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828217

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date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of changing the work capability assessment to take into account degenerative illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to assessing people with health conditions and disabilities fairly and accurately, helping people to access the right support. We recognise the importance of getting reform in this area right. We therefore intend to focus on testing new approaches to build our evidence base for future reform. In the Improving Lives: The Future of health, Work and Disability command paper we committed to work with external stakeholders to inform future changes to the Work Capability Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2018 10:23:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828230

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobcentres: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentre staff hold a level 2 British Sign Language qualification.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the total number of Jobcentre staff who, in a professional or personal capacity, hold a level 2 British Sign Language qualification is not held and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Claimants who require an interpreter are able to access this support via the contracted provision available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2018 15:47:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828231

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobcentres: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of job centre staff who speak a second language fluently.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information relating to second languages spoken by Jobcentre Staff.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/01/2018 14:28:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker