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43882

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date	18/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of disability living allowance claims took longer than 40 days to process in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	192527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see the table below showing the percentage of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) new claims, for Normal Rules (NR), that took longer than 40 days to process. Claims not yet processed within 40 days, include cases where we are awaiting additional information from the claimant and/or medical evidence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Claims Cleared</strong></p></td><td><p>402,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of claims cleared after 40 working days </strong></p></td><td><p>89,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of </strong><strong>DLA</strong><strong> New Claims (NR) <br /> cleared after 40 working days</strong></p></td><td><p>22.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prior to 2012/13 the measure reported against was an Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT). This is the cumulative clearance days divided by the number of cleared events within the reporting period.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the table below for 2010/11 and 2011/12: </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Claims Cleared</strong></p></td><td><p>431,572</p></td><td><p>412,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AACT (Level 37.7 days)</strong></p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The reported figure only relates to DLA (NR) new claims. NR claims are those where the claimant is not terminally ill and the normal rules of entitlement therefore apply. </p><p> </p><p>The figures above cover the period from 1st April to 31st March and shows the national position including working age and child claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The AACT level (37.7 days) shown in the above table is a measure based on a prior year's performance.</p><p> </p><p>We have not provided data for 2013/14 due to not having a full financial year available at this time. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions – RDA 80123 report - DLA Management Information Statistics</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

43918

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the processing time target is for personal independence payment (PIP) claims; and what proportion of such claims took longer than this target time to process since the introduction of PIPs.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	192751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As you will appreciate, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit and processes are currently bedding in. There are no time limits or targets on processing times to claims for PIP but we are taking the necessary action to improve the processing times. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

18743

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date	04/11/2013
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
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legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding was allocated from Homes and Community Agency to (a) develop new affordable housing and (b) bring empty homes back into use in Harrow in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	174351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Thursday 7 November 2013]</em></p><p>The figures for affordable housing are as follows for the London Borough of Harrow area:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£22 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£45 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£26 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£15 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£13 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since April 2012, allocations from the Affordable Housing Programme have been overseen by the Greater London Authority rather than the Homes and Communities Agency. There have been no specific allocations on empty homes over this period.</p><p>As outlined to the hon. Member in the answer of 7 January 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 121W, I would note that the new Affordable Rent model now allows for more affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and lever in more private investment.</p><p>As the National Audit Office has observed: “The Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available” and “The Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding” (National Audit Office, “Financial viability of the social housing sector; introducing the Affordable Homes Programme”, 4 July 2012, HC465, pp.6-7).</p><p>I also note that the Mayor's proposed Housing Strategy states: “£1.8 billion of public funding has been secured by the Mayor which will unlock an estimated additional £3.7 billion of other investment for London to enable 55,000 affordable homes to be delivered between 2011-15” (Mayor of London, “The Revised London Housing Strategy”, December2011, p.35).</p><p>Across England, 170,000 affordable homes have been delivered so far since April 2010, and a total of £19.5 billion of public and private investment is being spent on affordable housing over the current Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas