Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants' medical documents submitted to his Department are known to be missing which relate to claims for (a) employment support allowance, (b) personal independence payment, (c) universal credit work capability assessments and (d) disability living allowance.
Answered by Sarah Newton
DWP does not record the number of medical documents reported as missing which relate to claims for benefits.
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to amend his Department's guidance on the use of transcripts in personal independence payment assessments following the result of the tribunal hearing for Neville Cartwright.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
We are currently considering the Tribunal’s ruling.
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with the following conditions currently claiming personal independence payment who either at the original assessment, or following mandatory reconsideration or appeal scored points by satisfying descriptors 1c, 1d, 1f (a) anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed, (b) depressive disorder, (c) schizophrenia, (d) bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania/Mania), (e) personality disorder, (f) post traumatic stress disorder, (g) psychotic disorders/other/type not known, (h) alcohol misuse, (i) anxiety disorders/other/type not known, (j) generalised anxiety disorder, (k) agoraphobia, (l) schizoaffective disorder, (m) obsessive compulsive disorder, (n) cognitive disorders/other/type not known, (o) mood disorders/other/type not known, (p) drug misuse, (q) panic disorder, (r) anorexia nervosa, (s) cognitive disorder due to stroke, (t) phobia-social, (u) psychiatric disorders of childhood/other/type not known, (v) eating disorders not otherwise specified, (w) conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder), (x) bulimia nervosa, (y) stress reaction disorders/other/type not known, (z) dissociative disorders/other/type not known, (aa) body dysmorphic disorder, (ab) phobia specific, (ac) somatoform disorders/other/type not known, (ad) conversion disorder (hysteria).
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
We have interpreted your question as referring to mobility activity 1 (“Planning and following journeys”).
The table below provides an estimate of the number of people with the conditions requested on the Personal Independence Payment caseload at 31 January 2017 who satisfied descriptors c, d or f of mobility activity 1 at the point of original decision by the Department. Information on the numbers following mandatory reconsideration or appeal is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Table 1 – Number people that scored c, d, or f on mobility activity 1 of their PIP assessment, by condition
Condition | Number scoring c, d or f on mobility activity 1 |
(a) anxiety and depressive disorders – mixed | 4,000 |
(b) depressive disorder | 2,400 |
(c) schizophrenia | 4,500 |
(d) bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania/Mania) | 1,500 |
(e) personality disorder | 1,000 |
(f) post traumatic stress disorder | 600 |
(g) psychotic disorders/other/type not known | 1,300 |
(h) alcohol misuse | 1,100 |
(i) anxiety disorders/other/type not known | 700 |
(j) generalised anxiety disorder | 400 |
(k) agoraphobia | 200 |
(l) schizoaffective disorder | 700 |
(m) obsessive compulsive disorder | 300 |
(n) cognitive disorders/other/type not known | 3,000 |
(o) mood disorders/other/type not known | 200 |
(p) drug misuse | 100 |
(q) panic disorder | 200 |
(r) anorexia nervosa | 100 |
(s) cognitive disorder due to stroke | 2,100 |
(t) phobia-social | 100 |
(u) psychiatric disorders of childhood/other/type not known | 200 |
(v) eating disorders not otherwise specified | Less than 50 |
(w) conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder) | 100 |
(x) bulimia nervosa | Less than 50 |
(y) stress reaction disorders/other/type not known | Less than 50 |
(z) dissociative disorders/other/type not known | 100 |
(aa) body dysmorphic disorder | Less than 50 |
(ab) phobia specific | Less than 50 |
(ac) somatoform disorders/other/type not known | Less than 50 |
(ad) conversion disorder (hysteria) | Less than 50 |
Notes: Figures rounded to the nearest 100
Figures are at 31 January 2017, based on PIP administrative data management information, calibrated to latest published caseload
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of the changes brought forward in the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Amendment Regulations 2017 on the number of people receiving the enhanced mobility rate of personal independence payment who will (a) move to the standard rate following their next reassessment and (b) not be entitled to the mobility rate following their next reassessment; and how many people receiving the standard mobility rate of personal independence payment will not be entitled to the mobility rate following their next reassessment.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
Recent changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) regulations clarify the original criteria used to decide how much benefit claimants receive. This is not a policy change, nor is it intended to make new savings. It will not result in any claimants, regardless of their health condition, seeing a reduction in the amount of PIP previously awarded by DWP.
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an assessment has been made by the Health and Safety Executive of the safety of lone staff working in betting shops; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The Secretary of State and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have not received any representations on assaults on betting shop staff. HSE does not hold information on the proportion of Association of British Bookmakers member betting shops which have been deemed unsafe for single manning, nor has an assessment been made of the safety of lone staff working in betting shops.
HSE provides guidance to help employers ensure a safe working environment for lone workers http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg73.pdf and on controlling the risk of violence to staff (http://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/toolkit/index.htm).
All members of the Association of British Bookmakers should meet the requirements set out in the Voluntary Code of Safety and Security National Standards for Bookmakers published by Safe Bet Alliance in 2014.
Local Authorities enforce occupational health and safety legislation in betting shops and violence to staff is an issue which may be a focus for inspection where evidence suggests the risks are not being managed properly.
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on assaults on betting shop staff.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The Secretary of State and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have not received any representations on assaults on betting shop staff. HSE does not hold information on the proportion of Association of British Bookmakers member betting shops which have been deemed unsafe for single manning, nor has an assessment been made of the safety of lone staff working in betting shops.
HSE provides guidance to help employers ensure a safe working environment for lone workers http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg73.pdf and on controlling the risk of violence to staff (http://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/toolkit/index.htm).
All members of the Association of British Bookmakers should meet the requirements set out in the Voluntary Code of Safety and Security National Standards for Bookmakers published by Safe Bet Alliance in 2014.
Local Authorities enforce occupational health and safety legislation in betting shops and violence to staff is an issue which may be a focus for inspection where evidence suggests the risks are not being managed properly.
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 28 July 2015 to Question 7097, whether his Department holds information on the proportion of Association of British Bookmakers member betting shops which have been deemed unsafe for single manning.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The Secretary of State and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have not received any representations on assaults on betting shop staff. HSE does not hold information on the proportion of Association of British Bookmakers member betting shops which have been deemed unsafe for single manning, nor has an assessment been made of the safety of lone staff working in betting shops.
HSE provides guidance to help employers ensure a safe working environment for lone workers http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg73.pdf and on controlling the risk of violence to staff (http://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/toolkit/index.htm).
All members of the Association of British Bookmakers should meet the requirements set out in the Voluntary Code of Safety and Security National Standards for Bookmakers published by Safe Bet Alliance in 2014.
Local Authorities enforce occupational health and safety legislation in betting shops and violence to staff is an issue which may be a focus for inspection where evidence suggests the risks are not being managed properly.