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386072

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they have responded to the ruling of the Information Commissioner regarding the publication of statistics on deaths related to Employment and Support Allowance benefit; and when they intend to publish this data.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has lodged an appeal with the First Tier Tribunal against the Information Commissioner’s decision notice of 30 April 2015.</p><p>The statistics the Department intend to publish will be pre-announced on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 10/07/2015 11:17:17 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

386073

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, when they publish the statistics on the number of recipients of Employment and Support Allowance benefit who died between November 2011 and May 2014 who had been found fit for work or told they could move towards getting work, whether these figures will be in a form that will allow comparisons with previous statistics.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The format of any publication is a matter for the Head of Profession of Statistics who ensures the required standards are followed. The publication is still in development and the final format has yet to be determined.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL873 question first answered 13/07/2015 15:51:49 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

386074

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, when they publish the statistics on the number of recipients of Employment and Support Allowance benefit who died between November 2011 and May 2014, whether they will be published in the same format as those published in 2012, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p> </p><p>The format of any publication is a matter for the Head of Profession of Statistics who ensures the required standards are followed. The publication is still in development and the final format has yet to be determined.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL872 question first answered 13/07/2015 15:51:50 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

385475

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants there were in each year since 2010; and how many such claimants had Social Fund Loan payments deducted in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	4172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, information on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have had Social Fund deductions is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:45:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

385476

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants had Social Fund Loan repayments wrongly deducted from their benefits in each year since 2010; and how many of those deductions were due to (a) prior full loan repayment and (b) non-existence of the loan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	4173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not collect this information.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:31:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

385153

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants are awaiting an assessment for employment and support allowance; and how many such claimants have waited three months or more for that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	3646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information available on the number of Incapacity Benefit claimants currently awaiting a work capability assessment is published and can be found at:</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>Official statistics for Incapacity Benefit Reassessment processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/06/2015 13:56:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

385162

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants were affected by mandatory reconsideration in 2014-15; and how many such claimants waited 14 days or more to receive a decision following that consideration.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	3862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/06/2015 13:27:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

385164

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 decisions on employment and support allowance applications have been overturned (a) at the mandatory reconsideration stage and (b) by tribunal in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on mandatory reconsiderations of benefit decisions was released on 17<sup>th</sup> December 2014. This was an ad-hoc release of experimental statistics on MR requests made between 28<sup>th</sup>October 2013 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2014. It gives an overview of mandatory reconsideration requests across all benefits recorded on DWP’s operational systems, and a focused summary on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). This data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mandatory-reconsiderations-of-dwp-benefit-decisions-data-to-october-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mandatory-reconsiderations-of-dwp-benefit-decisions-data-to-october-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>DWP statisticians are looking to include statistics for the entire ESA Work Capability Assessment (WCA) process into the existing regular statistical publication, including information on Mandatory Reconsiderations outcomes. However before DWP is able to do this statisticians need to make sure that the data is accurate and fit for purpose and develop a robust methodology. When a decision has been made on improvements to the ESA WCA regular statistical publication we will pre-announce the improvements in accordance with the UKSA release protocols.</p><p> </p><p>The latest appeal statistics available, published by the Ministry of Justice, which includes data on ESA appeals received and cleared, can be found here at Tables 1.4 &amp; 2.7:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:20:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

381588

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 in the work-related activity group for employment and support allowance have died while in receipt of that benefit.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 6 November 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=QuestionsWithAnswersOnly&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=212728" target="_blank">UIN 212728</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 12:01:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

348723

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 cost is of (a) a reconsideration of and (b) an appeal against a decision on an employment and support allowance claim.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Information requested is not available for Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>For Employment Support Allowance the average cost of processing</p><p> </p><p>a Mandatory Reconsideration is: £108</p><p> </p><p>an appeal to the Department for Work and Pensions is: £135</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of processing an appeal to the Tribunals Service is £214.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1297 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:26:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas