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78821

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has any plans to increase the number of replies within his Department's working day standard; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions aims to reply to correspondence from hon. Members within 20 working days.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes information on the performance of Departments and agencies on handling correspondence from Members and peers annually by way of a written ministerial statement. The most recent information for 2013, was announced in the written ministerial statement made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt. Hon. Frances Maude, Official Report, 13 May 2014, Column 17WS</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 11:59:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78823

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Work Capability Assessment: Devon
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 ensure that the backlog for work capability assessments in Plymouth and Devon is reduced.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	206454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We announced last summer that we are procuring a new provider to deliver Work Capability Assessments. The priority for the new provider will be to deliver the best service possible for claimants, increase the volume of assessments carried out and reduce waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we have been working closely with Atos to improve their performance and reduce waiting times; putting in place a remedial adviser team to work with them to find further ways of meeting or exceeding performance as well as making changes to better manage the flow of work between Atos and the Department.</p><p> </p><p>These measures are taking effect and the volume of outstanding cases is now reducing.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:22:07 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

78825

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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 employment and support allowance claimants with (a) cystic fibrosis, (b) rheumatoid arthritis, (c) motor neurone disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) Parkinson's disease have been (i) placed in the support group, (ii) placed in the work-related activity group and (iii) found fit for work since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Glenda Jackson
uin	206428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes of initial and repeat Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessments and Incapacity Benefits Reassessments (IBR) by disease code: October 2008 – September 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cystic Fibrosis</p></td><td><p>Spinal Muscular Atrophy</p></td><td><p>Parkinson’s Disease</p></td><td><p>Multiple Sclerosis</p></td><td><p>Other Rheumatoid Arthritis</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Initial claim</p></td><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FFW</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Repeat claim</p></td><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>5,700</p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FFW</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>IBR claim</p></td><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>13,400</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAG</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FFW</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“denotes nil or under 50.</p><p>2. SG – Support Group</p><p>WRAG – Work Related Activity Group</p><p>FWW – Fit For Work</p><p>3. The outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker’s decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker’s decision is not yet available.</p><p>4. Motor neurone disease is shown in the table as 'Spinal muscular atrophy'.</p><p>5. The data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011, existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they qualify for ESA instead.</p><p>6. The reassessment of existing incapacity benefits claimants was rolled out nationally from April 2011.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/09/2014 12:25:04 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	175 label Biography information for Glenda Jackson

78827

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department is of each work capability assessment carried out by Atos Healthcare (a) on paper and (b) through a face-to-face consultation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Glenda Jackson
uin	206415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information you requested is commercially sensitive and releasing details of the unit cost of each assessment would, or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of Atos Healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:31:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	175 label Biography information for Glenda Jackson

78828

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 and support allowance claimants with (a) rhumatoid arthritis, (b) cystic fibrosis, (c) multiple sclerosis, (d) motor neurone disease and (e) Parkinson's disease have undergone multiple work capability assessments on a single claim; and what proportion each of these comprise of the claimaint total.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Glenda Jackson
uin	206412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number and proportion of repeat functional assessments for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants by disease code: October 2008 – September 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cystic Fibrosis</p></td><td><p>Spinal Muscular Atrophy</p></td><td><p>Parkinson’s Disease</p></td><td><p>Multiple Sclerosis</p></td><td><p>Other Rheumatoid Arthritis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of repeat claims where functional assessment has been completed</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>8,200</p></td><td><p>7,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of claimant total; where functional assessment has been completed</p></td><td><p>0.04%</p></td><td><p>0.02%</p></td><td><p>0.13%</p></td><td><p>0.68%</p></td><td><p>0.65%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Data in the table above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Proportions are shown to 2 decimal places.</p><p>2. Motor neurone disease is shown in the table as 'Spinal muscular atrophy'.</p><p>3. The data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011, existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they qualify for ESA instead.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/09/2014 12:31:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	175 label Biography information for Glenda Jackson

78606

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Correspondence
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 estimate the annual cost to his Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The cost of paper and envelopes incurred in sending ministerial replies to hon. Members and others during the 2013-14 parliamentary session was £618.00.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on postage costs is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 12:03:39 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78607

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to (a) process claims for personal independence payments and (b) receive a work capability assessment appointment.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	206132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Claimants to employment and support allowance (ESA) are not being asked to claim personal independence payment (PIP). PIP was introduced in April 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for working age people (between 16 and 64 years old) and operates an entirely separate assessment from the work capability assessment used for ESA claims. From October 2013 we have begun inviting some existing claimants of DLA to claim PIP. The current arrangements for this can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners</a> .</p><p>We are continuously looking at ways to increase the number of decisions made on PIP claims and to improve the claims process.</p><p>Internal DWP processes and the assessment part of the process are taking longer than expected and some claimants are taking longer than anticipated to return their claim forms but we are working closely with both PIP assessment providers as part of our plans to speed up the end to end claimant journey. We have introduced improvements in communications to claimants about the type of evidence they can supply to speed up their claim and we are taking action to support the assessment providers in clearing backlogs of work.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 206121 206123 question first answered 22/07/2014 11:18:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

78608

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Funeral Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time is taken to process an application for funeral expenses from the Social Fund from the time an application is submitted to a decision being taken.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Mark Lazarowicz
uin	206104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The clearance time for Funeral Payments, as published in the 2012/13 Social Fund Annual report, is an average of 14.76 days, against a target of 16 days</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 11:27:29 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1411 label Biography information for Mark Lazarowicz

78609

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Funeral Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many current applications for funeral expenses from the Social Fund have been outstanding for longer than (a) 16 days, (b) 18 days and (c) 21 days.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Mark Lazarowicz
uin	206106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This information is not held in the format requested and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/09/2014 15:09:36 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1411 label Biography information for Mark Lazarowicz

78610

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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, what assessment he has made of the main reasons for the time taken to process personal independence payment claims.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	206123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Claimants to employment and support allowance (ESA) are not being asked to claim personal independence payment (PIP). PIP was introduced in April 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for working age people (between 16 and 64 years old) and operates an entirely separate assessment from the work capability assessment used for ESA claims. From October 2013 we have begun inviting some existing claimants of DLA to claim PIP. The current arrangements for this can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners</a> .</p><p>We are continuously looking at ways to increase the number of decisions made on PIP claims and to improve the claims process.</p><p>Internal DWP processes and the assessment part of the process are taking longer than expected and some claimants are taking longer than anticipated to return their claim forms but we are working closely with both PIP assessment providers as part of our plans to speed up the end to end claimant journey. We have introduced improvements in communications to claimants about the type of evidence they can supply to speed up their claim and we are taking action to support the assessment providers in clearing backlogs of work.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 206121 206132 question first answered 22/07/2014 11:18:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 11771 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper