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824412

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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	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, if she will review the accuracy of reporting on DLA and PIP assessments; and if she will update best practice guidance for producing these reports.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	123213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>As Personal Independence Payment has replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64, the vast majority of Disability Living Allowance claims are decided on the basis of self-reporting of need. Where a medical assessment is required, the Department has published comprehensive guidance for Health Professionals on how to complete the assessment report. This guidance was last updated in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>As the majority of assessments are now undertaken on Personal Independence Payment, we work closely with the Assessment Providers to further improve the quality of assessments which includes ensuring their assessment reports are to the standard that the Department expects and are completed within an optimum timeframe. We have a programme of continuous improvement which includes Assessment Providers increasing clinical coaching, along with feedback and support available to each assessor. We are undertaking more observations of assessments and have introduced an independent audit of assessment reports to ensure that the advice provided to the Department’s Case Managers is of suitable quality, fully explained and justified. We will commit to progress the recommendations in Paul Gray’s second independent review around quality and consistency of Personal Independence Payment assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The Personal Independent Payment Assessment Guide provides comprehensive guidance for Health Professionals regarding all aspects of the assessment process including completion of assessment reports. This guide is updated regularly and was last updated December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2018 10:22:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

834240

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2018 to Question 123047, if the Government will review the guidelines for decisions on mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payments to take account of the decline in the number of cases in which the mandatory reconsideration decision is upheld since the introduction of that system.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	125872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Mandatory reconsideration benefits claimants, as it enables (i) the Department to provide a clear explanation of the decision; (ii) the claimant a further opportunity to present their case, including providing new evidence; and (iii) crucially, for decisions to be changed at the earliest opportunity, when appropriate.</p><p>The overturn rate of appeals does not mean that mandatory reconsideration is not working. The main reason decisions are overturned on appeal is due to additional evidence, both oral and written, being provided at tribunal, which was not previously available at the initial decision or the mandatory reconsideration stage</p><p>There are strands of work in progress to drive continuous improvement in the appeals process. This includes improving the way further evidence is collected to ensure all relevant information is available to decision makers at the earliest opportunity and the recruitment of approximately 150 Presenting Officers who represent DWP cases at Tribunals and provide valuable insight into why decisions are overturned.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 16:46:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

834621

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	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, how many and what proportion of (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment support allowance cases subject to a mandatory reconsideration decision were subsequently taken forward to tribunal in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	126069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) cleared can be found in the official published statistics: “Data tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to October 2017”. The relevant data can be found in Tavle 7b. This data shows the number of mandatory reconsiderations for New Claims and Reassessments broken down by month since PIP was introduced:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017</a></p><p>The number of mandatory reconsiderations (MRs) and appeals from Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments can be found in the official published statistics: “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: December 2017”. The relevant data can be found in Table 17.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-december-2017</a></p><p>The number of appeals registered for both benefits can be found in the official published statistics: “Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly – July to September 2017”. The relevant data can be found in table SSCS.1 in the “Main Tables (July to September 2017)” document.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/02/2018 17:24:08 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

837818

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January to Question 123049, if the Government will review the guidelines for decisions on mandatory reconsiderations for employment support allowance claims to take account of the decline in the number of cases in which the mandatory reconsideration decision is upheld since the introduction of that system.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	126849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Mandatory reconsideration benefits claimants, as it enables (i) the Department to provide a clear explanation of the decision; (ii) the claimant a further opportunity to present their case, including providing new evidence; and (iii) crucially, for decisions to be changed at the earliest opportunity, when appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The overturn rate of appeals does not mean that mandatory reconsideration is not working. The main reason decisions are overturned on appeal is due to additional evidence, both oral and written, being provided at tribunal, which was not previously available at the initial decision or the mandatory reconsideration stage.</p><p><br>There are strands of work in progress to drive continuous improvement in the appeals process. This includes improving the way further evidence is collected to ensure all relevant information is available to decision makers at the earliest opportunity and the recruitment of approximately 150 Presenting Officers who represent DWP cases at Tribunals and provide valuable insight into why decisions are overturned.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/02/2018 12:02:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

947275

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	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: Glasgow
	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 causes of unsuccessful transfers from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in the Glasgow area, and if will she make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	168078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has different eligibility criteria and takes a more holistic view of a person’s health condition or disability and the impact it has on their ability to live an independent life, compared to Disability Living Allowance (DLA).</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, when someone on DLA is invited to claim PIP and is reassessed, the level of their award may stay the same, go up, down or cease altogether depending on the claimants assessed level of needs.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Stat-Xplore – www.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 168079 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:41:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

947276

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	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: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to investigate the causes of the high proportion of unsuccessful transfers of disability living allowance claiminats to personal independence payments in the Glasgow area.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	168079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has different eligibility criteria and takes a more holistic view of a person’s health condition or disability and the impact it has on their ability to live an independent life, compared to Disability Living Allowance (DLA).</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, when someone on DLA is invited to claim PIP and is reassessed, the level of their award may stay the same, go up, down or cease altogether depending on the claimants assessed level of needs.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Stat-Xplore – www.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 168078 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:41:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843861

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out (a) the number of complaints relating to the equalisation of the state pension age that her Department's independent case examiner is currently considering and (b) the number of cases that the independent case examiner has resolved since 2 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	128116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>(a) Details of the number of complaints relating to the equalisation of state pension age, that are currently (as at 20<sup>th</sup> February 2018) being considered by the Independent Case Examiner’s Office are detailed below:</p><p> </p><ul><li>369 complaints undergoing checks to establish if they can be accepted for examination</li><li>1,800 complaints awaiting investigation</li><li>36 complaints being investigated</li></ul><p> </p><p>(b) Since 2 October 2017, the Independent Case Examiner’s Office has issued 44 investigation reports into complaints about the equalisation of state pension age.</p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/02/2018 17:15:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843862

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will set a maximum waiting time for responses to complaints regarding the equalisation of the state pension age received by the Independent Case Examiner.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	128289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>We will not set a maximum waiting time for responses to complaints regarding the equalisation of state pension age.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/02/2018 17:00:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843863

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	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 average time taken for a reply to be issued to a complaint submitted to the Independent Case Examiner regarding the equalisation of the state pension age.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	128119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The average time taken to respond to complaints about the equalisation of state pension age, from the point at which the investigation of the complaint commenced, is currently 9.75 weeks.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/02/2018 17:18:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

850313

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question 128116, on State Retirement Pensions: Females, what steps her Department plans to take to address the outstanding complaints in a timely fashion and whether she (a) is seeking more funding for that purpose and (b) plans to appoint more investigator staff.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	129881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Case Examiner’s Office has established a dedicated team of investigation case managers from within existing resources, to examine this group of complaints. The resources allocated to the Office are reviewed on an annual basis; however, there are no plans to seek additional funding or appoint more investigation staff to consider this group of complaints.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2018 14:37:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen