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381575

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by when he plans to pilot the new approach to sanctions using warnings and non-financial penalties following a first failure to comply with conditionality on the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Any potential pilot has not been confirmed. The Department is considering the proposal.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:23:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

381579

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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, what the average length of time is between a decision being made on a personal independence payment application and a first payment being made on that claim.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The data is not readily available and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For the majority of new claimants to personal independence payment (PIP), they will be paid any arrears of benefit within a few days of the decision being made. Regular payments will then start using a 4 week in arrears payment cycle. Some claimants may not be entitled to any arrears or may have to wait for PIP to go into payment following the decision on their claim. This includes where the 28 day run for reassessed claims is being applied (described further below), where further enquiries are required to establish bank details, where the qualifying period of 3 months has yet to be satisfied or the where the claimant is in hospital, a care home or prison and where PIP, or a component of PIP, is not payable until the claimant leaves that establishment.</p><p> </p><p>For existing claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) claiming PIP, they can continue to receive their DLA throughout their claim to PIP, so long as they comply with all the processes. Additionally, all claimants are paid DLA for a further 28 days following the weekly payday, immediately after the decision on their PIP claim is made. Successful claimants to PIP see no break in payment when they move from DLA to PIP, subject to other rules being satisfied, for example those relating to residency in a care home or hospital.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 2743 question first answered 22/06/2015 14:43:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

381580

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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, how many and what proportion of disability living allowance claimants have (a) appealed and (b) successfully appealed a negative decision on their personal independence payment application.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data on the number and proportion of DLA reassessment claimants who have (a) appealed and (b) successfully appealed a negative decision on their Personal Independence Payment application is not available.</p><p> </p><p>National GB figures on the numbers and outcomes of DLA and PIP appeals can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 14:36:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

381581

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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, how many new applicants for personal independence payments have no other source of income.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Personal independence payment (PIP) is a non-means-tested benefit. As such, no data is held on the income levels of claimants, as the Department does not collect information on income or capital as part of the PIP claiming process.</p><p> </p><p>PIP is paid as a contribution towards the additional costs of disability; other benefits are available for income replacement.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 14:21:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

381582

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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, how many disability living allowance claimants have waited more than 28 days for their first personal independence payment following a decision to transfer them from one benefit to the other.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The data is not readily available and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For the majority of new claimants to personal independence payment (PIP), they will be paid any arrears of benefit within a few days of the decision being made. Regular payments will then start using a 4 week in arrears payment cycle. Some claimants may not be entitled to any arrears or may have to wait for PIP to go into payment following the decision on their claim. This includes where the 28 day run for reassessed claims is being applied (described further below), where further enquiries are required to establish bank details, where the qualifying period of 3 months has yet to be satisfied or the where the claimant is in hospital, a care home or prison and where PIP, or a component of PIP, is not payable until the claimant leaves that establishment.</p><p> </p><p>For existing claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) claiming PIP, they can continue to receive their DLA throughout their claim to PIP, so long as they comply with all the processes. Additionally, all claimants are paid DLA for a further 28 days following the weekly payday, immediately after the decision on their PIP claim is made. Successful claimants to PIP see no break in payment when they move from DLA to PIP, subject to other rules being satisfied, for example those relating to residency in a care home or hospital.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 2745 question first answered 22/06/2015 14:43:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

381078

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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 measures are being tested to speed up the processing of benefit claims; what effect any such measures are having on processing times; and when he plans to implement any such measures in full.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department currently uses a suite of measures to track and manage the timeliness of payments for the range of benefits it administers.</p><p> </p><p>We steadily increased the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claims processed in 16 days from 85.8% in 2009-10 to 96.0% in 2014-15. We are now aiming to clear Jobseeker’s Allowance claims within 10 days. In 2009-10 we processed 70.8% in 10 days and this increased to 91.4% in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>We have also steadily increased the number of Employment and Support Allowance claims processed in 16 days from 72.9% in 2009-10 to 93.6% in 2014-15. We are also aiming to clear Employment and Support Allowance claims within 10 days. In 2009-10 we processed 54.9% in 10 days and this increased to 87.5% in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>We are planning to continue this approach across a range of other products.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:51:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

227613

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Jobcentre Plus: Food Banks
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 make it mandatory for each Jobcentre Plus to put in place a Foodbank Signposting Service agreement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	227612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, <em>Official Report,</em> 17 March 2014<em>,</em> column 482W.</p><p>The answer can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140317/text/140317w0005.htm#14031744000263" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140317/text/140317w0005.htm#14031744000263</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/03/2015 11:52:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

226784

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Incapacity Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) original forecast of expenditure savings and (b) actual expenditure savings were from the reassessment of incapacity benefit claims since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	227145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The original estimate of the economic impact of the reassessment of Incapacity Benefit claims from 2010 was a net saving of £1,000 million (net present value, 2009/10 prices) over the years 2009/10 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>This figure was published by the previous Government on 29 March 2010 in the Explanatory Memorandum to the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010 (2010 No. 875), published at this address: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf</a>.)</p><p> </p><p>Actual savings from Incapacity Benefit reassessment are not available. Isolating the impact of any single policy change becomes increasingly uncertain as new policy beds into the benefits system, and becomes the norm.</p><p> </p><p>As Chris Grayling, when Minister for Employment, said to the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Incapacity Benefit reassessment is not a savings measure – it is not a financially based exercise, although clearly if we succeed it will save money – but is about identifying the people who have the potential to return to work, and helping them to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 18/03/2015 12:35:36 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 50580 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

226806

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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 Schemes: Young People
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 of 11 March 2015 to Question 226635, how much of the £1 billion allocated to the Youth Contract has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	227315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Total figures for the final year are still being finalised.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/03/2015 17:26:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

226089

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 currently awaiting work capability assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	226805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The latest available data, February 2015, shows that there were 477,985 people awaiting their Work Capability Assessment. This compares with 766,368 people waiting for an assessment in February 2014, a reduction of 37%.</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include cases yet to be referred to the Health Assessment Advisory Service or cases referred where the claimant has yet to return the claimant questionnaire.</p><p> </p><p>Centre for Health and Disability Assessments plan on recruiting and retaining more high quality healthcare professionals which will lead to people being assessed quickly and further reduce waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 11:54:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead