Asked by: Stephen McPartland (Conservative - Stevenage)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of pensionable age have had disability living allowance removed since 2010.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Under the provisions of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Transitional Regulations 2013, all claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) who were under the age of 65 on 8th April 2013 will be invited to claim PIP regardless of their age at the time they’re invited or the status of their DLA claim.
For your information the latest available data on PIP clearances split by age in whole years and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html
Asked by: Stephen McPartland (Conservative - Stevenage)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of pensionable age have been successful in applying for personal independence payment since 2010.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Under the provisions of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Transitional Regulations 2013, all claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) who were under the age of 65 on 8th April 2013 will be invited to claim PIP regardless of their age at the time they’re invited or the status of their DLA claim.
For your information the latest available data on PIP clearances split by age in whole years and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html
Asked by: Stephen McPartland (Conservative - Stevenage)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who have had disability living allowance removed and are of pensionable age have been successful in applying for personal independence payment since 2010.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Under the provisions of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Transitional Regulations 2013, all claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) who were under the age of 65 on 8th April 2013 will be invited to claim PIP regardless of their age at the time they’re invited or the status of their DLA claim.
For your information the latest available data on PIP clearances split by age in whole years and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html
Asked by: Stephen McPartland (Conservative - Stevenage)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on lowering the taper rate for universal credit.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
We have made the taper more generous by reducing the rate from 65 per cent to 63 per cent in April last year. This lowered the rate at which Universal Credit payments reduce when a claimant starts working, meaning claimants can keep more of every pound they earn. We expect this to benefit 3 million families once Universal Credit is fully rolled out.
As the Chancellor set out in the 2017 Autumn Budget, we keep these matters under review.