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1236059

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to resume face-to-face medical assessments for Industrial Injuries' Disablement Benefit.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	92880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Our priority throughout this health emergency continues to be to protect the public and our assessment providers’ staff, while ensuring people get the benefits they are entitled to quickly and safely. Face-to-face assessments remain suspended while we review what activity we can gradually start reintroducing in line with the latest public health advice. We will confirm next steps as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, for claimants with the most serious or terminal conditions, claims continue to be processed and decisions made as normal. We are actively considering how to deal with those cases not currently being processed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 92881 question first answered 29/09/2020 12:12:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1236060

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Asbestosis and Diffuse Pleural Thickening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to resume assessing Industrial Injuries' Disablement Benefit claims for (a) asbestosis and (b) diffuse pleural thickening.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	92881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Our priority throughout this health emergency continues to be to protect the public and our assessment providers’ staff, while ensuring people get the benefits they are entitled to quickly and safely. Face-to-face assessments remain suspended while we review what activity we can gradually start reintroducing in line with the latest public health advice. We will confirm next steps as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, for claimants with the most serious or terminal conditions, claims continue to be processed and decisions made as normal. We are actively considering how to deal with those cases not currently being processed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 92880 question first answered 29/09/2020 12:12:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1235015

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the economic effect of self-isolation on people who are (a) reliant on and (b) ineligible for statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	91154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) provides a minimum level of income for employees when they are off work sick. SSP should not be looked at in isolation. Where an employee’s income is reduced while off work sick and they require further financial support, for example where they are not eligible for SSP, they may be able to claim Universal Credit and new style Employment and Support Allowance, depending on individual circumstances.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>SSP is paid at a flat level of £95.85 per week.</p><p>Where an individual receives both SSP and Universal Credit, SSP will be taken into account when calculating the Universal Credit payment.</p><p>An estimated 2 million individuals do not qualify for SSP because they earn below the Lower Earnings Limit (£120 per week).</p><p>From 28 September 2020 a new £500 Test and Trace Support payment will be introduced for working people who are on low incomes and cannot work from home who are required by NHS Test and Trace to remain at home to help stop the spread of the virus.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/09/2020 14:08:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1235207

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department is providing to people with covid-19 symptoms who are required to self-isolate and do not qualify for statutory sick pay in (a) Erith and Thamesmead constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	91170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The guidance given to customers is dependent on their own personal circumstances. They will be signposted to the most relevant benefit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/09/2020 12:42:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1234377

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	Universal Credit: Severe Disability Premium
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 her response to the Social Security Advisory Committee’s letter of 27 May 2020, dated 8 July 2020, how many people in receipt of employment support allowance on 31 March 2020 were unable to make a universal credit claim because they were in receipt of severe disability premium.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	90194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>All ESA claimants can choose to claim UC If they believe they will be better off, however special arrangements exist for those in receipt of SDP.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/09/2020 13:49:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1234476

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	Unemployment Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to reduce benefit levels for people deemed by her Department to be unfit for work.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	90140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Future decisions on benefit levels will be made at the next appropriate fiscal event.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2020, the Chancellor announced a series of policies to support people, jobs and businesses during the Pandemic, including an increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance for 12 months, in addition to planned uprating of 1.7%, both of which support new and existing claimants.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 90141 question first answered 21/09/2020 14:08:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1234480

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to reduce benefit levels for people deemed by her Department to be fit for work.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	90141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Future decisions on benefit levels will be made at the next appropriate fiscal event.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2020, the Chancellor announced a series of policies to support people, jobs and businesses during the Pandemic, including an increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance for 12 months, in addition to planned uprating of 1.7%, both of which support new and existing claimants.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 90140 question first answered 21/09/2020 14:08:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1234536

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	Employment: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to encourage employers to (a) recognise the condition of long covid and (b) take into account employees' long-term symptoms of that condition.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	90249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-07/85966" target="_blank">85966 </a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 90251 question first answered 21/09/2020 14:40:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1234539

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to produce guidance for employers on the treatment of people experiencing long-term effects of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	90251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-07/85966" target="_blank">85966 </a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 90249 question first answered 21/09/2020 14:40:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1234592

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	Disability: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2020 to Question 905164, what new and existing data sources her Department is monitoring to understand the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on people who are (a) disabled or (b) have a health condition; and if she will publish her Department's analysis of that data.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	90162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people and those with health conditions using a range of sources. There will however be a period until the data needed to fully assess the impact becomes available.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is publishing a rolling programme of data and articles relating to the social and economic impacts of COVID-19, with specific outputs on disabled people in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS also publishes quarterly statistics on the labour market status of disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions publishes statistics annually on the employment of disabled people. The first report was published in March 2020, including data from the Labour Force Survey, Annual Population Survey and Understanding Society.</p><p> </p><p>Research into the long-term health symptoms and impacts of COVID-19 and the number of people likely to be experiencing them is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/09/2020 13:14:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire