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Ministerial Corrections
Friday 22 November 2013
Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance
Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group have a prognosis of unlikely to return to work in the longer term. [168577]
[Official Report, 12 September 2013, Vol. 567, c. 829-30W.]
Letter of correction from Mark Hoban:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Burstow) on 12 September 2013.
The full answer given was as follows:
Mr Hoban: There is no such prognosis as being unable to return to work in the longer-term. However, the following table shows how many claimants have been allocated a prognosis of two years or more:
| Employment and support allowance (ESA) new claims—Outcomes of initial functional assessments by prognosis and month of result date, for the work related activity group, Great Britain | |
| Claimants with prognosis of two years or more | |
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| Notes: 1. Figures are shown rounded to the nearest 100. 2. '—' denotes nil or negligible. Scope: Initial functional assessment—the first assessment of the employment and support allowance claim. The outcome recorded is the final DWP decision-maker's decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare professional where the decision-maker's decision is not yet available. Source: Data in the table is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare. | |
The correct answer should have been:
Mr Hoban: The following table shows how many claimants have been allocated a prognosis of two years or more:
| Employment and support allowance (ESA) new claims—Outcomes of initial functional assessments by prognosis and month of result date, for the work related activity group, Great Britain | |
| Claimants with prognosis of two years or more | |
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| Notes: 1. Figures are shown rounded to the nearest 100. 2. '—' denotes nil or negligible. Scope: Initial functional assessment—the first assessment of the employment and support allowance claim. The outcome recorded is the final DWP decision-maker's decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare professional where the decision-maker's decision is not yet available. Source: Data in the table is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare. | |
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Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals placed in the work-related activity group since 2008 have received a prognosis statement that specifically advises work is unlikely in the longer term. [169107]
[Official Report, 13 September 2013, Vol. 567, c. 919-20W.]
Letter of correction from Mark Hoban:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Sheila Gilmore) on 13 September 2013.
The full answer given was as follows:
Mr Hoban: There is no such prognosis as being unable to return to work in the longer-term. However, the following table shows how many claimants have been allocated a prognosis of two years or more:
| New claims: Outcomes of initial functional assessments by prognosis and month of result date, for the work-related activity group, Great Britain | |
| Claimants with prognosis of two years or more | |
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| 1 Denotes nil or negligible. Scope: Initial functional assessment—the first assessment of the Employment and Support Allowance claim. The outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker's decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker's decision is not yet available. Note: Figures are shown rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Data in the table is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare. | |
The correct answer should have been:
Mr Hoban: The following table shows how many claimants have been allocated a prognosis of two years or more:
| New claims: Outcomes of initial functional assessments by prognosis and month of result date, for the work-related activity group, Great Britain | |
| Claimants with prognosis of two years or more | |
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| 1 Denotes nil or negligible. Scope: Initial functional assessment—the first assessment of the Employment and Support Allowance claim. The outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker's decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare Professional where the Decision Maker's decision is not yet available. Note: Figures are shown rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Data in the table is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare. | |
Health
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
The following is an extract from the oral statement given to the House by the Secretary of State for Health, the right hon. Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt) on the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on 19 November 2013.
The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt): It is impossible to deliver safe care without safe staffing levels. All hospitals will be required to monitor their staffing levels on a ward-by-ward basis, analysing precisely how many shifts meet safe staffing guidelines. By the end of this year, this will be done using models independently approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. No hospital will be able to conceal unsafe staffing from the public because from next June all that data, both at ward and hospital level, will be published alongside other safety data on a new NHS safety website, triggering CQC action if there is cause for concern.
[Official Report, 19 November 2013, Vol. 570, c. 1096.]
Letter of correction from Jeremy Hunt:
An error has been identified in the oral statement given on 19 November 2013.
The correct statement should have been:
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The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt):
It is impossible to deliver safe care without safe staffing levels. All hospitals will be required to monitor their staffing levels on a ward-by-ward basis, analysing precisely how many shifts meet safe staffing guidelines. By the end of next year, this will be done using models independently approved by the National Institute for
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Health and Care Excellence. No hospital will be able to conceal unsafe staffing from the public because from next June all that data, both at ward and hospital level, will be published alongside other safety data on a new NHS safety website, triggering CQC action if there is cause for concern.