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Department: Department for Work and Pensions

Oral Answers to Questions

Naz Shah Excerpts
Monday 18th December 2017

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Guy Opperman Portrait Guy Opperman
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I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. I am delighted with the fact that we now have 9 million people signed up to auto-enrolment, utterly transforming workplace pension savings. In his constituency, 8,000 employees and 680 employers have signed up—and great credit to them.

Naz Shah Portrait Naz Shah (Bradford West) (Lab)
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T6. A constituent of mine in Bradford West had three same-day assessments cancelled in a period of five weeks. Eventually, she got an appointment—a home visit—after seven months. What assessment has the Department made of same-day cancellations of work capability assessments by Maximus-employed health professionals—the number, the reasons given and the impact on the mental health of applicants?

Sarah Newton Portrait Sarah Newton
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I assure the hon. Lady that we have a very robust quality assurance process. Clearly, the case she has highlighted today is unacceptable. If she would like to bring me that case and discuss it with me, I would be very happy to do so.