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1306902

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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, if she will prioritise personal independence payment reassessments in cases where the applicant has a known mental health issue.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	178630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Eligible Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants are invited to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – “reassessment claims” – in one of four ways:</p><p> </p><ul><li>On reaching age 16;</li><li>When reporting a change of circumstances which might result in a change in their DLA award;</li><li>Shortly before an existing DLA fixed term award comes to an end; or</li><li>Through random selection for those with long-term or indefinite DLA awards where none of the triggers above apply.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No invitations to claim PIP are prioritised by the DLA claimant’s health condition or disability.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 12:30:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1306913

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Coronavirus
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 consult (a) people with disabilities and (b) representative groups on any developments of her Department's strategic objectives following the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	178551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 23<sup>rd</sup> March 2021 to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-16/169969" target="_blank">169969</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/04/2021 13:52:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1306933

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Epilepsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of people with epilepsy entering employment.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	178586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>Government’s Plan for Jobs provides new funding to ensure more people, including those with health conditions get tailored Jobcentre Plus support to help them find work and to build the skills they need to get into work. This includes £895m for 13,500 additional Work Coaches who have been successfully recruited. The Restart Programme will support individuals who have been unemployed for over 12 months and through regular, personalised support providers will work with participants to identify the best way to support them into sustained employment.</p><p>From April 2021, the Disability Employment Advisors (DEA) Direct Support will be strengthened to include an element of Direct Support to customers with health condition or disability who require additional support over and above the ESA and Universal Credit core offer. DEA Direct Support will deliver work focussed bespoke support to move individuals with a disability or health condition towards a work outcome.</p><p> </p><p>If employees with epilepsy need workplace support beyond the cost of reasonable adjustment, Access to Work can help. Access to Work is supporting thousands more people with disabilities and health conditions than ever before. In 2019, Access to Work funded tailored and flexible support for 43,000 people, a 20% increase on the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>We also, through Disability Confident, provide employers with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to attract, recruit, retain and develop disabled people in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/04/2021 13:41:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1306940

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 the average waiting time is for a personal independence payment (PIP) renewal assessment to be undertaken; and what comparative assessment she has made of that waiting time with waiting times in April (a) 2020 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	178599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 12:28:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1307009

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of companies that are signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme; and what assessment she has made of the effect of that scheme on employment rates for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	178784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> March 2021, over 20,000 employers had signed up to the Disability Confident (DC) scheme covering over 11 million employees. Disability Confident is a learning journey that provides employers with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to attract, recruit, retain and progress disabled people in the workplace. Employers are encouraged to publically report on disability employment and mental health using the Voluntary Reporting Framework (VRF), but are not required to provide government with this data.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/04/2021 13:48:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1307284

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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, how many personal independence payment renewal assessment cases were awaiting consideration in Leeds Central constituency on 1 January in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	178823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 13:21:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1307313

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 criteria her Department is using to review extended personal independence payment awards.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	179626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Award reviews, whether following an extension to the award or not, are initiated within the 12 months prior to the award ending.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 12:36:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1307314

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the extended personal independence payment awards that are currently being reviewed were awarded following an appeal to the First Tier Tribunal or the Upper Tier Tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	179627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 12:38:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1307315

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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, whether claimants for extended personal independence payment awards will be given a choice between a face-to-face assessment and a phone/video assessment.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	179628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>As has always been the case, we will continue to assess new claims to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and reviews of existing PIP awards, on the basis of the paper-based evidence whenever possible. While telephone, paper-based and a limited number of video assessments will continue to be appropriate for many of our claimants, for others it might be more appropriate to conduct a face-to-face assessment in order to collect sufficient evidence and make a robust recommendation. These might include claimants without access to a telephone or a reliable telephone signal, claimants who lack insight into their condition, those with speech or hearing impairments (who cannot use the text relay service), and claimants who, due to their condition, feel unable to communicate via telephone. We will be identifying the most appropriate assessment type for individual claimants.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 12:40:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1307530

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	long Covid: Disability
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 an assessment of the potential merits of recognising long covid as a disability.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	179050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>Given Long COVID is an emerging condition, the Government cannot comment whether consideration should be given to its addition to the list of conditions classed as a disability under the Equality Act 2020. An individual is defined as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a “substantial” and “long-term” negative effect on their ability to carry out normal daily activities. The Act defines “long-term” as where an impairment has lasted, or is likely to last for at least 12 months, or where the impairment is likely to last for the rest of a person’s life. “Substantial” on the other hand is defined as an impairment that is more than minor or trivial.</p><p> </p><p>COVID-19 is a new disease and therefore it is not yet clear what the physical, psychological and rehabilitation needs will be for those experiencing long-term effects of the virus. The Government is funding ambitious and comprehensive research into the long-term physical and mental health effects of COVID-19 to better understand how to help and support those affected, with the most recent research call published on 25 March 2021 by the National Institute of Health Research/UK Research Institute.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/04/2021 13:45:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord