The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-04-25.
To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers’ Departments have any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
Oliver Heald
These arrangements are kept under review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what penalties his Department is able to levy on workplace capability assessment providers who miss targets.
Mike Penning
The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment Work Capability Assessment referrals to Atos Healthcare in each of the last three years is as follows:
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 1,553,839
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,742,593
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 1,495,159
For the period October 2008 to May 2014, there have been 3,431,528 Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment cases processed by Atos Healthcare within 35 days.
The latest (April 2014) national Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) is 118.9 days.
There are a range of financial remedies available within the Medical Services contract to address service level failure. However this is a matter of commercial in confidence between the Department of Work and Pensions and its supplier Atos Healthcare.
The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Allowance cases that were referred to Atos Healthcare processed and returned within 35 days in each of the last three years is as follows:
a). UK
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 767,674
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,073,987
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 249,305
b). Scotland
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 97,951
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 133,923
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 58,326
c). West Lothian Local Authority Area
The information requested is not available
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
Jenny Willott
I have no plans to end the Department’s check-off arrangements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace capability assessments have been submitted to Atos, processed and returned within 35 working days in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) West Lothian local authority area in each of the last three years.
Mike Penning
The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment Work Capability Assessment referrals to Atos Healthcare in each of the last three years is as follows:
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 1,553,839
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,742,593
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 1,495,159
For the period October 2008 to May 2014, there have been 3,431,528 Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment cases processed by Atos Healthcare within 35 days.
The latest (April 2014) national Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) is 118.9 days.
There are a range of financial remedies available within the Medical Services contract to address service level failure. However this is a matter of commercial in confidence between the Department of Work and Pensions and its supplier Atos Healthcare.
The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Allowance cases that were referred to Atos Healthcare processed and returned within 35 days in each of the last three years is as follows:
a). UK
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 767,674
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,073,987
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 249,305
b). Scotland
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 97,951
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 133,923
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 58,326
c). West Lothian Local Authority Area
The information requested is not available
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-04-25.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings his Department has had for which the check off system of paying trade union fees was on the agenda.
Mr Francis Maude
As was the case under the previous administration, details of internal meetings are not normally published.
Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published at:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payment following an adverse effect to a medical procedure.
Mike Penning
No data on causation of a health condition or disability are collected for disability living allowance or personal independence payment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether her Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
My Department’s payroll services are provided by the Ministry of Justice. My understanding is that they have no current plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-04-25.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
Mr Francis Maude
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Leicester South on 2 April 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 721W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that personal independence payment applicants do not suffer financial hardship due to delays deciding their claims.
Mike Penning
Claimants already in receipt of Disability Living Allowance will continue to receive it while their personal independence payment (PIP) claim is being assessed. Most claimants to PIP will already be receiving some element of financial support, for example through earnings or through receipt of other benefits such as employment and support allowance. No successful new claimant to PIP will lose out financially as claims will be backdated.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies who remain responsible for all employment matters including payroll deductions for Trade Union subscriptions.