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46623

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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
	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's proposed Help and Support for Separated Families co-ordinated telephone network is in place; and what processes his Department has put in place to monitor and evaluate its effectiveness in promoting collaborative parenting in the interests of children.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	195021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The HSSF initiative has funded four organisations which provide telephone support for separating and separated families so that their agents can be trained in delivering appropriate messages about the benefits of collaborative parenting. These organisations are: Relate; Family Lives; the National Youth Advocacy Service; and Wikivorce.</p><p> </p><p>Representatives from all participating organisations have received tailored training and they are now cascading that training to their agents. We expect full roll-out by the end of April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering a variety of evaluation approaches, including call listening, ‘mystery shopping' exercises and a satisfaction survey.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46630

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what costs his Department has incurred in the development, promotion, monitoring and evaluation of the Sorting Out Separation web app to date; and what budget his Department assigned for the future promotion, updating, monitoring and redesign of that web app.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	194965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The costs of the Sorting out Separation web app are £417.5k to date. This includes initial build, maintenance and development, hosting and promotion. It also includes the costs of the development of the diagnosis tool and the videos hosted on Sorting out Separation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is in the process of considering the future direction of the Sorting out Separation web app and will shortly be taking steps to improve the profile of the app through search engine optimisation.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46962

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	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 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 318W on the Personal Independence Payment, what assumptions have been made by his Department while preparing the budget for the Personal Independence Payment scheme; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who will receive the (a) enhanced and (b) standard rate mobility component of the personal independence payment in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	195171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest forecasts of benefit expenditure on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) were published on the 27th of March 2014 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The expenditure estimates are determined by the migration timetable for reassessment and the distribution of new awards between the different rates, including nil awards. The other key input is the monetary value of the standard and enhanced rate of each component of PIP, which are set at the equivalent DLA rates.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below shows estimates of the number of people aged 16-64 who will be eligible for the standard and enhanced rate of mobility of Personal Independence Payment in 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17. These estimates are consistent with Autumn Statement 2013 forecasts. They will be updated in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Personal </strong><strong>Independence</strong><strong> Payment caseload, aged 16-64</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Standard rate of mobility</strong></p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>250,000</p></td><td><p>430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Enhanced rate of mobility</strong></p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td><td><p>390,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP modelling. Estimates are annual averages and have been rounded to the nearest 10,000.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46964

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	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 waiting time for applicants for the personal independence payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the PIP2 form and the date of receipt of the first payment after an assessment from each assessment provider.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	195169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for <strong>Liverpool</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>West Derby</strong><strong>,</strong> official report, 5 March, column 850W.</p><p> </p><p>In order to manage the gap between Personal Independence Payment go-live and the first release of Official Statistics in Spring 2014, we are assessing whether we can release some further information. If the quality assurance of this information shows that it is sufficiently robust and reliable then we will publish it via ad-hoc statistical releases.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 195168 195170 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46965

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	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 waiting time for applicants for the personal independence payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the DS1500 form and the date of receipt of the first payment after an assessment by each assessment provider.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	195170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for <strong>Liverpool</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>West Derby</strong><strong>,</strong> official report, 5 March, column 850W.</p><p> </p><p>In order to manage the gap between Personal Independence Payment go-live and the first release of Official Statistics in Spring 2014, we are assessing whether we can release some further information. If the quality assurance of this information shows that it is sufficiently robust and reliable then we will publish it via ad-hoc statistical releases.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 195168 195169 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46966

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	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 waiting time for applicants for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in each region of the UK is between submission of the PIP2 form and the date of the face-to-face PIP assessment from each assessment provider.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	195168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for <strong>Liverpool</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>West Derby</strong><strong>,</strong> official report, 5 March, column 850W.</p><p> </p><p>In order to manage the gap between Personal Independence Payment go-live and the first release of Official Statistics in Spring 2014, we are assessing whether we can release some further information. If the quality assurance of this information shows that it is sufficiently robust and reliable then we will publish it via ad-hoc statistical releases.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 195169 195170 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green