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1690788

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: 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 steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	15110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>On joining DWP, all members of staff must complete a DSE assessment, which will highlight any special requirements specific to their role. Members of staff are then required to revisit this assessment every 3 years or at any time their circumstances change.</p><p> </p><p>DWP endeavours to provide a contemporary and safe working environment, which meets the requirements of the Approved Documents (Building Regulations) in England and their equivalents in the devolved nations. We also follow the guiding principles of a variety of government specifications e.g. Publicly Available Specification 3000 for ‘Smart Working’ (PAS300), which recommends the use of a range of different work settings throughout a typical day to encourage movement, collaboration, and wellbeing. As well as the Government Property Agency’s Workplace Design Guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also has a Reasonable Adjustment Process for complex needs. This can include changes to the physical environment, alternative working patterns, or changes to work tasks.</p><p> </p><p>Any changes to the way people are expected to work that might introduce significant new risk are identified and their impact considered against existing DWP health and safety policies and procedures.</p><p> </p><p>DWP Health and Safety Impact Assessments are designed to give step by step support to programmes and projects who may introduce new risk. They provide a framework to help identify hazards and who might be harmed and enables DWP to record what needs to be done to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. It is mandatory for use by new programmes and projects with managers consulting with Trade Union representatives during the process.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 26/02/2024 15:39:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1687905

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	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	Veterans: Digital Technology
	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 existing support for veterans to work in (a) AI, (b) robotics and (c) other digital sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	13223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-06/13224" target="_blank">13224</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2024 12:11:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1689147

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Carers Allowance and Child Benefit: Parents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to support the separated parents of children who are not the parent in receipt of (a) child benefit and (b) carers allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
	tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
	uin	14028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The government has a range of policies which support children and families across the tax and benefits system and public services. Independent, free and anonymous benefit calculators are available to help individuals understand what benefits they may be entitled to. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators" target="_blank">Benefits calculators - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/02/2024 12:17:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

1689262

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Access to Work Programme: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full time equivalent civil servants his Department employed to administer Access to Work at the end of the month for the 18 months up to and including December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	14185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of civil servants employed to administer Access to Work at the end of the month for the 18 months up to and including December 2023 were;</p><p> </p><p>July 2022 – 345.61</p><p>August 2022 – 339.09</p><p>September 2022 – 330.69</p><p>October 2022 – 339.69</p><p>November 2022 – 337.26</p><p>December 2022 – 335.26</p><p>January 2023 – 361.52</p><p>February 2023 – 398.52</p><p>March 2023 – 386.52</p><p>April 2023 – 403.42</p><p>May 2023 – 406.63</p><p>June 2023 – 426.63</p><p>July 2023 – 441.50</p><p>August 2023 – 464.27</p><p>September 2023 – 491.57</p><p>October 2023 – 493.85</p><p>November 2023 – 495.89</p><p>December 2023 – 493.85</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2024 12:14:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1689355

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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 and Support Allowance: National Insurance Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Employment and Support Allowance claimants have notified his Department of a shortfall in their National Insurance credits; what estimate he has made of how many such cases there are in total; and how many such cases have been resolved as of 16 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	14254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data concerning claimants who have notified the Department regarding a shortfall in their National Insurance Credits. Nor is there data on how many cases of this type have been resolved. All ESA claimants receive Class 1 National Insurance Credits as part of their award. However, if any individuals believe that an error has been made they should contact the DWP.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2024 17:23:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1689379

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	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 assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of demand for the Access to Work scheme since October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	14278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Information on Access to Work applications is available but to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Access to Work statistics from previous years includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2022/23. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2023" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2024 17:29:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1689432

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	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 the longest waiting time was to receive approval for an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	14331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The case with the longest waiting time to receive approval in the last 12 months was made on 26<sup>th</sup> January 2023 after 354 working days. This was due to issues with the claimant gathering and returning the supporting evidence needed to verify details of the case before it could be further progressed.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2024 17:21:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1689512

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Household Support Fund: Greater London
	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 Household Support Fund awards were issued in (a) Enfield North Constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London since October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	14411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of awards is reported by Local Authorities, so data at a constituency level is not available.</p><p>Over £2 billion has been allocated to date to Local Authorities in England via the Household Support Fund to help those most in need, including £14,239,973 in the London Borough of Enfield, and £339,357,037 in the Local Authorities that make up Greater London.</p><p>The most recent published management information for the Household Support Fund, including numbers of awards by Local Authority can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-3-management-information-1-october-2022-to-31-march-2023" target="_blank">Household Support Fund 3 management information:1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-2-management-information-1-april-to-30-september-2022" target="_blank">Household Support Fund 2 management information: 1 April to 30 September 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-management-information-6-october-2021-to-31-march-2022" target="_blank">Household Support Fund management information: 6 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 14412 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:46:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1689513

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Household Support Fund: Greater London
	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 families received funding from the Household Support Fund in (a) Enfield North Constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London since October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	14412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of awards is reported by Local Authorities, so data at a constituency level is not available.</p><p>Over £2 billion has been allocated to date to Local Authorities in England via the Household Support Fund to help those most in need, including £14,239,973 in the London Borough of Enfield, and £339,357,037 in the Local Authorities that make up Greater London.</p><p>The most recent published management information for the Household Support Fund, including numbers of awards by Local Authority can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-3-management-information-1-october-2022-to-31-march-2023" target="_blank">Household Support Fund 3 management information:1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-2-management-information-1-april-to-30-september-2022" target="_blank">Household Support Fund 2 management information: 1 April to 30 September 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-management-information-6-october-2021-to-31-march-2022" target="_blank">Household Support Fund management information: 6 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 14411 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:46:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1689514

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Household Support Fund: Greater London
	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 the Household Support Fund on levels of child poverty in (a) Enfield North Constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London since October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	14413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Over £2 billion has been allocated to date to Local Authorities in England via the Household Support Fund to help those most in need, including £14,239,973 in the London Borough of Enfield, and £339,357,037 in the Local Authorities that make up Greater London.</p><p> </p><p>The HSF is an intentionally flexible scheme designed to enable Local Authorities to respond to local need. Local Authorities are encouraged through our scheme guidance to consider the needs of households including families with children of all ages.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/02/2024 16:51:50 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark