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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

1247883

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	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	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on setting and monitoring cross-Government objectives on supporting young unemployed people during the current economic situation.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	110269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>My Department works closely with a range of partners including local authorities, key stakeholders and colleagues in other Government Departments - including the Department for Education, Department for Media, Culture and Sport and HMT - to set common objectives on how we deal with the future challenges around youth employment and monitor how we are providing support.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2020 we started the implementation of the new DWP Youth Offer for all 18 to 24 year olds. This includes the introduction of our Youth Employment Programme, during which young people will be referred to the most appropriate support. We have also implemented DWP Youth Hubs and DWP Youth Employability Coaches.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched the Kickstart Scheme, dedicated to helping those young people at risk of long term unemployment develop their skills and experience through thousands of 6-month job placements.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor our policies and processes to ensure young unemployed people are effectively supported during this unprecedented time.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/11/2020 14:51:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1221218

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	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: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the benefits cap, by ethnic group.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	69668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department cannot precisely quantify the proportion of households by ethnic group that are affected by the benefit cap since recording of ethnicity on benefits administrative data is voluntary and, as such, not sufficiently reliable.</p><p> </p><p>However, the 2016 published Impact Assessment of the benefit cap can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/07/2020 14:27:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1257654

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	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	Natural Gas: Safety
	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 8 September 2020 to Question 82102, what the timeframe is for the Health and Safety Executive to report back on recommendations of changes to the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	124254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is continuing the process of reviewing the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 (GSMR). Before any amendments are proposed HSE must be satisfied that there will be no detrimental impact on health and safety as a result.</p><p> </p><p>Assessment of the evidence supporting a safe change is being undertaken, and further information and clarifications have been sought. This assessment will form the basis of a formal public consultation on future proposals for changes to GSMR. HSE expects to publish the consultation document in summer 2021.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/12/2020 14:57:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1243355

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	Health and Safety Laboratory: Private Finance Initiative
	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 13 October 2020 to Question 99030 on Department for Work and Pensions: Private Finance Initiative, which Department has responsibility for Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton PFI.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	103568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>When answering written Parliamentary Questions concerning the Department, we do not include information on Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) or Arms-Length bodies unless it is explicitly asked for in the question.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has responsibility for the two live Private Finance Initiatives (PFI); the Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton and Redgrave Court, Bootle formally known as the New Merseyside Centre.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 103569 question first answered 19/10/2020 16:11:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1243356

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	Health and Safety Executive: Private Finance Initiative
	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 13 October 2020 to Question 99030 on Department for Work and Pensions: Private Finance Initiative, which Department has responsibility for New Merseyside Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	103569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>When answering written Parliamentary Questions concerning the Department, we do not include information on Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) or Arms-Length bodies unless it is explicitly asked for in the question.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has responsibility for the two live Private Finance Initiatives (PFI); the Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton and Redgrave Court, Bootle formally known as the New Merseyside Centre.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 103568 question first answered 19/10/2020 16:11:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1240298

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what live PFI contracts her Department has; and for each of those contracts (a) what service is provided, (b) when the contract became live, (c) what the remaining term of the contract is and (d) what the annual repayments are.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	99030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Following a search of our records we have established that the Department does not hold any live PFI contracts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/10/2020 16:00:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1233673

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Support for Mortgage Interest: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes she has made to the qualifying period for support for mortgage interest in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	88896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to amend the qualifying period for Support for Mortgage Interest.</p><p> </p><p>Home owners experiencing difficulties with mortgage repayments because of COVID-19 should contact their lender as soon as possible to discuss what support might be available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/09/2020 12:20:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1228882

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Natural Gas: Safety
	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 to amend the Gas Safety Management Regulations to allow hydrogen blending within the main grid to levels higher than 0.1 per cent by volume; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	82102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently reviewing the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 (GSMR). This includes the safe composition of gas for transmission and distribution in Great Britain’s gas network. Following completion of the review, I will consider any proposals for change HSE puts forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/09/2020 16:22:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1229429

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Secondment
	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 28 July 2020 to Question 76783 on Child Maintenance Service: Secondment, how many new employees have been recruited for the provision of frontline services since the start of the covid-19 outbreak to allow Child Maintenance Service staff to return to the roles they were redeployed from.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	82115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Since March 2020 DWP has increased supply by c8500, this comprises permanent and temporary recruitment, contractors/agency workers, and loans from other Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/09/2020 14:36:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown