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1666494

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date	23/10/2023
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of initial PIP assessments.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Assessment quality is a priority for both the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) providers and the department. The department works extensively with providers to make improvements to guidance, training, and audit procedures, to ensure a quality service. A high standard is maintained by having an independent audit function that continually monitors performance and provides feedback to providers.</p><p> </p><p>DWP monitors providers against a range of measures and monthly performance meetings are in place to support delivery of the contracts and ensure that where action is required, it can be focused and targeted. Improvements in the PIP assessment process have been supported by two independent reviews and DWP has also taken on board recommendations from the Work and Pensions Committee.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the department’s Health Transformation Programme (HTP) is modernising Health and Disability benefit services. It will create a more efficient service and a vastly improved claimant experience, reducing journey times and improving trust in our services and decisions. Furthermore, an ongoing programme of engagement and research has been established to ensure that the design and delivery of the HTP is rooted in evidence.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2023 10:42:29 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1666534

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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: Public Consultation
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 publish the findings of the consultation on the Disability Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	203879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The consultation closed on 6 October. We are currently carefully analysing the responses received and revising proposals accordingly. We plan to publish the findings and final Disability Action Plan together, at the first appropriate opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2023 11:48:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1666407

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
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: Uprating
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 make it his policy to uprate social security rates in line with the latest rate of CPI in the upcoming Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	203714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of State Pensions and benefits. The outcome of the review will be announced in the Autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 12:32:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1666143

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all (a) claimant tribunal decisions are held on the Personal Independence Payment Computer System and (b) assessment provider health professionals have access to (i) those decisions and (ii) other relevant supporting evidence when making a recommendation on whether a benefit should continue to be awarded.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	203503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>In response to part (a), we can confirm that PIPCS does hold details of tribunal decisions. The decision itself is held as a digital image.</p><p> </p><p>In response to part (b), providers would be able to see the outcome of the tribunal decision. They can view supporting evidence held, including documents sent in by a claimant to support an appeal. These would be scanned and held on PIPCS. Providers can also see information input by DWP Service Delivery colleagues in Decision Assist notes, as well as any ephemeral documents held on the system.</p><p> </p><p>The tribunal decision and supporting information can be used by providers to support their recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2023 09:53:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1666174

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether AI is used in his Department's sanctions processes.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	203546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not currently use Artificial Intelligence in sanctions processes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 15:29:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1666227

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Youth Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Youth Hub work coaches are employed by his Department as of 19 October 2023; and how many were employed on the same date in (a) 2022 and (b) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	203494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>As referenced in <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-19/190114" target="_blank">PQ190114</a>, due to changes in claimant needs new Youth Hubs may open, and existing Youth Hubs may close. The number of open Youth Hubs and their required Youth Hub Work Coach resource may therefore fluctuate, as claimants access wider Youth Offer support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Role</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>ABM FTE </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Youth Hub Work Coach</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP’s internal Activity Based Model (ABM)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Data is correct as of end of September 2021, 2022, and 2023.</li><li>Data is drawn as at the end of each month. Therefore, the end of September figure has been used for 2021 and 2022, and for consistency the same has been used for 2023.</li><li>Figures were derived from the Department’s Activity Based Model (ABM), which provides Full Time Equivalent (FTE) figures based on point in time estimate by Line Managers. They cover only FTE of staff with paid employment performing activities as Youth Hub Work Coaches. They have been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>The number of Youth Hub Work Coaches is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal department use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics standard. As the Department holds the information, we have released it.</li><li>Youth Employability Coaches and other Jobcentre staff may also work from Youth Hubs which is not reflected in this data.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/10/2023 15:36:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1666248

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Access to Work Programme: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the shortest waiting time was for any person applying for Access to Work in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	203547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>During October 2023 a number of Supported Internship and Mental Health Support service direct referrals have had a decision within 1 day of the person making the application.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/10/2023 14:30:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1666292

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Household Support Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how money from the Household Support Fund is allocated; and what criteria they use when deciding how much money each local authority is given.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
uin	HL10694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is providing an additional £1 billion of funding, including Barnett impact, to enable the extension of the Household Support Fund in England this financial year. This is on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing total funding to £2.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p>In England this is being delivered through an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £842 million, running from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. It is for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their additional Barnett funding.</p><p> </p><p>The year-long Household Support Fund extension allows Local Authorities in England to continue to provide discretionary cost of living support to those most in need.</p><p> </p><p>The distribution of the funding is targeted at the areas of the country with the most vulnerable households, on the basis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) local population estimates and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores. Allocation amounts for upper tier Local Authorities in England are therefore reflective of population size and relative deprivation.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 25/10/2023 10:52:58 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4214 label Biography information for Lord Palmer of Childs Hill

1665694

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	Pesticides: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Health and Safety Executive requires people to have specific accreditation to purchase rodenticide from vendors.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	203180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for the regulation of biocidal products in the Great Britain, which include rodenticides.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that the risks associated with professional use of anticoagulant rodenticides could be properly managed, the UK Government and stakeholders agreed that rodenticide stewardship was needed. The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK (CRRU UK) has developed a stewardship regime in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>One component of CRRU’s stewardship regime is that for professional use of rodenticides, verification of competence is required at the point of sale, in order to ensure that only those who are trained in proper use and risk mitigation measures can use such products.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/10/2023 16:40:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1665780

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	Pensions Ombudsman: Complaints
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 from the initial receipt of a complaint is for the Pensions Ombudsman to conclude an investigation that the Early Resolution Team have escalated.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	203344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>TPO’s Early Resolution team (ERT) investigates complaints where TPO believes the complaint may be resolved informally. Over 80% of cases that go to ERT are resolved there, but where this is not possible, the complaint is passed to TPO’s Adjudication Team. Cases may then be escalated to the Pensions Ombudsman where the complainant does not agree with the adjudicator’s decision.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p>Due to variation in the complexity of cases, TPO does not currently hold validated data on the average time for cases to pass through the Adjudication Team and Ombudsman.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/10/2023 14:39:35 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell