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908452

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When she last visited a personal independence payment assessment centre.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	905452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The last time I attended a Personal Independence Payment assessment centre was 12th December 2017. I was struck by the professional and helpful attitude displayed by all the staff at the assessment centre.</p><p> </p><p>My Honourable Friend, the member for North West Hampshire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Kit Malthouse MP) visited Vauxhall assessment centre on the 17th April 2018. Like me he found the visit extremely informative.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/05/2018 16:10:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

751482

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 82 of the 14th Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of 2016-17, Child Maintenance Service, HC 587, whether he plans to implement the recommendation on reinstating provisions for parents to challenge child maintenance awards on the grounds of assets and lifestyle inconsistent with income.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	4758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government welcomes the Work and Pensions Select Committee report and is carefully considering its recommendations. We will submit the Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/07/2017 14:13:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

896543

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	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	International Labour Conference
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is a part of the Government’s planned official delegation to the International Labour Conference from 28 May to 6 June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	140800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government will be sending a delegation comprising of officials from a number of Government departments to the International Labour Conference.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/05/2018 11:50:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

896542

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	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	Employment: Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government discussed the potential ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	140799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this year, the Commonwealth Women’s Forum released an outcome statement calling on business leaders to support the proposed ILO convention on ‘Ending Violence and Harassment against Women and Men in the World of Work’.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/05/2018 16:43:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1506989

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	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	Universal Credit: Benefits Rules
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing linking rules to Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	51738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing linking rules to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Linking rules were not carried over into Universal Credit. This is because Universal Credit is a separate, simplified benefit system. Instead, each Universal Credit claim is assessed in its own right. However, Universal Credit does have a reclaims process, which provides a simple route back onto Universal Credit for claimants who experience a short break in entitlement. This process also reduces the administrative burden on claimants and encourages them to increase their earnings and protects them in periods of reduced employment.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/09/2022 17:01:58 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

681375

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobcentres: Edinburgh
	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 that compulsory redundancies will result from the closure of the Edinburgh city centre jobcentre on South St Andrew Street.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	62329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is now consulting with colleagues at South St Andrew’s Street Jobcentre. We are seeking to relocate, or offer alternative roles, to all employees affected by the proposed closure.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to stress that this is a proposed closure: we will make a final decision informed by the consultation process with our colleagues. We are not therefore in a position to comment on the potential for redundancy.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/02/2017 12:38:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1589098

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2023
	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	Key Workers: Long Covid
	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 is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide financial support to keyworkers with long covid.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	152244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP already offers financial support through Universal Credit and New Style Employment and Support Allowance for people who are unable to work due to long-Covid, subject to them satisfying the eligibility criteria and contribution conditions. In addition, people with Long-Covid may be eligible for Personal Independence Payment. This support is available regardless of keyworker status. The department is not currently planning to establish a hardship fund for keyworkers with Long-Covid.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 152239 question first answered 06/03/2023 15:54:02 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1589095

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2023
	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	Long Covid: Children
	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 is taking steps to ensure that children with long covid are (a) assessed for and (b) awarded Disability Living Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	152241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is an extra-costs benefit available as a contribution to the extra costs associated with being disabled to those children under the age of 16 who, due to a disability or health condition, have mobility issues and/or have needs which are substantially in excess of a child the same age without the disability or health condition. Entitlement to DLA depends on the effects that severe disability has on a child’s life, and not on a particular disability or diagnosis. The needs arising from Long Covid are assessed in the same way as for all other health conditions or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>From March 2021 we amended DLA statistical classifications to include the category “Coronavirus COVID-19”. Data on the DLA caseload by a range of factors, including main disabling condition, can be extracted from <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Log in (dwp.gov.uk).</a> Information on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">Getting Started (dwp.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/03/2023 15:51:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1657894

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	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: Disability
	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 is taking steps to ensure protections for people with disabled worker status are maintained in the managed migration to Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	197527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>People who are being moved to Universal Credit (UC) from Employment and Support Allowance take with them their Work Capability Assessment decision. They are not required to have another assessment to get the disability element they are entitled to on Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>At the point of moving over to Universal Credit as part of the managed migration process, all claimants will be assessed for transitional protection and paid where appropriate. Transitional protection is designed so that eligible claimants will not have a lower entitlement to Universal Credit than they had entitlement to legacy benefits, at the point they move to the new benefit system.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/09/2023 10:51:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1589097

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2023
	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	Key Workers: Long Covid
	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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit to keyworkers with long covid.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	152243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The department is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), an independent scientific body, on changes to the list of occupational diseases for which Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit can be paid.</p><p> </p><p>Their report, ‘COVID-19 and Occupational Impacts’, was published in November 2022 and recommended prescription for health and social care workers with five serious pathological complications following COVID-19 infection. The department is currently carrying out a detailed assessment of the report’s recommendations. Once this work is complete, the department will provide a formal response.</p><p> </p><p>IIAC considered that the evidence is not, at present, sufficient to recommend prescription for Long Covid. IIAC will continue to investigate the occupational implications of COVID-19, including any post-infection associations.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/03/2023 15:56:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock