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1367432

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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 her Department took to ensure that disabled people were adequately engaged during the recent Health and Disability green paper consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	72388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>In the 18 months prior to the formal launch of the consultation, we ran a significant engagement programme to ensure that the views of disabled people and their representatives shaped the content of the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>During the Covid-19 pandemic, we continued to engage with a series of virtual events organised with national charities, and a series hosted by MPs from across the political spectrum, attended by individuals and organisations from their constituencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Paper was published on 20 July 2021 in a variety of accessible formats. These include braille copies, a British Sign Language video with an audio track and subtitles, a large print version, a full audio version available digitally and on CD and an easy read version.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the consultation period itself, we held more than 40 events with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives, including a series of virtual events as well as face-to-face events across the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/11/2021 13:30:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1366735

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 1 November (HL3172), (1) whether the decision not to publish the report commissioned from NatCen on the uses of health and disability benefits is consistent with the Publication Protocol for Government Social Research, and (2) what plans they have, if any, to explain how the private space for policy development is relevant to the decision not to publish the NatCen report.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Publication Protocol for Government Social Research provides guidance on the publication of social research, but it is important that Ministers consider research and its publication on a case by case basis and in the best interests of Government policy formation.</p><p> </p><p>The report in question engages an exemption from disclosure because it relates to the formulation or development of this government policy – Section 35(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act. This exemption protects the private space within which Ministers and their policy advisers can develop policies without the risk of premature disclosure.</p><p> </p><p>I am satisfied that in this instance the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Therefore, I do not intend to publish this research at present.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 22/11/2021 17:31:54 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1366964

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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 assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report published by Z2K in June 2018, entitled Access Denied: Barriers to Justice in the Disability Benefits, on access to disability payments, including ESA and PIP.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	71519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>DWP’s aim is to make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey – and it is the case today as it was back in 2018 that the majority of decisions made are correct. In January 2019 we introduced a new approach to decision making at the Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) stage, giving Decision Makers additional time to proactively contact customers if they thought that additional evidence may support the application. This holistic approach was recommended by Z2K in its report.</p><p> </p><p>Since we introduced this new, more proactive approach, the percentage of decisions that we change at the Mandatory Reconsideration stage has increased, reducing the volume of claimants going to appeal.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/11/2021 13:12:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1366435

registered interest
date	05/11/2021
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, when her Department plans to publish the results of the public consultation in response to the Health and Disability Green Paper.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	70282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper explores how the benefits system can better meet the needs of claimants now and in the future by improving claimant experience of our services, enabling independent living and improving employment outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>We had over four and a half thousand responses to our consultation and, following this, a White Paper will be brought forward next year, setting out our next steps.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/11/2021 16:14:07 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1365468

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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 recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of legacy benefits for people with severe disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	68410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>There are a number of legacy benefits but people with severe disabilities are most likely to be in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). ESA is paid at different rates depending on an individual’s circumstances. In income-related ESA, claimants with severe disabilities may also be eligibility for additional amounts, such as the Enhanced Disability Premium and or the Severe Disability Premium. To reflect the functional impacts of their health condition or disability on their capability to work, claimants found to have limited capability for work and work related activity receive an additional support group component.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants may also be eligible for Personal Independence Payment to help meet the extra costs of living faced by disabled people.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/11/2021 16:07:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 30985 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1365471

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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 her Department has taken to ensure disabled people were adequately consulted during the recent Health and Disability green paper consultation.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	68413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>In the 18 months prior to the formal launch of the consultation, we ran a significant engagement programme to ensure that the views of disabled people and their representatives shaped the content of the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>During the Covid-19 pandemic, we continued to engage with a series of virtual events organised with national charities, and a series hosted by MPs from across the political spectrum, attended by individuals and organisations from their constituencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Paper was published on 20 July 2021 in a variety of accessible formats. These include braille copies, a British Sign Language video with an audio track and subtitles, a large print version, a full audio version available digitally and on CD and an easy read version.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the consultation period itself, we held more than 40 events with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives, including a series of virtual events as well as face-to-face events across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 10/11/2021 17:35:19 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 30992 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1360903

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the report commissioned from NatCen on the uses of health and disability benefits; why it has not yet been published; and whether non-publication is consistent with the Publication Protocol for Government Social Research.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The DWP Green Paper reflects a wide range of issues that were shaped by engagement with disabled people, representative organisations and charities, with relevant research and analysis playing a role in supporting the content which was presented.</p><p> </p><p>I have no intention to publish this research at present. It is important to protect the private space within which Ministers and their policy advisers can develop policies without the risk of premature disclosure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL3173 question first answered 01/11/2021 17:59:48 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1360904

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the research commissioned from NatCen on the uses of health and disability benefits was not referenced in the Shaping future support: the health and disability green paper, published on 20 July.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The DWP Green Paper reflects a wide range of issues that were shaped by engagement with disabled people, representative organisations and charities, with relevant research and analysis playing a role in supporting the content which was presented.</p><p> </p><p>I have no intention to publish this research at present. It is important to protect the private space within which Ministers and their policy advisers can develop policies without the risk of premature disclosure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL3172 question first answered 01/11/2021 17:59:48 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1357438

registered interest
date	22/09/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2021 to Question 43382 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, for what reason her Department does not have plans to publish the final report of the NatCen research project entitled The Uses of Health and Disability Benefits.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	53235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>My Department has no intention to publish this research at present. My Department is currently considering a range of policy options, and it is right to protect the private space within which Ministers and their policy advisers can develop policies without the risk of premature disclosure.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/10/2021 15:20:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1357343

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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 she will make an assessment of the impact on disabled people of (a) income-related employment support allowance, (b) universal credit and (c) other means-tested benefits, which are based on joint-income.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	52613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Income-related Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit are means-tested welfare support. It is longstanding policy that income-related benefits treat all couples as a single household unit when assessing benefit entitlement. Where claimants have income available to meet their household's everyday living costs, such as through a partner's earnings or savings, their entitlement to benefit is adjusted accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>These benefits are not paid to claimants who have sufficient income available from other sources to support themselves. The general principle is that income, other than earnings, which is provided to meet everyday living costs, is fully taken into account in the calculation. The Government understands disabled people may face additional cost, which is why income provided to meet additional costs through benefits such as Personal Independence Payments and Disability Living Allowance are not taken into account when determining entitlement to benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has brought forward a Green Paper on health and disability support, focusing on the welfare system. The Green Paper will explore how the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions now and in the future, to build a system that enables people to live independently and move into work where possible.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/09/2021 15:59:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra