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795491

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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 his Department plans to ensure that benefit assessors are equipped with adequate knowledge to assess personal independence payment claimants who present with symptoms of (a) brain tumours and (b) rare and complex conditions.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	115912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The objective of the PIP assessment is to assess the impact that health conditions and impairments can have on an individual’s daily life. The PIP assessment is not a medical assessment requiring the Health Professional to diagnose a condition or to recommend treatment options.</p><p> </p><p>PIP Health Professionals are medically qualified and have received comprehensive training in disability analysis and identifying the effects that health conditions and impairments can have on an individual’s daily life.</p><p> </p><p>Health Professionals have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants with complex conditions. In addition, the Assessment Providers frequently engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen, review and update their training programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/12/2017 13:27:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

785066

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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 Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218, on social security, how existing personal independence payment (PIP) claimants who were considered ineligible for support as a result of previous PIP assessment guidelines will be (a) identified and (b) assessed according to the updated PIP assessment guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	111727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Claimants of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will not have to wait until 2022/23 to benefit from these changes. New claimants will be assessed under the updated guidance from the 13<sup>th</sup> of November.</p><p> </p><p>Existing claimants will have their awards reviewed under a separate exercise to ensure that their awards take into account the changes to the term ‘safely’ and the severity of harm. Those who were previously assessed as being ineligible for PIP from 9<sup>th</sup> of March will also have their award looked at again as part of this exercise. For those who see an increase in their award or are now entitled to PIP, we will be paying claimants their full entitlements back to the date of the judgment (9 March 2017).</p><p> </p><p>This will be a complex exercise and it’s important we get it right so we will begin testing the process from the 20<sup>th</sup> of November 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 111711 111724 111725 111726 question first answered 16/11/2017 11:40:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

785067

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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 Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218, on social security, how many previously unsuccessful personal independence payment (PIP) claimants are now eligible for PIP under the updated PIP assessment guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	111728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department estimates that approximately 10,000 claimants will benefit from this change in 2022/23. However, the Department cannot reliably apply this methodology retrospectively to past disallowances.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/11/2017 18:04:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

785165

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 2 November 2017, on social security, HCWS218, whether new and existing claimants will have to wait until 2022-23 for any additional support they are entitled to under the updated Personal Independence Payments Assessment Guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	111724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Claimants of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will not have to wait until 2022/23 to benefit from these changes. New claimants will be assessed under the updated guidance from the 13<sup>th</sup> of November.</p><p> </p><p>Existing claimants will have their awards reviewed under a separate exercise to ensure that their awards take into account the changes to the term ‘safely’ and the severity of harm. Those who were previously assessed as being ineligible for PIP from 9<sup>th</sup> of March will also have their award looked at again as part of this exercise. For those who see an increase in their award or are now entitled to PIP, we will be paying claimants their full entitlements back to the date of the judgment (9 March 2017).</p><p> </p><p>This will be a complex exercise and it’s important we get it right so we will begin testing the process from the 20<sup>th</sup> of November 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 111711 111725 111726 111727 question first answered 16/11/2017 11:40:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

705730

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
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, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 20 February 2017, Official Report, column 763, on personal independence payments, (a) how his Department plans to appoint personal independence payments and employment and support allowance claimants to service user panels, (b) how many such panels his Department plans to establish, (c) how many members each such panel will have and (d) what the length of the term will be for each such panel member.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	65782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>We want to reach as many people as possible across the country. Contributors will be able to participate as little or as much as they want, rather than commit to being part of a joint Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) panel for a fixed period. Participation will be entirely voluntary.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to run a panel approximately every 8 weeks, totalling around 6 in the next year. We will be exploring different approaches to reaching people, including working with charities and representative organisations to draw on their expertise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/03/2017 15:19:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

525070

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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, how many requests from his Department for evidence to inform a personal independence payment (a) assessment and (b) mandatory reconsideration were (i) made and (ii) responded to by GPs and other professionals in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	40592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/06/2016 13:48:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

525071

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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, if he will publish the data his Department holds on requests, decisions and outcomes for mandatory reconsideration of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	40594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be found at the link below (third document, Tables 7A &amp; 7B)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/06/2016 14:18:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

516753

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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, how many requests from his Department for evidence to inform a personal independence payment assessment were (a) made and (b) responded to by GPs and other professionals in each year since the introduction of the personal independence payment; and what the professional discipline was that each of those requests were made to.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	35966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/05/2016 15:50:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349239

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	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, pursuant to the Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, what estimate he has made of the expected additional number of appeals against decisions not to award personal independent payments following a reassessment.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has previously estimated (<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmworpen/916/916we02.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmworpen/916/916we02.htm</a> - section 9 refers) that 40% of individuals in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) undergoing a reassessment to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will appeal their decision, including individuals that are appealing against disallowance of benefit or the level of an award they have received.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people in receipt of DLA expected to be reassessed for entitlement to PIP was published on 19 December 2012 and is available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timetable-for-introducing-personal-independence-payment-and-estimates-of-projected-caseloads-policy-briefing-note" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timetable-for-introducing-personal-independence-payment-and-estimates-of-projected-caseloads-policy-briefing-note</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2015 13:43:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349241

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	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, pursuant to the Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, on personal independence payment, what arrangements are in place to deal with the anticipated number of reassessments after October 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>At the Work and Pensions Committee on 29th January 2015 the former Minister of State for Disabled Persons confirmed DWP would implement Full PIP Rollout in a way that is commensurate with capacity. Claimants will be randomly selected for Full PIP Rollout on a post code basis where we are confident that capacity exists. We are working closely with Assessment Provider organisations to progress detailed planning and assurance activity needed to ensure capacity to deal with increased volumes is in place</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:57:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green