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1718480

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest wait time was between an person submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested for the longest wait time between an individual submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department in the last (a) six and (b) twelve months is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2022/23. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be on the Access to Work statistics on GOV.UK</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 14:04:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1718482

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Access to Work Programme
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 wait time was between a person submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>In response to what the shortest wait time was between an individual submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from the Department in the last (a) six and (b) twelve months, the shortest time for both periods is one day.</p><p>Customers making new applications where they are starting work within the next 4 weeks or have a grant coming to an end that requires renewal are prioritised to ensure customers can enter, make changes or move within the labour market.</p><p><em>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. </em></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 13:59:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1718534

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people are awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application after submitting an application in each month between May 2023 and January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>How many and the proportion of individuals that were awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application after submitting an application in each month between May 2023 and January 2024 is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2022/23. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be on the Access to Work statistics on GOV.UK</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 14:06:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1718547

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2024 to Question 24964, when he plans to publish the data on Personal Independence Payments made since January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The next quarterly release of Official Statistics on Personal Independence Payments will take place on 18 June 2024 9:30am. The release will include back series and new data for the three months to April 2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 14:08:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1718557

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Access to Work Programme: Apprentices
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 taken was for a decision to be made on Access to Work requests made by apprentices in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2021/23.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 26531 question first answered 23/05/2024 13:55:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1717146

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	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, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, how the outcome of the Personal Independence Payment consultation will interact with the reforms proposed in Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published 16 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is removing the Work Capability Assessment because it is committed to doing everything it can to help disabled people and people with long-term health conditions start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p>The consultation, <em>Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em>, considers potential changes to the welfare system. Currently, no decisions have been taken on potential changes.</p><p>As we develop any proposals, we will consider the interactions with the removal of the Work Capability Assessment. This will be carefully worked through before we consider introducing any changes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:05:04 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

1701001

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Advisory and Support Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many enquiries the Equality Advisory and Support Service has responded to in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	21729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect this information. The member may wish to ask EASS for it directly. However, it may be of interest for the Member to note that the EASS receives around 3,000 calls per month and has a stringent Key Performance Indicator that requires operators to answer 85% of all calls within 30 seconds. That target is routinely met. In a recent customer satisfaction survey nearly 90% of respondents were ‘Satisfied’ or higher with the service that they received.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/04/2024 16:03:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1695762

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on the introduction of an airlines accessibility framework.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	18530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority, the UK’s specialist aviation regulator, consulted on the introduction of an airline accessibility performance framework, which closed in July 2023. The CAA has been analysing the responses, and will publish its response to that consultation and next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 14:43:16 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1695763

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of fare discounts for assistants accompanying disabled airline passengers.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	18531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The government strongly believes that everyone should have equal access to air travel. While there is no legal requirement for airlines to offer free or discounted seats to an accompanying person, it is the CAA's view that it is best practice for airlines to do so where they require a disabled or less mobile passenger to travel with an accompanying person for safety reasons.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 20/03/2024 15:15:16 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft