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424686

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to disability benefits on spending by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	13860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance are universal benefits that help with the extra costs arising from a long-term health condition or disability. Spending on these benefits increased by over £2 billion over the course of the last parliament and we expect to be spending over £21 billion this year. We would expect individuals to be accessing the relevant support services, regardless of benefit receipt and do not expect the reforms to disability benefits to impact health services. We have also set up the Work and Health Joint Unit with the Department of Health to improve health and employment outcomes for claimants. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/11/2015 13:51:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

417814

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	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, what representations he has received from the UN Special Rapporteur on disabled rights on an investigation into welfare reforms since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No representations have been received from the UN Special Rapporteur.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 13:45:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

417825

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	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, what representations he has received from the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on an investigation into welfare reforms since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Rules of Procedure of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provide that all documents and proceedings of the Committee relating to the conduct of an inquiry under the Optional Protocol are confidential. However, as the existence of an inquiry has already been made public by others, I can confirm that the Government has received representations from the Committee in connection with that. The nature, scope and timetable for the inquiry remain confidential.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 14:26:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

416866

registered interest
date	01/09/2015
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	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, when he plans to publish statistics on the number of people with disabilities claiming benefits who take their own lives.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	901165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The department does not collect information on cause or manner of death of an individual, although it does keep a record of the date of death.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 16:25:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

387476

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	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, what support his Department provides to people with a disability who are in receipt of benefits and who want to start their own business.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	5265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) scheme is the main source of self-employment support for people on out of work benefits who are interested in becoming self-employed. It offers mentoring support to develop a business plan and financial support worth up to £1,274 once participants have started to trade (as a weekly allowance of £65 for the first 13 weeks and £33 for the subsequent 13 weeks). Since January 2015 we have widened eligibility to include all Employment Support Allowance (ESA) claimants and those claiming Income Support (IS) as sick.</p><p> </p><p>NEA is open to all Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and ESA claimants and those claiming IS who are disabled, sick or lone parents. NEA is compatible with Work Choice programme eligibility; and once an NEA participant finishes the mentoring stage and starts their business, they may also be entitled to an Access to Work grant.</p><p> </p><p>The NEA has proved a very successful programme to help claimants considering self employment, with nearly 70,000 business starts to date, 13,560 (20%) by people with a disability. Of these, 6,580 start ups have been in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/07/2015 09:34:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

386198

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	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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable people who have been infected by contaminated blood products to have automatic access to disability benefits.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	4570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have no plans to enable people who have been infected by contaminated blood products to gain automatic access to disability benefits. Disability benefits are primarily based on the daily living, care or, where applicable, mobility needs arising from a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability rather than a diagnosis, specific medical condition or disability. This means that those who have been infected by contaminated blood products have access to disability benefits on the same terms as other people with physical or mental health conditions or disabilities.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 13:26:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

385917

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	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, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Answer of 24 June 2015, Official Report, columns 885-86 and to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2955, (a) for what reason his Department changed its policy on publishing statistics on the deaths of disability claimants, (b) when those statistics will be published, (c) how much those statistics will cost to produce, (d) for what reason those statistics could previously only be provided at disproportionate cost, (e) when his Department began collecting those statistics and (f) for what reason it began collecting those statistics.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	4401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The answers to your questions are as follows:</p><p>(a) The decision to publish out-of-work benefits mortality statistics has not changed.</p><p>(b) The publication date will be pre-announced here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/list-of-scheduled-upcoming-ad-hoc-statistical-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/list-of-scheduled-upcoming-ad-hoc-statistical-releases</a></p><p>(c) A cost estimate is unavailable.</p><p>(d) It was not possible to answer the original question within cost limits.</p><p>(e) and (f) I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on the 22 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-17/2905/" target="_blank">UIN 2905</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/07/2015 11:33:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

383960

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that older people with disabilities are adequately supported to meet their higher costs through nationally-administered disability benefits.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	3049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has a range of GB-wide, “extra costs” benefits intended to provide a contribution towards the extra costs faced by people with long-term health conditions and disabilities. Attendance Allowance (AA) is available to those who have long term care or supervision needs that arise from age 65 onwards; and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to those who develop care, daily living or mobility needs prior to age 65. Where the entitlement conditions for DLA or PIP continue to be met after age 65 these benefits can continue to be paid.</p><p> </p><p>Executive and legislative competence for these benefits will be devolved to Scotland once the Scotland Bill currently passing through Parliament receives Royal Assent and the powers are commenced.</p><p>The Department is committed to encouraging older people to take up the benefits they are entitled to and uses a range of channels to communicate with claimants and advisers ‒ including leaflets, and the government information website GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits/disability" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits/disability</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/06/2015 13:44:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

384431

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	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, what his policy is on maintaining the level of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) personal independence payment and (c) attendance allowance for disabled claimants.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	900454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State is currently reviewing how we spend money on welfare . The outcome of this will be announced when the work is complete.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms demonstrate our strong record of supporting disabled people. We introduced PIP to ensure more support is going to those who need it. Over 700,000 of those stuck on incapacity benefits under Labour are now preparing or looking for work.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last Parliament spending on disability benefits increased in real terms, and disability employment has increased by 238,000 over the last year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 16:21:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

225281

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	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 have been in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance since June 2011; and how many such people have been attached to the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	226402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In response to the first part of the question, statistics on the number of Incapacity Benefit and Employment and Support Allowance recipients, by duration of claim, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the second part, information on Work Programme attachments, by payment group, can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/03/2015 17:10:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms