Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis her Department has conducted on the psychological effect on children of transitioning at 16 years of age from disability living allowance to personal independent payment while in full-time education.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We are absolutely committed to improving the overall Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimant experience as this is what claimants rightly expect and deserve. We will continue to engage with stakeholders and disabled people to deliver further improvements where needed and are committed to ensuring that everyone has the same opportunity to lead a full, active and independent life.
The design of PIP has always been on the basis of 16 being the appropriate lower age-limit for claims. That has been the case since the first consultation on replacing Disability Living Allowance with PIP took place in 2010 and through subsequent consultations on the design of the assessment criteria and the other detailed processes to support claims, including the needs and requirements of young people reaching age 16 and younger adults more widely.
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of support that Citizens Advice will be able to provide to new universal credit claimants in (a) England and (b) Hull.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The decision to award directly to Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland is based on their position as a well-known and independent advice organisation. This partnership will ensure we are offering a consistent approach nationally for our most vulnerable customers
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Employment and Support Allowance were (i) made and (ii) awarded in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) registrations and clearances (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) and the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants who undertake a Work Capability Assessment and the related outcomes by month is publically available and can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance for users is available at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance where Endometriosis was referenced in the application were (a) made and (b) awarded in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sarah Newton
In response to question a) on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), in the application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) with a main disabling condition of Endometriosis.
In response to question b) on PIP, the number of awards for claimants with Endometriosis as the main disabling condition for the last 3 years are included in the table below:
Table 1: PIP Awards for claimants with Endometriosis as the main disabling condition for the past 3 years:
Year | Number of PIP Claims Awarded |
2016 | 150 |
2017 | 180 |
2018* | 110 |
Total | 440 |
* Only includes data up to 31st July 2018.
Notes:
In response to questions a) and b) on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), the information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former claimants of disability living allowance in Hull West and Hessle constituency were (a) unsuccessful in their claim for personal independence payment and (b) have appealed their unsuccessful decision to change to personal independence payment in the last 12 months.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Between August 2016 and July 2017, the last 12 months of available data, in the Hull West and Hessle constituency there were 400 former claimants of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) who were disallowed Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Data is taken from DWP Stat Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Period covered: August 2016 – July 2017 (latest available data).
Between August 2016 and July 2017, the last 12 months of available data, in the Hull West and Hessle constituency there were 110 former claimants of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) who were disallowed Personal Independence Payment (PIP), where that decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration, and who appealed this decision.
Period covered: August 2016 – July 2017 (latest available data).
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former claimants of disability living allowance in Hull West and Hessle constituency who have been unsuccessful in their claim for personal independence payments have been waiting (a) over six weeks, (b) over three months and (c) over six months for their appeal to be heard; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency and (b) England were in receipt of personal independence payments in each year since those payments were introduced.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) caseloads (i.e. claims in payment) and clearances (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) at parliamentary constituency or country level can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Although the Department does not record whether a claimant’s disability is visible or non-visible, PIP caseload statistics can be broken down by claimants’ primary disabilities on Stat-Xplore.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency and (b) England claimed personal independence payments but were not successful in their claim in each year since those payments were introduced.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) caseloads (i.e. claims in payment) and clearances (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) at parliamentary constituency or country level can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Although the Department does not record whether a claimant’s disability is visible or non-visible, PIP caseload statistics can be broken down by claimants’ primary disabilities on Stat-Xplore.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of personal independence payments in (a) Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency and (b) England stated no visible disability on their claim form in each year since those payments were introduced.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) caseloads (i.e. claims in payment) and clearances (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) at parliamentary constituency or country level can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Although the Department does not record whether a claimant’s disability is visible or non-visible, PIP caseload statistics can be broken down by claimants’ primary disabilities on Stat-Xplore.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Hull and (b) East Riding of Yorkshire have appealed against his Department's decision not to grant them personal independence payments in each of the last five years; and how many of those appeals have been successful in those years.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The tables below show the number of appeals lodged against Personal Independence Payment claims which were disallowed at initial decision and where this decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration, the number of these appeals where a decision has been made and the number of these appeals that were subsequently successful for the appellant, for Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire over the last five years.
a) Hull
Year of appeal lodgement | Number of appeals lodged | Number of appeals with a decision | Number of successful appeals (for the appellant) |
2013 | # | # | # |
2014 | 80 | 60 | 40 |
2015 | 280 | 260 | 180 |
2016 | 390 | 350 | 240 |
2017 (to July’17) | 340 | 110 | 70 |
Total | 1,090 | 830 | 520 |
*Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
**‘#‘used for instances where there are less than 5 cases.
b) East Riding of Yorkshire
Year of appeal lodgement | Number of appeals lodged | Number of appeals with a decision | Number of successful appeals (for the appellant) |
2013 | # | # | # |
2014 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
2015 | 180 | 170 | 100 |
2016 | 250 | 230 | 160 |
2017 (to July’17) | 210 | 90 | 60 |
Total | 680 | 560 | 330 |
*Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
**‘#‘used for instances where there are less than 5 cases.