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1611428

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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 amend assessment criteria for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to ensure that claimants who are not eligible for PIP but who (a) are eligible or (b) would be eligible for the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity group can access long term financial support.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	181056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>As part of our proposal for reform, people that are receiving both PIP and UC will receive a new UC health element as part of their claim. However, in today’s benefits system some people who are determined to have LCWRA do not receive PIP. This is also the case for some people that are in the ESA Support Group.</p><p> </p><p>For this group, we will carefully consider whether they meet the PIP assessment and eligibility criteria. As we develop our reform proposals, we will consider how disabled people and people with health conditions who need additional financial support may receive it.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/04/2023 10:18:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1610180

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, whether his Department has held recent discussions with disabled people on the assessment criteria for the enhanced rate of the personal independence payment mobility component.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	180313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Through the consultation on Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper, we received over 4,500 written responses and held over 40 consultation events with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives. These included both virtual and face-to-face events, with events in Scotland, Wales and every region of England, to make sure we were hearing a variety of views on the Green Paper.</p><p> </p><p>Many charities and organisations helped us to run events by organising for their users to attend and speak to us about the areas of the Green Paper that were most important to them. We are very grateful to all the individuals and organisations who have contributed through this and the consultation events.</p><p> </p><p>Following publication of the White Paper, we will continue to work with disabled people and their representatives to ensure their voices remain at the heart of delivering action and how we develop, deliver, and reach, the important goals set out in our White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 180309 180316 question first answered 24/04/2023 15:56:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1609215

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
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, how many PIP claimants who receive the highest rate of support are subject to the arrangement whereby they receive an ongoing award of PIP with a light touch review every 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	177793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims receiving an ongoing award on the highest level of payment (Enhanced awards for both Mobility and Daily Living) can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. In particular, the requested data can be found by applying the following filters to the ‘PIP Clearances’ dataset:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Clearance Type Detail: “Awarded”</li><li>Award Type: “Ongoing Award”</li><li>Daily Living Award Level: “Daily Living – Enhanced”</li><li>Mobility Award Status: “Mobility Award – Enhanced”</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>You may also wish to filter for “DWP policy ownership” under Geography due to the devolution of some disability benefits to Scotland. <br></p><p>You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/04/2023 11:25:54 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1607894

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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, how many new Personal Independence Payment awards were made to people who had previously been in receipt of (a) personal independence payment or (b) disability living allowance but at the time of registration were not in receipt of either of those benefits in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	174377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Data on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claims after August 2022 cannot be shared as the information is intended for publication at a future date. The department does not make any indication of the statistics public ahead of release.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the data for awards of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in the most recent five full years, by date of registration, where claimants had previously been in receipt of PIP or DLA prior to making a new PIP registration.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table (a): Awards of PIP for people with previous receipt of PIP or DLA, by PIP registration year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Previously received PIP</strong></p></td><td><p>7400</p></td><td><p>10000</p></td><td><p>11400</p></td><td><p>12900</p></td><td><p>15800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Previously received DLA</strong></p></td><td><p>28600</p></td><td><p>29400</p></td><td><p>27900</p></td><td><p>27900</p></td><td><p>49800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Sources: PIP Atomic Data Store (ADS), Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS)</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Data covers England and Wales only;</li><li>This is data from initial decisions only and does not include mandatory reconsiderations or appeals;</li><li>People registering on PIP may previously have been on both PIP and DLA, and so would be counted twice in these figures;</li><li>DLA data is only available from May 2002; and</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/04/2023 13:00:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1607895

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals responded to the Health and Disability Green Paper consultation proposing making PIP the sole health-based assessment in the benefits system.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	174378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>During the consultation, we heard the views of more than 4,500 people and organisations and discussed our proposals at over 40 public events. In the consultation, people with long-term or chronic health conditions said that they should be assessed less frequently and that the PIP assessment and Work Capability Assessment (WCA) overlapped, leading to additional stress. We know that a large number of people who receive a health or disability benefit currently need to complete two applications and undergo two assessments to receive additional support for their disability or health condition.</p><p> </p><p>We heard that people found these assessments contained unnecessary duplication and that they caused anxiety and distress. This is, in part, due to a fear that trying work or work-related activity could trigger a repeat assessment that could result in the loss of their benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>These issues and barriers cannot be fully resolved by making small changes to the health and disability benefits system, but instead require fundamental changes to the design of the system.</p><p> </p><p>We have addressed these themes within our White Paper by committing to remove the financial disincentives that exist within the current system and reducing the assessment burden that people currently face. We will legislate to remove the WCA so that in future there will only be one health and disability assessment - the Personal Independent Payment (PIP) assessment. PIP will not be means-tested and will stay separate from UC.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/04/2023 09:53:15 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1606846

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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 make an estimate of how long (a) it takes to complete a Personal Independence Payment application and (b) it will take after the end of the Work Capability Assessment.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	172414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The time it takes to clear a claim, and the number of people awaiting a decision, can vary. We are continuing to see an improvement in Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearance times, with the latest statistics showing that the average end-to-end journey has reduced each quarter from 26 weeks in August 2021 to 14 weeks at the end of January 2023. This means that we’re clearing claims faster than we were prior to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The latest release of the PIP Official Statistics, with data available to January 2023, is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-statistics-to-january-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-statistics-to-january-2023</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service. We will continue to monitor journey times as we develop our reform proposals.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 29/03/2023 11:47:15 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1606855

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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 discussions he has had with colleagues on improving the personal independence payment assessment process for people with fluctuating health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	172417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues on a wide range of issues, including PIP; and the department closely monitors all aspects of the assessment process, including how we assess fluctuating health conditions.</p><p /><p>PIP assessments must consider an individual’s ability to carry out a task over a 12-month period, ensuring that fluctuations are taken into account. The assessment should accurately reflect the impact of variations in an individual's level of impairment, for all health conditions and impairments, as well as those which more typically fluctuate.</p><p> </p><p>We published <em>Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper on 15<sup>th</sup> March 2023. </em>The White Paper responds to feedback from <em>The Health and Disability Green Paper</em> consultation and sets out proposals to support more disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work, as well as to improve the overall experience of, and trust in, the benefits system.</p><p> </p><p>In the White Paper, the department set out plans to test, at small scale, the introduction of a new Health Impact Record. This will give people the option of a structured way to present evidence that demonstrates the changing impact of their health condition(s). Information will be collected over a period of time rather than at the point of assessment.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 29/03/2023 11:49:01 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1606350

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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, whether he plans to take steps to improve the application process for Personal Independence Payments.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	171508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process is kept under continual review to ensure it meets the needs of claimants and helps the department reach an accurate assessment of an individual’s entitlement. Since PIP was introduced, we have introduced a range of accessibility improvements such as the Video Relay Service and Relay UK, improved the clarity of the PIP2 questionnaire to make it easier to complete, expanded the assessment methods to include video and telephone, and introduced recording by request for telephone and face-to-face appointments. Claimants are also kept informed and updated at each stage of the application process, including through our improved text message service.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, the Health Transformation Programme is transforming the entire PIP service which will reduce the time it will take to process a claim and create a vastly improved claimant experience and a more efficient service for the taxpayer. We will introduce an option to apply for PIP online, giving claimants a greater choice in how they interact with the DWP and the ability to save, resume and upload medical evidence. We are currently operating a small-scale test of the new online apply service, taking a small number of claims to begin with before we gradually and carefully increase the number of people using the service. This approach allows us to develop, test and evaluate the service, exploring and making improvements as we gradually increase its availability. We are also exploring options to re-use evidence we currently hold, removing the need for claimants to upload or re-submit it, and we are reviewing what evidence is relevant to a decision, to enable more accurate data gather and decision making.</p><p> </p><p>We published Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper on 15 March 2023 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-support-the-health-and-disability-white-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-support-the-health-and-disability-white-paper</a>). The White Paper responds to feedback from The Health and Disability Green Paper consultation and sets out proposals to support more disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work, as well as to improve the overall experience of, and trust in, the benefits system. We will continue to work with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives, to reach the important goals set out in the White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/03/2023 12:07:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1604103

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
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, how many AR1 forms were returned late in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	165476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>AR1s are not identified as ‘late’ in the PIP statistical datasets and there are numerous reasons for return periods to be extended past the original time limit. Obtaining the necessary data would either require a bespoke system data extract, or a manual examination of each individual PIP claim, both of which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 165477 165478 question first answered 21/03/2023 12:27:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1604104

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
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, how many AR1 forms were returned late in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	165477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>AR1s are not identified as ‘late’ in the PIP statistical datasets and there are numerous reasons for return periods to be extended past the original time limit. Obtaining the necessary data would either require a bespoke system data extract, or a manual examination of each individual PIP claim, both of which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 165476 165478 question first answered 21/03/2023 12:27:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft