The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on advertising the attendance allowance scheme in 2015-16.
Penny Mordaunt
2015/16 advertising costs for the Attendance Allowance scheme are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for attendance allowance under the special rules for people with terminal illness in each of the last five years.
Penny Mordaunt
The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Information on claims awarded under the special rules for people with terminal illness is available from the DWP Tabulation Tool: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on administration costs related to attendance allowance in 2015-16.
Penny Mordaunt
The total administrative cost of Attendance Allowance for 2015/16 is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Eilidh Whiteford on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to increase awareness of the Disability Confident campaign; and how his Department plans to measure the effectiveness of that campaign.
Penny Mordaunt
We have developed a new Disability Confident employer accreditation scheme. This went live in July.
This will be core to our engagement with employers to raise awareness, improve performance and drive up engagement on the disability employment agenda.
We are developing plans to formally launch the scheme in the Autumn and more information on take up and effectiveness measures will be available from then.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Elliott on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the introduction of transitional arrangements to assist women born on or after 6 April 1951 who have been adversely affected by changes to the state pension age.
Richard Harrington
At the time of the Pensions Act 2011 the government introduced a concession worth £1.1 billion to limit the impact of the rising state pension age on those most affected. The concession capped the maximum delay that anyone would face in claiming their State Pension to 18 months rather than two years, relative to the previous timetable. The Government has no plans to introduce further transitional arrangements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Gray on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for a decision to be made for a personal independence payment claim in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) England.
Penny Mordaunt
The table below shows the average (median) actual clearance times (AACT), in weeks, for normal rules new claims and DLA reassessments to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for Airdie and Shotts, Scotland and England in April 2016.
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April 2016 |
Normal Rules, New Claims AACT (weeks) |
Normal Rules, DLA Reassessments AACT (weeks) |
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Airdie and Shotts parliamentary constituency |
11 |
13 |
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Scotland |
10 |
13 |
|
England |
9 |
12 |
Source – PIP Computer Systems management information.
Notes to table:
1) The figures are for normal rules only, and do not include special rules for the terminally ill, as these claims have a separate and faster route through the claims process.
2) ‘Time take for a decision’ has been interpreted as the average time between the date of referral to the assessment provider and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit).
3) Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks.
Further information on AACTs is published and available at;
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Gray on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland received support from Access to Work grants (a) in total and (b) for a mental health condition in each of the last three years.
Penny Mordaunt
The requested data is as follows:
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Financial year |
Number of people helped by Access to Work in Scotland |
Number of people helped by Access to Work in Scotland with a primary medical condition recorded as “Mental health condition |
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2013/14 |
2,840 |
80 |
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2014/15 |
2,860 |
90 |
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2015/16 |
2,790 |
110 |
Note:
The Department does not routinely publish regional breakdowns of Access to Work data. These data were obtained from the Disability Service Client database and are rounded to the nearest 10.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Deidre Brock on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the effect of the change from disability living allowance to personal independence payments on the standard of living of the recipients of those payments.
Penny Mordaunt
Both Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are designed to contribute towards the extra cost of having a disability. PIP is a modern benefit that maintains the key principles of DLA; it is a non-means-tested, non-taxable cash benefit available to people in and out of work. In addition, it takes proper account of mental health conditions and targets resources on those who need support. Most people will continue to receive support under PIP and, in fact, a greater proportion of claimants are receiving the highest rates of the benefit than in DLA – 23 per cent compared to 15 per cent on DLA.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Eilidh Whiteford on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides on the minimum number of days between benefit payments for a person ending an employment and support allowance claim and beginning a jobseeker’s allowance claim; and what the average time between such benefit payments was in the last 12 months.
Damian Hinds
The department does not specifically hold data in relation to claimants who transition from ESA to JSA and the time taken to award JSA following the closure of an ESA claim. As a department we strive to process all new claims made to JSA as quickly and efficiently as possible with a minimum expected level of 90% processed within 10 days. We are currently achieving 90.7% as of July 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are currently registered as self-employed in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency; and what the average salary is earned by those people.
Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.