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101013

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has sought views from individual disabled pupils about the impact of proposed changes to disabled students allowance.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>A wide range of stakeholders – including disabled students – were consulted and helped inform the proposed changes to disabled students allowance.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2014 11:58:43 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101015

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria his Department used to determine which bodies should be consulted over proposed changes to disabled students allowance.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government engaged with stakeholders extensively over the summer, including Higher Education Institutes, National Union of Students, Universities UK, disability groups and assessment centres. We also received a number of letters and evidence from stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2014 14:10:21 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101016

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Students: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding given to high education institutions to recruit and support disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Higher education institutions are autonomous and independent bodies. They are responsible for meeting their legal obligation to promote disability equality and make reasonable adjustments for disabled people under the Disability Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s funding reforms are providing significant and rising income to institutions to perform all of their duties, including those relating to disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 212002 question first answered 04/11/2014 11:22:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101017

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Students: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many appeals have been (a) made to and (b) upheld by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator by disabled pupils about a failure by a higher education institution to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education does not publish this data.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2014 14:19:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101231

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing received an award for (a) communication support at interview, (b) special aids and equipment and (c) a support worker in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is in the tables below:</p><p> </p><p>Number of awards each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Element type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communication Support at Interview</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Aids and Equipment</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>4,020</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>4,230</p></td><td><p>4,470</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Mean average spend each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Element type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communication Support at Interview</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Aids and Equipment</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,300</p></td><td><p>£1,300</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>£6,600</p></td><td><p>£7,300</p></td><td><p>£7,900</p></td><td><p>£7,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Access to Work database (DiSC3)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Award volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. Average amounts are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>2. The spend figures quoted in this response are from the Access to Work computer system (DiSC3), which we generally use for requests of detailed disaggregating (regions, disabilities etc) of spend such as this, rather than total spend. For total spend we normally use an accounting system which provides precise total amounts of actual spend in a year. The accounting system cannot produce the same detailed disaggregating of spend as the Access to Work computer system.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212124 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:02:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101232

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Access to Work Programme
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 value of Access to Work awards provided to people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing for (a) communication support at interview, (b) special aids and equipment and (c) a support worker in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is in the tables below:</p><p> </p><p>Number of awards each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Element type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communication Support at Interview</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Aids and Equipment</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>4,020</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>4,230</p></td><td><p>4,470</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Mean average spend each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Element type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communication Support at Interview</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Aids and Equipment</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,300</p></td><td><p>£1,300</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>£6,600</p></td><td><p>£7,300</p></td><td><p>£7,900</p></td><td><p>£7,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Access to Work database (DiSC3)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Award volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. Average amounts are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>2. The spend figures quoted in this response are from the Access to Work computer system (DiSC3), which we generally use for requests of detailed disaggregating (regions, disabilities etc) of spend such as this, rather than total spend. For total spend we normally use an accounting system which provides precise total amounts of actual spend in a year. The accounting system cannot produce the same detailed disaggregating of spend as the Access to Work computer system.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212123 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:02:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101234

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing sought reconsideration of their case from (a) a regional Access to Work manager, (b) a senior operational manager, (c) a national AtW delivery manager, (d) a customer services director responsible for AtW and (e) an independent case examiner in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This data was not historically recorded and we are therefore unable to provide the information that you have requested. The Access to Work reconsideration process has now changed but guidance is yet to be updated. We no longer have 5 stages of reconsideration.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/11/2014 17:41:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101236

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users of the Access to Work scheme with each primary medical condition received reductions to their support package after a review of their support in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Access to Work carries out reviews periodically for all customers, the frequency of these varies from case to case. This information is not recorded and we are therefore unable to provide the data that you have requested.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/11/2014 17:44:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101240

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Higher Education: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the funding that higher education institutions receive to recruit and support disabled students is ring-fenced for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Higher education institutions are autonomous and independent bodies. They are responsible for meeting their legal obligation to promote disability equality and make reasonable adjustments for disabled people under the Disability Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s funding reforms are providing significant and rising income to institutions to perform all of their duties, including those relating to disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 212025 question first answered 04/11/2014 11:22:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101244

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	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, how many people were waiting in each parliamentary constituency for (a) a work capability assessment and (b) a decision for a personal independence payment claim on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested for work capability assessments by parliamentary constituency is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of registrations and clearances of claims to personal independence payment (PIP) has been published and is available on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014</a>. There are several stages between registration and clearance of a PIP claim including: the issue and return of the PIP questionnaire; an assessment by a health professional, usually at a face-to-face consultation; and a decision on the claim by a DWP decision maker.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 30/10/2014 14:21:15 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green