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1129988

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Pensions: Consumer Information
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 ensure that consumer interest is central to the development of the pensions dashboard product.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	260556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Pension dashboards are a priority for this government and ensuring they are delivered in the interest of consumers is of the upmost importance to us.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the Money and Pensions Service will convene an industry delivery group to oversee the development, delivery and governance of dashboards. On 3 June 2019, the Money and Pensions Service announced that Chris Curry from the Pensions Policy Institute will be the Principal of the industry delivery group, the most senior role within the group. As the Principal, he will identify and agree who in industry will sit on the delivery group to ensure they are best placed to deliver dashboards for the benefit of the consumer. The industry delivery group will be made up of stakeholders from across the industry, consumer groups, regulators and government.</p><p>Once the industry delivery group is up and running, what we expect to see from them in 2019 is to:</p><ul><li>create a roadmap for delivering the supporting architecture;</li><li>start to work with industry on agreeing data standards and schemes readiness to provide data and;</li><li>design a robust governance and security framework.</li></ul><p>In parallel we expect industry to start creating and testing consumer facing dashboards. This will help determine what information is necessary and show how it can be presented in a meaningful way that best meets the needs of the consumer. The industry delivery group must carefully consider how and when the first live dashboards are promoted to consumers.</p><p>We also set out in the government’s response to the consultation on pensions dashboards, the ten design principles which the industry delivery group must adhere to when designing the dashboard system to help ensure the privacy and security of individual’s data. These include that the system must comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation and that the system must not include a central database.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/06/2019 15:47:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1129990

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Pensions: Consumer Information
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 ensure that consumers' state pension information is available on the pensions dashboard.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	260557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Pension dashboards are digital interfaces that will allow individuals to see their pensions savings, including their state pension information online in one place to assist them with their retirement planning.</p><p>At Budget 2018, we committed to providing state pension information via dashboards and we are working with HM Revenue &amp; Customs to make this happen at the earliest possible opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/06/2019 16:58:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1129991

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to make it compulsory for pension providers to give their data to the pensions dashboard.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	260558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/06/2019 12:10:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1129712

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Workplace Pensions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of auto-enrolment on charging levels in the pensions sector.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	259885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>DWP’s latest pension charges survey, published in October 2017, found that most schemes charge between 0.38 and 0.54% depending on the type of pension. This is well within the 0.75% charge cap which applies to the default fund of pension schemes used for automatic enrolment.</p><p>The October 2017 charges survey can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652086/pension-charges-survey-2016-charges-in-defined-contribution-pension-schemes.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652086/pension-charges-survey-2016-charges-in-defined-contribution-pension-schemes.pdf</a></p><p>This matter is always kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/06/2019 16:46:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1086624

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Wirral
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children there are in households directly affected by the two-child limit on welfare payments in (a) Wallasey and (b) Wirral.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	230640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Data published in June 2018, broken down by country can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The information on the level requested was not captured in the reporting database and therefore is not available. This was due to the small numbers of Universal Credit cases recorded as being affected by this policy, meaning it is not possible to break down these totals by smaller geographic areas without the risk of identifying individual claimants.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/03/2019 17:10:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1086625

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful appeals there have been against decisions on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment claims in (a) Wallasey, (b) Wirral, (c) Liverpool city region and (d) the North West in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	230641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Employment and Support Allowance</p><p>Information on appeal outcomes in relation to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments by several geographical areas is available on Stat-Xplore. This includes data at Regional, Parliamentary Constituency or Local Authority level as requested above.</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The mandatory reconsideration process was introduced in 2013. The latest available information for Great Britain on the number of mandatory reconsiderations can be found in the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published here:</p><p> </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>It is the intention to produce further geographical breakdowns of these statistics in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and June 2018, 3.7m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made in Great Britain, of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Appeals in a) Wallasey b) Wirral c) Liverpool City Region and d) the North West is shown in the table below, by year of appeal clearance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Wallasey, of the 770 appeals, 520 (67%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 9,180 initial decisions have been made in Wallasey and 6% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Wirral, of the 2,400 appeals, 1,600 (66%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 29,320 initial decisions have been made in Wirral and 5% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool City Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Liverpool City Region, of the 10,500 appeals, 7,110 (68%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018, 146,380 initial decisions have been made in Liverpool City region and 5% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td><td><p>4,070</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>2,990</p></td><td><p>5,490</p></td><td><p>7,440</p></td><td><p>6,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in the North West, of the 36,310 appeals, 23,010 (63%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 537,600 initial decisions have been made in the North West and 4% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Personal Independence Payment Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) in a) Wallasey b) Wirral c) Liverpool City Region and d) the North West is shown in the table below, by year of MR clearance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>2,360</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool City Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>2,380</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td><td><p>8,430</p></td><td><p>9,740</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>4,710</p></td><td><p>6,810</p></td><td><p>9,030</p></td><td><p>7,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>3,950</p></td><td><p>21,550</p></td><td><p>31,210</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td><td><p>27,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>PIP Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p>PIP was introduced in 2013 to replace Disability Living Allowance for working age people.</p><p>The geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was held.</p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at MR, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 230642 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:31:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1086626

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful mandatory reconsiderations there have been of decisions on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment claims in (a) Wallasey, (b) Wirral, (c) Liverpool city region and (d) the North West in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	230642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Employment and Support Allowance</p><p>Information on appeal outcomes in relation to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments by several geographical areas is available on Stat-Xplore. This includes data at Regional, Parliamentary Constituency or Local Authority level as requested above.</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The mandatory reconsideration process was introduced in 2013. The latest available information for Great Britain on the number of mandatory reconsiderations can be found in the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published here:</p><p> </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>It is the intention to produce further geographical breakdowns of these statistics in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and June 2018, 3.7m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made in Great Britain, of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Appeals in a) Wallasey b) Wirral c) Liverpool City Region and d) the North West is shown in the table below, by year of appeal clearance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Wallasey, of the 770 appeals, 520 (67%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 9,180 initial decisions have been made in Wallasey and 6% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Wirral, of the 2,400 appeals, 1,600 (66%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 29,320 initial decisions have been made in Wirral and 5% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool City Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in Liverpool City Region, of the 10,500 appeals, 7,110 (68%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018, 146,380 initial decisions have been made in Liverpool City region and 5% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> <em>(Jan - Sept)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Maintained</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td><td><p>4,070</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Overturned at Appeal</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>2,990</p></td><td><p>5,490</p></td><td><p>7,440</p></td><td><p>6,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal Overturn Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From 2014 through to September 2018 in the North West, of the 36,310 appeals, 23,010 (63%) saw the decision overturned. Since PIP was introduced up to September 2018 537,600 initial decisions have been made in the North West and 4% have been overturned at appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Personal Independence Payment Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) in a) Wallasey b) Wirral c) Liverpool City Region and d) the North West is shown in the table below, by year of MR clearance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>2,360</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool City Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>2,380</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td><td><p>8,430</p></td><td><p>9,740</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018<br> (Jan - Oct)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Decision – Award Changed at MR</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>4,710</p></td><td><p>6,810</p></td><td><p>9,030</p></td><td><p>7,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision Unchanged/Not Revised at MR</p></td><td><p>3,950</p></td><td><p>21,550</p></td><td><p>31,210</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td><td><p>27,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of MRs where the Decision was Changed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>PIP Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p>PIP was introduced in 2013 to replace Disability Living Allowance for working age people.</p><p>The geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was held.</p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at MR, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 230641 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:31:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1057051

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
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: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the waiting time from registration for personal independence payment to appeal was in (a) Wallasey, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	218761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Information on the waiting time from registration of a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim to appeal in Wallasey, Merseyside and the North West could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/02/2019 15:05:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1037964

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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 steps her Department is taking to support people making universal credit applications who do not have access to a computer.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	206260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a digital service. The Universal Credit Full Service Claimant Survey (published on 8 June 2018) shows that 98% of claimants made their claim online, with 96% saying they had regular access to the internet.</p><p>If a claimant needs more intensive or specific support to make their claim, face-to-face and other help is available through our current Universal Support Assisted Digital Service offer, which provides bespoke help, support and skills for claimants to make and maintain their digital account online. Universal Credit has been designed with accessibility in mind and we are committed to providing personalised support for all claimants.</p><p> </p><p>All jobcentres across the country have Wi-Fi and computers available for claimants to access the internet. For those that are still unable to access or use digital services, or are not able to travel, assistance to make and maintain their claim is available via the Freephone Universal Credit helpline. In exceptional circumstances, a home visit can be arranged to support a claimant in making and maintaining their claim.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/01/2019 14:25:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

997278

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	Universal Credit: North West
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 new universal credit claimants have waited longer than five weeks for initial payment in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside and (c) Wallasey constituency in each month since January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	184919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon Member to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-10/177770/" target="_blank">177770</a> which provides national data for the period January to June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In many cases, where full payment is not made on time by the end of the first assessment period, this is as a result of unresolved issues such as: some claimants have not signed their Claimant Commitment or passed identity checks, and the others have outstanding verification issues, such as for housing and self-employed earnings. Whilst this verification is on-going, many of these claimants receive a part payment for those elements of the claim that have been resolved.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/11/2018 16:46:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle