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532581

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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 proportion of personal independence payment claims which a tribunal ruled should be paid are reinstated within six to eight weeks.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	41785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold the information you have requested, and this could only be collected and provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2016 14:14:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

532582

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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 time taken is for a personal independence payment claim to resume after the claimant has successfully challenged a stop to their claim; what administrative stages his Department undertakes before resuming such payments; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the time taken to resume such payments is within service standards.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	41786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested about the average time taken, and this could only be collected and provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In response to an Appeal decision the administrative stages for Personal Independence Payment are aligned with other benefits, and are summarised below:</p><p> </p><p>Following the appeal ruling, and receipt of the case papers back into the Department, an appeals case manager reviews the case and the appeal decision.</p><p> </p><p>Where the decision is accepted the appeal case manager will then progress to put the case into payment, including any arrears. This involves contacting the claimant to gather payment details if they are not held; and checking for any changes in circumstances that may affect the award amount - for example admission to hospital if the claimant is not currently receiving any payments.</p><p> </p><p>Where the decision is not accepted (that is, an appeals case manager identifies there has been a potential error in law) they will request a Statement of Reasons from the Tribunal Chairman. This must be requested by the Department within one month of receiving the appeal decision. Once the Statement of Reasons is received it is reviewed by the appeals case manager together with the case papers, who considers if a challenge to an Upper Tier Tribunal is appropriate. This must happen within one month of receiving the Statement of Reasons.</p><p> </p><p>There is no specific internal timeframe but we aim to deal with outcome decisions from PIP Appeals as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2016 14:26:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

422374

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2015 to Question 11269, whether a personal independence payment assessment provider would be breaking the terms of its contract with his Department if it were to provide audio equipment for use in assessments which complied with the required specifications.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	12318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>There is no contractual agreement between DWP and assessment providers around the provision of audio equipment. If claimants wish for their assessments to be recorded they may do so using their own equipment, provided they comply with the conditions put in place which were outlined in the response provided to your previous question on this subject on 9 September 2015 and 16<sup>th</sup> of October 2015.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/10/2015 11:09:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

420339

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 9725, whether Capita is permitted to provide recording equipment for use during personal independence payment assessments at its own expense, if such equipment is requested by the person being assessed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	11269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>There are no contractual obligations for the PIP assessment providers (Atos and Capita) to provide audio recording equipment at its own expense if such equipment is requested by the person being assessed.</p><p>If claimants wish for their assessments to be recorded they may do so using their own equipment, provided they comply with the conditions put in place which were outlined in the response provided to your previous question on this subject on 9 September 2015.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2015 12:22:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

418012

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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, pursuant to his Answer of 9 September 2015 to Question 8714, for what reason the contract to provide PIP assessments stipulates that Capita is not permitted to provide recording equipment for use during assessments; and which Minister in his Department signed off this decision.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	9725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Capita’s contract does not contain any stipulation that Capita is not permitted to provide recording equipment for use during assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 16:24:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416265

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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, pursuant to his Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 4556, for what reason no financial assessment of the saving or cost to the Exchequer from the transfer of existing disability living allowance claimants to personal independence payments has been made.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>An assessment of the financial impact of introducing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was published in the 2010 budget and subsequent fiscal events have updated the forecast spending on disability benefits. Additionally, there is an available impact assessment (published May 2012) examining the expenditure effects of introducing PIP for new adult claims and migrating existing adult DLA claimants, who satisfy the criteria for reassessment, to PIP, at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220176/dla-reform-wr2011-ia.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220176/dla-reform-wr2011-ia.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>To carry out new analysis would require substantial work which could only be carried out at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 15:09:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416280

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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, for what reasons his Department is not permitting Capita to provide dual-tape deck recorders for use by claimants of personal independence payments who want their assessment to be recorded.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The recording of consultations by assessment providers is not part of the contractual specification for Personal Independence Payment assessments.</p><p> </p><p>However, claimants can ask to record their own assessment, provided they comply with the conditions put in place: They must:</p><p> </p><p>· inform the provider in advance;</p><p>· be able to provide a complete and accurate copy of the (CD/Audio cassette only) recording to the Health Professional at the end of the consultation; and</p><p>· sign a declaration form to agree that they will not use the recording for any unlawful purpose.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2015 14:23:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

388745

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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 comparative estimate he has made of the total annual cost of personal independence payments (PIP) and disability living allowance (DLA) after DLA claimants switched to PIP.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	6082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates are due to be published as part of the Summer Budget 2015 expenditure table publication on the 21<sup>st</sup> July 2015, and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2015 11:42:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387259

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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, if he will publish the contract his Department holds with Capita to provide personal independence payment assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The contract with Capita to provide Personal Independence Payment Assessments was awarded following a negotiated procurement route which offered an opportunity to clarify and probe bidders’ proposals during an extensive period of negotiation. The value of the contract, specification, redacted terms and conditions and schedules were published on Contracts Finder in the usual way on 01 November 2012.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/07/2015 09:53:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387138

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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 targets for call answering times he has set for his Department's telephone line for use by disability living allowance claimants switching to personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>DWP Operations and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Programme have developed detailed profiles for the anticipated increase in call volumes as full PIP Rollout progresses. Resource plans have been developed to manage the increase.</p><p>Our current performance management processes will support the ongoing review of profiles throughout rollout and allow us to adapt our plans as and when necessary.</p><p>Current departmental internal performance measures will continue to be applied to these calls and monitored in the same way as they are currently.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 5082 question first answered 08/07/2015 08:41:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff