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1463837

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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	Employment: Immunosuppression
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have given to Work Coaches for recommending employment requiring in-person attendance to immunocompromised individuals.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to providing the best possible support for all claimants to meet their individual circumstances. Claimants with a health condition or disability, including those who are immunocompromised, continue to have tailored commitments agreed based on their personal circumstances, including considering the impact of their health and wider situation.</p><p>Any work-related requirements are set in discussion with the claimant, tailored to their individual capability and circumstances, making them realistic and achievable. The guidance available to DWP staff outlines the easements which may be applied including that work search reflects the type and location of jobs which are appropriate to the individual.</p><p>Although DWP does not routinely provide guidance specifically on supporting people who are immunocompromised, we do ensure that staff are aware of the sources of information available to them relating to medical conditions that are associated with this. Staff are signposted to tools, guidance support and websites to effectively use resources from both internal and external sites, such as information directly from the NHS.</p><p>This ensures that staff can access the most up to date advice and can use this to inform how they support individual customers.</p><p>We empower our Work Coaches to use all available resources to best support each claimant, however they are not trained to provide comprehensive healthcare advice therefore while we do discuss the implications certain jobs may have on their health, we would not advise against jobs the claimant wishes to apply for.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 30/05/2022 11:14:34 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1437283

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Coronavirus: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support employers will be asked to provide for employees who are clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 to enable them to continue working safely following the removal of COVID-19 from risk assessments.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care have the lead and alongside UK Health Security Agency released Guidance for people previously considered clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19, which is hosted on the Coronavirus (COVID‑19) webpages on gov.uk. This was most recently updated on 25 February 2022. In order to assist employers, the Health and Safety Executive provides a link to this guidance on its website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 11/03/2022 14:31:53 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1358403

registered interest
date	04/10/2021
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	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to support (1) people living with stage 5 kidney disease, and (2) severely immunosuppressed people in the workplace, given recently published data show these groups are not adequately protected following two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Peer to the answer given to his previous question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-15/hl2092" target="_blank">HL2092</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, HSE has encouraged businesses to manage risks in order to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in workplaces through the provision of detailed guidance. HSE published updated guidance on 19<sup>th</sup> July to reflect changes as a result of the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/roadmap-further-guidance.htm" target="_blank">Keeping workplaces safe as coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are removed (hse.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not consider vaccination of employees to be a workplace control. Businesses must control the risks and review and update their risk assessment to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 by providing adequate ventilation, regular cleaning and frequent handwashing. Businesses can also continue to reduce the risk of transmission during the pandemic by taking measures to limit the number of people their workers are in contact with, and UK government guidance on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank">working safely</a> provides further information and advice on these measures covering a range of different types of work.</p><p> </p><p>Employers’ health and safety responsibilities include taking reasonable steps to protect all workers and others from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in connection with their work activities. As these control measures apply to all workers, regardless of their relative levels of vulnerability or the potential outcome, there are no expectations of additional control measures for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) workers or the need for individual risk assessments.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) advises employers to have individual discussions with their CEV employees about any workplace concerns and understand what is in place to protect them. There is specific guidance on the HSE website to support employers to do this <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL2855 HL2856 question first answered 19/10/2021 14:55:14 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1358404

registered interest
date	04/10/2021
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	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk associated with severely immunosuppressed people, including kidney transplant patients, returning to the workplace; and whether specific advice and workplace support will be provided to this group.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Peer to the answer given to his previous question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-15/hl2092" target="_blank">HL2092</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, HSE has encouraged businesses to manage risks in order to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in workplaces through the provision of detailed guidance. HSE published updated guidance on 19<sup>th</sup> July to reflect changes as a result of the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/roadmap-further-guidance.htm" target="_blank">Keeping workplaces safe as coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are removed (hse.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not consider vaccination of employees to be a workplace control. Businesses must control the risks and review and update their risk assessment to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 by providing adequate ventilation, regular cleaning and frequent handwashing. Businesses can also continue to reduce the risk of transmission during the pandemic by taking measures to limit the number of people their workers are in contact with, and UK government guidance on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank">working safely</a> provides further information and advice on these measures covering a range of different types of work.</p><p> </p><p>Employers’ health and safety responsibilities include taking reasonable steps to protect all workers and others from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in connection with their work activities. As these control measures apply to all workers, regardless of their relative levels of vulnerability or the potential outcome, there are no expectations of additional control measures for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) workers or the need for individual risk assessments.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) advises employers to have individual discussions with their CEV employees about any workplace concerns and understand what is in place to protect them. There is specific guidance on the HSE website to support employers to do this <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL2854 HL2856 question first answered 19/10/2021 14:55:14 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1358405

registered interest
date	04/10/2021
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	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information and guidance they will provide to employers on how best to protect people who are severely immunosuppressed and may not mount an adequate immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Peer to the answer given to his previous question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-15/hl2092" target="_blank">HL2092</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, HSE has encouraged businesses to manage risks in order to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in workplaces through the provision of detailed guidance. HSE published updated guidance on 19<sup>th</sup> July to reflect changes as a result of the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/roadmap-further-guidance.htm" target="_blank">Keeping workplaces safe as coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are removed (hse.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not consider vaccination of employees to be a workplace control. Businesses must control the risks and review and update their risk assessment to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 by providing adequate ventilation, regular cleaning and frequent handwashing. Businesses can also continue to reduce the risk of transmission during the pandemic by taking measures to limit the number of people their workers are in contact with, and UK government guidance on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank">working safely</a> provides further information and advice on these measures covering a range of different types of work.</p><p> </p><p>Employers’ health and safety responsibilities include taking reasonable steps to protect all workers and others from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in connection with their work activities. As these control measures apply to all workers, regardless of their relative levels of vulnerability or the potential outcome, there are no expectations of additional control measures for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) workers or the need for individual risk assessments.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) advises employers to have individual discussions with their CEV employees about any workplace concerns and understand what is in place to protect them. There is specific guidance on the HSE website to support employers to do this <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL2854 HL2855 question first answered 19/10/2021 14:55:14 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1347603

registered interest
date	15/07/2021
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	Health and Safety: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to produce guidance for employers, to accompany the lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions on 19 July, about the health and safety of employees who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed and therefore not protected by the COVID-19 vaccine.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has encouraged businesses to manage risks in order to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in workplaces through the provision of detailed guidance. HSE published updated guidance on 19 July - Keeping workplaces safe as coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are removed (which can be found at <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/roadmap-further-guidance.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/roadmap-further-guidance.htm</a>) - to reflect changes as a result of the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not consider vaccination of employees to be a workplace control. Businesses must control the risks and review and update their risk assessment to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 by providing adequate ventilation, regular cleaning and frequent handwashing. Businesses can also continue to reduce the risk of transmission during the pandemic by taking measures to limit the number of people their workers are in contact with, and UK government guidance on working safely (which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19</a>) provides further information and advice on these measures covering a range of different types of work.</p><p> </p><p>Employers’ health and safety responsibilities include taking reasonable steps to protect all workers and others from the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in connection with their work activities. As these control measures apply to all workers, regardless of their relative levels of vulnerability or the potential outcome, there are no expectations of additional control measures for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) workers or the need for individual risk assessments.</p><p>HSE advises employers to have individual discussions with their CEV employees about any workplace concerns and understand what is in place to protect them. There is specific guidance on the HSE website to support employers to do this <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 27/07/2021 15:54:36 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1283744

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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	Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrangements the Pensions Regulator has made with pension schemes with a deficit in excess of £50 million since 2005; with which schemes any such arrangements have been made; and for each such scheme, (1) how the deficit was met, and (2) whether there was any difference in the reported deficit and that which had to be met.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL12969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>The information requested on arrangements made by the Pensions Regulator is either not available, or could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL12970 HL12971 question first answered 11/02/2021 12:22:04 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1283745

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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	Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrangements the Pensions Regulator has made with pension schemes with a deficit in excess of £25 million but less than £50 million since 2005; with which schemes any such arrangements have been made; and for each such scheme, (1) how the deficit was met, and (2) whether there was any difference in the reported deficit and that which had to be met.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL12970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>The information requested on arrangements made by the Pensions Regulator is either not available, or could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL12969 HL12971 question first answered 11/02/2021 12:22:04 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1283746

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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	Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrangements the Pensions Regulator has made with pension schemes with a deficit in excess of £10 million but less than £25 million since 2005; with which schemes any such arrangements have been made; and for each such scheme, (1) how the deficit was met, and (2) whether there was any difference in the reported deficit and that which had to be met.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL12971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>The information requested on arrangements made by the Pensions Regulator is either not available, or could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL12969 HL12970 question first answered 11/02/2021 12:22:04 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1270990

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
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	Pension Protection Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which company pension schemes have been put into the Pension Protection Fund since 2015; and when were each of these schemes transferred to the Pension Protection Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL11417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is in the attached table.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 23/12/2020 12:27:06 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott attachment 1 file name PPF Schemes Transferred since 2015.docx title Table 1
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn