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	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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
	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 his Department's freedom of information response 1740 of 15 May 2017, what factors his Department took into consideration in setting the 80 per cent of the original decisions are to be upheld measure for monitoring mandatory reconsideration; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	6159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The department has not set a target for upholding original decisions at Mandatory Reconsideration. The 80 per cent figure, which was used in the answer to Freedom of Information request 1740, is not considered by the decision maker when they carry out a Mandatory Reconsideration but is used to assess the quality of benefit decisions. In order to ensure we have consistently accurate decisions we track and monitor Mandatory Reconsiderations to assess the quality of our initial decision making and to help understand and improve our processes.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/09/2017 10:29:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

754250

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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, if he will make it his policy to replace the 20 metre walking distance for personal independence payment mobility criterion with the 50 metre walking distance used for disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	6014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The 20m distance is not the only factor considered when applying a descriptor for the Moving around activity. Individuals who can walk more than 20 metres can still receive the enhanced rate of the mobility component, if they cannot do so safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time period.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/09/2017 10:41:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

754263

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	Motability
	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 Written Statement HCWS603 of 20 April 2017, if individuals subject to an appeal lodged before that statement will have their mobility vehicles returned.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	6307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>When the Written Statement was issued on 20th April 2017, Motability contacted customers who were in the process of returning cars following an unsuccessful PIP reassessment.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who had already handed back their vehicles before this date and who win on appeal can normally reapply for the Motability Scheme immediately, providing that they repay the Support money.</p><p>While the Department works closely with Motability, it is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the terms and the administration of the Motability scheme and the Transitional Support package. Any questions relating to the operation of the scheme itself should be directed to Motability itself.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/09/2017 11:00:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

754265

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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 and what proportion of personal independence payment claimants had the original decision on their application overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration, (b) the lodging of an appeal, without that appeal being heard and (c) an appeal hearing in each month for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	6270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>a) Statistics on outcomes of Mandatory Reconsiderations split by month can be found in published statistics in tables 7B of: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p>These statistics relate to normal rules claims (i.e. excluding special rules cases for the terminally ill).</p><p> </p><p>b) The following table gives the number of decisions overturned by DWP after an appeal had been lodged, but before the appeal was heard by the tribunal for the period Apr13-Mar17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month/Year<br> cases were settled</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>3400</p></td><td><p>4300</p></td><td><p>2500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>‘#’ Fewer than 50 claims in this category</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2013 and March 2017 11,000 cases were settled by the Department after the Mandatory reconsideration had taken place and an appeal been lodged, but before the tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p>c) Quarterly statistics on overturned cases at appeal can be found in published statistics from the Ministry of Justice in table SSCS.3 of: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 6706 question first answered 06/09/2017 10:39:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas