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429464

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	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 estimate he has made of the number of new claimants of employment and support allowances who will be placed in the work-related activity group from April 2017 to May 2020; and whether he has made an estimate of the number of those claimants who will be people with cancer.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	17057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2015 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of new claimants who will be placed in the work related activity or limited capability for work groups can be found in the following table, for each of the financial years in the time period requested :</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total work related activity or limited capability for work group decisions from new claims to ESA or UC</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Figures are consistent with the Autumn Statement 2015 forecasts, which do not separate out ESA and UC.</p><br /><p>We do not hold estimates on the number of claimants we expect with specific conditions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/11/2015 09:26:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

435962

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Mental Illness
	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 plans to issue guidance on how its proposed extension of jobseeker's allowance conditionality will apply to claimants with mental illness.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	18911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>We have made no proposals to extend Jobseekers Allowance conditionality.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 18912 question first answered 14/12/2015 14:33:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

435965

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance: 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 effect on claimants with mental illness of his proposals to extend jobseeker's allowance conditionality.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	18912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>We have made no proposals to extend Jobseekers Allowance conditionality.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 18911 question first answered 14/12/2015 14:33:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

452025

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	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 people with (a) fibromyalgia, (b) myalgic encephalomyelitis, (c) relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis, (d) autism and (e) other mental health conditions have applied to move from disability living allowance to personal independence payment; and how many of those applications were successful.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	26689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The requested information for Personal Independence Payment applications is not available as information on PIP claimants’ disabling conditions is not collected at the initial claim application stage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Such information on PIP awards, by disabling condition and whether new or reassessment claim status, are available from Stat-Xplore.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/02/2016 14:10:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

626015

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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 Services: Disability
	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 improve access to specialist employment services for young disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	51039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>‘Improving Lives - The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’, published on 31 October, announces a Personal Support Package for people with health conditions and disabilities, with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants, including young disabled people.</p><p>In particular as part of this package we will explore how to better support young disabled people by testing a voluntary, supported Work Experience programme. This will give young disabled people the opportunity to benefit from time in the workplace with a mainstream employer. It will enable them to build their confidence and skills, enhance their CV and demonstrate their ability to perform a job role.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 17:27:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

637218

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	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: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working days were lost due to mental illness in his Department in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	53079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The total number of working days lost in DWP due to mental illness in each of the last three years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is committed to improving mental ill health. We support employees through access to comprehensive stress risk assessments, Occupational Health services and our Employee Assistance Programme which offers immediate telephone support 24 hours a day, every day. DWP is currently introducing Mental Health First Aid to further add to the support available.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has greatly reduced sickness absence from an average of 11.1 days in March 2007 to 6.13 days currently. The Department has the lowest average working days lost across Government when compared against other Departments of its size and grade structure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Days Lost to mental illness</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Days Available</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Days Lost as a % of Working Days Available</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 November 2015 to 31 October 2016</p></td><td><p>114,887</p></td><td><p>16,933,234</p></td><td><p>0.68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 November 2014 to 31 October 2015</p></td><td><p>103,596</p></td><td><p>16,288,909</p></td><td><p>0.64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 November 2013 to 31 October 2014</p></td><td><p>121,513</p></td><td><p>17,558,267</p></td><td><p>0.69%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/11/2016 17:36:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

732381

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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	Universal Credit: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have claimed universal credit received a benefit sanction in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The latest available information on Universal Credit sanction decisions is up to December 2016 and is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics cover Universal Credit live service only, more information on these can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-sanctions-statistics-background-information-and-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-sanctions-statistics-background-information-and-methodology</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/06/2017 11:09:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756741

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to its consultation on the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	8129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p><em>Improving Lives; the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em> was published on 31 October 2016 and the consultation closed on 17 February 2017. The Green Paper explored a range of ways to improve the prospects and transform the lives of disabled people by removing barriers that prevent them from working, and helping ensure that they are able to remain in employment. We received over 6000 of responses and engaged in a wide range of conversations with stakeholders during the consultation period, supported by over 166 accessible events held across England, Scotland, and Wales. We are now carefully considering the consultation responses and next steps for longer-term reform and will set these out in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 11:17:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756743

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Unemployment: Disability and 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 his Department has made of the effect on businesses of inactivity in the labour market among people who have a (a) disability and (b) chronic mental health condition.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016, my department in conjunction with the Department of Health, published, <em>Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper </em>which included a range of data of the impact of inactivity on the labour market, including our estimate that ill health among working age people which prevents them from working, costs the economy around £100 billion a year and related sickness absence costs employers £9 billion a year.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to building a country that works for everyone. The package of initiatives announced in <em>Improving Lives </em>aims to improve the employment prospects of those with disabilities and health conditions; helping them to realise their potential and enabling employers’ to benefit from a large, valuable and under-used section of the labour market.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 13:48:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756742

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	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 proportion of people with a disability who are (a) employed, (b) inactive in the labour market and (c) unemployed; and what proportion of those people employed in (i) large businesses, (ii) medium-sized businesses and (iii) small businesses have a disability.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Employment status</p><p> </p><p>Data on the proportion of working age disabled people who were employed, inactive and unemployed is published by the Office for National Statistics using the Labour Force Survey. The latest data for Q2 2017 can be found using the following link: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>In the United Kingdom, over the last four years the employment rate of disabled people has increased by nearly 6 percentage points from 43.6% in Q2 2013 to 49.2% in Q2 2017. There are now almost 600,000 more disabled people in work than four years ago, with almost 3.5 million disabled people in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Business Size</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper we have published information based on the size of people’s workplaces for Q2 2016 using the Labour Force Survey. This data can be found in Table 1h using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641240/work-health-and-disability-green-paper-data-pack-supporting-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641240/work-health-and-disability-green-paper-data-pack-supporting-tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Self-employment</p><p> </p><p>The latest published figures from the Labour Force Survey, covering Q4 2016, show that the proportion of people in Great Britain who are self-employed who have a disability is 13%.</p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/006673economicactivityofpeoplewithdisabilitiesbyemploymenttypeaged16to64apriltojune2013onwardsgreatbritain" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/006673economicactivityofpeoplewithdisabilitiesbyemploymenttypeaged16to64apriltojune2013onwardsgreatbritain</a></p><p> </p><p>Note</p><p>Please note that the latest data from the Labour Force Survey covers Q2 (April to June) 2017. However, we have used the latest publicly available data for each request which is why different time periods are used.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 7739 question first answered 12/09/2017 14:06:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756739

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Self-employed: Disability
	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 proportion of people who are self-employed who have a disability.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Employment status</p><p> </p><p>Data on the proportion of working age disabled people who were employed, inactive and unemployed is published by the Office for National Statistics using the Labour Force Survey. The latest data for Q2 2017 can be found using the following link: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>In the United Kingdom, over the last four years the employment rate of disabled people has increased by nearly 6 percentage points from 43.6% in Q2 2013 to 49.2% in Q2 2017. There are now almost 600,000 more disabled people in work than four years ago, with almost 3.5 million disabled people in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Business Size</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper we have published information based on the size of people’s workplaces for Q2 2016 using the Labour Force Survey. This data can be found in Table 1h using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641240/work-health-and-disability-green-paper-data-pack-supporting-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641240/work-health-and-disability-green-paper-data-pack-supporting-tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Self-employment</p><p> </p><p>The latest published figures from the Labour Force Survey, covering Q4 2016, show that the proportion of people in Great Britain who are self-employed who have a disability is 13%.</p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/006673economicactivityofpeoplewithdisabilitiesbyemploymenttypeaged16to64apriltojune2013onwardsgreatbritain" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/006673economicactivityofpeoplewithdisabilitiesbyemploymenttypeaged16to64apriltojune2013onwardsgreatbritain</a></p><p> </p><p>Note</p><p>Please note that the latest data from the Labour Force Survey covers Q2 (April to June) 2017. However, we have used the latest publicly available data for each request which is why different time periods are used.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 7733 question first answered 12/09/2017 14:06:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756740

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Employment: Minority Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to provide incentives for employers to employ people from hard-to-reach groups.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department already encourages employers to support hard-to-reach groups through communications campaigns such as See Potential. This campaign was launched in September 2015 with the aim of inspiring employers to change their recruitment practices and be more open to hiring people from the most disadvantaged groups in our society.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, Disability Confident is about creating a movement for change – getting employers to think differently about disability and to take action to improve how they attract, recruit and retain disabled workers.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/09/2017 14:42:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760756

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Chief Scientific Adviser in his Department in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	105213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>There have been no meetings with the Chief Scientific Adviser and Ministers of his Department in the last three months.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/10/2017 16:28:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

828758

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings (a) she and (b) her predecessor held with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between October 2017 and December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	124397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>There have been no meetings with the Chief Scientific Adviser and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions between October 2017 and December 2017.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/01/2018 15:57:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

858578

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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	Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
	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 amount paid out by his Department in benefits to people with fetal anti-convulsant syndrome as a result of the mother being prescribed sodium valproate during pregnancy.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	131833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/03/2018 17:20:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

910362

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 January and 31 March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	147387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has met the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Work and Pensions on one occasion between 1 January and 31 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/06/2018 11:00:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

994058

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	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	Statutory Sick Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has in place to communicate to key stakeholders in Government and the public and private sectors the outcome of her rapid review of the Allied Health Professions Advisory Fitness for Work Report which clarified that the report can be used to provide medical evidence for the purpose of statutory sick pay.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	183294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1985 already allow for other forms of medical information to be used in place of a fit note as long as there is an agreement between employer and employee that the other option, which can include an Allied Health Professions Advisory Fitness for Work Report, is acceptable. The regulations do not however name a particular alternative as being the most suitable replacement.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017, The Government Command paper “<em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability” </em>committed to investigating the feasibility of using the AHP Advisory Fitness for Work Report for the purposes of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). The Paper can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability</a></p><p> </p><p>A rapid review was held in February 2018 involving extensive work by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) with its fellow organisations under the Allied Health Professions Federation and the Joint Department for Health and Social Care and Department for Work and Pensions Work and Health Unit. Following this, the RCOT and Chartered Society of Physiotherapists released a statement advising their members that the Allied Health Professions report can be used to provide evidence for the purposes of SSP and encouraging them to increase their use of this document within their professional remits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The link to statement can be found here: <a href="https://www.rcot.co.uk/news/ahp-advisory-fitness-work-report-admissible-evidence-statutory-sick-pay" target="_blank">https://www.rcot.co.uk/news/ahp-advisory-fitness-work-report-admissible-evidence-statutory-sick-pay</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/11/2018 17:48:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1020860

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2018
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings (a) she and (b) her predecessor had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	200093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has met with the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser on the 30 November 2018 and her predecessor met on one occasion on the 1 September 2018.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/12/2018 15:27:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1086584

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	230634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State had no meetings with the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019; however, she did meet the Chief Scientific Adviser on 27<sup>th</sup> November 2018 as one of her first meetings in the Department. Baroness Buscombe meets with the Chief Scientific Adviser on a regular basis in her role as Minister in Charge of Research and Trialling.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2019 17:08:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1124541

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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	Occupational Health: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to launch the proposed public consultation on improving occupational health.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	250460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The DWP and DHSC Joint Work and Health Unit plans to consult later this year on measures to encourage and support all employers to play their part in retaining and reintegrating employees who are struggling with their health or who are off sick. This includes measures to improve access to cost effective and high quality occupational health services.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/05/2019 15:02:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1132014

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she has held with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	264367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions held no meetings with the Department’s Chief Scientific Advisor between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2019 13:04:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1138830

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the new cross-departmental strategy for disability will reflect the needs of people with neurodevelopmental conditions.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	277126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>On Tuesday 25 June the Government launched a new cross-government approach on disability which is guided by a vision that recognises the contributions that disabled people make and where disabled people can participate fully in society.</p><p> </p><p>To drive forward this approach, government will establish a new cross-departmental disability team in the Cabinet Office and the Office for Disability Issues will be incorporated into the team. This move recognises that disabled people, including those with neurodevelopmental conditions, face barriers across a wide range of aspects of their lives and across the whole of the life course, and that coordinated cross-government action is therefore vital.</p><p> </p><p>The new disability team in the Cabinet Office will sit in the new Equalities Hub alongside the Government Equalities Office and the Race Disparity Unit. Together they will be better equipped to drive meaningful progress on equality and to tackle intersectional issues.</p><p> </p><p>The team will work closely with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and charities to take forward this new approach to disability, with their views and experiences at the forefront of any new policy.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/07/2019 13:47:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1147144

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from 1 June to 31 August 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	292142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>There were no meetings between the Secretary of State and her Departments Chief Scientific Officer from 1 June to 31 August 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/10/2019 09:12:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1167676

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is responsible for digitisation in her Department; and what mechanisms the that person uses to champion digitisation.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	8207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Service transformation is one of the Department for Work and Pensions’ strategic objectives. Accountability is shared between the Director General for Digital and the Director General for Service Excellence. It is coordinated through the Service Transformation Board which provides governance for service improvements as well as the strategic approach to the digitalisation of the Department’s services. The work is championed across the Department, including via Transformation Portfolio Managers and Digital product owners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/11/2019 11:34:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1244503

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
	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's review of how the welfare system works for people with a terminal illness includes an assessment of (a) the ability of people with motor neurone disease to access the special rules for terminal illness and (b) the potential merits of applying reforms to (i) the disability element of universal credit and (ii) personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	105563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>In July 2019, the Secretary of State announced an in-depth evaluation of how the benefits system supports people nearing the end of their life. The evaluation included 3 strands of research:</p><p>- hearing directly from claimants and charities about their first-hand experiences;</p><p>- considering international evidence to find out what works in other nations and the support they provide; and</p><p>- reviewing current DWP performance to better understand how our Special Rules for Terminal Illness process operates and performs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/10/2020 12:12:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker