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781348

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to publish an annual report on the disability employment gap as part of the national employment statistics.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The employment rate of disabled people, according to the Labour Force Survey, is available at the following link. These figures are updated on a quarterly basis.</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment underpins this with a clear and time-bound goal to see 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>We know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so. In October 2016, we published <em>Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em>, which set out the action we plan to take and consulted on proposals for wider reform. We are working towards a publication later this year, which will provide an update on the recent work we’ve been doing, respond to the consultation, and set out our next steps</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/11/2017 11:25:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

731778

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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 Living Allowance: : Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of disability living allowance payments in Coventry South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The latest available parliamentary constituency data on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claims in payment can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/06/2017 09:58:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

670343

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming carer's allowance by age in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	59195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of indvidiuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the total number of individuals entitled to Carer’s Allowance, including those not in receipt of a payment, is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 59092 question first answered 12/01/2017 16:00:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

670350

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals in receipt of carers allowance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	59092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of indvidiuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the total number of individuals entitled to Carer’s Allowance, including those not in receipt of a payment, is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 59195 question first answered 12/01/2017 16:00:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

648907

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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: Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of Work Capability Assessments for people with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	55677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) was been designed to take full account of how fluctuating conditions such as multiple sclerosis, affect a claimant’s ability to work. The WCA assesses individuals against a set of functional descriptors not specific conditions, as two people with the same condition can be affected in different ways and gives people the opportunity to explain how their condition varies over time.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Paper published on the 31 October seeks to make a positive change to how we help people with health conditions and disabilities to realise their potential and includes reforms to the WCA.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/12/2016 15:47:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

648908

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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	Sick Leave: Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued to employers on disability absence policy for employees with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	55673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department provides a pan-disability service and has therefore not issued any specific guidance to employers in respect of multiple sclerosis.</p><p> </p><p>Disability Confident provides guidance to employers to enable them to recruit and support disabled people and those with long term health conditions in work, including people with physical impairments as a result of conditions such as multiple sclerosis. In addition, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides guidance to employers on how they can support their disabled employees to stay in work.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that supportive absence management processes are key to helping people stay in work or return to work after a period of sickness absence. Fit Notes and Statutory Sick Pay are there to support employees to remain in work or return to work. In the recently published ‘Improving Lives – the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’, we are consulting on proposals to reform the Statutory Sick Pay and Fit Note systems so that they better encourage supportive conversations and phased returns to work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/12/2016 17:56:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

648910

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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	Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people in the workforce who have multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	55675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Our measure of disability employment by condition type is based on data from the Labour Force Survey. Whilst this survey has a large sample size, it does not collect enough data on every specific condition to provide robust estimates on the number of working age adults who have multiple sclerosis on its own. Latest available figures report that in Q2 2016 around 146,000 of the disabled working age adults who have progressive illnesses that include multiple sclerosis (but also cancer, symptomatic HIV, Parkinson’s disease and muscular dystrophy) are in employment.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/12/2016 12:01:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

648911

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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	Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is he taking to ensure that people with multiple sclerosis are able to stay in work; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	55676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>Individuals should have the opportunity to work and realise the benefit of stable employment where they can, enabling them to live independently and fulfil their potential. Our health and welfare systems need to reflect this and offer the opportunity to work for all those who can, help for those who could, and care for those who can’t; including to support those who want to work for as long as possible and prevent them from failing out of work unnecessarily early.</p><p> </p><p>The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, <em>Improving Lives</em> (published 31<sup>st</sup> October 2016) reflects our new and ambitious approach to work and health. It sets out the short-term action we intend to take to bring about change. It also asks questions on proposals for longer-term reform over this Parliament and beyond, so that our systems, sectors and social attitudes all work together to help achieve the ambition of halving the disability employment gap. .</p><p> </p><p>We have a range of activity underway that is focused on the evidence gaps we have identified including access to services and levels of support we should offer. This will help us to develop new models of support to help people remain in work when they are managing a long term health condition or disability. We want all employers to be as supportive as possible so that everyone can go as far as their talents will take them. But we know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/12/2016 15:41:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham