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 of 18 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, 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.
Signatures (38)
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
10 May 2022
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on
11 May 2022
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
11 May 2022
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
11 May 2022
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on
11 May 2022
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on
11 May 2022
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
11 May 2022
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
11 May 2022
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
11 May 2022
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
12 May 2022
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on
12 May 2022
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
12 May 2022
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
16 May 2022
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
16 May 2022
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
16 May 2022
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
16 May 2022
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
16 May 2022
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
17 May 2022
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
18 May 2022
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
19 May 2022
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on
25 May 2022
MacAskill, Kenny
Alba Party
Signed on
15 June 2022
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on
15 June 2022
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
15 June 2022
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on
21 June 2022
Smith, Alyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
22 June 2022
Lloyd, Tony
Labour
Signed on
23 June 2022
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
27 June 2022
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on
27 June 2022
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on
27 June 2022
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 June 2022
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
28 June 2022
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
28 June 2022
Abrahams, Debbie
Labour
Signed on
28 June 2022
Farron, Tim
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
29 June 2022
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on
29 June 2022
Brock, Deidre
Scottish National Party
Signed on
29 June 2022
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on
29 June 2022
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.