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823731

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Multiple Sclerosis
	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 people with multiple sclerosis have been placed in the employment support allowance Support Group on the basis of (a) physical or mental health risk, (b) pregnancy risk or (c) severe functional disability since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	123177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of people with a primary medical condition of Multiple Sclerosis, with an initial claim to Employment and Support Allowance who were assigned to the Support Group on the basis of a) physical or mental health, b) pregnancy risk or c) severe functional disability between January 2013 and March 2017 is shown in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reason for Support Group assignment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of individuals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of individuals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical or mental health risk</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pregnancy risk</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe functional disability</p></td><td><p>5,400</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other reason</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>5,700</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: </strong>Data is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by the Healthcare Provider.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/01/2018 17:33:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

790217

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	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	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, how many claims of the assessment rate of employment and support allowance have been processed (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully in each month since January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	113402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) new claims which have been processed and awarded, or refused the assessment rate of benefit, can be found in the tables in attached Annexe A.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2017 17:21:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton attachment 1 file name 113402 Annexe A.docx title Annex A
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

786297

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	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: Parkinson's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease have been placed in the personal independence payment no review required category.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	111959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer previously giving by the Hon. Member Penny Mordaunt MP on 25 July 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-17/5325/" target="_blank">UIN 5325</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There is no “no review required” category for Personal Independence Payment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2017 11:48:37 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

786296

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	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: Parkinson's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease have been transferred from disability living allowance to personal independence payment to date.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	111958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on the number of people with Parkinson’s disease who have been reassessed from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment can be found in table 8D in the file “Personal Independence Payment: DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes, October 2016” at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2017 11:33:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

823729

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Multiple Sclerosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis have been awarded the enhanced rate of personal independence payment (a) mobility, (b) daily living and (c) mobility and daily living component by award length.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	123175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people who have been awarded either one or both of the Mobility and Daily Living components at the enhanced rate of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for awards made between April 2013 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2017, where the main disabling condition recorded was Multiple Sclerosis.</p><p><em>Table: Enhanced PIP Daily living and Mobility component awards made between April 2013 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2017 with main disabling condition recorded as Multiple Sclerosis.</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Enhanced Mobility (Nil / Standard / Enhanced Daily Living)</p></td><td><p>Enhanced Daily Living (Nil / Standard / Enhanced Mobility)</p></td><td><p>Enhanced Daily Living and Enhanced Mobility</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Awards</p></td><td><p>18,740</p></td><td><p>16,370</p></td><td><p>14,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indefinite Awards</p></td><td><p>9,890</p></td><td><p>9,530</p></td><td><p>9,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finite Awards</p></td><td><p>8,850</p></td><td><p>6,840</p></td><td><p>4,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 year</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>2,720</p></td><td><p>1,830</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>910</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 years</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td><td><p>950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 years</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 years</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10+ years</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short Term Award</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: PIP ADS</p><p> </p><p>Figures are based on the first outcome recorded for each case and include both new claims and DLA reassessment claims assessed under normal rules. Data has been rounded to the nearest 10 cases; totals less than 5 but greater than 0 are indicated by “#”. This is unpublished data and it should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision. Data is based on main disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The one year award length group includes cases whose award lengths are in the range 1-1.5 years. The two years award length group includes cases whose award lengths are in the range 1.5-2.5 years, and so on. The greater than 10 years group includes cases whose lengths are greater than or equal to 10.5 years but excludes cases whose award is indefinite.</p><p>Award lengths are calculated from the date of on-flow to PIP to the review date.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/01/2018 13:25:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

823730

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Multiple Sclerosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis placed in the employment support allowance (ESA) support group at initial work capability assessment have been placed in the ESA work-related activity group at their repeat assessment in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	123176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/01/2018 11:39:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

786837

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	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 has made of the responses to the consultation on Work, health and disability: improving lives, which closed on 17 February 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	112254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 we published <em>Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em>, setting out the Government’s approach to work and health and inviting views on a ten-year strategy for reform.</p><p> </p><p>We engaged with a wide range of stakeholders and others with an interest during the Green Paper consultation period and received around 6,000 responses. We are working towards a publication later this year, which will provide an update on the work we have been doing since the Green Paper, respond to the consultation, and set out our next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112397 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:49:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

786839

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations result in the original decision being upheld; and whether that figure achieves his Department's targets.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	112252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no targets within DWP for upholding applications for mandatory reconsideration. Each application is considered on its merits. The proportion of mandatory reconsiderations that resulted in the original decision being upheld is 81.9%. This data is based on the period 1st April 17 to 31st October 17.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2017 16:05:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

786841

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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: Appeals
	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 length of time is for his Department to clear a mandatory reconsideration; and whether that figure achieves his Department's relevant targets.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	112251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no targets within DWP for the time within which a mandatory reconsideration should be cleared. Whilst they are done without delay, the focus is on making a quality decision not the speed of clearance. The average processing time for mandatory reconsideration decisions to be made is 11.5 working days. This data is based on the period 1st April 17 to 31st October 17.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2017 15:55:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

786835

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is to the Government response to the Green Paper, entitled Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability, published on 31 October 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	112397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 we published <em>Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em>, setting out the Government’s approach to work and health and inviting views on a ten-year strategy for reform.</p><p> </p><p>We engaged with a wide range of stakeholders and others with an interest during the Green Paper consultation period and received around 6,000 responses. We are working towards a publication later this year, which will provide an update on the work we have been doing since the Green Paper, respond to the consultation, and set out our next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112254 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:49:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd