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1108698

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 speech entitled, Closing the gap between intention and experience, made on 5 March 2019, what (a) locations and (b) groups of claimants by protected characteristics, and (c) groups of claimants with medical conditions by ICD10 classification her Department plans to include in the proposed small test of a no-conditionality approach for claimants awaiting work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	239290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is still finalising the design of the Proof of Concept and seeking input from key representatives from the sector. It is a small scale test which will be run in 2-4 jobcentres during summer 2019. We will use the Proof of Concept to test whether we can increase engagement with claimants with disabilities or health conditions. Work Coaches will start with no mandatory requirements and then tailor conditionality up, based on an individual’s circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to apply it to those claimants pre-Work Capability Assessment; and, that, for those post work capability assessment found to have a Limited Capability for Work. We will apply it to all claimants presenting with medical evidence of a health condition, or disability, excluding only those who are Terminally Ill or who have conditions defined in schedule 8 or schedule 9 of the Universal Credit Regulations. Universal Credit does not use the ICD10 classification system for claimants recognising that each claimant is unique. Further detailed design on inclusion/exclusion criteria have yet to be defined.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The evaluation of the Proof of Concept will take place in Autumn 2019 after which we will determine next steps.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 239291 239292 question first answered 04/04/2019 12:52:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093486

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have informed the DVLA that they have insulin-treated diabetes and a group (a) 1 or (b) 2 driving licence in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold historic data on the number of people who have notified that they have insulin treated diabetes, only those whose licences were refused or revoked on that basis.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of drivers who have diabetes recorded on their driving record and have had their driving licence application refused or their driving licence revoked on medical grounds for any medical condition.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Revocation Group 1</p></td><td><p>Revocation Group 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,504</p></td><td><p>498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,327</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,476</p></td><td><p>639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,801</p></td><td><p>1,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,957</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>1,499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,912</p></td><td><p>1,765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,895</p></td><td><p>1,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,023</p></td><td><p>1,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (to date)</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that there may be group 2 drivers who would have been refused or had a licence revoked for both group 1 and group 2 licences and therefore may be duplicated in the figures. In addition, as there are higher medical standards for group 2 licensing than for group 1, there will be a number of drivers who have been refused group 2 entitlement but permitted to retain group 1 entitlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 235780 question first answered 27/03/2019 10:44:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093487

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers with diabetes have had their licence revoked in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold historic data on the number of people who have notified that they have insulin treated diabetes, only those whose licences were refused or revoked on that basis.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of drivers who have diabetes recorded on their driving record and have had their driving licence application refused or their driving licence revoked on medical grounds for any medical condition.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Revocation Group 1</p></td><td><p>Revocation Group 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,504</p></td><td><p>498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,327</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,476</p></td><td><p>639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,801</p></td><td><p>1,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,957</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>1,499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,912</p></td><td><p>1,765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,895</p></td><td><p>1,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,023</p></td><td><p>1,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (to date)</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that there may be group 2 drivers who would have been refused or had a licence revoked for both group 1 and group 2 licences and therefore may be duplicated in the figures. In addition, as there are higher medical standards for group 2 licensing than for group 1, there will be a number of drivers who have been refused group 2 entitlement but permitted to retain group 1 entitlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 235779 question first answered 27/03/2019 10:44:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093488

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the recent changes to the DVLA’s driving and diabetes guidance differs between drivers with group 1 and group 2 licences.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The law states that while the testing of interstitial fluid is permitted for driver licensing purposes for group 1 drivers with diabetes, drivers of group 2 vehicles must continue to monitor blood glucose levels. The medical standards for driving group 2 vehicles are different than those for group 1. This is because these vehicles are larger or carry passengers, and the driver will typically spend more time on the road and drive longer distances.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2019 14:32:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093497

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of people that have waited 12 months or more from the time they appealed a decision on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments to receiving an outcome; and what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for appeal outcomes.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The data requested at a) and b) are not available centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information about volumes and waiting times generally for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), including Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p> </p><p>To improve clearance times, additional fee-paid judicial office holders have been recruited: 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability qualified members and up to 230 medical members. In addition, more PIP appeals are being listed per session and case-management “triage” sessions are being conducted, in order to reduce the time taken for appeals to reach final determination. These measures will increase the capacity of the Tribunal, with the aim of reducing waiting times for appellants.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is also developing a new digital system with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, HMCTS is working with the Department for Work and Pensions to understand what could be done to reduce the number of appeals being submitted to the Tribunal, through their focus on improving decision-making and the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (between April 2014 – September 2018) indicate that 3.9m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made. Of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned. For PIP, the latest figures (to December 2018) indicate that since it was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made. Of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/03/2019 17:26:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093498

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time between an person appealing a decision on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments to that person receiving an outcome in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>(1) Information about waiting times for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), including (a) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and (b) Personal Independence Payment (PIP), is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p> </p><p>(2) HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals from appellants living in England, Scotland, and Wales (Great Britain) and not the United Kingdom. The Northern Ireland Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals from appellants living in Northern Ireland. The data requested at 2(a) and (b) for appellants in Great Britain are not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (between April 2014 – September 2018) indicate that 3.9m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made. Of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned. For PIP, the latest figures (to December 2018) indicate that since it was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made. Of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 235811 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:45:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093499

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of people that have waited 12 months or more from the time they appealed a decision on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments to receiving an outcome in country of the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>(1) Information about waiting times for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), including (a) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and (b) Personal Independence Payment (PIP), is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p> </p><p>(2) HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals from appellants living in England, Scotland, and Wales (Great Britain) and not the United Kingdom. The Northern Ireland Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals from appellants living in Northern Ireland. The data requested at 2(a) and (b) for appellants in Great Britain are not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (between April 2014 – September 2018) indicate that 3.9m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made. Of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned. For PIP, the latest figures (to December 2018) indicate that since it was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made. Of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 235810 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:45:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1088745

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations of employment and support allowance appeals have been successful in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	232645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>An appeal can only be made against a decision which has gone through the Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) process. In law it is not possible to revise a tribunal decision.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Statistics on the number of MRs for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) where the initial decision was revised are published in Table 14 of the quarterly statistical publication “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2019”, available here:</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><p> </p><p>Information on the number of ESA appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal) is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 232646 question first answered 19/03/2019 10:20:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1088746

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reconsiderations of employment and support allowance decisions occurred after her Department had been notified that an appeal had been lodged in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	232646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>An appeal can only be made against a decision which has gone through the Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) process. In law it is not possible to revise a tribunal decision.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Statistics on the number of MRs for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) where the initial decision was revised are published in Table 14 of the quarterly statistical publication “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2019”, available here:</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><p> </p><p>Information on the number of ESA appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal) is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 232645 question first answered 19/03/2019 10:20:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1088750

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the stakeholders that his Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on driving and diabetes mellitus consults with to inform its reviews of the current guidance.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	232647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s Honorary Medical Advisory panels are made up of medical experts who are recognised in their respective fields, supported by lay members. The panels are not responsible for carrying out formal consultations. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency consults with key organisations to inform reviews of medical conditions in relation to driving. The results of these reviews are shared with the panels.</p><p>The key organisations consulted include medical experts, charities, road safety groups and industry groups. For diabetes, this includes the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, Diabetes UK, the Independent Diabetes Trust, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, BRAKE, the Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 232648 question first answered 19/03/2019 12:35:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George