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61530

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date	12/06/2014
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the decision by Atos Healthcare to end its contract early, whether that contract will now be made public.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A redacted copy of the Medical Services Contract between the Department for Work and Pensions and Atos Healthcare was placed in the House of Lords library on 14<sup>th</sup> September 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Services Category Team are currently undertaking the necessary contractual action following the mutual Termination of the Medical Services Contract with Atos and an updated version of the contract will be placed in the library by 30<sup>th</sup> July 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 19/06/2014 14:02:26 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

61531

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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 what is the estimated current backlog of persons waiting to be assessed by Atos Healthcare for (1) Employment Support Allowance, and (2) Disability Living Allowance, broken down by region of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales; what action they are taking to address the backlog; and on what evidence they base their attribution of the delays to failings within Atos.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows outstanding Employment and Support Allowance new claims, existing Employment and Support Allowance recipients awaiting a review and Incapacity Benefit claimants awaiting reassessment, at the end of April 2014 for England, Scotland and Wales. The figures exclude cases referred to Atos Healthcare where the claimant has yet to return their ESA50 questionnaire.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p>ESA New claims awaiting a Work Capability Assessment</p></td><td><p>Existing ESA recipients awaiting a review Work Capability Assessment</p></td><td><p>Incapacity Benefit recipients awaiting reassessment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>333,000*</p></td><td><p>201,000*</p></td><td><p>74,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>34,000*</p></td><td><p>13,000*</p></td><td><p>2,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>28,000*</p></td><td><p>20,000*</p></td><td><p>7,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Note: figures are based on operational management information received from Atos Healthcare and are rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><p>The total Disability Living Allowance claimants' awaiting an assessment at the end of April 2014 nationally was 800. Figures are based on operational management information received from Atos Healthcare and are rounded to the nearest hundred.This information is not routinely collated to regional area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland has a separate contract with Atos Healthcare for the delivery of assessments in Northern Ireland. Therefore, questions relating to waiting times in Northern Ireland should be addressed to the Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with our supplier to deliver the best possible service for claimants, driving up performance and quality to help reduce waiting times and process claims as quickly as possible. We are continuing to monitor and robustly manage this contract.</p><p> </p><p>Identification by the Department of a reduction in Atos Healthcare's quality led to decisive action in the form of a retraining and re-accreditation exercise and an overhaul of audit arrangements when we instructed Atos Healthcare to introduce an improvement plan in July 2013. The quality of reports provided by Atos Healthcare has improved significantly but the Department continues to monitor quality closely.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/06/2014 15:19:52 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

61532

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies currently providing contracted services to government departments and agencies use zero hours contracts.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 24/06/2014 11:15:57 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

60570

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Atos Healthcare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the compliance of Atos Healthcare with the Human Rights Act 1998, particularly section 6, and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, particularly Article 3; if so, what is that assessment; and whether all staff of that organisation are fully briefed and supplied with copies of the Act and Convention.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not routinely assess Atos Healthcare's compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998 or the European Convention for Human Rights under its contracts with the Department. However, our contracts with Atos and all of our suppliers include obligations to comply with all legal requirements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/06/2014 14:40:52 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

60571

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to follow the Northern Ireland initiative of "test and vaccinate or remove" in relation to badgers carrying bovine tuberculosis as opposed to any replication of the cull.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Executive has begun a five-year ‘test and vaccinate or remove' tuberculosis research project on badgers in a 100km<sup>2</sup> area of County Down. We currently have no plans to adopt this approach in England although we will of course be interested in the outcome of the research in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 18/06/2014 17:21:45 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow