Written Question
Monday 16th July 2018
Asked by:
Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of industrial injuries disablement benefit claims decisions are changed at the mandatory reconsideration stage.
Answered by Sarah Newton
Between April 2014 and September 2017, 75,000 industrial injuries disablement benefit decisions (new claims only) have been made. During this time period 3 per cent of claim decisions were overturned at the appeal stage.
The information on Mandatory Reconsiderations is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Written Question
Monday 16th July 2018
Asked by:
Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of industrial injuries disablement benefit claims decisions are changed on appeal.
Answered by Sarah Newton
Between April 2014 and September 2017, 75,000 industrial injuries disablement benefit decisions (new claims only) have been made. During this time period 3 per cent of claim decisions were overturned at the appeal stage.
The information on Mandatory Reconsiderations is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Written Question
Thursday 22nd February 2018
Asked by:
Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Office for National Statistics on its decision to suspend the publication of statistics on the labour market status of disabled people.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the production of statistics on employment of disabled people, published in Table A08 on the ONS website. ONS have stated that the most recent version includes estimates for April to June 2017, and “ONS has suspended publication of these estimates for subsequent time periods due to an apparent discontinuity between April to June 2017 and July to September 2017. ONS is investigating this issue and the dataset will be reinstated as soon as possible”.
As a key stakeholder for labour market statistics, the Department for Work and Pensions maintains dialogue with ONS on the use of this data for national policy-making purposes. ONS has therefore regularly updated officials on their ongoing investigation.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Feb 2018
State Pension Age
"I shall cut to the chase, Mr Speaker. What impact assessments have the Government carried out to assess the impact of their proposals on women born in the 1950s?..."Peter Aldous - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Jan 2018
Disability Confident Scheme
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (Luke Graham) on securing the debate. It is important that it should take place now, following the publication of “Improving Lives” on 30 November. The Christmas period …..."Peter Aldous - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Jan 2018
Universal Credit: Private Rented Sector
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Stephen Lloyd) on securing the debate and the Backbench Business Committee on granting it.
The full roll-out of universal credit in Lowestoft in my constituency commenced in May 2016. Significant problems were …..."Peter Aldous - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Jan 2018
Universal Credit: Private Rented Sector
"The hon. Lady highlights an example of the problems with implementing universal credit that many of us have experience of from our constituency casework...."Peter Aldous - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Jan 2018
Universal Credit: Private Rented Sector
"Yes. It is quite clear that private sector landlords’ confidence in the system has been very severely dented. I sense, from my own perspective, that the situation has improved, but I acknowledge that there is still a great more work to be done. Local letting agents advise me that the …..."Peter Aldous - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Dec 2017
Pension Equality for Women
"Owing to my cold, I will not be able to speak quite as passionately and as loudly as the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris). I congratulate the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) on securing this debate. He has played an important role in continuing to highlight the …..."Peter Aldous - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Dec 2017
Pension Equality for Women
"I am grateful for that endorsement from Suffolk.
I acknowledge the challenges the Government face in finding a way forward that is affordable and that complies with equalities legislation. However, it is clear that a particular group of people have been unfairly penalised. I thus support the motion, and I …..."Peter Aldous - View Speech
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