. As referred to by the Memo Advice for Decision Making 30/17, this will be delivered by carrying out a Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice exercise. This will include both existing claimants who may benefit and those who have previously been assessed as ineligible for PIP since the date of the judgment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 14:41:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

806533

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what appeals process is available to personal independence payment claimants whose claims are subject to review under the personal independence payment assessment guidance set out in the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	119609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We will be undertaking a Legal Entitlement Administrative Procedure (LEAP) to ensure claimants’ awards are updated in line with a recent Upper Tribunal judgment around the term ‘safely’. This is a complex exercise which we need to get right and we are committed to ensuring this process is fair to all. Claimants will be notified of appeal rights in accordance with applicable statutory requirements.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 14:38:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

806535

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Dupuytren's Contracture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on plans to include Dupuytren's disease in the list of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit diseases.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	119611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>After considering the recommendation made by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, we have decided not to add Dupuytren’s contracture to the list of prescribed diseases.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2017 15:31:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

806647

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how information on a tenant's rent arrears against housing payments are provided to social landlords within the transaction information entered in the universal credit landlords' portal.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	119723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Landlord portal is designed for a landlord to verify housing costs and apply for an Alternative Payment Arrangement. The landlord portal does not include functionality to track pre-existing and/or arrears levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Rented Sector landlord is responsible alongside the claimant for managing their rent account. The Social Rented Sector landlord must maintain responsibility for the management of the tenants’ rent accounts as there are various reasons beyond the control of DWP that may impact arrears increasing or decreasing. For example, a tenant may choose to pay the landlord directly to reduce rent arrears. DWP would not be aware of this, making it impossible and impracticable to manage and track this type of rent arrear.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/12/2017 14:27:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds