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1699157

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Health and Safety: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive pursued prosecution of (a) public and (b) private sector employers for failure to abide by health and safety legislation during the Covid 19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	20796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The Health and Safety at Work etc Act (HSWA) 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. It sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, employees have to themselves and to each other and certain self-employed have towards themselves and others.</p><p> </p><p>HSWA applies equally across all workplaces in all industry sectors and does not distinguish between either public or private sector duty-holders. As such, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) would not routinely differentiate or record this information.</p><p> </p><p>The prosecution data below is for the time period of the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2020 and the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2022, this being the timeframe of the pandemic prior to HSE returning to business as usual. The figures are for all prosecutions taken under health and safety legislation which were published in the HSE Annual Report <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/614339a2e90e0704352cbc06/hse-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-2021.pdf" target="_blank">2020/21</a> and <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230103121204/https:/www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/the-annual-report-and-accounts.htm" target="_blank">2021/22</a> respectively and are not Covid specific.</p><p> </p><p>HSE pursued 206 prosecutions in 2020/21, with a 94% conviction rate, and 290 prosecutions in 2021/22, with a 96% conviction rate. A total of 496 prosecutions across the period referred to.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/04/2024 15:41:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1699164

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of levels of in-work poverty in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	20802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Statistics are not available at the constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of people in “in-work poverty”, including regional-level data, is published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. This can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2023" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/04/2024 10:51:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1699166

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Prevention of Future Deaths Reports have related to (a) universal credit and (b) other benefits in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	20803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has received 6 Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports in the last five years to date. 1 report did not relate to a customer who was in receipt of benefits. The breakdown of the reports by year and the benefit claimed is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of PFD reports received in the last 5 years</p></td><td><p>Universal Credit (UC)</p></td><td><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP)</p></td><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and PIP</p></td><td><p>Not in Receipt of Benefits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* This report related to Child Maintenance.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/04/2024 15:31:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1679049

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Poverty: Poplar and Limehouse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of (a) absolute, (b) relative, (c) fuel and (d) food poverty in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	7686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>National statistics on the number and percentage of people in poverty, including regional-level data, is published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. This can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2022" target="_blank">here</a>. Statistics are not available at the constituency level.</p><p>National statistics on food security and food bank use, including regional-level data, for 2021/22 are available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">here</a>. Statistics are not available at the constituency level.</p><p>The latest statistics for the number of households in fuel poverty in parliamentary constituencies in England, can be found in the published sub-regional fuel poverty Official Statistics, in Table 4 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2023-2021-data" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/01/2024 15:07:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1679051

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Poverty: Poplar and Limehouse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of children living in poverty in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	7687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The latest available data showing the number and proportion of children in absolute and relative poverty before housing costs by parliamentary constituency can be found in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2022" target="_blank">children in low-income families local area statistics</a>. Absolute poverty after housing costs is the government’s preferred measure as the poverty line is fixed in real terms so is not affected by overall median income.</p><p> </p><p>Households Below Average Income (HBAI) provides estimates of children in low-income families only at national and regional levels but can’t provide estimates by parliamentary constituency due to the sample size of the survey at that level.</p><p> </p><p>Children in Low Income Families (CiLIF) is constructed using administrative data and calibrated to the HBAI regional estimates for consistency at that level. This use of administrative data provides more granular local area information not available from HBAI alone.</p><p> </p><p>More background information on CiLIF and the methodology can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-background-information-and-methodology/background-information-and-methodology-children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/01/2024 15:04:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1644786

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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: Vodafone Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment their Department has made of the potential effect of the merger between Three and Vodafone on their Department's contracts with Vodafone.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	189703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has assessed whether the merger constitutes a risk to service and whether the contract documentation needs to be updated. We are also awaiting advice from Cabinet Office regarding any wider significance to the merger. We are content no further action is required pending the Cabinet Office advice.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/06/2023 13:43:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1456536

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
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 changes in the level of the cost of processing mandatory reconsiderations of claimants on the number of requests being processed.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	151295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The number of forecasted MRs processed each month is based on the number of forecasted MRs received each month. The forecast methodology of the numbers of MRs received each month varies from benefit to benefit. Broadly, analysts use factors such as claim rate, caseload, historical MR rates, and decision outcomes e.g. disallowed cases. Analysts review these factors at each forecasting round to improve the quality of forecasts.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 19/04/2022 15:46:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1456537

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	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 personal independence payment claims are auto-extended on more than one occasion due to a backlog of claims being processed by assessment providers, such that an assessment cannot be undertaken within the first period of auto-extension.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	151296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>To protect PIP customers, we have developed an automated Digital solution which essentially extends the current award for cases where there is a risk that the claim will fall out of payment.</p><p> </p><p>As we see continuing high demand for PIP new claims, customers are currently waiting longer than expected to have their claim reviewed, which has led to some awards being extended more than once.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on multiple extensions, however, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 19/04/2022 15:17:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1456538

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Personal Independence Payment: Poplar and Limehouse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of mandatory reconsideration requests for personal independence payments were found in favour of claimants, for those claimants resident in Poplar and Limehouse constituency in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	151297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The proportions of mandatory reconsiderations requests for PIP found to be in favour of claimants in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency is available on Stat-Xplore: : <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. In particular, you may be interested in the ‘PIP MR Clearances’ table, which, under ‘Westminster Parliamentary Constituency’ you can select Poplar and Limehouse and ‘MR Decision’ will give you the breakdown of the MR decisions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 19/04/2022 15:06:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1456539

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations made in favour of claimants were made on the basis of no additional evidence supplied by the claimant, beyond the completion of a mandatory reconsideration request form for claimants (a) nationally and (b) in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	151298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 19/04/2022 15:26:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum