Written Question
Monday 21st July 2025
Asked by:
Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills)
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 potential merits of introducing the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism for work capability assessors.
Answered by Stephen Timms
- Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Since 09 September 2024, the educational material for all Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) Health Professionals (HPs) has been provided by DWP. In reviewing the material ahead of that date, we considered practice in the NHS, and have now implemented the Oliver McGowan training as part of the mandatory training requirements for every HP.
Following the completion of core training to undertake the role, HPs will engage in an annual training programme, and HAAS has been provided with materials (such as Continual Professional Development modules) to support the development of HPs where learning needs are identified. This approach ensures that both service wide and individual training needs are met and will be of benefit to those with neurodiversity.
Written Question
Monday 23rd February 2015
Asked by:
Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual cold weather payments were made to recipients in the UK in winter 2013-14.
Answered by Steve Webb
Only one trigger was recorded in the 2013/14 Cold Weather season and an estimated 1,100 payments paid. Further details can be found in the ‘Social Fund Cold Weather Payments for Great Britain from 1st November 2013 to 31st March 2014’ update on Gov.uk which may be found at
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299461/sf-cwp-31-03-2014.pdf.
Written Question
Monday 23rd February 2015
Asked by:
Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of UK state pension reside in metropolitan France.
Answered by Steve Webb
Information on the number of recipients of UK state pension residing in France, and of those how many are in the French Overseas Departments, is available at: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/cnage/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_cnage_may14.html
Written Question
Monday 23rd February 2015
Asked by:
Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of UK state pension reside in the French overseas department of (a) Guiana, (b) Martinique, (c) Guadeloupe and (d) Reunion.
Answered by Steve Webb
Information on the number of recipients of UK state pension residing in France, and of those how many are in the French Overseas Departments, is available at: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/cnage/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_cnage_may14.html
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Dec 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"One of my constituents—a British citizen—returned to the UK, having lived in New Zealand for five years, to look after her ill mother. She now has cancer, but she cannot claim PIP due to the habitual residence test. Does the Minister agree that she is falling foul of regulations that …..."Tessa Munt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 05 Sep 2014
Affordable Homes Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 05 Sep 2014
Affordable Homes Bill
"I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman. Let me pick up on the point that he made. There is no automatic exclusion for people who have to sleep in separate bedrooms for medical reasons. I have had an ongoing correspondence with the Minister for welfare reform. He said that …..."Tessa Munt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"My constituent Jane has been receiving treatment for cancer since her diagnosis last October, but she was wrongly told that she was excluded from applying for help unless she resigned from her job altogether or became pregnant. Will the Minister meet me to discuss Jane’s suggestions to improve how patients …..."Tessa Munt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"In 2004, English Heritage considered the question of disposal of all 44 bishops’ houses by the Church Commissioners and reported that the eight historically most significant, including the Bishop’s Palace in Wells, should be kept in use. Will the Secretary of State meet me to clarify what advice her Department …..."Tessa Munt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jan 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"A GP whose patient has particularly complex medical and learning disability needs is still waiting for an assessment and a decision many months after making his application. Why are doctors’ letters not accepted?..."Tessa Munt - View Speech
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