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425495

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, what the average waiting time is for a disability benefit appeal to reach a tribunal; and what steps he is taking to reduce that average time.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	14287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support, administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits.</p><br /><p>HMCTS is unable to provide the information requested as it is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 14288 question first answered 06/11/2015 10:59:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

425496

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, what assessment he has made of the average time it takes in Birmingham for a disability benefit appeal to reach a tribunal; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that average time on the financial position of appellants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	14288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support, administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits.</p><br /><p>HMCTS is unable to provide the information requested as it is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 14287 question first answered 06/11/2015 10:59:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

223717

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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, if he will review the procedures for notifying his Department of a change of circumstances in the event of hospitalisation when the claimant is incapacitated and unable to contact the Disability Benefits helpline.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	225435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has reviewed its procedures for notifying hospital admissions when the customer is incapacitated and unable to contact us themselves.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken account of the fact that there is no reduction in the Benefit paid for the first twenty eight days following admission, where there has been no previous hospitalisation within the preceding twenty eight days. Also, measures are in place so that the report of the hospital admission may be taken from another person, on the customer’s behalf. We have concluded that the procedures already in place are satisfactory.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/03/2015 14:36:13 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 47472 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

169624

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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 his Department has taken to take into account the particular effects of different health conditions in implementation of its welfare reform policies.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	218040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Eligibility for disability benefits is assessed based on the functional impact of a claimant’s health condition or disability, rather than the condition or disability itself.</p><p> </p><p>The Department keeps its disability benefits, including Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independent Payment, and the assessments used to determine eligibility for these under review.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 218041 question first answered 16/12/2014 12:31:00 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

93872

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the difference in the average proportion of income paid in tax annually by claimants of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) disability living allowance and (c) incapacity benefit.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	210948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no published estimates of the tax paid by claimants of the three benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/12/2014 14:39:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley