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Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
Monday 10th June 2019

Asked by: Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have had their mobility car repossessed after an assessment for personal independence payments; how many people have subsequently had their entitlement reinstated after an appeal; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Written Question
Personal Independence Payment
Thursday 14th March 2019

Asked by: Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people judged to be entitled to the higher rate of disabled living allowance for life have been granted the standard rate when assessed for migration to personal independence payment.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"13. What criteria her Department uses to recall people in receipt of personal independence payments for an early assessment. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am grateful to the Minister for that answer, but I have constituents whose conditions are not going to improve, and one of my constituents has been called back for early assessment three times in three years, causing her a great deal of stress. If people have conditions that are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Personal Independence Payments

"The Secretary of State has failed to say how many people can expect their PIP to be restored as a consequence of this appeal; she said that it will be the two people involved in the two cases mentioned. Will she undertake to come back and make a statement to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"My constituent was called back early for a PIP assessment, which made no reference to the fact that he has an inoperable brain tumour, which has led to his having intractable epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. Can the Minister explain why he was recalled for an assessment?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"It is not the principle, but the practicality that is at issue. [Hon. Members: “Ah!”] The principle of getting people back into work is something that we on the Labour Benches accept. The citizens advice bureau, the Trussell Trust and even John Major are saying that universal credit should be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Mar 2017
Personal Independence Payments

"Will the Secretary of State guarantee that no PIP assessors are required to turn down a quota of their assessments? I find it impossible to understand some of the decisions they make. There can be an arm’s length of medical evidence in front of them, but they turn some people …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What assessment he has made of the effect of Government policies on the number of children living in poverty...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am grateful to the Secretary of State for that answer, but children growing up in households where the parents are on the national minimum wage will see their household income cut next year by up to a maximum of £1,426. He punched the air when the announcement was made …..."
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