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	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Access to Work Programme: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number of successful applications to Access to Work was in each local authority area in Wales in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	225458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people who had any Access to Work provision approved in Wales in each financial year from 2014/15 to 2017/18, the most recent complete financial year for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of people who had any Access to Work provision<sup>1</sup> approved in Wales, by local authority, 2014/15 - 2017/18</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthenshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denbighshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flintshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynedd</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Anglesey</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouthshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Powys</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda Cynon Taf</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. There are two main types of Access to Work provision: Assessments and Elements. More than one item of Access to Work provision of the same type or of different types can be approved for the same person in a given financial year or in different financial years. The table above shows the number of people who had one or more item of provision of any type approved in each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Data source: These statistics were obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Disability Service Client (DiSC) administrative system.</p><p> </p><p>Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Figures that are less than 10 after rounding are suppressed and replaced with &quot;-&quot;. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/03/2019 11:43:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1064398

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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: Medical Examinations
	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 number of days was for her Department to reassess existing entitlement to personal independence payment in (a) Barnley, (b) south Yorkshire and (c) nationally in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	223923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p><strong>The information requested </strong>is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2019 13:57:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1064399

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the number of days was for her Department to reassess entitlement to personal independence payment from that payment being granted in (a) Barnley, (b) south Yorkshire and (c) nationally in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	223924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2019 14:14:56 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1064401

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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: Medical Examinations
	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 number of days have been for her Department to re-assess entitlement to employment and support allowance from that allowance being granted in (a) Barnley, (b) south Yorkshire and (c) nationally in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	223926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/02/2019 15:21:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1064404

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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 Certificates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department provides on the issuing of fit notes by GP practices for welfare assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	223929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides the following guidance to GPs on fit notes – “Getting the most out of the fit note” and “a short guide to the benefit system for general practitioners” both of which contain information on issuing fit notes to benefit claimants.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/465918/fit-note-gps-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/465918/fit-note-gps-guidance.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-short-guide-to-the-benefit-system-for-general-practitioners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-short-guide-to-the-benefit-system-for-general-practitioners</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2019 13:52:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1078477

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Vulnerable Adults
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the need for reasonable adjustments for vulnerable universal credit claimants, who cannot read or write, to have access to alternative means of communication with their work coach other than through the online journal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	226698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to providing personalised support for all claimants, including those who cannot read or write. Each individual’s circumstances are different and therefore the support that we provide must be tailored to these individual needs.</p><p>Claimants who cannot communicate through their online journal can access face-to-face assistance via their Jobcentre. Further support is also available via our free phone Universal Credit helpline to help them maintain their claim.</p><p>In certain circumstances, where a claimant is unable to manage their own affairs, an appointee can act on their behalf, taking responsibility for making and maintaining any benefit claim. An appointee can be an individual, e.g. a friend or relative, an organisation or representative of an organisation, e.g. a solicitor or local council. The process for enlisting a DWP appointee includes a visit to the claimant and an interview with the potential appointee.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 04/03/2019 16:50:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1077531

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many next of kin of the estimated 20,000 deceased disabled people who did not receive their full employment and support allowance entitlement due to errors by her Department have been contacted; how many of those next of kin have received a backpayment; and what the average backpayment has been.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	226127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Due to the complex and sensitive nature of reviewing these cases, we have established an intensive checking process to identify instances where deceased claimants did not receive their full award of ESA entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>It is important we get this right to avoid making undue contact with families and causing further distress, which is why these cases are initially checked against information held on various departmental administrative systems. We continue to review our processes to ensure we are as thorough as possible and have previously announced our aim of reviewing these cases by the end of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Out of the estimated 20,000 potential cases, we have reviewed 4,700 with 3,100 requiring no further action and next of kin contacted in 1,600 cases.</p><p> </p><p>Of those, 600 were entitled to an average back payment of around £5,000</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><ul><li>Data was extracted from Department for Work and Pensions Management Information on 25 February 2019</li><li>Numbers of cases are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>The average payment is rounded to the nearest £1,000.</li><li>Completing case reviews includes cases identified on DWP administrative systems as not entitled or who have identified themselves as not entitled prior to assessment, and also cases which have been through the full journey to assessment</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:29:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 105664 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1077533

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State on 25 February 2019, Official Report, column 33, when her Department plans to reach the target of Presenting Officers attending 50 per cent of tribunals; what lessons her Department have learned from Presenting Officers attending tribunals in the last 12 months; and what changes to the assessment and decision-making process she has made as a result of those lessons learned.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	226128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Presenting Officers (POs) represent the Secretary of State at ESA and PIP tribunals and support them in understanding the detail of the case making the right decision. POs are in the main used where: a) the Department is directed by the tribunal judge; and b) asked to attend by a DWP Appeals Writer because the appeal relates to a complex area of the law. Around 150 POs have been recruited with further recruitment planned to enable increased attendance.</p><p> </p><p>The feedback they provide for the Department’s Decision Makers and the Assessment Providers, is an important element of the improvement work being done to increase the overall quality of the decisions made. Examples of feedback include how we present information to the Tribunal in the most effective way and ensuring attention is drawn to new evidence that arrives after the appeal has been lodged. .</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to monitor and review how the feedback is collected and shared – it is used in team talks, bulletins and workshops; and the impact it is having on the quality of decisions made.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 04/03/2019 16:33:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1083626

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans in receipt of a war pension are claiming employment support allowance as part of their universal credit claim.
	tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
	tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
	uin	229663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>New claims to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) have now stopped, however claimants can receive the ESA component of Universal Credit (UC). Claimants may also be entitled to New Style ESA which can be claimed alongside Universal Credit if the claimant has paid or been credited with sufficient National Insurance contributions, satisfying the New Style ESA eligibility conditions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:30:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

1083628

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans in receipt of (a) an armed forces compensation scheme guaranteed income payment and (b) the war pension scheme unemployability supplement have undertaken a work capability assessment to prove their entitlement to the housing element of universal credit in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
	tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
	uin	229664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Work Capability Assessment is not a condition of entitlement to housing costs within Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:43:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant