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1418682

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
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 steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of tribunals and mandatory reconsiderations involving personal independence payment claims.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	116049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s aim is to make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey. We have made improvements to our decision-making processes to ensure that people get the support they are entitled to as quickly as possible, because Decision Makers can better gather relevant additional evidence earlier in the process.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/02/2022 12:26:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1403538

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
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: Chronic Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is the government taking to ensure that reassessments for sufferers of chronic conditions are as unobtrusive and infrequent as possible.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	105731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>As announced in the recent Shaping Future Support: Health and Disability Green Paper we want to make changes to the assessment process so people with the most severe health conditions and disabilities can claim the benefits they are entitled to through a simpler process. We are exploring how to test a new Severe Disability Group (SDG) so those with severe and lifelong conditions can benefit from a simplified process to access ESA/UC and PIP without ever needing to complete a detailed application form or go through a face to face assessment/reassessment.</p><p> </p><p>We have already stopped reassessments for people with the most severe conditions that are unlikely to change. In Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper, we proposed ways to further reduce the number of unnecessary assessments, while continuing to ensure support is properly targeted. Alongside this, we proposed ways of offering greater flexibility and simplicity in the way that assessments are delivered, including improving the evidence we use to make decisions from health assessments, and learn the lessons of coronavirus where we introduced telephone and video assessments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/01/2022 17:53:53 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1181949

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
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: Self-employed
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 is taking to support self-employment.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	23671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department supports people to be self-employed when it is the right thing for them to do to be financially self-sufficient. Key to this is continuing to help claimants in, or considering, self-employment to progress to a level of sustained financial self-sufficiency that does not exclude the possibility of better paid work elsewhere. This ensures fairness to claimants, but also taxpayers who fund the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>Work coaches offer tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can refer low-earning claimants to mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance providers and sign-post claimants to the other extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that it takes time for new businesses to grow and that even established businesses can experience difficulties. From September 2020, all self-employed Universal Credit claimants will be given the same 12 months’ exemption period to provide them with time and support needed to grow their businesses.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/03/2020 11:13:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1130746

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women born in the 1950s and affected by the change of the state pension age received less than five years notice of that change.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	261488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Pensions Acts of 1995, 2007 and 2011 were fully debated in Parliament. The government undertook wide public consultation before the passage of the Acts. This included publishing Green and White Papers. The passage of the Acts and the changes they brought in were widely reported in the media throughout this period.</p><p> </p><p>The changes to State Pension age that the Pensions Act 1995 brought in started to come into effect from April 2010 giving a notice period of at least 15 years for those changes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the DWP and others took extensive steps in the years following the 1995 Act to further communicate the changes to women born in the 1950s, as well as all others affected, by means such as leaflets, State Pension forecasts, media articles and personal letters.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/06/2019 16:33:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1023178

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Universal Credit: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male and (b) female lone parent university students have been affected by the requirement to move from claiming tax credits to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	201119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-07-12/163623/" target="_blank">163623</a> on 20 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/12/2018 18:26:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1002684

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants of universal credit that are paid every (a) four weeks, (b) two weeks and (c) every week.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	188752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-07/151086/" target="_blank">151086</a> anwered on 12 June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/11/2018 17:57:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

924662

registered interest
date	15/06/2018
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	Pension Credit
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 (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance have not been contacted by her Department when they have reached state pension age and qualify for pension credit in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	154155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work &amp; Pensions is unable to provide this information as the data is not collected and would only be available at disproportionate cost to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/06/2018 15:33:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

921957

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
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 publish the number of (a) claims for employment support allowance, (b) mandatory re-considerations, (c) mandatory re-considerations that went to appeal and (d) successful appeals of mandatory re-considerations in (i) the UK and (ii) each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	152078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments (WCA) which include figures in tables 12 and 13 on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals of WCA decisions. These statistics are not currently available to Country or parliamentary constituency level but DWP statisticians are investigating how to extend the geography information provided. The statistics can be found at the following link:</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></p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Communities. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/06/2018 15:14:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

915132

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	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, whether she has estimated the cost of (a) audio and (b) video recording assessments for personal independence payment and employment support allowance; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	148657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to improving the PIP assessment process we are exploring options to record PIP assessments, but do not yet have any estimated costs for this activity. Audio recording of Work Capability Assessments is already available to Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit claimants. Since Centre for Health and Disability Assessments took over the contract to deliver Work Capability Assessments there has not been a need to purchase new recording units so an up-to-date cost estimate cannot be provided.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/06/2018 16:38:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

904057

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
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 had an earnings deduction order for child maintenance subsequently lost their jobs and claimed job seeker's allowance in 2016 -17.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	143692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not readily collate information on the number of people paying child maintenance via a deduction from earnings order who subsequently lost their job and claimed Job Seekers allowance within the year 2016-17. Obtaining the information to answer this question could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/05/2018 12:37:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman