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1127568

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Independent Assessment Services
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 Independent Assessment Service health assessment reports that have been amended during audit by a health professional that (a) conducted the health assessment and (b) did not conduct the health assessment for all years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	256359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Data is not specifically collated on the number of reports that have been amended by the Health Professional that conducted the health assessment or those that had not.</p><p> </p><p>Where Independent Assessment Service reports require amendment via audit then this activity, wherever possible, should be taken by the Health Professional who carried out the original assessment. Exceptions to this may be as a result of the Health Professional’s availability for example, annual leave which would cause an unnecessary delay to the assessment process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 256358 question first answered 23/05/2019 10:29:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1127570

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Independent Assessment Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many audited Independent Assessment Service health assessment reports were graded as (a) acceptable, (b) unacceptable and (c) acceptable report amendment required in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	256361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Please find the figures requested in the table below. In addition to this information we have also included the category ‘acceptable with feedback’ which was not requested but may be of interest.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grades</p></td><td><p>Apr 16- Mar 17</p></td><td><p>Apr 17-Mar 18</p></td><td><p>Apr 18-Mar 19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acceptable</p></td><td><p>7,300</p></td><td><p>7,930</p></td><td><p>7,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acceptable with Feedback</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>1,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acceptable with Amendments</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unacceptable</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Audited</p></td><td><p>9,790</p></td><td><p>11,590</p></td><td><p>11,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures rounded to the nearest 10</p><p>Data obtained from the CHES MI Team</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/05/2019 08:42:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1127606

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants have had their mobility payments (a) reduced and (b) stopped when transferring from disability living allowance to personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	256379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who were in receipt of the DLA mobility component and whom on reassessment to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) received (a) a reduced mobility element or (b) a zero mobility element at the first DWP decision. Figures are prior to any mandatory reconsideration, appeal or award review.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mobility award under PIP compared to mobility award under DLA for those who were in receipt of the mobility component on DLA</p></td><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>Highland Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Reduced Mobility</p></td><td><p>144,350 (13%)</p></td><td><p>680 (14%)</p></td><td><p>180 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Mobility stopped</p></td><td><p>430,730 (39%)</p></td><td><p>1,690 (34%)</p></td><td><p>420 (31%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Mobility the same</p></td><td><p>407,290 (37%)</p></td><td><p>1,980 (40%)</p></td><td><p>560 (42%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Increased mobility</p></td><td><p>128,410 (12%)</p></td><td><p>630 (13%)</p></td><td><p>180 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number who were in receipt of DLA mobility</p></td><td><p>1,110,770</p></td><td><p>4,970</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Data excludes claimants who did not previously receive a mobility component on DLA.</li><li>PIP mobility award shows the mobility award at the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. they reflect outcomes prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>“Mobility stopped” includes claims disallowed prior to assessment, claims disallowed post-assessment and claims withdrawn by the claimant as well as claimants who were awarded PIP Daily Living but received no PIP Mobility award component.</li><li>Figures exclude rising 16s and claimants who did not respond to the invitation. Rising 16s are claimants who reach 16 years of age and so cease to be eligible for DLA but may be eligible for PIP.</li><li>Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</li><li>Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10 and may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Percentages are calculated using actual figures rather than rounded figures and have been rounded to the nearest 1%.</li><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 256380 256381 question first answered 23/05/2019 09:29:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1127607

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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: Highlands of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former disability living allowance claimants living in the Highland local authority area receive (a) a reduced or (b) no mobility element under personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	256380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who were in receipt of the DLA mobility component and whom on reassessment to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) received (a) a reduced mobility element or (b) a zero mobility element at the first DWP decision. Figures are prior to any mandatory reconsideration, appeal or award review.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mobility award under PIP compared to mobility award under DLA for those who were in receipt of the mobility component on DLA</p></td><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>Highland Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Reduced Mobility</p></td><td><p>144,350 (13%)</p></td><td><p>680 (14%)</p></td><td><p>180 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Mobility stopped</p></td><td><p>430,730 (39%)</p></td><td><p>1,690 (34%)</p></td><td><p>420 (31%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Mobility the same</p></td><td><p>407,290 (37%)</p></td><td><p>1,980 (40%)</p></td><td><p>560 (42%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Increased mobility</p></td><td><p>128,410 (12%)</p></td><td><p>630 (13%)</p></td><td><p>180 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number who were in receipt of DLA mobility</p></td><td><p>1,110,770</p></td><td><p>4,970</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Data excludes claimants who did not previously receive a mobility component on DLA.</li><li>PIP mobility award shows the mobility award at the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. they reflect outcomes prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>“Mobility stopped” includes claims disallowed prior to assessment, claims disallowed post-assessment and claims withdrawn by the claimant as well as claimants who were awarded PIP Daily Living but received no PIP Mobility award component.</li><li>Figures exclude rising 16s and claimants who did not respond to the invitation. Rising 16s are claimants who reach 16 years of age and so cease to be eligible for DLA but may be eligible for PIP.</li><li>Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</li><li>Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10 and may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Percentages are calculated using actual figures rather than rounded figures and have been rounded to the nearest 1%.</li><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 256379 256381 question first answered 23/05/2019 09:29:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1127608

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former disability living allowance claimants living in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross receive (a) a reduced mobility element or (b) a zero mobility element as a result of moving to personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	256381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who were in receipt of the DLA mobility component and whom on reassessment to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) received (a) a reduced mobility element or (b) a zero mobility element at the first DWP decision. Figures are prior to any mandatory reconsideration, appeal or award review.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mobility award under PIP compared to mobility award under DLA for those who were in receipt of the mobility component on DLA</p></td><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>Highland Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Reduced Mobility</p></td><td><p>144,350 (13%)</p></td><td><p>680 (14%)</p></td><td><p>180 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Mobility stopped</p></td><td><p>430,730 (39%)</p></td><td><p>1,690 (34%)</p></td><td><p>420 (31%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Mobility the same</p></td><td><p>407,290 (37%)</p></td><td><p>1,980 (40%)</p></td><td><p>560 (42%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Increased mobility</p></td><td><p>128,410 (12%)</p></td><td><p>630 (13%)</p></td><td><p>180 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number who were in receipt of DLA mobility</p></td><td><p>1,110,770</p></td><td><p>4,970</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Data excludes claimants who did not previously receive a mobility component on DLA.</li><li>PIP mobility award shows the mobility award at the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. they reflect outcomes prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2018.</li><li>“Mobility stopped” includes claims disallowed prior to assessment, claims disallowed post-assessment and claims withdrawn by the claimant as well as claimants who were awarded PIP Daily Living but received no PIP Mobility award component.</li><li>Figures exclude rising 16s and claimants who did not respond to the invitation. Rising 16s are claimants who reach 16 years of age and so cease to be eligible for DLA but may be eligible for PIP.</li><li>Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</li><li>Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10 and may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Percentages are calculated using actual figures rather than rounded figures and have been rounded to the nearest 1%.</li><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 256379 256380 question first answered 23/05/2019 09:29:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1127667

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Pensioners: Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of pensioners who forewent heating as a result of a lack of funds in the last four months of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	256409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy administers the warm home discount scheme which provides assistance to around 2 million low income and vulnerable households (including 1.21m pensioners) with their energy costs. Further details can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme</a></p><p /><p>In 2018/19 the DWP is estimated to have spent £122bn on pensioner benefits which included £2bn on winter fuel payments to 12 million pensioners, the majority of whom received their payment before Christmas 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the DWP also administers the cold weather payment scheme. For the period from the 1 November 2018 to the 31 March 2019, we estimate 438,000 payments were made to Pension Credit customers. Further details about the cold weather payment scheme can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment</a></p><p> </p><p>The DWP does not hold the specific information requested.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2019 09:59:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1127116

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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 estimate her Department has made of the effect of the 5-week wait for the first payment of universal credit on (a) a claimant’s level of (i) debt and (ii) rent arrears and (b) the finances of disabled claimants.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	255340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>No one has to wait 5 weeks for their first payment of Universal Credit. Advances are available from the first day of a valid claim, if required, to support claimants.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2019 15:59:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1127119

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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, how many and what proportion of universal credit payments have been subject to a deduction as a result of a claimant’s historic debt to (a) her Department and (b) HM Treasury in the latest month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	255341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Internal Management information shows that in April 2019, 280,000 payments of Universal Credit (UC) had a deduction applied to repay a non UC debt owed to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and 340,000 payments of UC had a deduction applied to repay a Tax Credit debt (these figures have been rounded to the nearest 10,000). Some payments of UC may have had a deduction for both a non UC debt and a Tax Credit debt. These claimants would appear in both totals, therefore the figures cannot be summed.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the deductions policy in UC, for both types of debt, the deductions would not usually exceed the maximum amounts, which are set out legislation. Only in cases where last resort deductions are applied can these rates be exceeded. DWP ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants who have deductions from their benefit to repay overpayments. If a claimant is struggling they can contact DWP’s Debt Management to discuss lowering their repayment rate.</p><p> </p><p>It is also worth noting that it is not possible to provide this as a proportion at April 2019, as the latest UC caseload data is only available as of 14 February 19. However, for context, as of 14 February 19, 1.4m households received payments of UC.</p><p> </p><p>N.B. This data on deductions has been sourced from internal management information. It should therefore not be compared to any other similar data subsequently released by the DWP.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2019 15:53:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1127134

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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, how much the Government has spent on promoting and advertising universal credit since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	255342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides services to around 22 million people and, as with other government departments, it has a responsibility to communicate policy and essential information to customers and other key audiences.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Opening Up Work’ campaign aims to increase understanding of how Universal Credit removes barriers to work and career progression, and to ensure people can access information to help people make a claim. The Department has dedicated funds to this campaign to make sure claimants know how to access the support that they need.</p><p> </p><p>Advertising spend to date from 2016-17 onwards on the Universal Credit Opening Up Work campaign is around £6.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2019 12:33:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1127204

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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: Domestic Abuse
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 16 May 2019 to Question 253698 on Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse, what progress has been made on establishing the practicalities of delivering separate payments in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	255374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The development of a detailed policy to split payments of Universal Credit in Scotland is something for the Scottish Government to determine.</p><p> </p><p>Any policy has to be capable of implementation and as a consequence must fit with the existing architecture of the system if it is not to undermine system stability for all claimants across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Scottish Government final proposals have not yet been shared with the Government. We welcome the great care Scottish Government is taking with this.</p><p> </p><p>When a comprehensive set of proposals has been decided upon by the Scottish Government, we will provide advice on timing and implementation dates, with regard to the wider plan to deliver Universal Credit and the relative priorities of split payment proposals against other demands.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from both Governments continue to explore these issues together to see if a workable solution to the many issues raised can be found.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/05/2019 12:50:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley