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690501

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: West Dunbartonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when an Equality Impact Assessment will be published on the proposal to close the Alexandria Jobcentre in West Dunbartonshire constituency.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	64110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text Throughout the development of this project, the department has been mindful of its duties under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and in particular the duty to have regard to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who have a protected characteristic and those who don’t. Statistical analysis has informed high-level decision-making. Site-specific information will be reflected in the final decisions. answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/02/2017 16:45:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

907143

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of workplace assessments in Scotland for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	145582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted your questions to be about Access to Work workplace assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested are not held centrally and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 145583 145584 question first answered 23/05/2018 15:06:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

907146

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Employment
	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 requests for workplace assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Scotland which were completed in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	145583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted your questions to be about Access to Work workplace assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested are not held centrally and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 145582 145584 question first answered 23/05/2018 15:06:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

907148

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Employment
	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 completed workplace assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Scotland which were followed up with recommendations for work place changes and support in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	145584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted your questions to be about Access to Work workplace assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested are not held centrally and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 145582 145583 question first answered 23/05/2018 15:06:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

690498

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: West Dunbartonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effect on the local economy of moving 15 jobs from Alexandria Jobcentre Plus in West Dunbartonshire constituency.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	64106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>We have considered the wider impacts of the local economy when developing our proposals for Alexandria Jobcentre. The economic impact of employment is dispersed beyond the specific location of a workplace and staff currently based at Alexandria jobcentre already live in the broader area around the site. While we expect the majority of these staff to be relocated, it is unlikely that a significant proportion of them will also move their place of residence.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/02/2017 17:15:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

690499

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: West Dunbartonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the expected costs are of relocating staff and resources from Alexandria Jobcentre Plus in West Dunbartonshire constituency.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	64107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>We are not yet in a position to share the expected figure due to commercial confidentiality pending completion of legal processes and staff consultations. We expect to make savings for the tax payer from merging offices by reducing running costs and making best use of both office space available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/02/2017 16:50:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

690503

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: West Dunbartonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a public consultation will take place over the proposal to close the Alexandria Jobcentre in West Dunbartonshire constituency.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	64109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>There will be no public consultation on the proposal to close Alexandria Jobcentre as the proposed move to merge with Dumbarton Jobcentre is 3.4 miles away and 18 minutes by public transport. We have committed to a public consultation for offices over three miles and 20 minutes away by public transport.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/02/2017 17:17:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

690505

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Jobcentres: West Dunbartonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are currently served by the Alexandria Jobcentre Plus in West Dunbartonshire constituency; and how many of these are (a) disabled people and (b) women.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	64108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. However, such information that is available is in the tables and provides the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit (required to seek work) claimants; plus the number of claims to Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support from people who are served by (a) Alexandria Jobcentre and (b) in the West Dunbartonshire constituency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table (a) Alexandria Jobcentre</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>The number of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit claimants attending Alexandria Jobcentre</p></td><td><p>The number of people making a new claim to Employment and Support Allowance and attending Alexandria Jobcentre</p></td><td><p>The number of people making a new claim to Income Support and attending Alexandria Jobcentre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>42</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table (b) West Dunbartonshire Constituency</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>The number of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit claimants in the West Dunbartonshire Constituency</p></td><td><p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants in the West Dunbartonshire Constituency</p></td><td><p>The number of Income Support claimants in the West Dunbartonshire Constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>August 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>3,060</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/02/2017 17:24:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1420049

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	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, what support her Department is providing to social security claimants to help them manage increased utility costs.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	905463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The government is providing significant financial support to many households to support them with rising energy bills. The Energy Bills Rebate will provide around 28 million households with an upfront discount on their bills worth £200. Energy suppliers will apply the discount to domestic electricity customers from October, with the Government meeting the costs. Households in England, which are in council tax bands A-D, will also receive a £150 rebate on their council tax. The rebate to bills will be made directly by local authorities from April and will not need to be repaid.</p><p>DWP administers the Cold Weather Payment scheme, which provides £25 extra a week to vulnerable people in receipt of certain income-related benefits, when the average temperature has been recorded, or is forecast to be, 0 degrees Celsius or below over 7 consecutive days at the weather station linked to an eligible person’s postcode.</p><p>Some customers in receipt of Universal Credit may be entitled to a Winter Fuel Payment if they or their partner reached state pension age on or before 26 September 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy administers the Warm Home Discount Scheme for low income and vulnerable customers. It gives direct assistance with their energy costs. Energy suppliers provide rebates on energy bills currently worth £140 per household each winter. This year (2021/22), the scheme will be worth £354 million.</p><p>The Energy Price Cap will continue to protect consumers, ensuring they pay a fair price for their energy this winter.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail on all three schemes can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, we recognise that some people require extra support over the winter, which is why vulnerable households across the country can access the £500 million support fund to help them with essentials. The Household Support Fund provides £421 million to help vulnerable people in England with the cost of food, utilities and wider essentials. The Barnett Formula applies in the usual way, with the devolved administrations receiving almost £80 million (£41m for the Scottish Government, £25m for the Welsh Government and £14m for the NI Executive), for a total of £500 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/02/2022 17:58:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1144701

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Asbestos: Diseases
	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, Estimates of the impact of extending the scope of the payment scheme in the Mesothelioma Bill to include other asbestos related diseases and other non-asbestos work related diseases, published in June 2013, if she will review and update that report.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	286779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Mesothelioma Act 2014 established the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS). The DMPS makes lump sum payments to people who contract diffuse mesothelioma from negligent exposure to asbestos in the workplace, but are unable to pursue a civil claim because their former employer no longer exists and their former employer’s insurer cannot be traced. The DMPS is funded by a levy paid by insurers who are active in the Employer’s Liability insurance market.</p><p><br>This Scheme makes payments to eligible sufferers of diffuse mesothelioma only. Since this disease is always fatal and always caused by asbestos, it has been possible to implement DMPS as a simple payment scheme. Other asbestos-related diseases and other non-asbestos work related diseases have more uncertainties regarding cause, severity and aggravation by other factors and this complexity is not compatible with a straightforward tariff-based scheme such as the DMPS. The report published on 6 December 2013 highlighted the adverse impact on the amount of the levy should the scope of the Scheme be widened, which would also require a re-designing of the scheme, the legislation, and the commercial requirements.</p><p>There are no plans to update the 2013 report or extend eligibility to the DMPS.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2019 11:58:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes