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1006895

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: 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 universal credit claimants have waited three months or longer for a work capability assessment after their completed UC50 form has been received by the Health Assessment Advisory Service in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	191357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held for all assessments, however, data can be provided in relation to the number of face to face assessments undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2018, 14,356 Universal Credit claimants had their initial Work Capability Assessment (WCA) completed by face to face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 703 (less than 5%) waited 3 months or longer following the date from which they returned their UC50 form. There are a number of reasons for a delay to an assessment including non-attendance and cancellation of the appointment by the claimant.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst claimants are waiting for their work capability assessment decision, they continue to receive their standard allowance of Universal Credit, providing they continue to meet the requirements for a claim to benefit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/12/2018 12:57:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

982491

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
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 make it her policy to require senior personnel in the (a) North Central England office and (b) rest of her Department to sign their correspondence (i) to and (ii) from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	176108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s main aim is to provide the best service to hon. Members. To do this correspondence from hon. Members to officials is generally handled at the most appropriate level to provide an appropriate response. Operational expediency and good customer service will mean that the official addressed may not be the official who replies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/10/2018 15:01:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

938532

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on the ability of victims of domestic violence to claim the benefits.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	163043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit continues to support victims of domestic violence to claim benefits through a range of measures.</p><p> </p><p>These include special provisions for temporary accommodation, easements and same day advances. One-to-one Work Coaches will also signpost domestic violence victims to expert third-party support, and we can provide split payments where individuals in these cases request and where it would be helpful to do so.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2018 14:35:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

921870

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	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 the average time taken was to process benefit applications subject to delay due to backlog in the last period for which figures are available; and what assessment she has made of the effect of those delays on the time taken to process (a) cases in which one year's disability living allowance back payment is outstanding one month after a court decision on those payments and (b) other such urgent cases.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	152096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. However, the statistics that the Department publishes on clearance times, ie for Employment Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment only, can be found in the links below:</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><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/06/2018 15:10:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

914768

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	Personal Independence Payment: Cancer
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 take steps to ensure that young cancer patients who are claiming personal independence payments can access financial support backdated from the day of their diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	148701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Other than for those who are terminally ill, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability rather than a diagnosis. Primary legislation sets out that a claimant cannot be entitled to PIP for any period prior to the date of claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/06/2018 16:35:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

914769

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	Personal Independence Payment: Cancer
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 waiting time was from application to a decision being made for young people with cancer who applied for personal independence payments over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	148702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants with cancer aged 16 to 24 assessed under Normal Rules, waited an average (median) of 11 and 14 calendar weeks from the point of registration to a decision being made for new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reassessments respectively. For claimants with cancer aged 16 to 24 assessed under Special Rules for the Terminally Ill, the average (median) was 6 and 7 working days for new claims and DLA reassessment claims respectively. This data includes cases on which a decision was made between 1<sup>st</sup> February 2017 and 31st January 2018, the latest full year for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on clearance times split by Normal Rules and Special Rules claims and new claim or DLA reassessment claims can be found in the data tables, “Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to January 2018” within tables 5A-B here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System claimant records.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. “Cancer” is defined here by claimants recorded on the PIP Computer System with “Neoplasms (C00 - D48)” in the ICD summary code. ICD summary codes are based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, published by the World Health Organisation. For reporting purposes, the disability conditions as recorded on the PIP IT system have been mapped to reflect as closely as possible the appropriate ICD10 code.</p><p>2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks for Normal Rules and working days for Special Rules for the Terminally Ill.</p><p>3. Data includes normal rules and special rules as recorded at the point of the DWP decision, in accordance with the measure. It is possible for claims to transition between Normal/Special Rules and new claims/reassessments during the course of the claimant journey.</p><p>4. Figures for reassessments include Rising 16s. (Individuals previously on child DLA who are reassessed for PIP upon reaching the age of 16).</p><p>5. The figures are the average (median) clearance time of claims cleared between 1<sup>st</sup> February 2017 and 31st January 2018.</p><p>6. The median time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The median is presented here instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected by outlying cases (e.g. cases were the person has been hard to reach due to being in prison, hospital, failed to attend the assessment on numerous occasions etc.)</p><p>7. The 'Registration to DWP decision (end to end)' clearance time is measured as the average time between the date of registration of the claim and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit).</p><p>8. A claimant may have multiple disabling conditions but only the primary condition is recorded on PIP systems.</p><p>9. This is unpublished data and it should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p>10. Claimants are aged 16 to 24 (i.e. aged 16 and over and under 25) at the time of the decision. This is in line with CLIC Sargent’s definition of “young people”. <a href="https://www.clicsargent.org.uk/content/cancer-facts-and-figures" target="_blank">https://www.clicsargent.org.uk/content/cancer-facts-and-figures</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/06/2018 16:28:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

872737

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment
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 27 March 2018 to Question 133913, on Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment, for what reason the Certificate of Visual Impairment is deemed not to provide sufficient information for a comprehensive assessment of functional visual ability.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	134550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) looks at an individual’s ability to carry out a series of key everyday activities which are fundamental to living an independent life. These activities include their ability to prepare, cook and eat food, dress and undress, make budgeting decisions, manage and monitor their health condition, engage with other people, and plan and follow journeys. The Certificate of Visual Impairment provides information on visual ability but is insufficient for a comprehensive assessment of the extent to which a claimant is capable of carrying out the various PIP activities independently.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/04/2018 14:02:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

869399

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment
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 take steps to ensure that claimants need not undergo personal independent payment assessments when they have a Certificate of Visual Impairment.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	133913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not designed to capture someone’s condition. Instead it is designed to assess how a claimant’s condition affects their functional ability. The Department therefore encourages claimants to provide as much relevant evidence as necessary to support their claim. The Certificate of Visual Impairment forms part of this suite of evidence but on its own does not provide sufficient information for a comprehensive assessment of functional ability.</p><p>Further information on the assessment process and sources of evidence can be found in Part 1 of the PIP Assessment Guide: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers" target="_blank">Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for assessment providers - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/03/2018 10:58:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

865123

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was awarded to staff of her Department in bonuses in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	132990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 DWP headcount was 89805, 84698 and 83851 respectively. In addition to annual salaries our staff were paid an annual, non-consolidated, performance-related bonus. For the majority of our most junior grades, AA to EO, the amounts were, on average in each year £463.</p><p> </p><p>Total payments were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>in-year non-consolidated award</p></td><td><p>end of year non-consolidated award</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£3,991,001</p></td><td><p>£38,141,345</p></td><td><p>£42,132,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£4,095,000</p></td><td><p>£35,979,154</p></td><td><p>£40,074,154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£5,341,766</p></td><td><p>£36,017,851</p></td><td><p>£41,359,617</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2018 16:42:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

855590

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance she has issued to her Department's Director General of Operations on the timescales for responding to correspondence from Members of Parliament on constituency casework.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	130897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has a 15 working day target for MP to Director General Correspondence and this timescale is in line with Cabinet Office directives.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/03/2018 16:52:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper