Results 1-20 of 143 for sheila gilmore in the 'Written Answers' OR in the 'Written Ministerial Statements'
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Homelessness (15 May 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will meet homelessness organisations to assess the effectiveness of the toolkit for identification of homelessness by Jobcentre Plus Advisers.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Programme (15 May 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will strengthen the minimum service standards for the Work programme to provide a better service for homeless people; (2) what steps he is taking to improve job outcomes for homeless people in the Work programme.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (13 May 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the progress made by (a) Atos and (b) Capita in relation to the commitment to engage with organisations representing disabled people in developing training materials in relation to the document entitled DWP Response to the Disability Benefits Consortium report on PIP Assessment Providers.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (13 May 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the engagement by Atos with organisations representing disabled people in producing its training materials for the assessment of the personal independence payment.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (13 May 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria his Department has used in reviewing Atos' training materials for the assessment for the personal independence payment.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (17 April 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what discussions his Department has had with (a) Atos and (b) Capita regarding training in (i) autism, (ii) mental health conditions and (iii) learning disability for health professionals carrying out the assessment for personal independence payment; (2) what plans his Department has to assess the adequacy of training made available...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (17 April 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what discussions his Department has had with (a) Atos and (b) Capita regarding (i) the appointment and (ii) the training of condition-specific champions to assist in the assessment for personal independence payment; (2) what discussions his Department has had with (a) Atos and (b) Capita regarding condition-specific training for...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (16 April 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the contribution to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of 16 November 2011, House of Lords,Official Report, column GC263, what assessment his Department has made of whether (a) Atos and (b) Capita is providing sufficient training in (i) mental, intellectual and cognitive impairments and (ii)...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (12 March 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in receipt of local housing allowance were in receipt of the (a) shared accommodation rate, (b) one bedroom rate, (c) two bedroom rate, (d) three bedroom rate and (e) four bedroom rate in (i) December 2011 and (ii) January 2013.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (12 March 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average loss in benefit entitlement was for those households affected by the raising of the age threshold for the shared accommodation rate of local housing allowance to 35 years old.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (12 March 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many households with individuals aged between 25 and 35 received an exemption from the shared accommodation rate due to being clients of agencies in multi-agency public protection arrangements in 2012; (2) how many households with individuals aged between 25 and 35 received an exemption from the shared accommodation rate owing to...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (12 March 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of households affected by the raising of the age threshold for the shared accommodation rate to 35.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment (11 March 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether people in the employment and support allowance support group are automatically called for a reassessment when they choose to undertake voluntary work-related activity.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Home Discount Scheme (7 March 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many Warm Home Discount Scheme applications he received from vulnerable person claimants who are not automatically eligible by the end of (a) October 2012, (b) November 2012, (c) December 2012, (d) January 2013, (e) February 2013 and (f) March 2013; and how many claimants received payments over the same periods.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (25 February 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will begin to collect data on the (a) length of personal independence payment award and (b) condition of each recipient.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Vacancies: Advertising (14 February 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what steps his Department has taken to prevent jobs that have already been filled being advertised on the Universal Jobmatch website; (2) what checks Jobcentre Plus carries out to ensure that all jobs advertised on the Universal Jobmatch website are still available.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit (12 February 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many incapacity benefit claimants who have been assessed for employment and support allowance have been placed in the work-related activity group; how many such claimants did not undergo a face-to-face assessment with an Atos Healthcare professional; how many have lodged an appeal; and how many have had their decision overturned.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment (12 February 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether decision makers can send cases back to Atos Healthcare professionals when they believe that a face-to-face assessment or additional written evidence is needed.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment (12 February 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance his Department provides to (a) Atos Healthcare professionals and (b) decision makers on when to carry out work capability assessments without a face-to-face examination.
- Written Answers — Justice: UK Membership of EU (4 February 2013)
Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what contingency plans his Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for UK withdrawal from the EU; whether those plans will be published; and what estimate he has made of the likely cost of implementing those plans.