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1717498

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of PIP assessments on the mental health of claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	25869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment identifies the needs arising from physical, sensory, mental, intellectual or cognitive issues, or any combination of these. The assessment criteria were developed over a decade ago in conjunction with independent health, social care, and disability experts.</p><p> </p><p>All health professionals performing PIP assessments receive comprehensive training in disability analysis including specific training on mental health conditions and how to identify their impact on claimants’ ability to carry out the activities in the assessment.  Our assessment providers have Mental Health Function Champions (MHFC) to support assessors when reviewing evidence and provide advice to DWP Case Managers. MHFCs are specialist practitioners who have at least 2 years of post-registration clinical experience in a mental health or learning disability role.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the potential mental health impact of PIP assessments, although customer experience is something that is continually monitored. It would be extremely difficult to objectively separate the specific impact of assessments on mental health from other contributory factors.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 25870 question first answered 16/05/2024 11:02:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1717499

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	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 steps his Department has taken to ensure that PIP assessments accurately assess claimants with mental health issues.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	25870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment identifies the needs arising from physical, sensory, mental, intellectual or cognitive issues, or any combination of these. The assessment criteria were developed over a decade ago in conjunction with independent health, social care, and disability experts.</p><p> </p><p>All health professionals performing PIP assessments receive comprehensive training in disability analysis including specific training on mental health conditions and how to identify their impact on claimants’ ability to carry out the activities in the assessment.  Our assessment providers have Mental Health Function Champions (MHFC) to support assessors when reviewing evidence and provide advice to DWP Case Managers. MHFCs are specialist practitioners who have at least 2 years of post-registration clinical experience in a mental health or learning disability role.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the potential mental health impact of PIP assessments, although customer experience is something that is continually monitored. It would be extremely difficult to objectively separate the specific impact of assessments on mental health from other contributory factors.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 25869 question first answered 16/05/2024 11:02:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1717501

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	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: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants have been assessed as unfit for work due to mental health issues in 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	25871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>No one has been assessed as unfit for work as the assessment for Personal Independence Payment does not assess a claimant’s capacity for work or work-related activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2024 10:30:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1717573

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	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	Housing Benefit: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing benefit in the context of average rents in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	25868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are reviewed annually by the Secretary of State. The review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. Rent Service Scotland have responsibility for collecting the private rental data that is used to help calculate LHA rates in Scotland.</p><p>From April this year the Government is investing £1.2 billion increasing LHA rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents in Great Britain. This significant investment ensures 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit will gain on average, nearly £800 in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25. This includes around 85k private renters in Scotland who currently receive LHA.</p><p>LHA provides a reasonable level of housing support towards rental costs in the private rented sector. LHA rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and need further support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available from local authorities. Since April 2017, DHPs have been fully devolved to Scotland who are responsible for the allocation and payment to Scottish local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2024 11:18:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1717589

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	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	Carer's 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 outstanding Carer’s Allowance Verify Earnings and Pension service alerts there were at the end of the financial year 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	25731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The DWP is currently developing recommendations focused on helping claimants understand their responsibilities to report a change of circumstances and how DWP can help prevent the accumulation of debts amongst Carer’s Allowance claimants.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2024 10:25:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1717191

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	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: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the prevalence of discrimination towards young ethnic minorities seeking employment.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	25713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Employment statistics show the ethnic minority employment rate at 68%, up 9.2 percentage points on the same quarter in 2010, with 5.4m people from an ethnic minority background in employment which is a record high.</p><p> </p><p>The Department supports people to move into employment by providing access to a range of mainstream services and bespoke programmes that are designed to be flexible to individual needs. We also take targeted action where there is a high ethnic minority employment gap and work with partners, employers, and specific sectors to improve opportunities for all.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Offer provides individually tailored Work Coach support to young people aged 16 to 24 who are claiming Universal Credit. This support includes the Youth Employment Programme, Youth Employability Coaches for young people with additional barriers to finding work, and Youth Hubs across Great Britain. This was expanded in 2023 to include additional young people on Universal Credit not currently searching for work, including young parents and carers.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2023, the Government's Equality Hub published updated <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/positive-action-in-the-workplace-guidance-for-employers/positive-action-in-the-workplace" target="_blank">guidance</a> for employers on how to use the positive action provisions in the Equality Act 2010. This is to help people who share a particular protected characteristic overcome barriers and to level the playing field.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/05/2024 15:43:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1716358

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that all people with hearing loss have access to (a) Relay UK, (b) video calls with captions, (c) a video relay service and (d) in-person transcriptions services when applying for Personal Independence Payment.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	uin	25314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>When applying for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) there are two different types of service offer available to claimants who are deaf or hearing impaired.</p><p> </p><p>We offer Video Relay Service, a third-party sign and talk solution which allows sign language to be used to aid communication between a claimant and DWP, via a third party. There is no transcript of the conversation, but calls are recorded.</p><p> </p><p>Information is provided on Gov.UK:</p><p><strong>British Sign Language (BSL) </strong><a href="https://connect.interpreterslive.co.uk/vrs?ilc=DWP" target="_blank">video relay service</a><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>If you’re on a computer - find out how to </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oELNMfAvDxw" target="_blank">use the service on mobile or tablet</a></p><p> </p><p>We also offer a service known as Relay UK. This is a text relay service for people who cannot hear <em>or</em> speak on the telephone and includes captions. The full conversation is transcribed in real time as it happens.</p><p> </p><p>Information is available on Gov.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.relayuk.bt.com/" target="_blank">Relay UK</a><strong> (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 917 2222</strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2024 16:31:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1716393

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to make the local District Provision Tool available to local partners in London to help (a) tackle youth unemployment and (b) increase education and training opportunities.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	25326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>A version of the District Provision Tool is available for local partners to use on GOV.UK and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/district-provision-tool" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 16:58:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1716395

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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	Unemployment: Young People
	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 trends in the level of youth unemployment (a) in London and (b) per London borough in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	25328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested on youth unemployment is published and available <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>The small sample sizes of the boroughs means that the latest survey-based trends in youth ILO unemployment across the year are not robust. However, Claimant Count administrative data for 16-24 year olds for London and all the boroughs for the last twelve months is available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/05/2024 15:53:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1716396

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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: Young People
	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 support (a) young disabled Londoners and (b) young black Londoners into employment.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	25329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Disabled people and people with health conditions are a diverse group so access to the right work and health support, in the right place, at the right time, is key.</p><p> </p><p>The Government therefore has an ambitious programme of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health to start, stay and succeed in work. These include: Employment Advisors in NHS Talking Therapies; the Work and Health Programme; Access to Work grants; Disability Confident; a digital information service for employers; Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres; increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres; increasing access to Occupational Health; and expanding the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care programme.</p><p> </p><p>Building on this, we announced significant additional investment during the 2023 fiscal events. Alongside the delivery of our existing initiatives, we are now focused on delivering this package which includes: introducing Employment Advisors into MSK services; a new voluntary employment programme called Universal Support (US) which will provide wraparound support to 100,000 people a year once fully rolled out; WorkWell in approximately 15 pilot areas to provide light touch work and health support; exploring new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with timely access to support through our call for evidence launched on 19 April 2024; and establishing an expert group to advise on a voluntary national baseline for Occupational Health provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions Jobcentre youth offer provides a range of options to those seeking employment, including young Black Londoners. Additionally, we are taking targeted action where there is a high ethnic minority employment gap. The DWP Youth Offer provides individually tailored work coach support to young people aged 16 to 24 who are in the Universal Credit Intensive Work Search group. This includes the Youth Employment Programme, Youth Employability Coaches for young people with additional barriers to finding work, and Youth Hubs across Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/05/2024 15:42:03 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova