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1344402

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
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	Occupational Health
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 Answer of 11 May 2021 to Question 368 on Occupational Health, what further progress her Department has made towards publishing (a) in full the survey entitled, Sickness absence and health in the workplace: understanding employer behaviour and practice employers relating to workplace health following the publication of the interim report of that title in June 2019 and (b) her Department's response to the consultation entitled Health is everyone's business.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	28266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The government remains committed to supporting disabled people and those with health conditions to thrive at work. Further to our response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-11/368" target="_blank">Question 368</a>, we continue to work with stakeholders to develop the proposals set out in the Health is Everyone’s Business consultation. The forthcoming government response to the consultation draws</p><p>on evidence in the ‘Sickness absence and health in the workplace’ report. It is therefore our intention for the research report to be published alongside the consultation response which we anticipate will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/07/2021 12:25:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1344403

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	DNACPR Decisions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2021 to Question 6381 on DNACPR Decisions, what decisions were made at the first meeting of the Ministerial Oversight Group on 8 June 2021 on the publication of the terms of reference and minutes of that group.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	28267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The terms of reference were agreed by attendees and will be published, along with meeting summaries, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 12/07/2021 10:04:49 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1343612

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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 personal independent payment cases have been suspended by her Department in the last 12 months as a result of claimants being in hospital for more than 28 days.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	27255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 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 08/07/2021 12:55:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1343315

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 3065 on Windrush Generation: compensation, for what reasons the number of claimants to the Windrush Compensation Scheme that have demonstrated no impact on life is not held centrally.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The system at this time does not allow us to extract this information without doing a manual trawl of all case records and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/07/2021 12:48:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1343318

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2021 to Question 11595 on private rented housing: housing benefit, whether the Government plans to bring forward proposals to amend legislation to ensure that landlords of private housing assess tenants fairly.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 11595 on 15 June 2021. We have no current plans to bring forward additional legislation.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 12/07/2021 13:11:14 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1342897

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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	Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
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 recommendation of the Seventh Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2017–19 entitled PIP and ESA assessments published on 14 February 2018, whether her Department has produced detailed guidance on the role of companions, including case studies demonstrating when and how to use their evidence.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>Companions play a crucial role in obtaining accurate information on how a claimant’s disability or health condition affects their day to day life.</p><p> </p><p>The Personal Independence Payment Assessment Guide (PIPAG) and the Work Capability Assessments (WCA) Handbook provide comprehensive guidance for Health Professionals (HPs) on how to carry out assessments, including specific guidance on the role of companions. Please see links below to the PIPAG and WCA Handbook:</p><p> </p><p>PIP guidance can be found on: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers</a></p><p> </p><p>ESA guidance can be found on: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals</a></p><p> </p><p>Assessment providers incorporate this guidance into their standard HP training programmes. The role of companions is addressed throughout HP training and learning is consolidated with practical case examples.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 25894 question first answered 09/07/2021 12:17:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1342899

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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	Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
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 Seventh Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2017–19 entitled PIP and ESA assessments published on 14 February 2018, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that contractors incorporate specific training on companions into their standard assessor training.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>Companions play a crucial role in obtaining accurate information on how a claimant’s disability or health condition affects their day to day life.</p><p> </p><p>The Personal Independence Payment Assessment Guide (PIPAG) and the Work Capability Assessments (WCA) Handbook provide comprehensive guidance for Health Professionals (HPs) on how to carry out assessments, including specific guidance on the role of companions. Please see links below to the PIPAG and WCA Handbook:</p><p> </p><p>PIP guidance can be found on: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers</a></p><p> </p><p>ESA guidance can be found on: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals</a></p><p> </p><p>Assessment providers incorporate this guidance into their standard HP training programmes. The role of companions is addressed throughout HP training and learning is consolidated with practical case examples.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 25893 question first answered 09/07/2021 12:17:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1342365

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 24 July to Questions 18543 and 18545 on Vision Impairment: Rehabilitation, whether specific reference to local authority tertiary rehabilitation services, as set out in Care and Support Statutory Guidance, will be included as a new responsibility for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to monitor and inspect as part of the CQC's assessments of local authorities’ delivery of adult social care duties.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Care Bill will introduce a new duty for the Care Quality Commission to review and make an assessment of how local authorities are undertaking their adult social care duties to drive quality and outcomes for people across England. The assessment function is in the early stage of development and the Department will work with a wide range of stakeholders across the sector to inform detailed system design and practice.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/07/2021 10:56:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1342370

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment support allowance appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 that were cleared without a hearing were (i) withdrawn by the appellant, (ii) struck out, (iii) superseded and (iv) lapsed by the Department for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>General information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p>The specific information requested is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Employment Support Allowance<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Universal Credit (UC)</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong><sup>3 </sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>2057</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>7544</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2028</p></td><td><p>3562</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>15651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1302</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>5158</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>4766</p></td><td><p>3373</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>30231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>908</p></td><td><p>812</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>3667</p></td><td><p>2092</p></td><td><p>1245</p></td><td><p>31564</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2019/20<sup>p</sup>, 12,235 (66%) UC appeals included an element<sup>5</sup> relating to Limited Capability for Work, and in 2020/21<sup>p</sup> the figure was 3,002 (38%).</p><p><sup>1</sup>Includes Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and ESA (Reassessments)</p><p><sup>2</sup>Includes Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and PIP (Reassessments)</p><p><sup>3</sup>Includes superseded and lapsed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)</p><p><sup>4</sup>Financial Years April to March</p><p><sup>p </sup>Provisional data and subject to further change. SSCS appeals are currently undergoing system updates. As such the data for 2019 to 2021 is based on legacy systems and these will be an under-representation of the actual number (2019/20 circa 1% and 2020/21 circa 14%).</p><p><sup>5</sup>HMCTS may not be aware of the elements under dispute until after the DWP response is received</p><p><sup>6</sup>Limited Capability for Work is an element of UC</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available. The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics where data was run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25077 25078 25079 question first answered 09/07/2021 13:52:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1342371

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many universal credit appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 that were cleared without a hearing were (i) withdrawn by the appellant, (ii) struck out, (iii) superseded and (iv) lapsed by the Department for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>General information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p>The specific information requested is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Employment Support Allowance<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Universal Credit (UC)</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong><sup>3 </sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>2057</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>7544</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2028</p></td><td><p>3562</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>15651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1302</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>5158</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>4766</p></td><td><p>3373</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>30231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>908</p></td><td><p>812</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>3667</p></td><td><p>2092</p></td><td><p>1245</p></td><td><p>31564</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2019/20<sup>p</sup>, 12,235 (66%) UC appeals included an element<sup>5</sup> relating to Limited Capability for Work, and in 2020/21<sup>p</sup> the figure was 3,002 (38%).</p><p><sup>1</sup>Includes Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and ESA (Reassessments)</p><p><sup>2</sup>Includes Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and PIP (Reassessments)</p><p><sup>3</sup>Includes superseded and lapsed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)</p><p><sup>4</sup>Financial Years April to March</p><p><sup>p </sup>Provisional data and subject to further change. SSCS appeals are currently undergoing system updates. As such the data for 2019 to 2021 is based on legacy systems and these will be an under-representation of the actual number (2019/20 circa 1% and 2020/21 circa 14%).</p><p><sup>5</sup>HMCTS may not be aware of the elements under dispute until after the DWP response is received</p><p><sup>6</sup>Limited Capability for Work is an element of UC</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available. The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics where data was run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25076 25078 25079 question first answered 09/07/2021 13:52:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft