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350076

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many homeless households living in temporary accommodation would be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000 per annum if management fees were exempted from calculation of income from benefits.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:20:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

350077

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stun Guns: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risks to people fitted with medical electronic devices of the use by police of tasers; and what steps she has taken to mitigate those risks.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The medical implications of Taser use are independently assessed by the Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal weapons (SACMILL) SACMILL’s latest statement can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-0729/96605%20Library%20Deposit.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-0729/96605%20Library%20Deposit.pdf</a></p><p>The police Authorised Professional Practice on Taser makes clear that before specially trained officers use Taser, there are a number of factors to be considered. These include whether there are any pre-existing medical conditions. The APP also states that all persons who have been subjected to the discharge of a Taser should be examined by a Forensic Medical Examiner (FME) as soon as practicable. Where officers believe that a person to whom a Taser has been applied has a cardiac pacemaker, other implanted device or pre-existing medical condition, an immediate referral should be made to hospital.</p><p>The guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/armed-policing/conducted-energy-devices-taser/" target="_blank">https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/armed-policing/conducted-energy-devices-taser/</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/06/2015 15:25:21 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349239

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	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, pursuant to the Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, what estimate he has made of the expected additional number of appeals against decisions not to award personal independent payments following a reassessment.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has previously estimated (<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmworpen/916/916we02.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmworpen/916/916we02.htm</a> - section 9 refers) that 40% of individuals in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) undergoing a reassessment to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will appeal their decision, including individuals that are appealing against disallowance of benefit or the level of an award they have received.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people in receipt of DLA expected to be reassessed for entitlement to PIP was published on 19 December 2012 and is available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timetable-for-introducing-personal-independence-payment-and-estimates-of-projected-caseloads-policy-briefing-note" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timetable-for-introducing-personal-independence-payment-and-estimates-of-projected-caseloads-policy-briefing-note</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2015 13:43:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349240

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment: Motability
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 Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, what support will be given to those who lose eligibility for disability living allowance and are not awarded personal independence payments following a reassessment.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will continue to be paid while the claim to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is being processed. Once the PIP decision has been made we will continue to pay DLA for four weeks to provide additional, limited support to those seeing a decrease in financial support.</p><p>In September 2013, the Motability charity announced that they would provide a one-off package of support and advice to help those people who have a Motability car but are found not to be entitled to the enhanced rate mobility component of PIP and, as a consequence, are no longer eligible to use the Motability Scheme. These people can keep their vehicle for up to three weeks after the DLA payment ends. This means that claimants will retain their car for up to seven weeks following the PIP decision. Additionally, Motability is providing a one-off lump sum to help customers make other arrangements, for example to go towards a used car. They will pay £2000 if the customer joined the Scheme before January 2013 or £1000 if the customer joined after January 2013 and up to December 2013. Motability is working with their suppliers to provide general information on motoring, insurance and other services outside the Scheme, including information about buying new or used cars and arranging insurance and other services. The Scheme also offers customers an opportunity to purchase their vehicle following the end of the lease.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 12:54:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349241

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	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, pursuant to the Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, on personal independence payment, what arrangements are in place to deal with the anticipated number of reassessments after October 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>At the Work and Pensions Committee on 29th January 2015 the former Minister of State for Disabled Persons confirmed DWP would implement Full PIP Rollout in a way that is commensurate with capacity. Claimants will be randomly selected for Full PIP Rollout on a post code basis where we are confident that capacity exists. We are working closely with Assessment Provider organisations to progress detailed planning and assurance activity needed to ensure capacity to deal with increased volumes is in place</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:57:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349242

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	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, pursuant to the Answers of 8 June 2015 to Questions 767 and 768, how many recipients of disability living allowance have been re-assessed for personal independence payment in each of the last six months; and what the average time taken was to process a claim from application to decision in each of those months.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested can be found in the data tables accompanying the ad hoc statistical release on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims published on 12 May 2015:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426341/pip-ad-hoc-statistics-to-Mar-2015-tables.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426341/pip-ad-hoc-statistics-to-Mar-2015-tables.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 2A shows PIP monthly clearances between April 2013 and March 2015;</p><p>Table 4A shows monthly average (median) clearance times for PIP claims made under the normal rules ; and</p><p>Table 4B shows monthly average (median) clearance times for PIP claims made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill.</p><p> </p><p>Data to end of April 15 will be released on 17th June, as part of the quarterly official statistics release, and has been pre-announced on the PIP statistics home page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 12:40:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349271

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason reference on the gov.uk website to Access to Work being provided where someone needs support or adaptations beyond the reasonable adjustments which an employer is legally obliged to provide under the Equality Act no longer makes reference to support or adaptations beyond reasonable adjustments; whether this change in wording is due to a change in policy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Access to Work pages on Gov.UK have been updated to reflect announcement of forthcoming changes to Access to Work. The statutory duty to make reasonable adjustment for disability remains. The Access to Work pages on Gov.UK contain a link to the following <a href="https://www.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments-for-disabled-workers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments-for-disabled-workers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The legal obligation for employers to make reasonable adjustments is not replaced by Access to Work. This has not changed. Access to Work will make a significant contribution of up to £40,800 per year to meeting individual needs above that level.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 12:00:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349280

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department did not consult people in receipt of Access to Work awards and their employers before deciding to introduce a limit on those awards.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Consideration was given to the requirements upon public bodies to act lawfully and fairly, to the evidence available, and to the nature and significance of the decision for affected individuals, including any mitigating factors.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:01:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349281

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
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 plans to have with people in receipt of Access to Work awards and their employers about the introduction of a limit on those awards.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are developing new, user friendly guidance which sets out the process clearly and simply. We will publish it shortly and it will be available in Easy Read and British Sign Language. Guidance will be published well in advance of the October introduction of the new limit.</p><p> </p><p>Advisers will discuss the introduction of the limit to Access to Work as part of the awards process including exploring how the maximum support can be deployed to greatest effect.</p><p> </p><p>We are updating our factsheets – including those for employers. Advisers are able to discuss reasonable adjustments with employers and provide advice on additional cost effective ways of support employers may not have considered – for example on the latest technology which our advisers are made aware of from dedicated technology awareness sessions.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:07:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349284

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
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 plans to take to ensure that employers make appropriate reasonable adjustments for employees before Access to Work awards are made.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	1724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Equality Act 2010 places the responsibility of providing reasonable adjustments upon employers.</p><p>Access to Work advisers are able to provide information to employers when they are considering the types of support that may be available.</p><p>The Disability Confident Campaign and Access to Work advisers promote a clear message to employers of their responsibilities to make reasonable adjustments and also that Access to Work is available as a support beyond reasonable adjustments.</p><p>This can de-risk hiring or retaining disabled workers.</p><p>Information on reasonable adjustments are linked to from Access to Work pages on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 13:32:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green