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registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 8 September 2014 from the hon. Member for Harrow West about Mr Ashok Pandya of Harrow.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	209213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>My hon. Friend the Minister for Disabled People, Mark Harper, wrote to the hon. Member on 3 October 2014.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 09:38:41 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

90797

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) his Department and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	208295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures relate to base salary. 2014/15 figures are taken from year to date information.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the highest and lowest salaries for each of the requested years for the Department for Work and Pensions and each of its public bodies. The highest salaries relate to a small number of individuals across these organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In line with Cabinet Office guidance on publishing information highest salaries are shown in £5k bands:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Department for Work and Pensions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£240,000 - £245,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£240,000 - £245,000</p></td><td><p>£14,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£14,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£14,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£15,150</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>includes Child Maintenance Group salaries</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>The Pensions Ombudsman</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£125,000 - £130,000</p></td><td><p>£17,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£125,000 - £130,000</p></td><td><p>£17,625</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong> The Pensions Regulator </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£16,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£16,278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£16,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£210,000 - £215,000</p></td><td><p>£16,778</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£210,000 - £215,000</p></td><td><p>£18,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Health and Safety Executive</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£170,000 - £175,000</p></td><td><p>£15,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£170,000 - £175,000</p></td><td><p>£16,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£170,000 - £175,000</p></td><td><p>£16,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£170,000 - £175,000</p></td><td><p>£17,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£135,000 - £140,000</p></td><td><p>£18,044</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>National Employment Savings Trust</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£20,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£20,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£26,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£26,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£230,000 - £235,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Remploy Limited</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£145,000 - £150,000</p></td><td><p>£11,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£145,000 - £150,000</p></td><td><p>£11,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£145,000 - £150,000</p></td><td><p>£13,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£120,000 - £125,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Independent Living Fund</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£100,000 - £105,000</p></td><td><p>£15,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£100,000 - £105,000</p></td><td><p>£14,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£90,000 - £95,000</p></td><td><p>£15,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£95,000 - £100,000</p></td><td><p>£14,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£105,000 - £110,000</p></td><td><p>£14,750</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Pension Protection Fund</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£16,086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£16,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£195,000 - £200,000</p></td><td><p>£16,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£220,000 - £225,000</p></td><td><p>£18,218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£220,000 - £225,000</p></td><td><p>£18,218</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong> The Pensions Advisory Service Ltd</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£90,000 - £95,000</p></td><td><p>£21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£90,000 - £95,000</p></td><td><p>£21,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£90,000 - £95,000</p></td><td><p>£20,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£75,000 - £80,000</p></td><td><p>£20,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£95,000 - £100,000</p></td><td><p>£21,200</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>The Office for Nuclear Regulation </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Highest full-time equivalent salary</p></td><td><p>Lowest full-time equivalent salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£175,000 - £180,000</p></td><td><p>£18,044</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>ONR became a public corporation in April 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 16:54:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

61091

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Harrow West's letter of 2 June 2014 regarding Mr Abdi Kadir Mumin of Harrow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	200056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on 10 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/06/2014 13:40:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

57958

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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: Greater London
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 people who have submitted a claim for personal independence payment and have been waiting for more than six months for a medical assessment in (a) the UK, (b) London and (c) the London Borough of Harrow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	198779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are committed to ensuring personal independence payment (PIP) claimants receive high quality, objective, fair and accurate assessments. Since the introduction of PIP new claims in April 2013, we have been closely monitoring all aspects of the process.</p><p> </p><p>As personal independence payment (PIP) is a new benefit, processes are currently bedding in. Our latest analysis is telling us that the end-to-end claimant journey is taking longer than expected. We are working closely with the assessment providers to ensure that they are taking all necessary steps to improve performance, speed up the process and ensure claimants receive a satisfactory experience. We are also seeking to ensure that all the steps in the process run as smoothly as possible and that there are no barriers in our processes and systems that contribute to claims taking longer than necessary to progress.</p><p> </p><p>The first official statistics for the number of people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was published on 5<sup>th</sup> June alongside updated statistics on PIP new claim registrations, decisions and awards.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on clearance times are not being published at this stage. Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication but releasing them at this stage would give a skewed representation of the process since steady state has not yet been reached and natural reassessment has yet to rollout across the country.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199111 question first answered 09/06/2014 14:13:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

57959

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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 people in each (a) region of England and (b) London borough had been waiting six months or longer for a medical examination as part of their assessment of entitlement to a personal independence payment on 1 May 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	199111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are committed to ensuring personal independence payment (PIP) claimants receive high quality, objective, fair and accurate assessments. Since the introduction of PIP new claims in April 2013, we have been closely monitoring all aspects of the process.</p><p> </p><p>As personal independence payment (PIP) is a new benefit, processes are currently bedding in. Our latest analysis is telling us that the end-to-end claimant journey is taking longer than expected. We are working closely with the assessment providers to ensure that they are taking all necessary steps to improve performance, speed up the process and ensure claimants receive a satisfactory experience. We are also seeking to ensure that all the steps in the process run as smoothly as possible and that there are no barriers in our processes and systems that contribute to claims taking longer than necessary to progress.</p><p> </p><p>The first official statistics for the number of people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was published on 5<sup>th</sup> June alongside updated statistics on PIP new claim registrations, decisions and awards.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on clearance times are not being published at this stage. Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication but releasing them at this stage would give a skewed representation of the process since steady state has not yet been reached and natural reassessment has yet to rollout across the country.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 198779 question first answered 09/06/2014 14:13:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

43882

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
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
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 disability living allowance claims took longer than 40 days to process in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	192527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see the table below showing the percentage of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) new claims, for Normal Rules (NR), that took longer than 40 days to process. Claims not yet processed within 40 days, include cases where we are awaiting additional information from the claimant and/or medical evidence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Claims Cleared</strong></p></td><td><p>402,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of claims cleared after 40 working days </strong></p></td><td><p>89,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of </strong><strong>DLA</strong><strong> New Claims (NR) <br /> cleared after 40 working days</strong></p></td><td><p>22.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prior to 2012/13 the measure reported against was an Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT). This is the cumulative clearance days divided by the number of cleared events within the reporting period.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the table below for 2010/11 and 2011/12: </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Claims Cleared</strong></p></td><td><p>431,572</p></td><td><p>412,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AACT (Level 37.7 days)</strong></p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The reported figure only relates to DLA (NR) new claims. NR claims are those where the claimant is not terminally ill and the normal rules of entitlement therefore apply. </p><p> </p><p>The figures above cover the period from 1st April to 31st March and shows the national position including working age and child claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The AACT level (37.7 days) shown in the above table is a measure based on a prior year's performance.</p><p> </p><p>We have not provided data for 2013/14 due to not having a full financial year available at this time. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions – RDA 80123 report - DLA Management Information Statistics</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

43918

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the processing time target is for personal independence payment (PIP) claims; and what proportion of such claims took longer than this target time to process since the introduction of PIPs.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	192751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As you will appreciate, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit and processes are currently bedding in. There are no time limits or targets on processing times to claims for PIP but we are taking the necessary action to improve the processing times. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas