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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2015
Mental Health and Unemployment

"My hon. Friend is making some incredibly important points. What does he think about a possible requirement—voluntary or otherwise—on companies to report on their human capital, because it is an important risk factor for investors if companies do not properly look after their staff and have higher turnover rates as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2015
Mental Health and Unemployment

"I agree that we need a robust evidence base on which the roll-out takes place, but individual placement and support has already been the subject of randomised controlled trials. There is a very good evidence base that should be used to roll it out...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2015
Mental Health and Unemployment

"I thank the Minister for his very full response to the speeches by the hon. Members for North Durham (Mr Jones), for Broxbourne (Mr Walker), for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and for Windsor (Adam Afriyie), and to those who intervened in this wide-ranging debate. I also thank the shadow Minister for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Pension Schemes Bill

"I will be very brief in my support of the amendment that stands in my name and the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Reigate (Crispin Blunt)...."
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Written Question

Incapacity Benefit

Tuesday 9th September 2014

Asked by: Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat - Sutton and Cheam)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the recorded primary medical condtition of incapacity benefits reassessment claimants, where the outcome of the assessment was Fit for Work, were in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Lord Harper

The information requested on Incapacity Benefits Reassessments is shown in the table below.

Number of Incapacity Benefits Reassessments with a Fit for Work outcome split into International Classification of Diseases (2010) Condition Groups

Date	Disabling condition groups	Fit for Work decisions
Autumn 2010 (trial areas)	Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	-
	Neoplasms	-
	Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs and certain diseases involving the immune mechanism	-
	Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases	-
	Mental and Behavioural Disorders	200
	Diseases of the Nervous System	-
	Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa	-
	Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process	-
	Diseases of the Circulatory System	-
	Diseases of the Respiratory System	-
	Diseases of the Digestive System	-
	Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous System	-
	Diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective Tissue	100
	Diseases of the Genitourinary System	-
	Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium	-
	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	-
	Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities	-
	Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified	-
	Injury, Poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes	-
	Factors influencing health status and contact with health services	-
	Not recorded	-
	Total	400
Mar-11 to Sep-11	Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	400
	Neoplasms	500
	Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs and certain diseases involving the immune mechanism	100
	Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases	700
	Mental and Behavioural Disorders	30,000
	Diseases of the Nervous System	2,000
	Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa	200
	Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process	200
	Diseases of the Circulatory System	2,000
	Diseases of the Respiratory System	800
	Diseases of the Digestive System	900
	Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous System	400
	Diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective Tissue	13,000
	Diseases of the Genitourinary System	400
	Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium	100
	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	-
	Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities	-
	Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified	6,700
	Injury, Poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes	4,000
	Factors influencing health status and contact with health services	500
	Not recorded	-
	Total	62,900
Oct-11 to Sep-12	Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	700
	Neoplasms	900
	Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs and certain diseases involving the immune mechanism	200
	Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases	1,400
	Mental and Behavioural Disorders	56,400
	Diseases of the Nervous System	3,800
	Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa	300
	Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process	400
	Diseases of the Circulatory System	3,700
	Diseases of the Respiratory System	1,500
	Diseases of the Digestive System	1,800
	Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous System	800
	Diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective Tissue	26,300
	Diseases of the Genitourinary System	700
	Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium	100
	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	-
	Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities	-
	Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified	13,200
	Injury, Poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes	8,000
	Factors influencing health status and contact with health services	1,000
	Not recorded	-
	Total	121,400
Oct-12 to Sep-13	Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	500
	Neoplasms	600
	Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs and certain diseases involving the immune mechanism	100
	Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases	800
	Mental and Behavioural Disorders	24,900
	Diseases of the Nervous System	2,200
	Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa	300
	Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process	300
	Diseases of the Circulatory System	2,200
	Diseases of the Respiratory System	900
	Diseases of the Digestive System	1,000
	Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous System	500
	Diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective Tissue	16,600
	Diseases of the Genitourinary System	400
	Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium	100
	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	-
	Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities	-
	Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified	7,700
	Injury, Poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes	4,800
	Factors influencing health status and contact with health services	700
	Not recorded	-
	Total	64,700

Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.

Notes:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“denotes nil or under 50. Totals may not sum due to the rounding method used.

2. Disabling condition groups are based on the International Classification of Diseases (2010)

Data is given up to 30 September 2013, which is the latest data available.
The outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker’s decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker’s decision is not yet available.
The data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011, existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they qualify for ESA instead.
The reassessment of existing incapacity benefits claimants was rolled out nationally from April 2011 and therefore a full 3 years worth of data cannot be provided.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Sep 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Given that this decision is one of the most important that people make, and that one point they will consider is how they might meet the costs of their long-term care later in their old age, will the Minister take the necessary steps to ensure that this advice covers how …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2014
Pensions Strategy

"The Minister has rightly championed the triple lock, making sure that the pension goes up by whichever is highest: earnings, prices or 2.5%. That is making a huge difference to pensioners in my constituency and, I suspect, the constituencies of hon. Members across the House. Will he confirm that it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 22 Mar 2013
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith), even though I do not necessarily share every aspect of his analysis. I want to concentrate on two issues that address the concerns of families, particularly older people, in regard to the desire for greater incentives …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Disability Benefits and Social Care

"First, I want to say on behalf of my colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Maria Miller), who has responsibility for disabled people, that she has had to attend a Westminster Hall debate to respond to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Meg Munn). She would have liked …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Disability Benefits and Social Care

"I have so little time—I have minus 10 minutes, in theory—that I would like to ensure that I respond to the points that have already been made.

Disability living allowance has been mentioned by a number of hon. Members. It is worth saying that Labour left the assessment process as …..."
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