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1337382

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2021
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women have begun Kickstart scheme placements.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	16981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>An initial assessment of a sample of the first 20,000 claimants who started a Kickstart job placement from the commencement of the scheme up to 6th May 2021, found that 51% were male and 49% were female. The Department for Work and Pensions will be monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart scheme throughout its implementation, and will continue to evaluate the longer term outcomes for Kickstart participants after they have completed their six-month job placements. This will include an examination of the demographic make-up of participants, including gender.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system which has been developed quickly. The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/06/2021 13:03:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 8222 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1187731

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2020
	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	Offshore Industry: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to ensure that (a) social distancing and (b) other measures to help prevent increasing covid-19 infection rates are enforced among offshore oil and gas workers.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	34979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a contributing member of the Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) Pandemic Steering Group, which also contains members from OGUK, helicopter operators, oil and gas companies, Step Change in Safety and Health Protection Scotland. The Pandemic Steering Group has developed a protocol and range of measures to give guidance to offshore oil and gas companies on social distancing and other measures to prevent the COVID-19 infection of offshore workers. This has been disseminated to the industry via the OGUK working groups and online communication channels where appropriate and will be supported by the published full guidance document on OGUK’s website early next week.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/04/2020 15:40:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 16496 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1256035

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	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	Health and Safety: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandating a specific workplace risk assessment for clinically extremely vulnerable employees.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	121338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>Employers’ health and safety responsibilities include taking reasonable steps to protect all workers and others from the risk of transmission of coronavirus in connection with their work activities. The Covid-19 Risk Assessment identifies the control measures employers have identified that they need to take to manage the risk of transmission of coronavirus in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>As these control measures are comprehensive and apply to all workers, additional control measures for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) workers are not required.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) advises employers to have individual discussions with their CEV employees in order to understand and resolve any workplace concerns. There is specific guidance on the HSE website to help employers protect people who are at higher risk: <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm</a> Anyone who does not feel that adequate protections are in place can contact HSE either online using their <a href="https://hsegov.microsoftcrmportals.com/workingsafelyenquiries/" target="_blank">working safely enquiry form</a> or by telephone: 0300 790 6787 lines are open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/12/2020 16:25:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 65795 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1255540

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	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	Health and Safety: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has received on workplaces not being covid-secure since August 2020; and how long it took HSE to respond to each of those complaints.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	120983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>Between 1 August 2020 and 26 November 2020 HSE received a total of 7487 COVID concerns. As of 26 November, 5139 had been completed. 3998 of those resolved were dealt with by our Concerns and Advice Team, taking on average 3.35 days. The remaining 1141 completed cases were investigated by regulatory inspectors and visiting officers, taking an average of 21.8 days to be closed out, meaning that all actions relating to the intervention had been completed. It is standard practice for the notifier to be contacted by HSE during the early stages of the investigation and again at its conclusion. HSE isn’t able to provide details of the average period of time before initial contact is made because this data is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>(i) Investigations by inspectors and visiting officers are ‘closed out’ once all actions relating to the intervention are complete. This happens when HSE has evaluated the dutyholder’s covid-secure control measures, taken any necessary enforcement action or provided advice, confirmed that sufficient action has been taken by the dutyholder to address any shortfalls and associated records completed on HSE’s live operational database.</p><p>(ii) Figures were extracted from HSE’s live operational database and provide the picture on the date of extraction (26 November 2020) and are subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/12/2020 16:32:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 65324 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1198442

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2020 to Question 45418, if she will publish the document that details the full set of questions as at quarter 3 of the survey year in 2018-19 used for the Claimant Experience Survey 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	52420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>A copy of the produced Word document that details the full set of questions as at quarter 3 of the survey year in 2018/19 has been placed in the Library of both Houses for your information.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that:</p><ul><li>the questions asked have changed over time; and</li><li>some questions are only asked of a sub-sample of claimants and this is not reflected in this document.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/06/2020 12:43:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 25874 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183265

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support her Department plans to provide to (a) self-employed and (b) zero-hours workers that self-isolate as a result of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	26176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people affected by the Covid-19 public health emergency. As part of that response, DWP is making a number of changes to ensure people who need financial help have access to the benefit system.</p><p> </p><p>We are temporarily relaxing the Minimum Income Floor (MIF) for all self-employed UC claimants affected by the economic impact of COVID-19 from 6 April, for the duration of the outbreak. This means a drop in earnings due to sickness or self-isolation or as a result of the economic impact of the outbreak will be reflected in claimants’ awards of benefit. We have also raised the Universal Credit Standard allowance, which means that claimants could be £1000 better off over the next 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is ready to support people who are prevented from working because of a risk to public health and who need to self-isolate. For those on a low income and already claiming Universal Credit, their Universal Credit amount will adjust depending on their earnings or other income. People not eligible to receive sick pay may be able to claim Universal Credit and/or contributory Employment and Support Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>These changes are part of a wider package to help self-employed which includes the new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme, with those eligible receiving a cash grant worth 80% of their average monthly trading profit over the last three years. This covers 95% of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment.</p><p> </p><p>In response to Covid-19, we have introduced new guidance about claiming benefits which can be found at: <a href="https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/coronavirus/" target="_blank">https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/coronavirus/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2020 14:04:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 19209 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1456491

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobcentres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she provide details of each Jobcentre Plus in the UK, broken down by (a) permanent and (b) temporary job centres.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	151094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>Please see the attached spreadsheet for details of the permanent and temporary DWP sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/04/2022 11:22:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name 2022-04-04 PQ Permanent & Temporary Job Centres.xlsx title Spreadsheet previous answer version 63998 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1315299

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	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 average number of kickstart places made available by each employer participating in the scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	2272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>Employers wishing to participate in the Kickstart scheme can apply direct or with the support of a Gateway organisation – a Gateway application will usually include jobs from a number of employers. As of 6<sup>th</sup> May (since the beginning of the Scheme) the average number of vacancies per approved Kickstart application is 15 for Employers, 41 for Gateways, and an average of 28 for both Employers and Gateways combined.</p><p> </p><p>*the above figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, which has been developed quickly.</p><p> </p><p>The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/05/2021 13:54:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 1428 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1314552

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of the £2 billion of funding for the Kickstart scheme announced by the Government in A Plan for Jobs in July 2020 has been (a) allocated and (b) spent.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	1052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>£2bn has been allocated to Kickstart to create hundreds of thousands of 6-month job placements for young people aged 16-24, to improve their long term employability. Kickstart placements commenced in October 2020 and eligible young people will be able to start new Kickstart jobs until December 2021, with the final cohort of six-month jobs coming to an end in Summer 2022. Kickstart funding is not capped and we expect to use all funding to provide jobs for young people by the end of the scheme. Details of spend is unavailable at this time but will become available following the completion of the audited accounts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/05/2021 13:56:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 820 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1279672

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2021
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new job placements are being funded by the Kickstart programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	141975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>As of 22/01/2021, there have been <del class="ministerial">123,898</del> <ins class="ministerial">over 110,000</ins> new job placements approved for funding by the Department for Work and Pensions’ Kickstart scheme. We are actively seeking more Kickstart job placements that can start before December 2021 and would welcome further applications from employers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/01/2021 15:46:26 question first ministerially corrected 04/02/2021 14:20:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 77655 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern