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Disability Benefit Assessments and the Health & Disability Green Paper

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1126: tabled on 28 March 2022

Tabled in the 2021-22 session.

This motion has been signed by 88 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

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.

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.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Poplar and Limehouse
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Hayes and Harlington
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Blackburn
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Leyton and Wanstead
Blomfield, Paul
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Sheffield Central
MacAskill, Kenny
Alba Party
Signed on 30 March 2022
East Lothian
Huq, Dr Rupa
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Ealing Central and Acton
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Cynon Valley
Eastwood, Colum
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 30 March 2022
Foyle
Paisley, Ian
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 30 March 2022
North Antrim
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Ealing, Southall
Brock, Deidre
Scottish National Party
Signed on 30 March 2022
Edinburgh North and Leith
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 30 March 2022
Arfon
Cruddas, Jon
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2022
Dagenham and Rainham
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on 31 March 2022
Glasgow South
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 31 March 2022
Brighton, Pavilion
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on 31 March 2022
Brighton, Kemptown
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 31 March 2022
Glasgow North
Farron, Tim
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 31 March 2022
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 31 March 2022
Dundee West
Flynn, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 31 March 2022
Aberdeen South
Ferrier, Margaret
Independent
Signed on 31 March 2022
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on 31 March 2022
Knowsley
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 31 March 2022
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Sheerman, Mr Barry
Labour
Signed on 31 March 2022
Huddersfield
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 31 March 2022
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Belfast South
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Streatham
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
North Ayrshire and Arran
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Hemsworth
Olney, Sarah
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 19 April 2022
Richmond Park
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Lanark and Hamilton East
Stone, Jamie
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 19 April 2022
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Aberdeen North
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Motherwell and Wishaw
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Bolton South East
McLaughlin, Anne
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Glasgow North East
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Leeds East
Cooper, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
West Lancashire
Hendrick, Sir Mark
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Preston
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Liverpool, Riverside
Wilson, Sammy
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
East Antrim
Jardine, Christine
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 19 April 2022
Edinburgh West
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Birkenhead
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Glasgow Central
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
City of Durham
Smith, Alyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Stirling
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 19 April 2022
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 19 April 2022
Ceredigion
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Glasgow North West
Benn, Hilary
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Leeds Central
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 April 2022
Edinburgh East
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 April 2022
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Doogan, Dave
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Angus
Girvan, Paul
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
South Antrim
Lewell-Buck, Mrs Emma
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
South Shields
Hosie, Stewart
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 April 2022
Dundee East
Hardy, Emma
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 20 April 2022
York Central
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on 20 April 2022
Liverpool, West Derby
Cooper, Daisy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 20 April 2022
St Albans
Duffield, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 21 April 2022
Canterbury
Lloyd, Tony
Labour
Signed on 21 April 2022
Rochdale
Grant, Peter
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 April 2022
Glenrothes
Wilson, Munira
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 21 April 2022
Twickenham
Davey, Ed
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 25 April 2022
Kingston and Surbiton
Thomson, Richard
Scottish National Party
Signed on 25 April 2022
Gordon
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 25 April 2022
Ochil and South Perthshire
Stringer, Graham
Labour
Signed on 25 April 2022
Blackley and Broughton
Farry, Stephen
Alliance
Signed on 25 April 2022
North Down
Hanvey, Neale
Alba Party
Signed on 25 April 2022
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on 26 April 2022
Jarrow
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 26 April 2022
Wansbeck
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 26 April 2022
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Chamberlain, Wendy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 26 April 2022
North East Fife
Tami, Mark
Labour
Signed on 28 April 2022
Alyn and Deeside
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 May 2022
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on 10 May 2022
Bedford
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 May 2022
Central Ayrshire

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.