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825456

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons work capability assessment reports are not released to claimants until a decision has been made on their claim; and if she will review this policy.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	123597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of the first Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment, Professor Malcolm Harrington recommended a copy of the personalised summary of the assessment report was sent to every claimant.</p><p> </p><p>Following a trial in 2011 evidence suggested a better approach would be to send claimants the Decision Makers justification. This approach was agreed with Professor Harrington and implementation commenced in December 2011. The implementation considered policy, operational and claimant’s requirements. As a result it was agreed that the Decision Maker’s justification will be shared in all adverse decisions, and only shared on request where entitlement has been awarded.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2018 16:34:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1006040

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health assessments were carried out on claimants of (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment support allowance in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	190915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of health assessments that were carried out for Personal Independence Payments claimants in each of the last five years are shown in the table below. The increase in PIP assessments reflects the growth in new claims following the introduction of PIP in 2013 and the of reassessment of DLA to more areas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Jun 2013 - March 2014</p></td><td><p>April 2014 - March 2015</p></td><td><p>April 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>April 2016 - March 2017</p></td><td><p>April 2017 - March 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP Health assessment reports received</p></td><td><p>81,000</p></td><td><p>555,000</p></td><td><p>708,000</p></td><td><p>1,003,000</p></td><td><p>1,021,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: chargeable outputs trend summary report</p><p>(Figures rounded to nearest 1k)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of health assessments that were carried out for Employment Support Allowance claimants in each of the last five years are shown in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>April 2013 - March 2014</p></td><td><p>April 2014 - March 2015</p></td><td><p>April 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>April 2016 - March 2017</p></td><td><p>April 2017 - March 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA Health assessment reports received</p></td><td><p>638,000</p></td><td><p>685,000</p></td><td><p>742,000</p></td><td><p>913,000</p></td><td><p>913,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Monthly Work Capability Summary MI report</p><p>(Figures rounded to nearest 1k)</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/11/2018 17:08:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

983348

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many audits on health assessments have been undertaken for (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payments in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	176388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Please find attached numbers as requested. We’ve interpreted the request as audits for all WCA and PIP assessments given that the request is a) ESA b) personal. The numbers below relate to audits undertaken in order for the department to measure contractual quality service levels. The providers also conduct internal auditing to assure quality and these figures are not included.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of health assessments randomly audited is available from the commencement of the independent audit process. This was from March 15 for WCA audits (which include ESA, UC and IBR) and from June 16 for PIP audits.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>From March 2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018 to August</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WCA</p></td><td><p>7185</p></td><td><p>8590</p></td><td><p>8647</p></td><td><p>5423</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>DWP Independent Audit MI</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>from June2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018 to August</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>10289</p></td><td><p>17285</p></td><td><p>11705</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>DWP Independent Audit MI</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/10/2018 14:33:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

983349

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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: 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of the independence of audits carried out on health (a) assessments and (b) reports undertaken on claimants of (i) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	176389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>All Healthcare Professionals are subject to on-going audit by our assessment providers to ensure that they deliver high quality assessments. The Department also undertakes independent audit to ensure that the advice provided to the Department’s decision makers is of suitable quality, fully explained and justified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/10/2018 14:17:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

983351

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations are responsible for the independent audits on health (a) assessments and (b) reports on claimants of employment support allowance and personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	176390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Independent Audit is conducted by the Department and is one of the tools to measure quality for performance management purposes. It is primarily used as a mechanism to determine quality performance against contractual requirements and also provides feedback to the Providers on the quality of audited reports.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/10/2018 14:12:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

986433

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2018
	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: Medical Examinations
	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 Independent Assessment Service (IAS) reports that have been audited and amended, whether it is her Department's policy to provide the (a) original and (b) amended IAS reports to claimants who request a copy of the IAS report on their assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	178516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>If the audit process or the Case Manager identify that the report is of unacceptable quality it is returned to the assessment provider for a review. The review takes into account all the evidence provided and a further assessment report is then completed and returned to DWP. It is DWP policy to provide only the latest copy of the assessment report to claimants upon request, as this supersedes any previous report and is the report used by the Case Manager to make the decision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2018 14:15:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 79253 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

992719

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	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: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many internal audits of claimant health assessments were carried out by the organisations responsible for (a) work capability and (b) personal independence payment assessments in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	182246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>Internal audit, as carried out by the suppliers, is one element of the supplier quality management regime, which is subject to ongoing review. Information on the internal audit of our Assessment Providers is not a contractual MI requirement and the collective information you have requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/10/2018 14:11:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

992846

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	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: Medical Examinations
	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 18 October 2018 to Question 178516 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, if her Department will (a) review its policy to send only the latest copy of a person's assessment report and (b) provide (i) all copies of those reports and (ii) explanations of any amendments to ensure that the process is transparent.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	182305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>It is Department for Work and Pensions policy to provide only the latest copy of the assessment report to claimants upon request, as this supersedes any previous report and is the report used by the Case Manager to make the decision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/10/2018 14:39:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

994184

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	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: Medical Examinations
	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 11 October 2018 to Question 176388 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, how many of those audits resulted in amendments to health assessment reports (a) in total and (b) where a person's care needs for a descriptor were reduced for (i) employment and support allowance and (ii) personal independence payment in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	183441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, accurate assessments and monitor assessment quality through independent audit. DWP Decision Makers can return reports to Assessment Providers for rework/additional advice if they feel that the information within a report does not fully justify the recommendation given. A range of measures, including provider improvement plans, address performance falling below expected standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/10/2018 16:15:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

931516

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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: Kidney Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance and support her Department (a) is providing to and (b) has mandated from agencies managing assessments for (i) personal independence payments and (ii) employment support allowance for people with renal failure.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	157789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Guidance for Health Professionals carrying out Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments is provided in the PIP Assessment Guide for Health Professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The PIP assessment is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their disability or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability, rather than the disability itself. Therefore the PIP Assessment Guide takes account of the functional impacts of all conditions, including renal failure.</p><p>The PIP Assessment Guide can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers" target="_blank">Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for assessment providers - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p><p>For Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Health Professionals also have access to the Work Capability Assessment <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals" target="_blank">Handbook</a> which sets out circumstances when a claimant can be treated as having limited capability for work which includes if they are undergoing regular treatment including haemodialysis for chronic renal failure.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 02/07/2018 11:15:08 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows