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1224345

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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: Conditions of Employment
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 Chancellor’s summer economic update of 8 July, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to bring forward a fair terms and conditions package for staff in the Department of Work and Pensions in response to the high staff turnover in that Department.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	73857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>An Institute for Government report on Civil Service turnover, published last year, highlighted that overall turnover in large delivery departments such as DWP is much lower than other parts of the Civil Service, with a stable front-line workforce, in for example job centres.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, the Department secured additional pay flexibility that enabled us to begin to reform pay structures for grades AA to HEO. Over a 4-year period, 2016 through to 2019, pay increases above the limits set within the Civil Service pay guidance were provided, in exchange for AA to HEO employees agreeing to modernised terms and conditions to support the Department’s service transformation – the ‘Employee Deal’. The modernised terms and conditions, including improvements to working patterns and flexible working, enabled us to extend our operating and opening hours.</p><p> </p><p>The work to modernise terms and conditions continues, further extending our operating and opening hours being one of the many things we are doing to modernise DWP, so that whenever customers need us we are able to provide a complete, end-to-end service that meets their needs as quickly and efficiently as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an exceptional surge in demand for our services. In response, we have secured funding from HM Treasury to embark upon an exercise to recruit 13,500 work coaches in Jobcentre Plus before the end of this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2020 16:12:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1224346

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to the Chancellor’s summer economic update, what assessment she made of the adequacy of the childcare offer for universal credit claimants prior to that update.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	73858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Universal Credit (UC) childcare offer remains the same and working families can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month. This can be claimed up to a month before starting a job. For families with two children this could be worth up to £13,000 a year.</p><p> </p><p>Help with upfront childcare costs for starting work is available through a non-repayable Flexible Support Fund (FSF) award for eligible UC claimants. The FSF received an additional £150m this financial year to help support UC claimants to move closer to, or in to, work. Help with upfront costs for eligible UC claimants is available through Budgeting Advances</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/07/2020 14:11:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1224360

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Recycling: Health and Safety
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 Health and Safety Executive on protecting the health of workers in recycling businesses who are exposed to flame retardant chemicals when stripping down end-of-life sofas and mattresses.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	73690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) outline specific duties on employers to protect workers from harmful substances, such as foams and flame retardants, which may be contained in soft furnishings such as mattresses and sofas. HSE provides practical advice and guidance on the basics of COSHH, completing COSHH assessments and links to industry specific information and guidance to prevent and control workplace exposure to harmful substances at <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Furniture manufacturers buy upholstery materials that have already received treatment to meet specified ignition resistance levels and are suitably labelled. HSE has not specifically examined the issue of exposure to flame retardant chemicals when cutting and sewing these fabrics. Exposure to flame retardant chemicals from stripping end of life sofas and mattresses is not a known issue in the waste and recycling industry and no guidance has been produced on the topic by either HSE or the industry’s own Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 73691 question first answered 22/07/2020 16:07:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1224361

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Furniture: Health and Safety
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 Health and Safety Executive on taking steps to protect the health of workers in the UK furniture manufacturing business who are exposed to flame retardant chemicals when cutting and sewing chemically saturated fabrics and foams.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	73691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) outline specific duties on employers to protect workers from harmful substances, such as foams and flame retardants, which may be contained in soft furnishings such as mattresses and sofas. HSE provides practical advice and guidance on the basics of COSHH, completing COSHH assessments and links to industry specific information and guidance to prevent and control workplace exposure to harmful substances at <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Furniture manufacturers buy upholstery materials that have already received treatment to meet specified ignition resistance levels and are suitably labelled. HSE has not specifically examined the issue of exposure to flame retardant chemicals when cutting and sewing these fabrics. Exposure to flame retardant chemicals from stripping end of life sofas and mattresses is not a known issue in the waste and recycling industry and no guidance has been produced on the topic by either HSE or the industry’s own Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 73690 question first answered 22/07/2020 16:07:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1224478

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how claimants for personal independence payment in 2019 died within six months of making those claims; and how many of those claimants had their claims disallowed by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	73759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. Claims made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill are fast tracked and are currently being cleared within 5 working days for new claimants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 1,820 PIP claimants who died within 6 months of registering a claim and were disallowed at initial decision:</p><p> </p><ul><li>240 claimants originally registered their claim under Special Rules for Terminal Illness.</li><li>1,670 claimants died within 3 months of an initial decision on their PIP claim.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li><li>This analysis only takes the first registration a claimant makes to PIP.</li><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul><ul><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Components may not sum to the whole due to rounding.</li><li>Figures cover PIP claims registered between January 2019 and December 2019, claims cleared up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 and deaths up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020.</li><li>GB Only.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 73760 question first answered 20/07/2020 16:48:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1224481

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the claimants for personal independence payment in 2019 who died within six months of making those claims and had those claims disallowed by her Department (a) made those claims under the special rules for terminal illness and (b) died within three months of those claims being disallowed by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	73760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. Claims made under the special rules for people who are terminally ill are fast tracked and are currently being cleared within 5 working days for new claimants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 1,820 PIP claimants who died within 6 months of registering a claim and were disallowed at initial decision:</p><p> </p><ul><li>240 claimants originally registered their claim under Special Rules for Terminal Illness.</li><li>1,670 claimants died within 3 months of an initial decision on their PIP claim.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li><li>This analysis only takes the first registration a claimant makes to PIP.</li><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul><ul><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Components may not sum to the whole due to rounding.</li><li>Figures cover PIP claims registered between January 2019 and December 2019, claims cleared up to and including 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 and deaths up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020.</li><li>GB Only.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 73759 question first answered 20/07/2020 16:48:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1224486

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support her Department provides for extremely clinically vulnerable people advised by their health care teams to continue shielding during the covid-19 outbreak beyond 1 August 2020 and as a consequence are unable to work.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	73941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>Where an individual is notified by their doctor or health service to continue to shield in cases of local lockdown and where shielding guidance is reinstated, they will be eligible for ESA or SSP. If an individual is no longer required to shield they may still be entitled to ESA or SSP where they are sick, or self-isolating and meet the eligibility conditions. People can also apply for Universal Credit.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/07/2020 14:00:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1224506

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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
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 claimant commitments under universal credit do not comprise (a) volunteering and (b) other activities that affect an individual's eligibility for (i) personal independence payment and (ii) other additional support.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	73895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be paid regardless of whether someone can work or volunteer.</p><p> </p><p>Work-related requirements are agreed in discussion with the claimant and will always be tailored to the claimant’s personal circumstances, ensuring they are realistic and achievable.</p><p>Work coaches have the flexibility to personalise requirements for individual claimants based on their health condition. They can remove all work related requirements where it is not reasonable to expect them to be able to fulfil them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/07/2020 16:44:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1224532

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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, what amount of child maintenance arrears are owed in the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	73896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The total amount of arrears for Child Maintenance Service (CMS) in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency in March 2020 is £588,000.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Child Maintenance Group administrative data</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/07/2020 17:06:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1224607

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there has been a reduction in Special Rules for Terminal Illness claims for universal credit as a result of her Department's change to the online application question on terminal illness in May 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	73745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Data exists in the system that would require matching across a number of data sets, which is a substantial piece of work. The required information is therefore not all readily available to analysts in a format that would enable them to undertake the analysis and quality assure the figures, to answer this PQ in the timescales.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/07/2020 16:01:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne