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1716471

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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	Medical Certificates: 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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of plans to reform the fit note process on people with mental ill health.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	25187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Good work is good for health. We know that good work can positively impact people’s physical and mental health and wellbeing. We also know that tailored work and health support can help break down the kinds of barriers that can make finding and staying in a job more difficult for those with mental health conditions.</p><p>In 2023, 24% of fit note episodes had a known diagnosis and of those, 33% are for mental and behavioural disorders. We are reforming the fit note process so that it starts with an assessment of what someone can do with the right support, rather than what they cannot. This builds on the £795m investment we made at Autumn Statement for additional funding over five years for mental health services to help support people with mental ill health to gain and/or retain employment, as well as our successful Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies programme, which is now being rolled out across England.</p><p>Our ambition is to bring together preventative healthcare and employment systems to support people who are at risk of falling out of work or who have already fallen out of work due to ill health. We continue to work with stakeholders including mental health organisations and those with lived experience, to co-develop this policy, this includes seeking insight and evidence via a public <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/fit-note-reform-call-for-evidence/fit-note-reform-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">call for evidence</a>.</p><p>This work is an essential part of the Government’s ambition to improve health outcomes, and help people get access to the support they need to return to, remain and thrive in work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/05/2024 15:30:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1714879

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Lead: 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, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the assessment of lead ammunition restrictions by the Health and Safety Executive between March 2021 and 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	24202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>For the period 1 March 2021 to 31 March 2024 the Health and Safety Executive full economic cost estimate is £500,000 which includes the costs of both HSE and independent scientific experts engaged in this work but excludes work undertaken by the Environment Agency.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/05/2024 16:55:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1685336

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
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	Remote Working: 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 his Department has made of the (a) suitability and (b) availability of remote working jobs for disabled benefit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	11594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>In consulting on the Work Capability Assessment and setting out changes to the assessment from 2025, the department has considered the increase in the broad range of hybrid and home working opportunities over the last decade, alongside better employer understanding of the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions. Responses to the consultation, including from people with health conditions and disabilities and the organisations that support them, highlighted barriers in accessing employment and flexible jobs for disabled people. Our enhanced employment and support offer will help disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that having a disability has little effect on levels of home working. Disabled workers reported similar levels of homeworking only (18%) compared with those without a disability (16%).</p><p> </p><p><em>Sources: </em><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/characteristicsofhomeworkersgreatbritain/september2022tojanuary2023" target="_blank"><em>Characteristics of homeworkers, Great Britain - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</em></a><em> and </em><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/ishybridworkingheretostay/2022-05-23" target="_blank"><em>Is hybrid working here to stay? - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</em></a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/02/2024 11:04:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1599316

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce delays affecting Access to Work applications and claims.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	153716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>Access to Work has had a significant increase in applications over the last year. New staff have been recruited and we are also doing more recruitment in the next 3 months. This will support the increased demand and reduce the time it takes to make decisions. Customers making new applications, where they are starting work within the next 4 weeks, or have a grant coming to an end that requires renewal, are prioritised to ensure customers are able to enter and remain in the labour market. We are also transforming the Access to Work service through increased digitalisation. This will make the service more efficient, the application process easier and improve the time taken from application through to decision.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 03/03/2023 13:57:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1538060

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward the next review of the level of the benefit cap in the context of the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	75823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Under section 96A of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, the Secretary of State must, at least once every five years review the benefit cap levels to determine, whether it is appropriate to change them, and this will happen at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/11/2022 17:01:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1486537

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on when they plan to publish the stage two report on complaints about communication of changes to women’s State Pension age.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	31050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The publication of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) stage 2 report is a matter for the Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment whilst the investigation is ongoing; and section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 states that Ombudsman investigations “shall be conducted in private”.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/07/2022 14:30:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1466333

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Carer's Allowance: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Carers Allowance applications are awaiting a decision as of 26 May 2022; and what the average waiting time is for someone who has applied for Carers Allowance to receive a decision about their claim in the latest period for which that information is available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	9850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>As of 23 May 2022 (latest data available) there were 39,071 Carer’s Allowance claims awaiting a decision.</p><p> </p><p>The current average clearance time for a Carer’s Allowance claim decision to be made is 37 working days.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/06/2022 15:01:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1404849

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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: South West
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 have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in (a) Filton and Bradley Stoke, (b) Kingswood, (c) North East Somerset, (d) North Somerset, (e) Thornbury and Yate, (f) Wells and (g) Weston-super-Mare constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	108483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> January to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-14/104377" target="_blank">104377</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/01/2022 14:48:05 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1403297

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
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: Bristol East
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 have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Bristol East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	105407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> January to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-14/104377" target="_blank">104377</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 105341 105525 105526 105667 105670 106689 106719 106720 106812 question first answered 21/01/2022 10:52:48 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1232793

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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 recent assessment she has made of the effect of universal credit benefit caps on people who are in receipt of statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	87499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The benefit cap will not apply if total household earnings, which include Statutory Sick Pay, in each assessment period are at least £604 and households may be exempt for a period of nine-months if they have a sustained work history.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can approach their local authority for a Discretionary Housing Payment if they need additional support to meet rental costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/09/2020 16:41:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy