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1088494

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date	13/03/2019
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	Carbon Monoxide: Poisoning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support festival providers in safeguarding people attending festivals from the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	232008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) leads on national occupational health and safety policy for the entertainments and leisure sector, whilst Local Authorities are responsible for enforcing the law at individual events, such as festivals, in their geographical area.</p><p> </p><p>Festival organisers have responsibilities under Section 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of their employees and others, including members of the public, affected by their undertaking. These responsibilities extend to ensuring that equipment, such as gas cookers and BBQs, are maintained and operated in a safe condition.</p><p> </p><p>Disposable BBQs are popular with those attending festivals, and there have been examples where fatalities, arising from exposure to carbon monoxide, have occurred due to BBQs being taken into tents as a source of heat. Festival organisers are expected to take reasonably practicable measures to raise awareness of the potential dangers. Reasonable arrangements should also be in place to monitor the use of disposable BBQs and the behaviour of attendees at the event so that action can be taken to prevent these items being used in enclosed areas.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has published web-based event safety guidance to help event organisers comply with their legal duties (<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/event-safety/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/event-safety/index.htm</a>). The Events Industry Forum also produces a guide, known as the Purple Guide, for the live event industry including festival organisers.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/03/2019 10:30:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1088497

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plans are for the future of NHS England’s Commissioning through Evaluation programme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	231897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Commissioning through Evaluation programme is led by NHS England. The programme opened in 2014, with a small number of initial schemes established to generate material new data to support clinical commissioning policy formation for potentially promising specialised treatments. The evaluative commissioning programme continues to develop based on the learning from these early pilot areas. The future developments of the programme are the responsibility of NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/03/2019 16:24:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1088498

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the regional variation in the uptake of MedTech products across the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	231898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Through the Accelerated Access Review, the NHS Long Term Plan and the second Life Sciences Sector Deal, the Government and the National Health Service have confirmed their commitment that, where appropriate, all patients should be able to benefit from the best treatments as fast as possible. To deliver on this, we have announced a number of measures to improve the spread of health tech innovations:</p><p> </p><p>- Strengthening the Innovation Scorecard, the national tool that measures the uptake of cost effective innovations approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and widening the range of medtech products it covers;</p><p>- From 2020, a new NHS England health tech funding requirement will identify the best value innovations as ‘ready to spread’ and help the NHS to adopt them quickly. This will apply to health tech products assessed as cost saving by NICE. In addition, NICE will significantly increase the number of evaluations it does for health tech products, so that the NHS has the evidence it needs to decide the best products to adopt and spread;</p><p>- The Accelerated Access Collaborative, under the chairmanship of Lord Darzi, will be expanded to be the umbrella organisation across the innovation landscape in the United Kingdom, tackling the system wide-barriers that cause unwarranted variation in the level of access for patients;</p><p>- The regional network of Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) will also continue to be a key partner in adoption and spread of health technology. AHSNs bring together the assets in their regions to drive innovation uptake and support local service transformation, promoting health equality, best practice and transformation in leadership, quality and safety of care; and</p><p>- These approaches build on NHS Improvement’s Getting It Right First Time and NHS RightCare initiatives, which seek to improve the quality of care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/03/2019 12:15:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1088509

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC plans to publish details of the process for retailers to apply for their (a) economic identifier and (b) facilities identifier codes for the Tobacco Track and Trace system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	231980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs has appointed De La Rue as the UK’s ID Issuer for the tobacco track and trace system, which comes into effect on 20 May 2019. De La Rue will publish details of the registration process for retailers before that.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2019 11:33:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1088510

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend by 12 months the implementation date of 20 May 2019 for the Tobacco Track and Trace system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	231981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to implementing the tobacco track and trace system and it remains on track to do so by 20 May 2019. It has no plans to delay the implementation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2019 11:38:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1088513

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled the Disability Price Tag 2019, published by Scope in February 2019, what steps she plans to take to made additional funding available to cover potential extra costs incurred by disabled people; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	232032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides a range of benefits to support people with long term health conditions and disabilities, including benefits which contribute towards the extra costs they may face. Benefit provision is in addition to the wide range of additional support people with health conditions and disabilities may receive including from Local Authorities or the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, spending on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions has increased by £8.4 billion (18%) in real terms. This year it will be over £54 billion, and next year it will rise to over £55 billion – over 2.5 per cent of GDP and 6 per cent of Government spending. And since 2010 spending on extra-costs disability benefits, which have been increased by inflation and have been protected from the benefits freeze, has increased by £5 billion (25%) in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State recently announced, we also plan to commission independent research to understand the needs of disabled people and how health and disability benefits can better support them.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 232033 question first answered 19/03/2019 12:32:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1088514

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled the Disability Price Tag 2019, published by Scope in February 2019, what steps she is taking to ensure that disabled people can afford the same standard of living as non-disabled people.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	232033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides a range of benefits to support people with long term health conditions and disabilities, including benefits which contribute towards the extra costs they may face. Benefit provision is in addition to the wide range of additional support people with health conditions and disabilities may receive including from Local Authorities or the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, spending on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions has increased by £8.4 billion (18%) in real terms. This year it will be over £54 billion, and next year it will rise to over £55 billion – over 2.5 per cent of GDP and 6 per cent of Government spending. And since 2010 spending on extra-costs disability benefits, which have been increased by inflation and have been protected from the benefits freeze, has increased by £5 billion (25%) in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State recently announced, we also plan to commission independent research to understand the needs of disabled people and how health and disability benefits can better support them.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 232032 question first answered 19/03/2019 12:32:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1088515

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Disability: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled the Disability Price Tag 2019, published by Scope in February 2019, what steps she is taking to ensure that personal independence payments assessments accurately capture the extra costs incurred by disabled people.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	232034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a more modern, dynamic and fairer benefit than its predecessor, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), designed to focus support on those experiencing the greatest barriers to living independently. DLA had not been fundamentally reformed since it was introduced over 25 years ago and it lacked some of the basic checks and reviews that are integral to most other State-funded support.</p><p> </p><p>Built on rules developed for disability benefits created in the 1970s, DLA was also a product of its time, focusing primarily on physical disabilities, whereas we now have a better understanding of the needs of individuals with mental health conditions, learning difficulties, and sensory impairments like blindness. Understanding of conditions like autism has also changed measurably. That is why we introduced PIP. Reform of DLA had long been overdue and the benefit had to be changed to better support disabled people to lead independent lives as they want to today. PIP provides an opportunity to better target support for disabled people and to enable them to lead full, active and independent lives.</p><p> </p><p>At the core of the benefit’s design is the principle that awards of the benefit should be made according to a claimant’s overall level of need; entitlement being assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a health condition or disability. It is intended to act as a contribution <br>towards the extra costs that arise as a result of a long-term health condition or disability. We take all feedback regarding the benefit and assessment process seriously; and we remain committed to continuous improvements and working closely with claimants and <br>representative organisations.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 232509 232968 question first answered 20/03/2019 15:11:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1088516

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will extend the provisions of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (SDP Gateway) Amendment Regulations 2019 to claimants in receipt of (a) disability premiums and (b) enhanced disability premiums.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	232035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions)(SDP Gateway) Amendment Regulations 2019 prevents legacy claimants who are in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium from moving to Universal Credit if they experience a change in circumstances, until they are moved by the Department. This ensures that these claimants will not be moved onto Universal Credit until transitional protections are available.</p><p> </p><p>The SDP group has very specific characteristics including substantial care needs, with most having severe disabilities that would limit their ability to work quite significantly. They are also likely to see the greatest financial impact were they to move to Universal Credit following a change in their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit does not replicate the Severe Disability Premium and other disability premiums, which has allowed us to target additional support to a wider group and create a more streamlined system. The Universal Credit rate for the most severely disabled people, the limited capability for work and work related activity (LCWRA) addition is £328.32 per month, much higher than the equivalent rate for the Employment and Support Allowance support group which is £163.15 per month, and will result in many more people being better off on Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 provide for transitional protections for claimants who are moved onto Universal Credit by the Department, without experiencing a change in circumstances, ensuring no-one loses out at the point of transition.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2019 16:38:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1088517

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled the Disability Price Tag 2019, published by Scope in February 2019, what steps she is taking to ensure that families with disabled children moving on to universal credit receive the same financial support that they did under the legacy benefits system.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	232036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Currently people are only moving to Universal Credit from existing benefits because they have had a change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a different existing benefit. It has always been the case that in such circumstances these new claims would be assessed based upon their new circumstances and under the rules of the new benefit with no recourse to any previous levels of entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>Those who move to Universal Credit without a change in circumstance will be eligible for Transitional Protection at the point that they move across.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/03/2019 14:11:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron