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638017

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of allowing people to claim their state pension before reaching pensionable age if they have been forced to retire on the grounds of ill health.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Pensions Act 2014, section 27, commits the Government to a structured review of the State Pension age. The first Government review of State Pension age is underway and must report by May 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The review will be informed by an independent report by John Cridland, which will comment on factors that the Secretary of State should take account of in the review. Mr. Cridland published an interim report on 13 October 2016, alongside a call for evidence, which will close on the 31 December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/11/2016 13:19:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

795445

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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, whether his Department plans to review the appropriateness of the 20 metre rule for personal independence payment claimants with Parkinson's Disease; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	115866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We consulted widely and extensively on the assessment criteria for the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) prior to its introduction in April 2013. Furthermore, we carried out an additional consultation between 24 June 2013 and 5 August 2013 on the “Moving around” activity for the mobility component. PIP has been designed to reflect a modern understanding of disability and treat all conditions fairly. We have no plans to review the assessment criteria.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/12/2017 13:29:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

809570

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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, pursuant to his observations on the public petition entitled PIP Assessment Criteria and Process of 21 November 2017, if he will make it his policy to specify minimum qualification and training requirements for all assessors.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	120228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>As stated in the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ observations, DWP has set clear requirements on the professions, skills, experience and training of the Health Professionals that the Assessment Providers can use to carry out Personal Independence Payment assessments. In addition to their qualified profession, they must have at least two years’ experience following registration, as well as awareness training in specific conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Health Assessment Providers frequently engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen review and update training programmes for all their assessment staff.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/12/2017 13:00:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

809571

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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, pursuant to his observations on the public petition entitled PIP Assessment Criteria and Process of 21 November 2017, what timescale his Department proposes for the development of video content for PIP claimants which sets out the (a) claim process and (b) responsibilities of the claimant to provide supporting information with their claim.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	120229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government response to the second independent review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment, published on 18 December 2017, agreed with the recommendation that claimants should be given a clear explanation of their responsibilities and what information they should provide with their claim. It further set out that we will develop video content for PIP claimants, outlining the claim process and setting out the responsibilities of the claimant to provide supporting information with their claim. A series of four short videos are currently in development which will explain the PIP customer journey. The videos focus on the key stages of pre-claim, making a claim, providing supporting information and the PIP decision, and we aim to have them available to claimants in early 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 15:45:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810510

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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: 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 recommendation eight of the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment, Cm 9540, what the optimum timeframe is for the completion of assessment reports after the assessment has taken place.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	120855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of factors that impact on the length of time taken to complete the report following the assessment, for example, whether the assessment was conducted in a person’s home or at an assessment centre. As the Second Independent Review of PIP acknowledged, the logistics in organising and conducting home visits will introduce some time delay in writing up reports immediately after the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects assessment reports to be completed in a timely manner following the assessment but does not set a fixed timeframe for the completion of assessment reports following the assessment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:55:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810511

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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: 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 recommendation six of the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment, Cm 9540, what the timescale is for the proposed pilot due in early 2018 to understand the benefits of early case preparation in more complex cases.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	120856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We are developing a process to gather information from Healthcare Professionals who deliver PIP assessments to gauge their opinion on the timescales needed to prepare effectively for assessments. This is due early 2018. The evaluation of the pilot, will help inform decisions about the specification for future contracts regarding pre-assessment preparation.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:58:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

869323

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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, if she will make an assessment of (a) the effect on vulnerable benefit claimants of the requirement to pay in advance for front travel costs for attendance at assessments and (b) the potential merits of introducing pre-paid travel arrangments for such claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	133837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Any claimant who is required to attend an Employment and Support Allowance or Personal Independent Payment assessment will be reimbursed for any reasonable travel costs associated with attending the assessment. The Department and its assessment providers do not pay travel costs in advance and we have no plans to change the current policy which is consistent with other areas of Government such as the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants who are required to attend an assessment are advised in their appointment letter to contact the relevant provider if they have any difficulty in attending the assessment. Where such situations arise, the Department expects the assessment providers to explore all possible options to ensure that an assessment can be conducted. For example, this may include changing the location of an assessment or undertaking a home visit where a person’s health condition indicates that either they cannot travel to an assessment, or where travel would require high levels of support or cause significant distress.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 15:54:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

669682

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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	Housing Benefit: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his Department's policy to remove housing benefit from 18 to 21 year olds on their living standards.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	908073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>This policy will ensure young people in the benefit system face the same choices as young people who are in work but may not be able to afford to leave home.</p><p>By encouraging young people to stay in the family home, this policy will improve work incentives and, under the Youth Obligation, more young adults will move into work, improving their living standards.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 908070 question first answered 09/01/2017 16:50:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

677633

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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: Early Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of administering working age benefits to people who have retired on health grounds but not yet reached pensionable age.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	61227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/01/2017 17:24:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

678747

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	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	Disclosure of Information
	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 assess the potential merits of allowing government agencies to share information in cases where there are concerns for a claimant's wellbeing as a result on non-contact with that client.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	61697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>DWP takes both its duty of confidentiality and its duty of care to citizens very seriously, and while in general it will only share personal data as the law requires or allows, the department has always reserved the right to take any necessary steps to protect the safety and welfare of any individual.</p><p> </p><p>In any case where concerns about a person’s welfare exist, departmental policy already actively encourages DWP staff to act quickly in order to help reduce or remove the risk identified, and accommodates an approach to any organisation or agency which it is believed will be able to help in a given case.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 31/01/2017 12:37:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day