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1144758

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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	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 estimate she has made of the potential (a) mortality rate and (b) number of suicides among benefit claimants in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	286724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not record mortality rates or information on the causes of benefit claimants’ deaths, as there is no causal relationship between somebody claiming a benefit and their death.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that leaving the EU with a deal is its preferred option. The Government is, however, continuing to plan for a range of scenarios, including a no deal exit from the EU. These contingencies ensure that DWP can continue to provide our vital services and that individuals will continue to be able to access DWP benefits and services on the same basis as they do now.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2019 10:40:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1144434

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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	Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will fall into the relative low income bracket if the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	286195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/09/2019 16:29:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1045772

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Mental Health: First Aid
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 Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019 Official Report columns 1366-1395, what steps her Department is taking to ensure employers are aware of the the Health and Safety Executive's guidelines on existing requirements to consider mental health alongside physical health when undertaking a first aid needs assessment, published in November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	210679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>On the 21 November 2018 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published revised guidance for employers on compliance with the existing Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 (<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/needs-assessment.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/needs-assessment.htm</a>). HSE developed this revised guidance with Mental Health First Aid-England to clarify and increase employer understanding that mental health should already be considered alongside physical health when undertaking a first aid needs assessment. The findings from this assessment will help direct employers to decide what measures they need to put in place. There are a range of actions that employers can undertake, but their choice should be guided by the outcomes of their first aid needs assessment and will depend on factors such as employee needs, the type of work and size of company.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has communicated this clarified guidance directly to key stakeholders involved in the design and delivery of first aid at work training courses.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is also taking opportunities to raise awareness through existing activity under its Health and Work programme, where preventing work-related mental ill health is a key priority. There is also related wider government activity led by the Joint DWP/DHSC Work and Health Unit to promote mental health core standards from the Lord Stevenson and Paul Farmer ‘Thriving at Work’ review published in October 2017, to help employers implement a comprehensive approach to managing mental health in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/01/2019 14:51:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1002754

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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, with reference to Table A08 of the recent Labour Market Bulletin published by the Office for National Statistics, what assessment she has made of the reasons for people with disabilities having an employment rate of 30.4 percentage points lower than people without disabilities between April to June 2018; and what plans her Department has to address that disability employment gap.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	188805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The employment rate gap between disabled and non-disabled people fell from 33.1% in April-June 2013 to 31.3% in April-June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to further improving outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment to get one million more disabled people in work by 2027 gives us a clear, ambitious, and time bound goal.</p><p> </p><p>We set out our continued commitment to improving employment rates for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. We believe people should get the support they need whatever their health condition or disability, whether that’s from their employer, from the health system or from the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in our Personal Support Package, which includes £330 million of funding over four years with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants. We have recruited 300 additional Disability Employment Advisers and we are introducing 200 new Community Partners, bringing specialist advice and support into the Jobcentre.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting employers to help them recruit and retain disabled people and people with health conditions through Disability Confident, the Access to Work scheme, and specialist advisers in Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the importance of keeping people in work, we want to reform the Statutory Sick Pay system so that it more effectively supports returns to work, and we are exploring how to shape, fund and deliver transformational change to provide effective occupational health services that can support people in work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/11/2018 15:14:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999394

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	186308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186309 186310 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999400

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses have adopted the core standards set out in the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	186309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186308 186310 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999401

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many large businesses have adopted the enhanced standards set out in the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	186310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186308 186309 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

947658

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	First Aid: Training
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 to bring forward legislative proposals on workplace health and safety regulations to ensure that employers provide appropriate first aid training for their staff.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	168053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for regulating first aid provision in the workplace, as set out in the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. The Regulations require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. The Regulations apply to all workplaces including those with less than five employees and to the self-employed.</p><p>Employers should undertake a needs assessment, to ensure that first aid provision adequately reflects the needs of their particular workplace or organisation and that appointed first aid personnel receive appropriate training. It is the responsibility of employers to choose their training providers and apply due diligence in doing so.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2018 14:33:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

931337

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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 the way in which benefits are paid to a household do not facilitate abuse or condone inequality in relationships.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	157722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Research carried out for the Department for Work and Pensions suggests that only 2 per cent of married couples and 7 per cent of cohabiting couples keep their finances completely separate. So the starting point in Universal Credit is one single monthly payment which people in the household then manage as they see fit. We recognise that there will be circumstances in which this is not appropriate and so split payments are also available. This option is designed to prevent hardship to claimants and their families, where there is vulnerability in the household leading to financial mismanagement. Where a claimant suffering from domestic abuse asks for a split payment we will support them in putting this arrangement in place.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/07/2018 11:36:19 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

931338

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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: Domestic Abuse
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 prevent exceptional split payments of universal credit that require the disclosure of abuse.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	157723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not require formal disclosure of abuse to establish split payments for Universal Credit claimants, and we do not ask for any evidence relating to the abuse. An individual can be accompanied by a representative from a third party organisation to provide expert support when disclosing domestic abuse to a work coach.</p><p>All personal information is treated in confidence, and we do not disclose information to third parties without explicit consent. If requested, we can provide access to a private area where information can be disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/07/2018 11:31:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger