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1717141

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the potential options for reform on benefits spending.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>We are looking at different options to reshape the current welfare system so that we can provide better targeted support to those who need it most. We are considering some of these options through our 12-week consultation which was published on Monday 29 April and will close on Monday 22 July at 11:59pm.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage everyone to respond to the consultation which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modernising-support-for-independent-living-the-health-and-disability-green-paper" target="_blank">here,</a> so that we are able to hear from as many disabled people, people with health conditions, their representatives, and local stakeholders as possible on these important issues.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 14:58:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1717147

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the existing mandatory reconsideration process as part of its potential reforms.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p><em>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em> explores changes that the government could make to the current PIP system to ensure support is targeted where it is most needed. These options include:</p><ul><li>Making changes to eligibility criteria for PIP.</li><li>Redesigning the PIP assessment to better target it towards the individual needs of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.</li><li>Reforming the PIP assessment so that it is more linked to a person’s condition.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Mandatory reconsideration does not feature in the Green Paper.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:01:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1716023

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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 ensure that disabled people receive adequate financial support through the benefit system; and with reference to the advance unedited report from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entitled Report on follow-up to the inquiry concerning the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published on 22 March 2024, if he will take steps to implement human rights-based cumulative impact assessments of the potential impact of welfare reforms on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	25030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>As requested by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Government will submit a report by March 2029 with information on how we are implementing the Committee’s recommendations outlined in their latest report published in April 2024. The Government, through the Disability Unit in the Cabinet Office, has already begun considering the recommendations from this report.</p><p>The Government continues to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee’s 2016 inquiry recommendations through many policies that improve disabled people’s lives.</p><p>These include the Disability Action Plan, the National Disability Strategy and providing unprecedented health and employment support through our £2.5bn Back to Work Plan as well as our Chance to Work Guarantee.</p><p>We are also improving the health and disability benefits system, enhancing the accessibility of homes and transport, and continuing other work outlined in our various published follow-up reports and in our dialogue with the Committee.</p><p>The Government is providing an unprecedented cost of living support package worth £108 billion over 2022 to 2025 which included £20 billion for two rounds of Cost of Living Payments. This support importantly helped to shield people from the impact of inflation, preventing 1.3 million people from falling into absolute poverty after housing costs in 2022/23.</p><p>Since 2010, the Government has overseen significant falls in poverty with 1.1 million fewer people in absolute low income after housing costs in 2022/23 compared to 2009/10</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 25027 25028 25029 25031 question first answered 14/05/2024 16:30:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1716024

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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, with reference to recommendation 90(f) of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' Report on follow-up to the inquiry concerning the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, advance unedited version published on 22 March 2024, if he will (a) review the Universal Credit system and (b) take steps to (i) identify the additional costs of living with disabilities and (ii) ensure that the level of social security benefits take adequate account of such costs.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	25031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>As requested by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Government will submit a report by March 2029 with information on how we are implementing the Committee’s recommendations outlined in their latest report published in April 2024. The Government, through the Disability Unit in the Cabinet Office, has already begun considering the recommendations from this report.</p><p>The Government continues to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee’s 2016 inquiry recommendations through many policies that improve disabled people’s lives.</p><p>These include the Disability Action Plan, the National Disability Strategy and providing unprecedented health and employment support through our £2.5bn Back to Work Plan as well as our Chance to Work Guarantee.</p><p>We are also improving the health and disability benefits system, enhancing the accessibility of homes and transport, and continuing other work outlined in our various published follow-up reports and in our dialogue with the Committee.</p><p>The Government is providing an unprecedented cost of living support package worth £108 billion over 2022 to 2025 which included £20 billion for two rounds of Cost of Living Payments. This support importantly helped to shield people from the impact of inflation, preventing 1.3 million people from falling into absolute poverty after housing costs in 2022/23.</p><p>Since 2010, the Government has overseen significant falls in poverty with 1.1 million fewer people in absolute low income after housing costs in 2022/23 compared to 2009/10</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 25027 25028 25029 25030 question first answered 14/05/2024 16:30:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1713865

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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, with reference to the press release entitled Disability benefits system to be reviewed as PM outlines "moral mission" to reform welfare, published on 19 April 2024, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the recently announced proposed reforms to the disability benefits system.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	23784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The department discusses various aspects of social security with the Scottish Government, at both Ministerial and official level. We continue to engage with the Scottish Government to consider the implications of the proposals outlined in the Prime Minister’s announcement and the Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p><em>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em> was published on Monday 29 April.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is committed to improving the lives of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in all parts of the UK. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is devolved in Scotland and has been replaced with Adult Disability Payment. No new claims to PIP have been made in Scotland since August 2022.</p><p> </p><p>However, DWP continues to deliver PIP in Scotland for existing cases on behalf of Scottish Ministers whilst Scottish cases are being transferred to Social Security Scotland. All cases are due to be transferred in 2025 and DWP will no longer have any delegated administrative authority regarding PIP in Scotland once transfer is complete.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 23783 question first answered 02/05/2024 16:00:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1712864

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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 his Department held discussions with organisations representing disabled people on the announcements made in the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	23056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State, and ministers, regularly meet with organisations representing disabled people, regarding a range of issues, including welfare. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on gov.uk in line with transparency data releases and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts#full-publication-update-history" target="_blank">DWP ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/04/2024 11:04:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1701551

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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 he has made of the adequacy of waiting times to speak to the Disability Service Centre.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	22084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Telephony is our customers’ primary channel to contact us. We continually assess the number of calls we are receiving and the associated waiting times, deploying resources accordingly to support service levels wherever this is possible.</p><p>However, due to recent higher volumes of calls than forecast, from the 24th of April and throughout May, we are deploying dedicated telephony specific resource to the Personal Independent Payment telephony lines which will give better support when dealing with sudden increases in traffic.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/04/2024 13:23:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1700353

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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, with reference to paragraph 5.57, page 74 of the Spring Budget 2024, what steps he plans to take to increase system capacity for the purposes of reducing the time taken to process disability claims.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	21240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through PIP in a timely manner and reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the Department. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all available evidence. There are no clearing targets for PIP.</p><p> </p><p>Following an increase in new claims and end-to-end PIP clearance times after the Covid pandemic, we have taken steps to reduce and stabilise customer journey times for PIP claimants. The latest statistics show that the average clearance time for new claims is 15 weeks end-to-end, a significant decrease from 26 weeks in August 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We are addressing the increase in new claims and award reviews by increasing provider and case manager capacity and using a blend of assessment channels to deliver a more efficient and user-centred service. We are prioritising new claims, whilst safeguarding claimants awaiting award reviews, aiming to make a decision as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The measure announced in the Budget will provide additional funding to support the processing of increased volumes of disability benefit claims. This will help to ensure that waiting times remain low and that claimants receive the appropriate level of support in a timely manner.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 21241 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:22:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1690349

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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 is taking to help support disabled people financially whilst they await decisions on applications for the renewal of (a) Personal Independence Payments and (b) other benefits.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	14872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, considering the need to review all available evidence, including that from the claimant.</p><p>PIP can be awarded with a fixed term duration to the award without a review date. In these circumstances the Department issues a reminder to the claimant 6 months prior to the existing award coming to an end that if they claimant wants to continue with PIP they need to submit a new claim. These renewal claims are treated as new claims and where the current average end-to-end clearance period is 15 weeks from the point the claim is submitted.</p><p>Where a claimant delays making their renewal claim, but submits it shortly before their existing award ends, they could experience a break in payment, but the award can be backdated to the date of claim ensuring that claimants don’t lose out in these circumstances.</p><p>Similar arrangements exist in both Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance and where awards can be made for a fixed term. For these benefits, a reminder is sent prior to the award ending.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/02/2024 17:42:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1690414

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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, which disability benefits chance to work guarantee will apply to.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	14891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2023, we announced that we will be introducing a new Chance to Work Guarantee. This will apply to the majority of Universal Credit (UC) or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants who have been assessed as having Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity. The Guarantee means that, once introduced, the majority of people in this group will be able to try work without the fear of reassessment, within existing permitted work rules (ESA) and work allowance rules (UC).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 14889 14890 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:26:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford