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632436

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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: Medical Examinations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will define those individuals with severe and lifelong disabling conditions who will not be subject to repeated reassessments for benefits.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL3104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>We will be working over the coming months with medical professionals and other stakeholders to develop criteria that will help us identify those with the most severe health conditions or disabilities, for whom repeat work capability assessments can be stopped.</p><p>Rather than a list of specific medical conditions, the criteria will be based on identifying claimants with the most severe health conditions or disabilities where it would be unreasonable to expect the individual to undertake any form or amount of work or work-related activity. This change will only apply to those placed in the Support Group and Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/11/2016 14:18:39 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

573541

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Atos and the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments are required to refund costs incurred by people in supplying the medical information to those bodies required by his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	44001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>Claimants are not required to obtain further medical evidence for which they may be charged. Health and disability assessment providers will contact the individual’s GP should they feel additional evidence is required. No refund will be provided to a claimant should they choose to obtain additional evidence.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/09/2016 10:33:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

573906

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: Medical Examinations
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 impact of protocols on touching disability benefit assessment centre attendees on the accessibility of these sites to those who struggle to stand unaided.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	44378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>If a physical assessment of the musculoskeletal system is required, it is largely non-touch and based on observing ‘active movements’ – i.e. movements carried out under the direction of, but without the physical intervention of, the Healthcare Professional.</p><p> </p><p>The impact on a claimant undergoing this type of assessment should therefore be negligible.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 15:51:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

573929

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: Medical Examinations
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 adequacy of accessibility of assessment centres for work capability assessment and personal independence payments consultations for people using larger or bariatric wheelchairs.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	44490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>All assessment centres meet accessibility standards under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Before attending an assessment, claimants are given the opportunity to alert the assessment provider to any additional requirements they may have and the providers will endeavour to meet any such reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is unable to travel to, or access an assessment centre as a result of their health condition or impairment, a home visit may be offered.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 44491 question first answered 08/09/2016 15:29:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

573930

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure assessment centres for work capability assessment and personal independence payment consultations are fully accessible to people using different kinds of mobility assistance devices.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	44491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>All assessment centres meet accessibility standards under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Before attending an assessment, claimants are given the opportunity to alert the assessment provider to any additional requirements they may have and the providers will endeavour to meet any such reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is unable to travel to, or access an assessment centre as a result of their health condition or impairment, a home visit may be offered.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 44490 question first answered 08/09/2016 15:29:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

448761

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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many venues where assessments for personal independence payments or employment and support allowance are carried out do not have (a) disabled parking facilities, (b) disabled access toilets, (c) a distance between the car park and the venue of 50 metres or less, (d) a ramp in addition to stairs to the entrance, where there are stairs; and for what reason it is not his Department's policy that such facilities must be provided at assessment centres.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	24736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. All our sites fully comply with current legislation: Building Regulations, the Disability Discrimination Act and the Equalities Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/02/2016 10:21:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

447058

registered interest
date	22/01/2016
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the implications for his policies are of the finding of the National Audit Office in its recent report, Contracted-out health and disability assessments, HC 609, of 5 January 2016, that his Department is spending more on fit-for-work assessments than it is saving since reforming health and disability assessments.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	23735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the Work Capability Assessment is to assess fairly and accurately entitlement to benefit, not to generate savings.</p><p>We have commissioned independent reviews which have all concluded that the assessment regimes for health related benefits remain fit for purpose.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/01/2016 16:37:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

416816

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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: Medical Examinations
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 received assessments for both employment and support allowance and personal independence payment in (a) 2014 and (b) the first six months of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	9060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2015 13:58:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

416817

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost of an individual assessment for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment was in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	9061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department considers this information to be commercially sensitive and release would prejudice the interests of service providers and the Department’s future dealings with them.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2015 14:03:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

390866

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many medical assessment centres there are for (a) employment and support allowance applicants and (b) personal independence payment claimants living within 90 minutes travelling time by public transport from the PR1 8UQ postcode.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	7685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are 4 assessment centres within 90 minutes travelling distance, by public transport, from PR1 8UQ for Employment and Support Allowance applicants: Preston, Burnley, Wigan, and Blackpool.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 18 Personal Independence Payment assessment centres within 90 minutes travel time by public transport from the PR1 8UQ postcode, including two within the wider PR1 postcode area. A full list of PIP assessment centres in North West England is available at: <a href="http://www.atoshealthcare.com/pip/consultation_locations/north_west_england" target="_blank">http://www.atoshealthcare.com/pip/consultation_locations/north_west_england</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 14:28:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick