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166800

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2014 to Question 210908, whether the evaluation process of the Access to the Electoral Office Fund will involve members of the Speaker's Conference on Parliamentary Representation.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	216379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The assessment of the fund’s effectiveness will involve users of the fund, the Independent Administrator and the Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Stakeholder Group, which includes disability organisations, political parties and the Local Government Association. We have not planned for the formal involvement of the Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation, which existed from 2008 – 2010, however I was a member of that Speaker’s Conference and I am happy to hear views from any member of the House on how the fund is working.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not published criteria for the assessment; however, it will focus on the extent to which the fund removes barriers to disabled people’s participation in public life. The assessment will draw on a range of data gathered by the independent fund administrator, including demand and the different types of support applicants require. The fund will provide support up to and including the General Election and it will be for the next Government to judge the fund’s effectiveness and whether and how it should be extended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 216380 question first answered 05/12/2014 13:55:08 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

156800

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
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 Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, whether he plans to publish the proportion which the levy represents of the total employers' liability gross written premium.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	215283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP will carry out an annual review of the scheme as set out within the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014. The report will set out amongst other things the detailed costs of the Scheme and information about the levy and how it was calculated. The first report under this regulation will be published on or before 30<sup>th</sup> November 2015.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 24/11/2014 11:34:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

156093

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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, how many claims for personal independence payment his Department expects to receive in the present financial year and the next; and what estimate he has made of the number of decisions on claims in that period.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	214531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The Autumn Statement forecast for the number of claimants of personal independence payment is given in Table 1c at the following URL:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389497/Outturn-and-forecast-AS-2014.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389497/Outturn-and-forecast-AS-2014.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 19/01/2015 17:52:42 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 29124 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

156113

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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: 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, whether his Department has lifted the deferral imposed in January 2014 of reassessments for employment and support allowance claimants following the appointment of a new work capability assessment provider.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	214751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has temporarily deferred routine repeat assessments for those already in the Work-Related Activity Group or the Support Group of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), in order to focus on new claims.</p><p>Assessments are continuing for new ESA claimants and all those already referred to Atos. Repeat assessments will also continue for people who report a change in their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has agreed a contract with a new provider, Maximus, to deliver the new assessment service from March 2015. We are working with Maximus to increase the number of assessments and resume repeat assessments once they have the capacity to do so.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 20/11/2014 12:11:03 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101231

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	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 people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing received an award for (a) communication support at interview, (b) special aids and equipment and (c) a support worker in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is in the tables below:</p><p> </p><p>Number of awards each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Element type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communication Support at Interview</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Aids and Equipment</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>4,020</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>4,230</p></td><td><p>4,470</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Mean average spend each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Element type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communication Support at Interview</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Aids and Equipment</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,300</p></td><td><p>£1,300</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>£6,600</p></td><td><p>£7,300</p></td><td><p>£7,900</p></td><td><p>£7,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Access to Work database (DiSC3)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Award volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. Average amounts are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>2. The spend figures quoted in this response are from the Access to Work computer system (DiSC3), which we generally use for requests of detailed disaggregating (regions, disabilities etc) of spend such as this, rather than total spend. For total spend we normally use an accounting system which provides precise total amounts of actual spend in a year. The accounting system cannot produce the same detailed disaggregating of spend as the Access to Work computer system.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212124 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:02:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101232

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	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 average value of Access to Work awards provided to people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing for (a) communication support at interview, (b) special aids and equipment and (c) a support worker in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is in the tables below:</p><p> </p><p>Number of awards each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Element type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communication Support at Interview</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Aids and Equipment</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>4,020</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>4,230</p></td><td><p>4,470</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Mean average spend each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Element type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communication Support at Interview</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Aids and Equipment</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,300</p></td><td><p>£1,300</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Worker</p></td><td><p>£6,600</p></td><td><p>£7,300</p></td><td><p>£7,900</p></td><td><p>£7,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Access to Work database (DiSC3)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Award volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. Average amounts are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>2. The spend figures quoted in this response are from the Access to Work computer system (DiSC3), which we generally use for requests of detailed disaggregating (regions, disabilities etc) of spend such as this, rather than total spend. For total spend we normally use an accounting system which provides precise total amounts of actual spend in a year. The accounting system cannot produce the same detailed disaggregating of spend as the Access to Work computer system.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 212123 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:02:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101234

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	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 people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing sought reconsideration of their case from (a) a regional Access to Work manager, (b) a senior operational manager, (c) a national AtW delivery manager, (d) a customer services director responsible for AtW and (e) an independent case examiner in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This data was not historically recorded and we are therefore unable to provide the information that you have requested. The Access to Work reconsideration process has now changed but guidance is yet to be updated. We no longer have 5 stages of reconsideration.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/11/2014 17:41:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

101240

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the funding that higher education institutions receive to recruit and support disabled students is ring-fenced for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	212002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Higher education institutions are autonomous and independent bodies. They are responsible for meeting their legal obligation to promote disability equality and make reasonable adjustments for disabled people under the Disability Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s funding reforms are providing significant and rising income to institutions to perform all of their duties, including those relating to disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 212025 question first answered 04/11/2014 11:22:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

99748

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information will be published by his Department on take-up of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment scheme; and at what frequency such data will be published.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	210968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP will carry out an annual review of the scheme as set out within the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014. The first report under this regulation will be published on or before 30<sup>th</sup> November 2015. The report will set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the scheme, include the level of take up, and assess the extent to which those objectives have been achieved over the reporting period.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/10/2014 16:03:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

99749

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims made under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment scheme have been (a) submitted, (b) accepted, (c) concluded, (d) remain outstanding and (e) resulted in a payment being made.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	210969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As of 30<sup>th</sup> September 2014, the following applications have been made under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme:</p><p> </p><p>a) 173 applications have been submitted</p><p>b) 101 applications have been accepted</p><p>c) 130 applications have been concluded</p><p>(101 successful, 28 unsuccessful and 1 withdrawn)</p><p>d) 43 applications were pending decisions.</p><p>e) 88 applications have been paid.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/10/2014 15:57:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green