Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1440843

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 re-introduce the six-month extension of Access to Work grant awards for claimants who rely on support workers and are experiencing delays in the processing of their renewal applications.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	139248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>In response to the increase in Access to Work applications, business processes have been regularly reviewed, including the Renewals process. As part of this, we will now treat applications that are classified as renewals for on-going support as a priority group.</p><p> </p><p>Although this is not an automatic extension of the award, the prioritisation of renewals will enable applications to be cleared more quickly. Where the decision is to put in place a new award, this will be put in place for the longest period appropriate (up to the current 3 year maximum) so that the customer has stability in terms of their award, rather than having to renew again in a very short timeline, as was the case with automatically extended awards.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/03/2022 15:59:07 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440844

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to support Access to Work applicants facing delays in the processing of their application; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	139249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>Access to Work are currently receiving an increased level of applications for support and are working through all applications to ensure that they are progressed as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>For applications where a customer is due to begin a job in the next 4 weeks (whether employed or self-employed), and renewal applications for on-going support, their case will be prioritised and contact made as soon as possible. The Department is currently recruiting and training more people to work on Access to Work, as well the use of overtime working to support reducing the outstanding claim volumes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/03/2022 16:03:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440919

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	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	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, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments have been carried out by (a) telephone, (b) paper based or (c) face-to-face assessments between (i) November 2021 and January 2022, (ii) August and October 2021, (iii) May and July 2021, (iv) February and April 2021 and (v) February 2020 and January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	139251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table below.</p><p /><p>We have not included February and March 2020 as the data is not available. Therefore, the information provided in the table covers April 2020 to January 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Although not included in your question, it may be helpful to know that from autumn 2020, we have also been conducting video assessments, where appropriate, alongside telephone, paper based and face to face assessments. The proportion of video assessments have been included in the table for completeness.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>v</p></td><td><p>iv</p></td><td><p>iii</p></td><td><p>ii</p></td><td><p>i</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr 20 – Jan 21</p></td><td><p>Feb 21 – Apr 21</p></td><td><p>May 21 – Jul 21</p></td><td><p>Aug 21 – Oct 21</p></td><td><p>Nov 21 – Jan 22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paper based review</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td><td><p>17.2%</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Face to face assessment</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telephone assessment</p></td><td><p>82.5%</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p>82.3%</p></td><td><p>76.3%</p></td><td><p>77.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Video assessment</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Please Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is produced by the assessment providers and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the monthly totals have been calculated using weekly MI as there is no monthly MI available.</p><p> </p><p>All percentages have been rounded to the nearest .1%, therefore percentages may not add to 100%.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/03/2022 15:47:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 58586 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440920

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	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	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, how many people are awaiting a review of their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award after registration; and what the average time taken to review a PIP award is in the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	139252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>On 31st January 2022 (most recent data available), there were around 220,000 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Award Reviews registered that were awaiting a decision.</p><p> </p><p>For PIP Award Review decisions made in January 2022 (most recent data available) the average (median) time from Award Review registration to DWP decision was around 16 weeks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Customers awaiting an assessment to review their PIP will continue to be paid until the review is complete. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, considering the need to review all available evidence, including that from the claimant.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>Data Source: PIP Atomic Data Store (ADS)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures refer to planned PIP Award Reviews, where a claimant has reached their scheduled review date and the Department has sent an AR1 form.</li><li>The average referred to here is the median. The median time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value.</li><li>Processing times have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks.</li><li>The 'Award Review Registration to DWP decision (end to end)' processing time is measured as the average (median) time between the date of Award Review registration and the date of the DWP decision on the outcome of the review.</li><li>Median processing times are for Award Reviews where a decision was made in January 2022.</li><li>Processing Time measures do not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant during the review or claims that were disallowed by DWP prior to assessment (e.g. for failure to return paperwork).</li><li>Award reviews that are subsequently cancelled by DWP are excluded from these figures.</li><li>Figures are for Great Britain only.</li></ul> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/03/2022 15:42:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 58588 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1436480

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants are awaiting a decision.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	131033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member/ Rt Hon. Member to my response to parliamentary question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-22/127254" target="_blank">UIN 127254</a>, on 28th February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/03/2022 15:56:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1436481

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 length of time is for which Access to Work grant applications have been awaiting a decision; what proportion of those applications have been waiting for a decision for longer than six weeks; and what the longest time is for which such an application has been awaiting a decision.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	131034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member/ Rt Hon. Member to my response to parliamentary question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-22/127255" target="_blank">UIN 127255</a>, on 1<sup>st</sup> March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/03/2022 15:45:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1436482

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants have been decided in each of the last four weeks.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	131035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member/ Rt Hon. Member to my response to parliamentary question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-22/127256" target="_blank">UIN 131034</a> on 28th February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/03/2022 15:52:09 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1434157

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants are currently awaiting a decision.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	127254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>There are currently 17,940 Access to Work applications awaiting a decision as of 22<sup>nd</sup> February 2022. Please be aware however that this information is based on internal unpublished data.</p><p>The Access to Work statistical release includes how many applications results in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2019/20. Please see Table 1 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p>The latest Access to Work statistical release can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2021" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/03/2022 14:17:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 53968 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1434158

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 length of delay for Access to Work grant applications currently awaiting a decision; what proportion of those applications have been waiting for a decision for longer than six weeks; and what is the longest time for which an application of that type has been awaiting a decision.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	127255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is in part not held or not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/03/2022 15:05:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 53970 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1434159

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants have been decided in each of the last four weeks.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	127256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The volume of Access to Work applications decided in each of the last four weeks is:</p><p> </p><p>Week ending 30/01/2022 = 1,566 applications</p><p>Week ending 06/02/2022 = 1,426 applications</p><p>Week ending 13/02/2022 = 1,486 applications</p><p>Week ending 20/02/2022 = 1,722 applications</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/03/2022 13:55:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 53971 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms