Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department applies when assessing claimants with mental health issues for Personal Independence Payments.
Answered by Sarah Newton
All claims to Personal Independence Payment are assessed against all ten daily living activities and two mobility activities as set out in Schedule 1 of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 and other provisions relating to entitlement or payment. A copy of the Regulations can be accessed here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/377/contents.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111677, on social security benefits: North West Durham, what the (a) sample size and (b) margin of error in the data provided was.
Answered by Sarah Newton
(a) In the answer to Question 111677, what proportion of assessments for (b) Personal Independence Payments went to appeal in North West Durham constituency in each year since 2010, the total number of initial PIP decisions in the constituency each year was used. These numbers are provided in the Table below.
Financial year | Initial PIP decisions |
2013/14 | 240 |
2014/15 | 1280 |
2015/16 | 1410 |
2016/17 | 2040 |
Apr2017 to Jul2017 | 610 |
Latest available data to July 2017
(b) The figures presented in answer to Question 111677 are not a sample but are the total population of initial PIP decisions in each year. As such there are no “margins of error” in the proportions provided in answer to Question 111677.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants are successful on appeal at tribunal.
Answered by Sarah Newton
Between April 2013 and June 2016, the latest dates for which data is available, 4% of Personal Independence Payment decisions were overturned at appeal.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people in North West Durham Constituency will be affected by the Support for Mortgage Interest benefit becoming a loan.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
There are an estimated 124,000 SMI claimants. We are not able to provide estimates of SMI claimants at a constituency level.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit advance payment recipients receive their advance payment within (a) the first day, (b) the first two days and (c) the first week of application.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The requested information is not currently available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's definition is of what constitutes a change in circumstance in the transition to universal credit.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
I refer the Member to the response given on 4 May 2016 to PQ 35357.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants are refused that entitlement upon making a claim.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who have been disallowed an award since the introduction of PIP in April 2013 can be found on page 3 in our annual publication “Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to July 2017” located at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2017.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of assessments for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments went to appeal in North West Durham constituency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The table below shows the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions where the award was changed at mandatory reconsideration, where the award was changed at appeal and the proportion that went to appeal, by year of decision since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of North West Durham.
Proportion of PIP decisions where the award was changed at mandatory reconsideration/appeal, and the proportion that went to appeal, by financial year of decision.
Financial year of initial PIP decision | Proportion of PIP decisions that had award changed at mandatory reconsideration (111675 part (a)) | Proportion of PIP decisions that had award changed at appeal (111675 part (b)) | Proportion of PIP decisions that went to appeal (111677 part (b)) |
2013/14 | 3% | 0% | 2% |
2014/15 | 2% | 3% | 5% |
2015/16 | 3% | 4% | 8% |
2016/17 | 4% | 3% | 6% |
Apr'17 to Jul'17 | 5% | 1% | 1% |
Latest available data to July 2017
The information for Employment Support Allowance (ESA) is not readily available and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
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 North West Durham constituency who have been unsuccessful in their claim for personal independence payments have been waiting more than (a) six weeks, (b) three months and (c) six months for their appeal to be heard.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of decisions on employment and support allowance and personal independence payments were overturned in North West Durham constituency on (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) appeal in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The table below shows the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions where the award was changed at mandatory reconsideration, where the award was changed at appeal and the proportion that went to appeal, by year of decision since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of North West Durham.
Proportion of PIP decisions where the award was changed at mandatory reconsideration/appeal, and the proportion that went to appeal, by financial year of decision.
Financial year of initial PIP decision | Proportion of PIP decisions that had award changed at mandatory reconsideration (111675 part (a)) | Proportion of PIP decisions that had award changed at appeal (111675 part (b)) | Proportion of PIP decisions that went to appeal (111677 part (b)) |
2013/14 | 3% | 0% | 2% |
2014/15 | 2% | 3% | 5% |
2015/16 | 3% | 4% | 8% |
2016/17 | 4% | 3% | 6% |
Apr'17 to Jul'17 | 5% | 1% | 1% |
Latest available data to July 2017
The information for Employment Support Allowance (ESA) is not readily available and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.