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1168419

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date	19/12/2019
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	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 disability training medical professionals undertaking personal independence payment assessments are required to have in respect to autism.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>All health professionals carrying out assessments are clinically qualified and registered practitioners in their own field.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP requires health professionals to have a broad training in disability analysis as well as awareness training in specific conditions which include autistic spectrum disorder.</p><p> </p><p>While preparing to undertake an assessment, health professionals have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants with conditions that they may not be familiar with.</p><p>Additionally, assessment providers engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen their training programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/01/2020 14:51:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1149270

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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	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 disability training medical professionals undertaking personal independence payment assessments are required to have in respect to autism.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>All health professionals carrying out assessments are medically qualified and highly trained practitioners in their own field.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP requires health professionals to have a broad training in disability analysis as well as awareness training in specific conditions which include autistic spectrum disorder.</p><p> </p><p>While preparing to undertake an assessment, health professionals have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants with conditions that they may not be familiar with.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, assessment providers engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen their training programmes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/10/2019 16:26:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1145895

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Access to Work Programme
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 details of Access to Work spending by region.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	291067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see attached excel file.</p><p> </p><p>Here you will find Access to Work spending by region consistent with the published Access to Work statistics.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 11:03:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson attachment 1 file name AtW expenditure regional breakdowns.xlsx title AtW Expenditure Regional Breakdown
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard