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77965

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Genetically Modified Organisms: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on labelling of products containing GM in the UK food chain; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
	uin	205728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This issue has yet to be discussed in detail within the framework of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The Government will consider its negotiation position based on a range of factors including the environmental impact and public health benefit of such anti-microbial treatments that can reduce potential for foodborne illness.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The existing EU rules which require GM-derived food to be labelled are not expected to be discussed or reviewed as part of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 10:12:20 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2014 08:04:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 11865 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

78627

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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: Preston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on how many claims for benefits made by telephone by people in Preston constituency in 2014 to date were interrupted by the claimant running out of credit.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	206310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The requested information is not available from current Management Information systems as no information relating to the causes of call terminations is gathered. As such, it is not possible to distinguish between reasons for termination or to distinguish between calls terminated by agents or callers.</p><p>The current Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) policy is that all calls should be free to our 0800 numbers to claim:</p><p> </p><ul><li>State Pension;</li><li>Pension Credit;</li><li>Jobseekers’ Allowance;</li><li>Income Support;</li><li>Employment Support Allowance; and,</li><li>Personal Independence Payment.</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is free to call DWP 0800 numbers from all major landline providers.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continues to have agreements with O2, Everything Everywhere (formerly Orange and T-Mobile), Vodafone (including Cable &amp; Wireless), Three (also known as Hutchison 3G), Tesco Mobile and Virgin Mobile ahead of the OFCOM changes due in June 2015. This agreement allows many of our customers to make free mobile phone calls from their participating networks to the Department’s 0800 customer numbers.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is aware of possible concerns about call charges to enquiry and claims lines so agents will routinely offer to call a customer back if concerns are raised over the cost of the call. The Department also provides controlled access to telephones for claimants if required in support of job-searches or benefit enquiries.</p><p> </p><p>During June 2014 the average duration of a call to the Primary Benefit New Claims lines (ESA, IS and JSA) from connection to termination was 14 minutes and 43 seconds.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 12:18:43 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

64689

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations collect subscriptions through the employers' payroll service in his Department and its agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	203102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The table details organisations that currently receive voluntary subscriptions via the Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence Civilian payrolls.</p><p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>MOD CIVILIAN PAYROLL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ARMED FORCES PAYROLL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AEA Recreational Society</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Alpha Healthclub</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9<sup>th</sup>/12<sup>th</sup> Royal Lancers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AXA Sun Life Assurance Soc Ltd</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ADAT (73,88 &amp;Gurkha)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Beneden Healthcare Soc</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Adjutant General’s Corps</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birmingham</strong><strong> Hos Sat FD BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army Air Corps Fund</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Boscombe Down Death Ben Fund</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army Dependants Trust</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BUPA Mercia Health Benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army Physical Training Corps Association</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Civil Service Benevolent Fund</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army Sports Lottery</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Civil Service Club</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coldstream Guards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Civil Service Sports Council</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Corps of Army Music</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Civil Service Sports Fund (NE)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Corps of Royal Electrical &amp;Mechanical Engineers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Clyde</strong><strong> Sub Base Dependant Fund</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Corps of Royal Engineers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Combined Benefit Services</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Forces Safeguard and Spouse</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPAX Family</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Give As You Earn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPAX Individual</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grenadier Guards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DSRA Lottery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gurkha Welfare Trust</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Forester Health BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Intelligence Corps Association</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Give As You Earn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Irish Guards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Health Scheme Hull</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Military Provost Staff Corps Association</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Health Shield Hos Fnd BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>N-Trust</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Health sure Portfolio BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PAX </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hospital Saturday Fund</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HSA Health Insurance</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RAF Benevolent Fund</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leeds</strong><strong> Hospital BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RAF Dependants Fund</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Merseyside Health Ben BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RAF DINCOME (Pre 90 &amp; Post 90)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midland Society for the Blind</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RAF Sports Lottery</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MOD Liverpool Rec Society</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RM Corps OT CUI CSM Funds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MOD Police Lottery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RN Charities</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PAT Aid Wolverhampton BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RN Sports Lottery</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police Mutual Society</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Army Chaplains Department</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Premier Health Benefits BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Army Dental Corps</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prov Hos Serv Bedford BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Army Medical Corps</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Simply Health</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sovereign Accident Plan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Corps of Signals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sovereign Health Plan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Military Police</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stafford</strong><strong> Civil Ben Fund</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Regiment of Artillery</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>The Army Dependant’s Trust</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Tank Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TSB Portsmouth</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scots Guards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TU Soc Dependant Fund Rosyth</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scottish Widows (Stakeholder’s Pension Scheme)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK</strong><strong> CS Benefit Society</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Small</strong><strong> Arms School</strong><strong> Corps Comrades Association</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Welsh Hosp Health Srv Assoc</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sodexho Childcare Vouchers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Prov</strong><strong> Health Ser BHCA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sterling Life Insurance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Westfield</strong><strong> Cont Health Schm</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Blues and Royals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Cheshire Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Deductions to Trade Unions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Defence Police Federation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The King’s Royal Hussars</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>General Municipal Boilermakers and Allied Trades Trade Union</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Life Guards Association</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National Union of RMT workers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Light Dragoons</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Public and Commercial Services Trade Union</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Mercian Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PROSPECT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Parachute Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNITE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regt</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Union</strong><strong> of Construction and Allied trades and technicians</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Queen’s Royal Hussars</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Queen’s Royal Lancers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Rifles</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Royal Anglian Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Royal Dragoon Guards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Royal Irish Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Royal Logistic Corps</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Royal Regt of Scotland Regimental Assn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Royal Welsh</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Staffordshire Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Yorkshire Regiment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Voluntary Sports Subscriptions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Welsh Guards</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p /> <p>Note: MOD Civilian Payroll subscriptions listed may not include all subscriptions made via all Agency and Trading Fund payrolls.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 22/07/2014 17:10:58 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

78607

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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: Disability
	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 is taking to reduce the time taken to (a) process claims for personal independence payments and (b) receive a work capability assessment appointment.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	206132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Claimants to employment and support allowance (ESA) are not being asked to claim personal independence payment (PIP). PIP was introduced in April 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for working age people (between 16 and 64 years old) and operates an entirely separate assessment from the work capability assessment used for ESA claims. From October 2013 we have begun inviting some existing claimants of DLA to claim PIP. The current arrangements for this can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners</a> .</p><p>We are continuously looking at ways to increase the number of decisions made on PIP claims and to improve the claims process.</p><p>Internal DWP processes and the assessment part of the process are taking longer than expected and some claimants are taking longer than anticipated to return their claim forms but we are working closely with both PIP assessment providers as part of our plans to speed up the end to end claimant journey. We have introduced improvements in communications to claimants about the type of evidence they can supply to speed up their claim and we are taking action to support the assessment providers in clearing backlogs of work.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 206121 206123 question first answered 22/07/2014 11:18:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

78610

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	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, what assessment he has made of the main reasons for the time taken to process personal independence payment claims.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	206123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Claimants to employment and support allowance (ESA) are not being asked to claim personal independence payment (PIP). PIP was introduced in April 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for working age people (between 16 and 64 years old) and operates an entirely separate assessment from the work capability assessment used for ESA claims. From October 2013 we have begun inviting some existing claimants of DLA to claim PIP. The current arrangements for this can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners</a> .</p><p>We are continuously looking at ways to increase the number of decisions made on PIP claims and to improve the claims process.</p><p>Internal DWP processes and the assessment part of the process are taking longer than expected and some claimants are taking longer than anticipated to return their claim forms but we are working closely with both PIP assessment providers as part of our plans to speed up the end to end claimant journey. We have introduced improvements in communications to claimants about the type of evidence they can supply to speed up their claim and we are taking action to support the assessment providers in clearing backlogs of work.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 206121 206132 question first answered 22/07/2014 11:18:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11771 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

78612

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	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, what assessment his Department made of the staffing levels required to efficiently process the transfer of employment and support allowance claimants to the personal independence payments claims.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	206121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Claimants to employment and support allowance (ESA) are not being asked to claim personal independence payment (PIP). PIP was introduced in April 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for working age people (between 16 and 64 years old) and operates an entirely separate assessment from the work capability assessment used for ESA claims. From October 2013 we have begun inviting some existing claimants of DLA to claim PIP. The current arrangements for this can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners</a> .</p><p>We are continuously looking at ways to increase the number of decisions made on PIP claims and to improve the claims process.</p><p>Internal DWP processes and the assessment part of the process are taking longer than expected and some claimants are taking longer than anticipated to return their claim forms but we are working closely with both PIP assessment providers as part of our plans to speed up the end to end claimant journey. We have introduced improvements in communications to claimants about the type of evidence they can supply to speed up their claim and we are taking action to support the assessment providers in clearing backlogs of work.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 206123 206132 question first answered 22/07/2014 11:18:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11789 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

78530

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of external consultants employed by her Department in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	206232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Consultancy expenditure incurred by the Home Department and its agencies is <br>published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, copies of <br>which are held in the House library. The figures from each year's report are <br>shown in the table below.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 16:52:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table 206232.xls title Table attachment
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

78623

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials are currently working on the universal credit programme.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	206235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Current resource data shows a full time equivalent of 465 staff currently working on the Universal Credit Programme.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:24:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11777 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

78807

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	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	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, what the average cost of processing employment and support allowance claims has been in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Unit Costs </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA New Claims</p></td><td><p>£46.30</p></td><td><p>£40.99</p></td><td><p>£26.14</p></td><td><p>£22.41</p></td><td><p>£25.47</p></td><td><p>£25.09</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This is the End of Year average Unit Cost for ESA New Claims.</p><p> </p><p>ESA started from October 2008</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:42:10 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78815

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	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	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 new claims for personal independence payments are outstanding.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	206503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on the number of claims outstanding are not routinely derived or published.</p><p>PIP statistics published on 5th June 2014 showed that by the end of March 2014, 349,000 PIP new claims had been registered and 83,900 PIP new claim decisions had been made. There are several reasons why a registered claim may not yet be determined. For example the claimant has not yet returned their additional information form or is awaiting their assessment date, DWP have not yet made a decision on their claim or the claimant has advised that they wish to withdraw their claim.<strong>    </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:31:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson