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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

1229428

	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	Department for Work and Pensions: 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 of the 10,000 staff redeployed for the provision of frontline services are (a) still redeployed, (b) redeployed on a temporary basis and (c) redeployed on a permanent basis.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	82114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Of the total staff redeployed, there were around 1800 Child Maintenance people who were redeployed. This included 141 former CSA colleagues who were due (plans pre Covid19) to be permanently redeployed to other areas of DWP. Of the 1645 were due to return, subsequently 322 were retained on a permanent basis in legacy benefits. Recruitment is currently ongoing to back fill these staff into CMG.</p><p> </p><p>1127 have returned to CMG and there are currently 196 FTE still redeployed however they are due to return later this month.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 82113 question first answered 07/09/2020 13:43:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1229427

	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 Child Maintenance Service staff members remain deployed to the provision of other services.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	82113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Of the total staff redeployed, there were around 1800 Child Maintenance people who were redeployed. This included 141 former CSA colleagues who were due (plans pre Covid19) to be permanently redeployed to other areas of DWP. Of the 1645 were due to return, subsequently 322 were retained on a permanent basis in legacy benefits. Recruitment is currently ongoing to back fill these staff into CMG.</p><p> </p><p>1127 have returned to CMG and there are currently 196 FTE still redeployed however they are due to return later this month.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 82114 question first answered 07/09/2020 13:43:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1226526

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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	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, how many employees have been seconded from the Child Maintenance Services (CMS) to other sections of her Department as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; when the CMS will be return to the staffing levels before the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	76783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>To meet the unprecedented demand for benefits during the pandemic, the Department redeployed over 10,000 staff to critical frontline work, streamlined processes and increased the capacity of our IT systems. This included approximately 1,700 out of around 6,800 members of staff from the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to support Universal Credit (UC) and Jobseekers Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Staff began to return to the CMS from July 2020, and the Service will take a staged approach to make use of returning resource over the next few months.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/07/2020 16:33:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown