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Westminster Hall
Disability Benefits: Assessments - Mon 04 Sep 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) Petition 593296 reads:“People with a lifelong illness should not be subject to regular reviews for eligibility - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (LAB - East Ham) They included people with lifelong conditions and people with experience of the use of medical evidence - Speech Link
3: Stephen Timms (LAB - East Ham) 20 days to return ESA and universal credit forms and a month for PIP forms, and of course they have to - Speech Link
4: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) box often called for by the assessments for PIP and ESA. - Speech Link
5: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) We recognise that assessments and reviews are not suitable for our claimants with lifelong conditions - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Disability Benefits Assessments - Tue 01 Feb 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None awards for people with lifelong illnesses, and e-petition 549906, Review the Personal Independence Payment - Speech Link
2: Marsha De Cordova (LAB - Battersea) frameworks for both ESA and PIP are not fit for purpose. - Speech Link
3: Marsha De Cordova (LAB - Battersea) By the end of 2020 in Battersea, one in five disabled people in receipt of PIP had had their awards reduced - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Ten Years of the Work Capability Assessment - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) that work with the casework team to ensure that people who are going through the ESA and PIP system - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Disability Assessment Services - Wed 13 Mar 2019
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) with the most severe and lifelong conditions to undertake assessments from September 2017. - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) around PIP and ESA processes. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I have seen people with serious illnesses being turned down for PIP.I have a constituent with a long - Speech Link
4: Paul Masterton (CON - East Renfrewshire) allow those applying for ESA, universal credit and PIP to undergo just one assessment rather than two - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 11 Feb 2019
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Anna Turley (LAB - Redcar) on claimants with lifelong disabilities. - Speech Link
2: Amber Rudd (IND - Hastings and Rye) I believe he was referring to the tribunal reviews that take place when there are PIP appeals. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Newton (CON - Truro and Falmouth) We have had independent reviews of both the work capability assessment and the PIP assessments, and we - Speech Link
4: Sarah Newton (CON - Truro and Falmouth) Safeguarding the dignity and wellbeing of people with the most severe lifelong conditions is of paramount - Speech Link
5: Colleen Fletcher (LAB - Coventry North East) I am told that many PIP claimants in Coventry with severe mental illnesses are being forced to attend - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit and Welfare Changes - Thu 21 Jun 2018
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Debbie Abrahams (LAB - Oldham East and Saddleworth) regard to PIP and, most recently, with regard to severely disabled people transitioning on to UC, are - Speech Link
2: Helen Whately (CON - Faversham and Mid Kent) I specifically mention the introduction of video recording for work capability and PIP assessments. - Speech Link
3: David Drew (LAB - Stroud) PIP and 30 weeks for ESA in the Gloucestershire area. - Speech Link
4: Esther McVey (CON - Tatton) We obviously need to ensure that that happens for PIP, for ESA and, should we need it, for UC. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Tue 27 Oct 2015
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: John Bercow (Speaker - Buckingham) benefit” to end of subsection and insert“are to increase in line with the consumer price index.”Amendment - Speech Link
2: Neil Coyle (IND - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) a statistical report on registrations, clearances and awards of PIP, which indicates how many people - Speech Link
3: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) that we absolutely remain committed to providing support to disabled people and those with illnesses - Speech Link
4: Eilidh Whiteford (SNP - Banff and Buchan) Cuts to employment and support allowance penalise people with serious and long-term illnesses and disabilities - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Welfare Reform (Sick and Disabled People) - Thu 27 Feb 2014
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) into work for sick and disabled people; and further calls on the Government to end with immediate effect - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) into work for sick and disabled people; and further calls on the Government to end with immediate effect - Speech Link
3: Ian Mearns (LAB - Gateshead) the end of an ESA claim, calling such requests for information “vexatious”. - Speech Link
4: Lord Evans of Rainow (CON - Life peer) When 71% of claimants are given indefinite awards, with no need for reassessment, it is no surprise that - Speech Link
5: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) from destitution, and would have particular concern for those with disabilities, work-related illnesses - Speech Link
6: Kate Green (LAB - Stretford and Urmston) The replacement of the DLA with PIP also comes with a 20% budget cut, leaving disabled people and their - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 - Wed 13 Feb 2013
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None The internal and external reviews of PIP that have been announced are very welcome, but Atos and Capita - Speech Link
2: None With that, I wish PIP well and will keep my fingers crossed for its success. - Speech Link
3: Lord Touhig (LAB - Life peer) A tiered approach to PIP would help make it fairer and more accurate for people with autism and other - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Welfare Reform Bill - Tue 17 Jan 2012
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Freud (CON - Life peer) in emphasis between DLA and PIP—is that PIP is trying to take account of people with mental health problems - Speech Link
2: None This is particularly true for those with a lifelong condition or with long-term degenerative conditions - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (LAB - Life peer) many people with disabilities that the poor experience of the ESA assessments, where around 40 per cent - Speech Link
4: Lord Freud (CON - Life peer) planning will be better for people suffering from ME and other illnesses because we will be able to - Speech Link