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89843

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department monitors the number of employment and support allowance claims which are awaiting action by (a) a work capability assessment provider and (b) his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	207549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/09/2014 11:11:42 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

89846

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
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 been moved to contribution-based employment and support allowance (ESA) from a combination of incapacity benefit and income support since ESA was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	207511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information as requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/09/2014 15:27:55 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

89849

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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 with Parkinson's disease (a) have applied for personal independence payments (PIPs), (b) are receiving PIPs and (c) have been refused PIPs.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	207496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Available data does not provide the number of people with Parkinson's disease who have (a) applied for Personal Independence Payment (b) are receiving Personal Independence Payment (c) have been refused Personal Independence Payment. However, published statistics show that at February 2014 there were 2,831 people entitled to PIP for Neurological Conditions, which would include those who have Parkinson's disease.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/09/2014 14:26:48 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

89850

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has taken steps to inform people moving to contribution-based employment and support allowance that they may no longer be entitled to free dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	207507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>People entitled to contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance are not automatically exempt from health charges. However, people entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance are exempt from many health charges.</p><p>The entitlement criteria for certain passported benefits, including free dental care, eye care and prescriptions, are the responsibility of other government departments and the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/09/2014 14:56:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

89851

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsideration periods for employment and support allowance his Department has conducted to date; what the outcomes were of each such case; and what the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest periods were.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	207486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is collecting information to understand how the introduction of mandatory reconsideration is operating, including completion timescales. However, this data is not sufficiently robust and reliable to make available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to publishing the statistics when the Departmental Statisticians judge that the data meet the standards set out in the UK Statistics Authorities Codes of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/09/2014 14:15:12 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

89853

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Independent Living Fund
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 undertake a separate impact assessment of the closure of the Independent Living Fund on demand for (a) NHS and (b) social care services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	207484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Equality Analysis setting out the implications of closing the Independent Living Fund was published on 6 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/09/2014 14:09:08 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

89854

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
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 assist employment and support allowance claimants with medical costs including dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	207506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP is aware of the importance of these benefits and the vital support they provide to people on low incomes and how they are highly valued by the individuals that receive them. However, decisions on free dental care, eye care and prescriptions, including their eligibility criteria and verification, are the responsibility of the departments and devolved administrations who deliver them.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/09/2014 15:20:19 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

89855

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) individuals and (b) organisations on employment and support allowance and eligibility for free dental care, eye care and prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	207505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP is aware of the importance of these benefits and the vital support they provide to people on low incomes and how they are highly valued by the individuals that receive them. However, decisions on free dental care, eye care and prescriptions, including their eligibility criteria and verification, are the responsibility of the departments and devolved administrations who deliver them.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/09/2014 15:15:09 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

89856

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
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 time was between (a) an employment and support allowance applicant submitting an ESA 50 questionnaire and undergoing a work capability assessment, (b) an employment and support allowance applicant undergoing a work capability assessment and advice being submitted to a decision-maker and (c) advice being submitted to a decision-maker and a decision being issued to an employment and support allowance applicant in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	207460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/09/2014 14:19:12 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

89857

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	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, whether people with mental health conditions may be refused disability benefits on the grounds that their condition does not require the use of aides.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	207471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Eligibility for the two main working age disability benefits – Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) – is assessed through two separate assessments. However, common to both is that they look at disabled people as individuals, and do not label them by their health condition, impairment or disability.</p><p>The PIP assessment considers the impact of an individual’s condition on their ability to carry out some key everyday activities. Similarly ESA looks to determine not what condition an individual has but rather how that condition impacts on the individual’s functional capacity to work.</p><p>Both assessments include descriptors which take account of physical, sensory, mental, intellectual and cognitive impairments. Claimants for either benefit – whether with a mental health condition, physical condition or both – will not be refused benefit simply because they do not require an aide, advocate or appointee.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/09/2014 14:01:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff