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459828

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what involvement the Department for Work and Pensions has had with disabled people and their families to inform their thinking on the forthcoming white paper on improving support for disabled people and people with health conditions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grey-Thompson
uin	HL6935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The department regularly engages with disability charities and organisations, as well as disabled people and their families and carers, at both Ministerial and official level. We proactively seek stakeholder views on current health, care and employment services to understand what works and where improvements can be made through roundtables, focus groups and face-to-face meetings. These discussions inform and provide the opportunity to test our thinking as we being to develop proposals for the forthcoming White Paper, and we will continue to engage at all levels over the coming months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/03/2016 12:05:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3862 label Biography information for Baroness Grey-Thompson

459472

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	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 discussions his Department has had with (a) disability charities and other third sector groups, (b) disabled people, their families and informal carers and (c) organisations led by disabled people on his Department's planned white paper on improving support for disabled people and people with health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	30765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The department regularly engages with disability charities and organisations, as well as disabled people and their families and carers, at both Ministerial and official level. We proactively seek stakeholder views on current health, care and employment services to understand what works and where improvements can be made through roundtables, focus groups and face-to-face meetings. These discussions inform and provide the opportunity to test our thinking as we being to develop proposals for the forthcoming White Paper, and we will continue to engage at all levels over the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2016 16:03:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

453648

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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	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, whether benefits for people with disabilities will be exempt from the freeze on working-age benefits.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	27720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Welfare Reform and Work Bill introduces a four-year freeze for the main rates of most working-age benefits from 2016-17 to 2019-20, as part of the Government’s welfare reforms that are moving the country to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society.</p><p> </p><p>The freeze does not apply to benefits related to the additional costs of disability, such as Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment; to the support group component of Employment and Support Allowance or the limited capability for work and work-related activity amount in Universal Credit; or to the disability premiums in Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support or Housing Benefit. Carers benefits and premiums are also exempted from the freeze.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/03/2016 16:19:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

448769

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
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	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 plans his Department has to require GP surgeries to provide his Department with details of all the Med 3 fit notes they issue in respect of people receiving disability benefits.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	24795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department will receive anonymised and aggregated GP practice level statistics on Med 3 forms or ‘fit notes’.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/02/2016 17:30:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

445625

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	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 who were in receipt of disability benefits re-joined the workforce in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	22846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Disability benefits are comprised of Attendance Allowance (AA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP). These benefits are all non-means-tested, cash benefits available to disabled people to provide a contribution towards extra costs and can be paid regardless of the employment status of the claimant. Because of this, the employment status is not collected during the claims process or at any other point during the lifetime of a claim.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/01/2016 10:19:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

433290

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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 are currently in receipt of disability benefits in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	18251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The available information for Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance, by age and a range of geographical breakdowns, is available using the Department’s Tabulation Tool: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><br /><p>Similar information for Personal Independence Payment and Employment Support Allowance is available using Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><br /><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore is available here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 18249 question first answered 04/12/2015 11:05:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

433291

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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 under the age of 25 are in receipt of disability benefits in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	18249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The available information for Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance, by age and a range of geographical breakdowns, is available using the Department’s Tabulation Tool: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><br /><p>Similar information for Personal Independence Payment and Employment Support Allowance is available using Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><br /><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore is available here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 18251 question first answered 04/12/2015 11:05:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

433292

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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 in receipt of disability benefits re-joined the workforce in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	18250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/12/2015 11:09:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

431805

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of sanctions on employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Claimants are only asked to meet reasonable requirements taking into account their circumstances and capability, including mental health conditions, disability and caring responsibilities<strong>.</strong></p><br /><p>International evidence is clear that benefit systems supported by conditionality are effective at moving people into work.</p><br /><p>Sanctions encourage claimants to comply with reasonable requirements. These requirements are developed and agreed by claimants with their Work Coach to help them move into/prepare for work. Evidence shows that sanctions have a positive impact on behaviour – over 70% of JSA and over 60% of ESA claimants say that sanctions make it more likely they will follow the rules.</p><br /><p>The Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the effects sanctions have on the employment outcomes of people with disabilities</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/12/2015 15:41:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

431825

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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 people who receive disability benefits being able to volunteer without it affecting their entitlement to those benefits.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	17354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2015 answer text <p>Claimants of Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment are free to do paid or unpaid work or volunteering without losing entitlement to their benefit, so long as they continue to meet the entitlement conditions.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/11/2015 10:13:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman