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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Mar 2017
Personal Independence Payments

"Only last week, I was contacted by a constituent who has been refused PIP despite having previously been in receipt of DLA. She managed to get to her assessment only because her daughter took her and supported her through it. However, the physiotherapist who did the assessment said that her …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Housing Benefits (18 to 21-year-olds)

"The Minister talks about an even playing field. If she is so confident that the policy is fair, why will she not publish the impact assessment? What does she have to hide?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Yet again, one of my constituents has been to see me about a PIP assessment that has led to her Motability vehicle being taken away from her. She is currently appealing, and I have written to the Minister about the case. What reassurance can she give me and my constituent …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women

"I have a constituent who describes herself as “June ’54 and furious.” One source of her fury, apart from having to wait for her pension, is that she is having to wait for her entitlement to winter fuel allowance and a bus pass. We need to remember that it is …..."
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Written Question
Employment: Disability
Monday 24th October 2016

Asked by: Liz McInnes (Labour - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to include proposals related to musculoskeletal conditions in the planned Green Paper on disability employment.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

The Green Paper will explore a range of ways to improve the prospects and transform the lives of disabled people and people with musculoskeletal conditions and other long term health conditions so that their health needs and employment aspirations are met in the best possible way.

Written Question
Employment: Disability
Monday 10th October 2016

Asked by: Liz McInnes (Labour - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to publish its green paper on disability employment.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

We will publish a Green Paper later this year.

Written Question
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Monday 10th October 2016

Asked by: Liz McInnes (Labour - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government's planned Green Paper on disability employment will include proposals related to people with musculoskeletal conditions.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

The Green Paper will be published later this year, and we welcome feedback.

Written Question
Joint Work and Health Unit
Monday 10th October 2016

Asked by: Liz McInnes (Labour - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision the Government has made for the long-term future of the Joint Work and Health Unit.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

Both the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions continue to jointly sponsor the Work and Health Unit as an important part of this Government’s agenda to deliver long-term change to the work and health systems.

Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Arthritis
Monday 13th June 2016

Asked by: Liz McInnes (Labour - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who qualify for personal independence payments on the basis of their need of use of aids and appliances have arthritis.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

For claimants with Arthritis who were awarded the Daily Living component of Personal Independence Payment between April 2013 and October 2015, 52% gained all of their points from Aids and Appliances.

The source of the data is the PIP computer system. This is unpublished data and, as such, it does not meet the quality standard required for official statistics publication. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.

Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.