Written Evidence Apr. 19 2024
Inquiry: High streets in towns and small citiesFound: megacities, towns and clusters of villages with a focus on public spaces, pedestrian and cycling mobility
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: We acknowledge that climate change is a risk multiplier already having a strong impact on human mobility
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Prime Minister’s speech on welfare: 19 April 2024Found: And it’s fitting to be setting out that vision here, at the Centre for Social Justice.
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024Found: AQ12=+'Social Fund'!AR12=+'Social Fund'!AS12=+'Social Fund'!AT12=+'Social Fund'!AU12=+'Social Fund'!
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024Found: Injuries Benefits Maternity Benefits New Deal and Employment Programme Allowances Pension Credit Social
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Personal Independence Payment planning and following a journey descriptors to include (a) access to toilets and (b) fear of falling over due to mobility issues.
Answered by Mims Davies - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was developed in collaboration with independent specialists in health, social care and disability, including disabled people, and through public consultation between 2010-2012 prior to its introduction in 2013. This comprehensive consultation process informed the development of the PIP assessment criteria, as set out in legislation. There are currently no plans to change the criteria.
Activity 11 was designed to assess barriers to mobility that individuals may face that are associated with mental, cognitive, intellectual or sensory ability, as opposed to physical ability. This includes whether people can leave home to make journeys and whether they are able to plan and successfully follow those journeys. With regard to access to toilets, any continence issues would be considered separately under activity 5, and mobility issues under activity 12. Fear of falling down due to mobility issues could be considered under activity 11 if it is sufficient to impact on a claimant’s ability to leave home, plan or follow journeys as per the PIP regulations.
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: Public Sector Equality Duty report 2022/23Found: continue to attract, retain and develop diverse talent through innovative recruitment strategies, using social
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: The Smart Data Roadmap: action the government is taking in 2024 to 2025Found: It is estimated that wider data mobility could increase GDP by £27.8 billion per year .
Written Evidence Apr. 18 2024
Inquiry: Disabled people in the housing sectorFound: also means that more housing is required overall, although not all of that needs to be adapted for mobility
Written Evidence Apr. 18 2024
Inquiry: Children, young people and the built environmentFound: Research by the University of Westminster1 compared young people’s independent mobility in 1971,