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424686

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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: Disability
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 potential effect of changes to disability benefits on spending by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	13860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance are universal benefits that help with the extra costs arising from a long-term health condition or disability. Spending on these benefits increased by over £2 billion over the course of the last parliament and we expect to be spending over £21 billion this year. We would expect individuals to be accessing the relevant support services, regardless of benefit receipt and do not expect the reforms to disability benefits to impact health services. We have also set up the Work and Health Joint Unit with the Department of Health to improve health and employment outcomes for claimants. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/11/2015 13:51:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

424687

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions
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 effect on single tier pensions on people contracted out of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	13921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Contracting out of additional State Pension for Defined Benefit schemes will end on the introduction of the new State Pension from 6 April 2016. The impact on individuals is set out in the <em>Updated impact of the single-tier pension reforms</em> (July 2014) and can be found at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332996/single-tier-pension-impact-assessment-update-july-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332996/single-tier-pension-impact-assessment-update-july-2014.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/11/2015 14:02:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

424694

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what budget was allocated to the Flexible Support Fund in the most recent financial year for which data is available; and how much of that budget remained unspent.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	13804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The budget allocated for Flexible Support Fund in 14/15 was £136m [excluding the support contract which was a further £20m]. Spend was £72m, leaving an underspend of £64m</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/11/2015 13:20:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

424695

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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 Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who started employment through the Work Based Sector Academy scheme were still in employment with the same organisation after 13 weeks since that scheme began.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	13764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Official statistics record starts to sector-based work academy pre-employment training only. The Department does not collate information on outcomes, nor the number of benefit claimants finding work through a sector-based work academy placement. There are no current plans to do so.</p><br /><p>Official statistics are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-april-2012-to-may-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-april-2012-to-may-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 13765 question first answered 02/11/2015 11:21:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

424696

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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 Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to monitor sustained employment through the Work Based Sector Employment scheme beyond 13 week follow-up enquiries to employers.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	13765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Official statistics record starts to sector-based work academy pre-employment training only. The Department does not collate information on outcomes, nor the number of benefit claimants finding work through a sector-based work academy placement. There are no current plans to do so.</p><br /><p>Official statistics are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-april-2012-to-may-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-april-2012-to-may-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 13764 question first answered 02/11/2015 11:21:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

424380

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent meetings Ministers in his Department have had with cancer campaign groups on proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on changes to employment and support allowance for people in the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	13564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers regularly have meetings with a variety of stakeholders, including cancer charities; as part of their role.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/10/2015 09:48:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

424381

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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, how frequently a person with a (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) another degenerative disease should be required to attend an assessment in connection with their claim for (i) employment and support allowance and (ii) personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	13629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) assesses individuals against a set of functional descriptors not specific conditions, as two people with the same condition can be affected in different ways. This does however take account of how fluctuating and degenerative conditions, such multiple sclerosis, affect a claimant’s ability to work.</p><br /><p>A healthcare professional gives advice on when they think a claimants functional capability may have changed sufficiently to trigger a change in the outcome of the WCA. Re-referral dates chosen can be 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 or 36 months depending on when it is considered most appropriate for the claimant to have their next contact with the Department.</p><br /><p>Decisions on claims to Personal Independence Payment are made by case managers and are based on advice received from the assessment providers following an assessment, together with any other evidence received. People with a progressive condition, and who are not expected to live beyond six months, are not required to attend a face-to-face assessment and their claims will always be decided on the basis of the evidence received.</p><br /><p>Claims to Personal Independence Payment are looked at individually, considering the impact on daily living and mobility of the impairment or health condition, rather than solely basing the decision on the impairment or health condition itself. Award durations and reviews are based on an assessment of whether the individual’s functional abilities are likely to deteriorate, improve or stay the same. Reviews ensure that claimants continue to receive the appropriate level of award throughout their claim, including claimants with degenerative conditions who may get a higher award at review to reflect a deterioration in their condition.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 13626 question first answered 30/10/2015 14:11:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

424382

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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 Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit by people who are eligible.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	13630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that older people receive the support they are entitled to and the Department targets activity on engaging with people who may be eligible at pivotal stages such as when they claim State Pension or report a change in their circumstances.</p><br /><p>We use a wide range of channels to communicate information about Pension Credit to potential customers, including information on gov.uk, in leaflets and by telephone.</p><br /><p>We believe that one of the best ways to reach those eligible customers who may be reluctant to claim is through trusted messengers working in the community and DWP provides a web-based Pension Credit toolkit at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit</a> containing a range of resources for anyone working with pensioners. It contains guides to Pension Credit, examples of the reasons why eligible customers might not claim, ideas for encouraging take-up, and makes available a range of publicity material.</p><br /><p>To increase take-up we are currently engaging with community partners through the Age Action Alliance and have recently begun a series of workshops designed to publicise the toolkit resources and to allow partners to share best practice of what works to encourage take-up.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/10/2015 13:18:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

424384

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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: City of Westminster
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment support allowance claimants in the City of Westminster have been referred to Maximus and the Work Programme since that company took over that contract.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	13640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested (up to June 2015) is published and available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><br /><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/10/2015 12:05:27 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

424386

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance applications for children with ADHD were (a) accepted and b) rejected in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	13684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The requested data is not available.</p><br /><p>Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) caseload statistics by main disabling condition are published on gov.uk at <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a></p><br /><p>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is not listed separately but under the broader descriptor Hyperkinetic Syndrome. As of February 2015, there are 44,740 children with Hyperkinetic Syndrome being paid DLA out of 391,000 children in total.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/10/2015 09:53:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead