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1121515

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 232109 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, whether she plans to publish findings from the Proof of Concept.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	244198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 April 2019 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239290</a>, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239291</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239292</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Small numbers of participants involved may limit the ability to breakdown the data by specific groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 244199 244200 244201 question first answered 29/04/2019 17:12:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1121518

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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, with reference to the Answer of 19 March 2019 t Question 232109 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, whether her Department plans to collect data on the number of disabled people participating in the Proof of Concept who are subsequently found to have Limited Capability for Work and Work Related Activity.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	244199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 April 2019 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239290</a>, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239291</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239292</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Small numbers of participants involved may limit the ability to breakdown the data by specific groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 244198 244200 244201 question first answered 29/04/2019 17:12:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1121520

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 232109 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, whether the design of the proof of concept will take account of the potential effect of reducing conditionality requirements on the Department’s ability to avoid sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	244200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 April 2019 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239290</a>, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239291</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239292</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Small numbers of participants involved may limit the ability to breakdown the data by specific groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 244198 244199 244201 question first answered 29/04/2019 17:12:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1121521

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 232109 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, whether the design of the proof of concept will take account of the potential effect of reducing conditionality requirements on the Department’s ability to safeguard vulnerable claimants.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	244201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 April 2019 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239290</a>, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239291</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=239290" target="_blank">239292</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Small numbers of participants involved may limit the ability to breakdown the data by specific groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 244198 244199 244200 question first answered 29/04/2019 17:12:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1110649

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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
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 her letter of 4 April 2019, in what time frame she will complete updating the current ESA65B letter with input from medical organisations.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	242946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>We expect the revised version to be delivered by Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2019 10:39:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1110656

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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: Battersea
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 waiting time for a mandatory reconsideration after a personal independence payment assessment was in Battersea constituency in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	242947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on median clearance times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) is provided in the table below.</p><p /><p><strong>Median Clearance Times, in Calendar Days, for PIP MRs, Normal Rules by Financial Year of MR Clearance, Battersea Parliamentary Constituency:</strong></p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year of MR Clearance</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median Calendar Days for MR to be Cleared</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19<br> </strong><em>(April 2018 - January 2019)</em></p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System</p><p> </p><p>This data on PIP MR clearance times is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p> </p><p>Measures to reduce the number of outstanding MRs include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Age profiles of outstanding work are managed at a national level to ensure that cases which have been outstanding for longest are actioned first.</li><li>Resource levels dedicated to the clearance of MRs have been regularly reviewed with significant recruitment, training and redeployment undertaken to support reduced clearance times.</li></ul><p> </p><p>MR is a key element of the decision making process for both the Department and claimants, and whilst ensuring they make quality decisions, decision makers work hard to clear applications without delay. Gathering the right evidence is critical at the MR stage if decisions are not to go to appeal; and we are reviewing our processes to not only obtain this, but to do so whilst continuing to make decisions timeously.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2019 15:10:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1110716

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average clearance time has been for personal independence payment appeals at tribunal in (a) Battersea and (b) nationally in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	242948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Information about the average clearance times for personal independence payment (PIP) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about clearance times for PIP appeals at (a) the hearing venue covering Battersea and (b) nationally from 2015/16; data for the preceding two years are provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Fox Court <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>National</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average Clearance Time (in weeks)</p></td><td><p>Average Clearance Time (in weeks)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>PIP was introduced in April 2013 and replaced Disability Living Allowance</li><li>Appeals for those people living in the Battersea area are heard in the Fox Court venue</li></ol><p>~ There were insufficient cases in this period to provide a statistically robust average</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 are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p>Clearance times are calculated from receipt of the appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to December 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made, and of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/04/2019 16:44:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 114068 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1110784

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on the administration of personal independent payment appeal tribunals in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	242954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The cost of Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance hearings is included in the overall cost of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/04/2019 15:48:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1107836

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ESA65B letters have been sent to GPs since the wording of that letter was revised, in each month in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	238682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of ESA65B letters sent to GPs.</p><p> </p><p>The ESA65B letter is automatically issued by the IT system to GPs in every case where an Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimant has been found ‘fit for work’.</p><p> </p><p>Link to the latest ESA statistics:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/04/2019 16:31:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1088302

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376 and the extension of the contract for the Health and Disability Assessment Service, (a) what the value of that contract extension is, (b) what the terms of that contract extension are and (c) what performance targets have been set out in that contract extension.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	232105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>On 5th March 2019, the Secretary of State announced in a Written Ministerial Statement that we intend to extend the HDAS Contract to enable the move to an integrated assessment service.</p><p>Contract extension negotiations are now underway with the Incumbent provider, <br>the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments, a subsidiary of Maximus. The value, terms and performance targets of the extension period are still to be determined.</p><p>We do not intend to make material changes to the contracts. Our intention is to protect service delivery to allow for ongoing continuous improvement, and to ensure a safe transition to the new integrated assessment service.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2019 13:53:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova