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1702254

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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	Pension Protection Fund
	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 extend member and trade union representation to the board of the Pension Protection Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	22595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund to include member or trade union representation, and there are no plans to extend representation to these groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Pension Protection Fund does, however, have Member Panels – which Board members are invited to attend – to enable members to feed in views on the service offered and thoughts about changes that could be made in the future.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/04/2024 13:59:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1690853

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	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, what number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment decisions overturned at tribunal were due to (a) the tribunal panel drawing a different conclusion based on the same evidence, (b) oral evidence given by the individual and (c) new written evidence provided at the hearing in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	15121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>Analysis of unpublished Personal Independence Payment (PIP) data held by DWP provides data on why decisions by DWP decision makers have been overturned at a tribunal hearing between January 2014 and September 2023 and is shown annually in the tables below. This information is taken from Decision Notices and recorded on the PIP computer system.</p><p> </p><p>This data only provides one reason per appeal why decisions by DWP decision makers have been overturned at a tribunal hearing, and therefore may not give the full story as there may be other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals data is taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are the result of a complex data match across a number of data sets. This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p> </p><p>Learning from this information, we have made improvements to our decision-making processes to help ensure we make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey. We have introduced a new approach to decision making at both the initial decision and the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, giving Decision Makers additional time to proactively contact customers where they think additional evidence may support the claim.</p><p /><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Summary reason DWP decision<br> overturned at Tribunal hearing</strong></p></td><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Appeal clearance year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023 (to September)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cogent documentary evidence<br> supplied at the appeal</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cogent oral evidence</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>14,700</p></td><td><p>22,900</p></td><td><p>26,500</p></td><td><p>25,100</p></td><td><p>26,200</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reached a different conclusion on<br> substantially the same facts</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>7,700</p></td><td><p>13,600</p></td><td><p>21,100</p></td><td><p>24,600</p></td><td><p>26,100</p></td><td><p>16,300</p></td><td><p>16,700</p></td><td><p>17,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td><td><p>8,200</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>7,100</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Summary reason DWP decision<br> overturned at Tribunal hearing</strong></p></td><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Appeal clearance year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023 (to September)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cogent documentary evidence<br> supplied at the appeal</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cogent oral evidence</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reached a different conclusion on<br> substantially the same facts</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><ul><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and percentages to the nearest percent.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 15:50:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1683208

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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, how many appeals against Personal Independence Payment decisions were lapsed by her Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	10200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal registrations and lapsed appeals. Data provided is for the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Appeals registered for each financial year and how many were subsequently lapsed</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals registered</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals subsequently lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>94,000</p></td><td><p>18,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>82,000</p></td><td><p>27,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>55,000</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>81,000</p></td><td><p>18,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Data provided is for England and Wales (excluding Scotland).</li><li>These figures include appeal registrations and decisions for PIP New Claims, Reassessments, Award Reviews and Change of Circumstances. These figures include appeals registered from April 2018 to March 2023 and any lapsed appeals related to these appeal registrations up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.</li><li>Appeals data has been taken from DWP PIP customer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li><li>This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/01/2024 14:34:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1683209

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the reasons for Personal Independence Payment decisions being overturned at mandatory reconsideration in 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	10201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The reasons for Personal Independence Payment decisions being overturned at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) are evaluated locally on a case-by-case basis, and we continue to learn from this. The Department’s overarching focus at the MR stage is on ensuring that each application is thoroughly reviewed, including considering all available evidence and contacting the claimant where necessary. Decisions will be changed at the MR stage where the evidence supports this, resolving disputes as early as possible and reducing the need to appeal.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/01/2024 11:34:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1644228

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	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: Fraud
	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 have been employed by his Department to investigate suspected benefit fraud in each year since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	189354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below provides the average staffing (full-time equivalent) utilised for investigating benefit fraud for the years requested.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average staff </strong><strong>(full-time equivalent)</strong><strong> investigating benefit fraud</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1359.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1245.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1358.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>128.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>543.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1022.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24*</p></td><td><p>1076.6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>*Average (full-time equivalent) over April and May 2023</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For years 2020-21 and 2021-22, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted DWP’s Fraud Investigation Service, with large numbers of staff redeployed to support the unprecedented demand for financial support.</p><p> </p><p>These numbers do not include our Compliance staff, who carry out robust and challenging interviews to ensure benefit claimants receive their correct entitlement, nor staff employed on preventative fraud work, for example our Enhanced Review Team, who are delivering significant savings for the Department as part of our shift to disrupting fraud at the outset.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our fraud plan, ‘Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System’, published May 2022, sets out our plans to recruit additional staff into our counter-fraud teams, and we continue to recruit and train new fraud investigators in order to maximise our headcount post Covid. It should be noted that training an investigator can take anywhere between 12 and 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/06/2023 14:49:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1625184

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	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	Low Incomes
	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 make an estimate of the number of low-income houses which are unable to afford living essentials due to a lack of funds.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	183508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>We do not collect this information; however, National Statistics on the number and percentage of people in poverty are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. This can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2021" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>A family is in combined low income and material deprivation if they have a material deprivation score of 25 or more and a household income below the relevant threshold of contemporary median income, Before Housing Costs. See <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/combined-working-age-absolute-low-income-and-material-deprivation-estimates-fye-2011-to-fye-2021/quality-and-methodology-information-report" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of children, working-age adults, and pensioners in combined low income and material deprivation can be found in tables 1_4d, 1_5d and 1_6c, respectively, in the summary-hbai-1994-95-2021-22-tables file.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/05/2023 16:21:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1625183

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	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	Universal Credit
	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 implications for his policies of the proposals by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell Trust on an essentials guarantee when setting Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	183507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/05/2023 10:13:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1562859

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	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	Universal Credit
	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 has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending the £20 Universal Credit uplift to legacy benefit claimants during the Covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	113281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made and it would incur disproportionate costs to make an estimate at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/01/2023 12:49:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546844

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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: Long Covid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to provide long-term support with seeking employment to people suffering from long covid.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	99916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>A range of Government initiatives are supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, including those suffering from long covid, to start, stay and succeed in work. These include:</p><ul><li>increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment Support Allowance;</li><li>Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>the Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for participants;</li><li>Access to Work grants towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li>Disability Confident encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues employees face in the workplace;</li><li>the Information and Advice Service providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting and managing health and disability in the workplace; and</li><li>support in partnership between DWP and the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/12/2022 10:48:34 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546845

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Long Covid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (b) other Cabinet colleagues and (c) stakeholders on the potential merits of classifying long covid as an occupational disease.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	99917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing a strong financial safety net for those in need. The benefit system is set up to consider the impact that a health condition has on an individual’s ability to work and carry-out day to day activities. In terms of support for those with health conditions, decisions are based on an assessment of an individual’s functional ability, not their diagnosed health condition(s). All health care practitioners who carry out assessments on behalf of the department have access to specific training and guidance modules on a wide range of clinical conditions, including long-COVID.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is responsible for the Industrial Injuries Scheme which compensates for injuries arising from an industrial accident or a prescribed disease contracted as a result of a person’s occupation. The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) is an independent body of experts who advise the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions regarding the scheme. The Council considered the available scientific and epidemiological evidence around COVID-19 infection and has published a Command Paper entitled, ‘COVID-19 and occupational impacts’. See: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-and-occupational-impacts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-and-occupational-impacts</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We will carefully consider the recommendations in the Command Paper and respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We will also continue to liaise with colleagues across Government and other stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/12/2022 10:50:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon