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601166

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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, with reference to the second table on page five of his Department's document, Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics, if he will provide the data on reconsideration outcomes by (a) category or disabling condition, (b) sub-group and (c) disability in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/10/2016 14:21:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601167

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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, with reference to his Department's document, Personal Independence Payment: Detailed medical condition, July 2016 caseload, if he will provide the same subcategories of data broken down by the size of the award in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2016 10:45:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601169

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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 (a) Atos and (b) Capita personal independence payment assessments have been carried out in the applicant's home in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Atos has delivered just under 1 in 5 of its assessments at claimants’ homes while Capita has delivered just under 3 in 5 for the same period (January to September 2016).</p><p>Capita has chosen to develop a business model which delivers more home visits - although this is not a contractual requirement. Atos’ business model is more assessment centre based.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/10/2016 14:04:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

599624

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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, whether his Department's staff performance monitoring includes key performance indicators on how many personal independence payment (PIP) claims are (a) accepted and (b) rejected by those staff who are PIP assessors.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	47987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The role of contracted Assessment Providers is to carry out health and disability assessments on behalf of the Department. They do not determine if a claim to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is successful. They provide a report to DWP decision makers who then determine entitlement to benefit. No targets are in place as to how many applications are successful.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47986 question first answered 19/10/2016 16:20:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

599625

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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, whether personal independence payment (PIP) assessors employed by (a) his Department, (b) Capita and (c) Atos Healthcare have targets of how many PIP claims they (i) reject and (ii) accept.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	47986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The role of contracted Assessment Providers is to carry out health and disability assessments on behalf of the Department. They do not determine if a claim to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is successful. They provide a report to DWP decision makers who then determine entitlement to benefit. No targets are in place as to how many applications are successful.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47987 question first answered 19/10/2016 16:20:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

599626

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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 qualifications are required of people who work as personal independence payment assessors.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	48021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to his previous questions numbered 47755 and 47757 (PQs asked on Tuesday 11<sup>th</sup> October 2016).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/10/2016 11:31:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

599630

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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 criteria determine whether personal independence payment assessors receive financial bonuses in addition to their salary.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	47959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not prescribe providers with criteria on how they should pay salary or bonuses to their staff. That is purely a commercial decision for the assessment provider.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/10/2016 11:11:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

598326

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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 qualifications and experience are expected of personal independence payment assessors who handle cases in which an individual suffers from a neurological condition for which symptoms may present sporadically; and what processes are in place for claimants who consider the result of an assessment an unfair representation of their condition.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	47757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>All Health Professionals (HPs) undertaking assessments on behalf of DWP must be registered practitioners who have also met requirements around training, experience and competence. Approval to work as an HP must be conferred by the DWP Chief Medical Adviser on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</p><p>For the delivery of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments, they must be an occupational therapist, level 1 nurse, physiotherapist, paramedic or doctor. They must also be fully registered and have at least two years’ post full-registration experience. In addition to their profession, the Department recognises the importance of ensuring that individuals also have sufficient experience, skills and training to carry out their duties and PIP providers are required to ensure that the HPs carrying out assessments have knowledge of the clinical aspects and likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions and impairments.</p><p>This means that all HPs receive comprehensive training in disability analysis which includes a functional evaluation as to how medical conditions and the long-term medical treatment of those conditions affect an individual’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. Prior to carrying out an assessment the HP routinely refreshes their knowledge of any condition with which they are not fully familiar.</p><p>Claimants who consider the result of an assessment to be an inaccurate representation of their condition can ask for a “mandatory reconsideration”, in writing or by telephone, giving their reasons. They may include further information to support their case.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47755 question first answered 18/10/2016 11:47:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

598329

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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 standard of medical expertise is expected of personal independence payment assessors; and what (a) experience and (b) training is required to understand the symptoms of medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	47755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>All Health Professionals (HPs) undertaking assessments on behalf of DWP must be registered practitioners who have also met requirements around training, experience and competence. Approval to work as an HP must be conferred by the DWP Chief Medical Adviser on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</p><p>For the delivery of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments, they must be an occupational therapist, level 1 nurse, physiotherapist, paramedic or doctor. They must also be fully registered and have at least two years’ post full-registration experience. In addition to their profession, the Department recognises the importance of ensuring that individuals also have sufficient experience, skills and training to carry out their duties and PIP providers are required to ensure that the HPs carrying out assessments have knowledge of the clinical aspects and likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions and impairments.</p><p>This means that all HPs receive comprehensive training in disability analysis which includes a functional evaluation as to how medical conditions and the long-term medical treatment of those conditions affect an individual’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. Prior to carrying out an assessment the HP routinely refreshes their knowledge of any condition with which they are not fully familiar.</p><p>Claimants who consider the result of an assessment to be an inaccurate representation of their condition can ask for a “mandatory reconsideration”, in writing or by telephone, giving their reasons. They may include further information to support their case.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 47757 question first answered 18/10/2016 11:47:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

598330

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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 cost to the public purse is of the contracts with (a) Capita and (b) ATOS Healthcare for the assessment of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	47737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The information may be found in Contract Finder via the following links:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Atos Healthcare for PIP assessments in Northern England and Scotland – Lot 1</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695721/" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695721/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Capita for Central England and Wales assessments – Lot 2</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/740844/" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/740844/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Atos Healthcare for PIP assessments in London, East of England and Southern England – Lot 3</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695729/" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/695729/</a></p><p> </p><p>Capita for Northern Ireland assessments – Lot 4</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/762330/" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/762330/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/10/2016 14:57:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell