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1503366

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Motability
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 value for money of the Government’s funding of Motobilty in the context of waiting times for recipients entitled to Motability Allowance to be assessed for a licence renewal.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	45000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department works closely with Motability, and is responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme. Motability is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the terms and the administration of the Scheme, along with oversight of Motability Operations. Motability benefits from government support through tax concessions and the direct payment of mobility allowances.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There have been several external reports, including one by the National Audit Office (NAO) in December 2018, on the Motability Scheme. The Department agrees with the NAO’s finding that the Motability scheme provides an excellent service and that the Scheme is focused on delivering value for money. The Department continues to work with Motability the charity, who set the strategic policies and direction of the Scheme, to ensure that disabled people receive a value for money service with high standards for customer service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is unable to comment on waiting times for licence renewal as this is outside our remit.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:04:15 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1503376

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has any plans to increase the take up of Pension Credit in light of the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	45028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>We have already undertaken a range of actions this year to raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up including a comprehensive multi-channel paid advertising campaign, launched on 3 April. This has included newspaper, social media and website advertising, as well as radio promotion, messaging on public transport and messages on screens in hundreds of medical centres across Great Britain.</p><p>We have provided charities and other stakeholders working across local communities with updated information and resources, to help them to promote Pension Credit.</p><p>The Pension Credit campaign is aligned to the broader Cost of Living branding to ensure people understand its association with the Government’s Cost of Living support package. In addition to this, Pension Credit is highlighted on the Help for Households website to maximise visibility and drive additional visitors and help encourage claims.</p><p>Our campaign has also focussed on encouraging the private sector to help drive up claims, and to reach those who may have been reticent about claiming Pension Credit. On 15 June DWP held a second Pension Credit Day of Action with broadcasters, regional and national newspapers and other partners encouraging them to reach out to pensioners and their family and friends, through their channels. Our internal management information suggests it has been highly effective – with over 10,000 Pension Credit claims made across Great Britain that week – an increase of 275% compared to the same week the year before, which included the 2021 Pension Credit day of Action.</p><p>It is more important than ever before to ensure that eligible pensioners claim Pension Credit, because a successful claim qualifies them for the Cost of Living payments. Our messaging highlighted that Pension Credit claims can be backdated 3 months so claims made by 18 August and successfully backdated would also be eligible for the first Cost of Living payment. Ongoing awards will also qualify for the second Cost of Living payment.</p><p>The work to raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/09/2022 11:15:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1503377

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter of 31 May 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire in relation to ESA deductions, reference ZA59073.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	45031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the hon. Member by the Director for Disability Services, Decision Making and Working Age, on behalf of the Secretary of State, on 6 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 07/09/2022 16:36:35 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1503378

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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 Support Allowance
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 report entitled An investigation into the Department for Work and Pensions’ handling of Ms U’s migration to Employment and Support Allowance, published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on 13 January 2022, for what reason her Department has not implemented the recommendation to pay compensation to people who were underpaid Employment Support Allowance beyond the arrears owed.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	45034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department carefully considers all recommendations made by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO). This case is no different, and following the publication of the report, we took swift action to apologise unreservedly to Ms U for the failures made in her case and paid her the recommended consolatory payment plus interest on the arrears that were paid in 2017 as recommended in the PHSO report.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to the other systemic recommendations on compensation made in the report the Department does not consider these to be a reasonable or proportionate course of action to take. We have ensured people have been rightly reimbursed arrears of Employment and Support Allowance owed as part of the special exercise, making 118,000 benefit arrears payments in full.</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual feels their circumstances are exceptional and they may be eligible for a Special Payment, they can contact the Department and set out their reasons. All requests received will be considered on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:17:53 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1503379

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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 Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value of compensation payments made following underpayment of Employment Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	45008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:09:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1503380

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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 Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has taken steps to to identify and inform claimants affected by underpayment of Employment Support Allowance of the right to request compensation.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	45037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Employment and Support Allowance underpayment exercise was completed in June 2021. We have ensured people have been rightly identified and reimbursed arrears owed, making 118,000 benefit arrears payments in full.</p><p> </p><p>Given our duty to protect public money the decision was taken not to award blanket compensation for these cases. However, where an individual feels their circumstances are exceptional and they may be eligible for a Special Payment, they can contact the Department and set out their reasons. All requests received will be considered on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:44:51 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1503397

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Working Conditions: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to consult relevant stakeholders on the health and safety implications for workers of working in extreme weather.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer to PQs (UINs: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-21/42271" target="_blank">42271</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-21/42272" target="_blank">42272</a>) on 5 September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) keep emerging scientific and economic evidence under review, including working with other organisations to share knowledge and, where necessary, refresh the guidance published on its website.</p><p> </p><p>In August, HSE released a <a href="https://press.hse.gov.uk/2022/08/10/heat-warning-employers-must-prepare-for-a-warmer-future/" target="_blank">press release</a> highlighting the need for employers to prepare for a warmer future. The press release underlined the measures that employers should begin to take to ensure workplaces are comfortable for workers as elevated temperatures become more frequent.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:48:41 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503405

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Beer: Air Pollution
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 the Health and Safety Executive strengthening regulation regarding the monitoring of air quality around clean-in-place systems in breweries.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	45076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) already has in place an effective regulatory regime to protect employees from substances hazardous to health in the workplace under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002. The regulations place duties on employers, including those running clean-in-place systems in a brewery, to assess the risk of exposure to substances hazardous to health arising from their activities. HSE publishes Workplace Exposure Limits to help employers define the standard they need to meet. Arising from this, employers are required to put in place appropriate controls to prevent or control exposure of employees to those substances hazardous to health by inhalation, ingestion etc. in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>The COSHH Regulations 2002 also set out a hierarchy of control measures that should be applied when assessing the effective prevention or control of exposure to substances hazardous to health. Any requirement for an individual brewery to use leakage detection devices should be identified in the risk assessment process and provided by the employer.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 45101 question first answered 16/09/2022 16:56:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1503406

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Beer: 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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of legal safety standards for the use of clean-in-place systems in the brewing industry; and if he will make it his policy to mandate the placing of leakage detecting air testing devices around those systems in breweries.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	45101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) already has in place an effective regulatory regime to protect employees from substances hazardous to health in the workplace under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002. The regulations place duties on employers, including those running clean-in-place systems in a brewery, to assess the risk of exposure to substances hazardous to health arising from their activities. HSE publishes Workplace Exposure Limits to help employers define the standard they need to meet. Arising from this, employers are required to put in place appropriate controls to prevent or control exposure of employees to those substances hazardous to health by inhalation, ingestion etc. in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>The COSHH Regulations 2002 also set out a hierarchy of control measures that should be applied when assessing the effective prevention or control of exposure to substances hazardous to health. Any requirement for an individual brewery to use leakage detection devices should be identified in the risk assessment process and provided by the employer.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 45076 question first answered 16/09/2022 16:56:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1503418

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is planning to provide additional support to people with disabilities to help them meet energy bills and the increase in living costs.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In response to the increase in energy bills and the cost of living, around six million people who receive a non-means-tested disability benefit will receive a one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150. This is only one part of the government’s £15bn package of support and sits alongside Cost of Living Payments of up to £650 for means-tested benefits recipients, payments to those eligible for Winter Fuel Payments and the extension of the Household Support Fund. This is on top of the £22bn the government has already announced to support households with the cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to specific targeted support, disabled people may also benefit from previously announced measures to help people tackle the cost of living, including:</p><ul><li>£150 council tax rebate</li><li>£400 discount from energy bills</li><li>cuts to the Universal Credit taper rate</li><li>frozen alcohol duty and fuel duty and</li><li>the further rise in the National Living Wage to £9.50 an hour from Apri2022.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/09/2022 13:54:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore