Motion text
That this House notes that Department for Work and Pensions statistics show that of the 1.5 million Incapacity Benefit claimants who were assessed for Employment Support Allowance (ESA) up until June 2019, 268,000 were found Fit for Work, a proportion of18 per cent, that between 2013-2020, only 66,000 out of 400,000 requests for Mandatory Reconsideration of an ESA-Work Capability Assessment (WCA) decision resulted in a changed decision, that in 2019-20, 75 per cent of WCA appeals to the independent Tribunal were won by the claimant, that by 2020, of 1.5 million disabled people previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance who had been reassessed for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), nearly half, 706,473, had seen their entitlement either reduced or disallowed completely, that of the six million people who have applied for PIP, 2.7m have been refused, a proportion of 46 per cent, that of those going on to lodge a PIP appeal in 2020-21, 31,720, DWP conceded 10,990 appeals before they even went in front of the Tribunal and lost two-thirds of those that were decided there; further notes that while the July 2021 Health & Disability Green Paper does have some useful operational changes, it does not go far enough in remedying DWP’s poor quality decision-making and reforming the assessments regimes; and calls on the Government to commit to much more fundamental reform of WCA and PIP assessment in the forthcoming White Paper to guarantee disabled and seriously unwell people receive the social security they need to live on and cover the additional costs of their disability or condition.
Signatures (88)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
De Cordova, Marsha
Labour
Signed on
28 March 2022
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
28 March 2022
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
29 March 2022
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
29 March 2022
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
29 March 2022
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on
29 March 2022
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
Blomfield, Paul
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
MacAskill, Kenny
Alba Party
Signed on
30 March 2022
Huq, Dr Rupa
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
Eastwood, Colum
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
30 March 2022
Paisley, Ian
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
30 March 2022
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
Brock, Deidre
Scottish National Party
Signed on
30 March 2022
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
30 March 2022
Cruddas, Jon
Labour
Signed on
30 March 2022
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on
31 March 2022
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
31 March 2022
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on
31 March 2022
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on
31 March 2022
Farron, Tim
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
31 March 2022
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
31 March 2022
Flynn, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on
31 March 2022
Ferrier, Margaret
Independent
Signed on
31 March 2022
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on
31 March 2022
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on
31 March 2022
Sheerman, Mr Barry
Labour
Signed on
31 March 2022
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
31 March 2022
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Olney, Sarah
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
19 April 2022
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Stone, Jamie
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
19 April 2022
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
McLaughlin, Anne
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Cooper, Rosie
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Hendrick, Sir Mark
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Wilson, Sammy
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Jardine, Christine
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
19 April 2022
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Smith, Alyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
19 April 2022
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
19 April 2022
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Benn, Hilary
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on
14 April 2022
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on
14 April 2022
Doogan, Dave
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Girvan, Paul
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Lewell-Buck, Mrs Emma
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Hosie, Stewart
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Hardy, Emma
Labour
Signed on
19 April 2022
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
20 April 2022
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
20 April 2022
Cooper, Daisy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
20 April 2022
Duffield, Rosie
Labour
Signed on
21 April 2022
Lloyd, Tony
Labour
Signed on
21 April 2022
Grant, Peter
Scottish National Party
Signed on
21 April 2022
Wilson, Munira
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
21 April 2022
Davey, Ed
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
25 April 2022
Thomson, Richard
Scottish National Party
Signed on
25 April 2022
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on
25 April 2022
Stringer, Graham
Labour
Signed on
25 April 2022
Farry, Stephen
Alliance
Signed on
25 April 2022
Hanvey, Neale
Alba Party
Signed on
25 April 2022
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
26 April 2022
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
26 April 2022
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on
26 April 2022
Chamberlain, Wendy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
26 April 2022
Tami, Mark
Labour
Signed on
28 April 2022
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
10 May 2022
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
10 May 2022
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on
10 May 2022
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.