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998517

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	British Irish Intergovernmental Conference
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When the next meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference will take place.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	907331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State confirmed this morning, it has been agreed that the next meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference will take place in Dublin on Friday 2nd November. This will be chaired by my RHF the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, with the Secretary of State and Irish Justice Minister, Charles Flanagan, also in attendance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 31/10/2018 17:29:34 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

918366

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Director General of UK Visas and Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 23 June 2017 in relation to a constituent of West Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	150628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office can find no record of receiving the letter from the hon. Member dated 23 June 2017. The Home Office contacted the hon. Member’s office on the 7 June 2018.</p><p>The Home Office will respond to this correspondence separately.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 15:05:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

891372

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2018 to Question 135341, what her definition of in due course is in relation to when she plans to respond to the letter of 16 February 2018 referenced M2417/18.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	138007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Government is committed to ensuring that victims of modern slavery are comprehensively supported during their time in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), and that they are less vulnerable when they leave specialist support. This is why Government announced comprehensive reforms to the NRM in October 2017, including the introduction of an increased period of ‘move on’ support for those transitioning out of government funded support, and the provision of 6 months drop-in support for those who have leave to remain in the UK. Given the complexities of the issues raised in M2417/18, it is right that the Home Office carefully considers these before responding.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/04/2018 15:27:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

964008

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of UKVI's communications with asylum claim applicants on the progress of their applications; and if he will take steps to ensure that those applicants receive adequate communications on the progress of their applications.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	169183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office aims to keep individuals informed of progress with their application at least every 6 months. This process is kept under review and we are working to make technology improvements to the process of updating individuals.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 11:54:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

969448

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason his Department has informed applicants for priority visas that the 30-day processing time would be extended to up to 12 weeks.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	171665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Priority Visa Service for settlement applications aims to process straightforward cases within 30 working days.</p><p>Those applications made under the priority service will be placed to the front of the processing queue and expedited. However, it should be noted that timescales for decisions are not guaranteed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2018 15:48:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

914769

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Cancer
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 was from application to a decision being made for young people with cancer who applied for personal independence payments over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	148702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants with cancer aged 16 to 24 assessed under Normal Rules, waited an average (median) of 11 and 14 calendar weeks from the point of registration to a decision being made for new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reassessments respectively. For claimants with cancer aged 16 to 24 assessed under Special Rules for the Terminally Ill, the average (median) was 6 and 7 working days for new claims and DLA reassessment claims respectively. This data includes cases on which a decision was made between 1<sup>st</sup> February 2017 and 31st January 2018, the latest full year for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on clearance times split by Normal Rules and Special Rules claims and new claim or DLA reassessment claims can be found in the data tables, “Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to January 2018” within tables 5A-B here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System claimant records.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. “Cancer” is defined here by claimants recorded on the PIP Computer System with “Neoplasms (C00 - D48)” in the ICD summary code. ICD summary codes are based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, published by the World Health Organisation. For reporting purposes, the disability conditions as recorded on the PIP IT system have been mapped to reflect as closely as possible the appropriate ICD10 code.</p><p>2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks for Normal Rules and working days for Special Rules for the Terminally Ill.</p><p>3. Data includes normal rules and special rules as recorded at the point of the DWP decision, in accordance with the measure. It is possible for claims to transition between Normal/Special Rules and new claims/reassessments during the course of the claimant journey.</p><p>4. Figures for reassessments include Rising 16s. (Individuals previously on child DLA who are reassessed for PIP upon reaching the age of 16).</p><p>5. The figures are the average (median) clearance time of claims cleared between 1<sup>st</sup> February 2017 and 31st January 2018.</p><p>6. The median time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The median is presented here instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected by outlying cases (e.g. cases were the person has been hard to reach due to being in prison, hospital, failed to attend the assessment on numerous occasions etc.)</p><p>7. The 'Registration to DWP decision (end to end)' clearance time is measured as the average time between the date of registration of the claim and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit).</p><p>8. A claimant may have multiple disabling conditions but only the primary condition is recorded on PIP systems.</p><p>9. This is unpublished data and it should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p>10. Claimants are aged 16 to 24 (i.e. aged 16 and over and under 25) at the time of the decision. This is in line with CLIC Sargent’s definition of “young people”. <a href="https://www.clicsargent.org.uk/content/cancer-facts-and-figures" target="_blank">https://www.clicsargent.org.uk/content/cancer-facts-and-figures</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/06/2018 16:28:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

921870

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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
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 time taken was to process benefit applications subject to delay due to backlog in the last period for which figures are available; and what assessment she has made of the effect of those delays on the time taken to process (a) cases in which one year's disability living allowance back payment is outstanding one month after a court decision on those payments and (b) other such urgent cases.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	152096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. However, the statistics that the Department publishes on clearance times, ie for Employment Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment only, can be found in the links below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/06/2018 15:10:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

938532

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on the ability of victims of domestic violence to claim the benefits.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	163043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit continues to support victims of domestic violence to claim benefits through a range of measures.</p><p> </p><p>These include special provisions for temporary accommodation, easements and same day advances. One-to-one Work Coaches will also signpost domestic violence victims to expert third-party support, and we can provide split payments where individuals in these cases request and where it would be helpful to do so.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2018 14:35:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

914768

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Cancer
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 take steps to ensure that young cancer patients who are claiming personal independence payments can access financial support backdated from the day of their diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	148701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Other than for those who are terminally ill, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability rather than a diagnosis. Primary legislation sets out that a claimant cannot be entitled to PIP for any period prior to the date of claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/06/2018 16:35:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

982491

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	Members: Correspondence
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 it her policy to require senior personnel in the (a) North Central England office and (b) rest of her Department to sign their correspondence (i) to and (ii) from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	176108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s main aim is to provide the best service to hon. Members. To do this correspondence from hon. Members to officials is generally handled at the most appropriate level to provide an appropriate response. Operational expediency and good customer service will mean that the official addressed may not be the official who replies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/10/2018 15:01:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper