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789189

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that training offered to those carrying out work capability assessments complies with statutory obligations under the Autism Act 2009.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	112979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Autism Act 2009 does not impose any specific statutory obligations on DWP or its Providers. The Department is, however, fully committed to improving the services it provides for people with autism. Part of the Department’s Autism Strategy Action Plan focuses on key areas for improvement, including promotion of the autism agenda to our Assessment Provider, Centre for Health and Disability Assessments. In order to improve the skills and knowledge of Healthcare Professionals that undertake Work Capability Assessments, the Department supported the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments in the development of condition specific training on autism which is quality assured by external reviewers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2017 15:50:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

789193

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people administering work capability assessments are required to undertake training on autism and autistic spectrum disorders; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	112878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>All Healthcare Professionals conducting Work Capability Assessments receive extensive training regarding autism spectrum disorders as part of their initial new entrant training. This training programme includes simulated assessments covering claimants with autism and learning disabilities to allow Healthcare Professionals to develop appropriate consultation skills. All Healthcare Professionals have access to condition specific information on autism which is quality assured by external reviewers. Healthcare Professionals are further supported by Functional Champions who are available to provide advice to Healthcare Professionals on particular conditions including autism before, during or after an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2017 15:48:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

789314

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants are successful on appeal at tribunal.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	113054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Between April 2013 and June 2016, the latest dates for which data is available, 4% of Personal Independence Payment decisions were overturned at appeal.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2017 15:43:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

788664

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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: Ashfield
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 employment and support allowance support group appeals in Ashfield constituency resulted in decisions to reject applications being overturned in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	112614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112615 question first answered 16/11/2017 09:44:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

788665

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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: Ashfield
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 employment and support allowance work-related group appeals in Ashfield constituency resulted in decisions to reject applications being overturned in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	112615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112614 question first answered 16/11/2017 09:44:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

788671

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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, with reference to his Department's personal independence payment (PIP) assessment guidance updated on 2 November 2017, how many PIP claimants in (a) the Brighton and Hove area and (b) nationally have been identified to date as being entitled to a higher rate of PIP following the decision to change the rules on claimants' ability to carry out unsupervised daily tasks safely; by what date his Department will have completed the task of going through all existing cases to identify people who might be entitled to a higher rate of PIP as a result of the judgment handed down on 9 March 2017; by what date all people entitled to that higher rate will be contacted by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	112629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>New claims have been benefitting from the changes since the 13 November 2017; The exercise to ensure that all claims made prior to that are receiving the correct award based on the judgment handed down on the 9 March 2017 will be complex and it’s important we get it right so we will begin testing the process from the 20<sup>th</sup> of November 2017. Due to the scale involved in reconsidering approximately 1.5million claims, the exact duration will depend upon a number of factors such as the number of people affected.</p><p> </p><p>At this time, we cannot say how many claimants in either the Brighton or Hove area, or nationally, have been identified as being entitled to a higher rate of PIP following the changes on claimants’ ability to carry out unsupervised daily tasks safely.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/11/2017 15:59:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

786295

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adults with schizophrenia and other permanent mental health conditions are made aware of their entitlement to claim the benefits to which they are entitled and assisted in making that claim.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	111934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has an established approach to providing information to all its potential customers through the use of information leaflets, which are widely available and on the Gov.uk website. The National Employer and Partnership Team work with national partners through the Operational Stakeholder Engagement Forum (OSEF). This group consisting of about 40 organisations also attend quarterly meetings to learn more about, and feedback on, current and proposed DWP policies and communication practices. Attendees are encouraged to circulate key messages from the meetings to their many local outlets.</p><p>We also, at a local level, work with a wide range of partners and customer advocates in identifying and providing an appropriate level of support to customers who are vulnerable, including those with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s definition of vulnerability is “any individual who is identified as having complex needs and/or requires additional support to enable them to access DWP benefits and use our services” as being vulnerable. This definition ensures that we have consistency and continuity in the type and level of service which is being offered and that it supports the customer appropriately whatever their needs. Assistance to make a claim is available, this can be through additional support from our telephony agents, or through face to face support in our network of jobcentres or a home visit.</p><p> </p><p>DWP adopts this approach at all points of contact with the customer and uses its records to ensure, to the best of its abilities, when individuals are identified as being vulnerable we take all reasonable steps to try to mitigate any risks.</p><p> </p><p>When DWP Staff are satisfied the risk to the individual is significant and immediate they are explicitly empowered to act without consent to take all steps felt necessary to address significant and immediate risks to an individual’s welfare or safety.</p><p> </p><p>Where DWP consider that any risk is not significant or immediate we will continue follow our established approach working with the individual and with consent, where necessary, contact any relevant organisations to provide the appropriate levels of support.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2017 11:28:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

786296

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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: Parkinson's Disease
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 with Parkinson's disease have been transferred from disability living allowance to personal independence payment to date.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	111958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on the number of people with Parkinson’s disease who have been reassessed from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment can be found in table 8D in the file “Personal Independence Payment: DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes, October 2016” at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2017 11:33:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

786297

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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: Parkinson's Disease
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 with Parkinson's disease have been placed in the personal independence payment no review required category.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	111959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer previously giving by the Hon. Member Penny Mordaunt MP on 25 July 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-17/5325/" target="_blank">UIN 5325</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There is no “no review required” category for Personal Independence Payment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2017 11:48:37 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

785043

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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: 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 mandatory health and work conversations on the health and wellbeing of disabled claimants which take place after the roll-out of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	111508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>We have rolled out the Health and Work Conversation (HWC) to Employment and Support Allowance claimants. Whilst taking part in the HWC will be mandatory for the majority of individuals there are extensive safeguards in place. There are clear exemptions for claimants where it would be inappropriate for them to attend. Work coaches also have the flexibility to defer the HWC if the claimant cannot attend due to temporary circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>All Universal Credit claimants are expected to attend mandatory interviews prior to the work capability assessment where it is reasonable to do so. From late Autumn work coaches will use the Health and Work Conversation techniques to support claimants in discussions with claimants.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/11/2017 11:31:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy