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1184455

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
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	Air Pollution: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) assess the effect of air pollutants on the health of drive-through workers and (b) work with employers, employees and trade unions to ensure that steps are taken protect those workers from the effect of air pollutants.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	27991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is not currently undertaking any specific steps to assess the effect of air pollutants on the health of drive-through workers.</p><p> </p><p>There is a robust regulatory framework in place to protect workers from exposure to hazardous substances as a result of work activities, including airborne contaminants. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 require employers to prevent or control employee exposure to hazardous substances at work, so far as is reasonably practicable. The Regulations are supported by Workplace Exposure Limits (WELS) for substances hazardous to health including Nitrogen Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide and Sulphur Dioxide, that are also known airborne contaminants.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling occupational lung disease (OLD) as a result of workplace exposure to hazardous substances is one of HSE’s health priorities. HSE works with a broad range of stakeholders including trade associations, employers, trade unions, third sector and professional bodies to reduce the incidence rate of OLD.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/03/2020 13:08:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1183545

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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, what steps she is taking to ensure that people whose appointments with her Department are cancelled do not have their benefits suspended for non-attendance of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	26813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>A claim to benefit should not be suspended due to an appointment being cancelled by the Department. If there is no alternative but to cancel a scheduled appointment at the Jobcentre, claimants will be contacted to apologise for the cancellation, explain the reasons for cancellation and seek to agree a new date and new time for a new appointment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/03/2020 09:42:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1183548

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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: North West
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 invited to appointments with her Department were recorded as non-attending in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) the Wirral and (d) Wallasey in each of the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	26814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/03/2020 09:35:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1183597

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Long Term Unemployed People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has in place to help the long-term unemployed back into the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	26993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing targeted support for people, regardless of the length of time they have been unemployed, so that everyone, no matter what their start in life, is given the very best chance of getting into work.</p><p> </p><p>In both Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit, the Work and Health Programme uses the expertise of private, public and voluntary and community sector providers to deliver sustained employment for disabled people, certain priority groups and the long term unemployed (more than 2 years).</p><p> </p><p>For claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance, Additional Employability Support provides additional time for claimants who are long term unemployed – 18 months or longer – with their Work Coach to tackle barriers to work: it also includes targeted group sessions; case conferencing with a work psychologist; mock interviews and job application support; and a rigorous skills assessment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 25745 question first answered 12/03/2020 10:20:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1183646

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
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 reasons why her Department has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer since 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	27006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to undertaking a review and will not be pre-judging the outcome of that review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 27012 27014 question first answered 13/03/2020 10:25:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1183661

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
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 effect of trends in the level of cases lost by her Department in relation to employment tribunals for disability discrimination on objective 2 of her Department's single departmental plan.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	27012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to undertaking a review and will not be pre-judging the outcome of that review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 27006 27014 question first answered 13/03/2020 10:25:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1183664

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Child Maintenance Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to make an assessment of the operating efficiency of the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	26915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>When measuring the efficiency of the Child Maintenance Service, we collect data on rate of compliance. These figures are published quarterly in table 9 of the Child Maintenance Service experimental statistics data tables, which can be found here:</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/03/2020 11:16:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1183665

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating named caseworkers to complex cases undertaken by the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	26916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Service caseworkers deliver a broad range of services’ across business lines, covering applications, case maintenance, arrears and enforcement. Child Maintenance Service caseworkers receive the skills to provide a service to customers in their specific line. In addition, the service also provides complex caseworkers, who can provide additional expert knowledge in that line. Flexing this resource, as and when complex matters arise, maximises the value they can add to delivering successful client outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/03/2020 10:33:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1183666

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
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 effect on her Department's reputation of the level of cases of employment tribunals for disability discrimination that her Department has lost since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	27014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to undertaking a review and will not be pre-judging the outcome of that review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 27006 27012 question first answered 13/03/2020 10:25:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1183789

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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 and Universal Credit: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential effect of covid-19 on (a) employment levels and (b) the number of people claiming universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	26954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions met with the Chief Medical Officer recently to discuss issues surrounding the potential effect of COVID-19. Government officials are working closely together to understand its potential impacts on employment and benefits, including Universal Credit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/03/2020 13:26:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra