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63165

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date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Comet Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the collapse of Comet arising from (a) former employees' redundancy payments, (b) payments to the administrator for its fees and (c) payments to the administrator for creditors.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	201914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Services have paid £12,767,464.67 in respect of statutory redundancy payments, and a total of £18,482,220 so far for all statutory entitlements to 4,838 former employees of Comet Group Plc.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Payments of fees to the administrators and in respect to any distribution to the general body of creditors are not made from the public purse. These come out of funds within the insolvency estate from the realisation of the company's assets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 26/06/2014 15:22:37 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63445

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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 recent evaluation he has undertaken of the performance of the firms undertaking personal independence payment evaluations on behalf of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	201880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department's contracts with Capita and Atos Healthcare for the delivery of assessments for Personal Independence Payment include a full set of service level agreements setting out the Department's expectations for service delivery. We are closely monitoring their progress against these and are taking action to drive up performance where this does not meet the required standards.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that, in many cases, it is taking longer than we would like for claimants to have their assessments with Capita and Atos Healthcare. To ensure they deliver we are working closely with our suppliers to speed up the process for claimants.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2014 15:51:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63447

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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 his policy is on offering interim payments to claimants of the personal independence payment while the backlog of applications is cleared.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	201878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring personal independence payment claimants receive high quality, objective, fair and accurate assessments. Any delays experienced by new claimants will not affect the date from which they are awarded PIP, as successful claims will be back-dated. There is no policy or legislative basis on which to provide interim payments.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2014 14:24:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63449

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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 current waiting time for an Atos Healthcare-provided assessment for a personal independence payment claim is in (a) Hull and (b) nationwide.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	201879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information you have requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2014 15:45:21 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson