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92704

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, what the current average waiting time is for personal independence payments from application to the date of award.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	209886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 209887 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:53:02 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92705

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, what the current average waiting time is for applicants for personal independence payments for a face-to-face assessment if required.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	209887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 209886 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:53:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92706

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, what estimate he has made of the number of cases in which disability living allowance payments have ceased before personal independence payment is received; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people are not left without either benefit.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	209866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who comply with the processes when claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) continue to receive their DLA up to, and for 28 days beyond the decision on their PIP claim.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 13:59:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92707

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, if he will take steps to ensure that work search and work availability requirements under universal credit are applied in a way that respects the particular training, skills, work patterns and job search methodology of performers.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There is a general expectation on Universal Credit claimants subject to work search and work availability requirements to look for full-time work. These requirements can be limited as set out in Regulation 97 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013. Work-related requirements on claimants under Universal Credit will be tailored to the needs, experience and circumstances of the individual.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:48:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92708

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, what pilot or feasibility studies were carried out by his Department on managing the change over from disability living allowance to personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	209868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Details regarding the introduction of Personal Independence Payment can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/introducing-personal-independence-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/introducing-personal-independence-payment</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/10/2014 12:48:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92709

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Entertainers
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 introduce sector-specific guidance to his Department's decision-makers on work patterns and job searching in the entertainment industry.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The department has robust guidance in place for decision makers which sets out the requirements for working patterns and job search. We have no current plans to issue sector specific guidance to decision makers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 13:52:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92710

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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 and Support Allowance: Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have had their employment and support allowance stopped due to delays in processing medical certificates in (a) Bishop Auckland constituency and (b) Spennymoor in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Claim would not be stopped for any delays in processing medical certificates. If there are delays in receipt of a medical certificate from the customer unfortunately, this can delay payment being made.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/10/2014 12:38:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92711

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, what the ratio of doctor health care professionals to nurse or physiotherapist health care professionals currently carrying out work capability assessments is in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	209865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Doctors, nurses and physiotherapists are all trained to the same high level to carry out disability assessments on behalf of the DWP.</p><p>Staffing levels are not captured at Constituency level. As of October 2014 there are 194 doctors and 576 nurses or physiotherapists in the UK carrying out work capability assessments.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 209864 question first answered 17/10/2014 12:36:34 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92712

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, if he will take steps to ensure that private sector job search providers delivering under universal credit are aware of the typical work patterns and job search methodology of performers in the entertainment industry.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government believes that local providers are best placed to understand their local labour market and identify the most effective way of helping people into sustained work. They have been given the freedom to personalise support for an individual in a way that fits the local labour market.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/10/2014 10:48:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92713

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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 enquiry forms for assessment for personal independence payments have been sent to people in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) the UK; and how many of those who have applied have been waiting for a decision for longer than 26 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	209867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Once a claimant has made a claim for Personal Independence Payment they are sent a “How your disability effects you” (PIP2) form to complete. Statistics on PIP registrations are published at;</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/355654/pip-july-2014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/355654/pip-july-2014.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These show that as at 31st July 2014, 1,010 people had registered a claim for PIP in Hemsworth constituency and 490,400 people had registered a claim for PIP in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published as soon as they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/10/2014 12:56:09 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett