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1002754

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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: Disability
	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 Table A08 of the recent Labour Market Bulletin published by the Office for National Statistics, what assessment she has made of the reasons for people with disabilities having an employment rate of 30.4 percentage points lower than people without disabilities between April to June 2018; and what plans her Department has to address that disability employment gap.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	188805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The employment rate gap between disabled and non-disabled people fell from 33.1% in April-June 2013 to 31.3% in April-June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to further improving outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment to get one million more disabled people in work by 2027 gives us a clear, ambitious, and time bound goal.</p><p> </p><p>We set out our continued commitment to improving employment rates for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. We believe people should get the support they need whatever their health condition or disability, whether that’s from their employer, from the health system or from the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in our Personal Support Package, which includes £330 million of funding over four years with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants. We have recruited 300 additional Disability Employment Advisers and we are introducing 200 new Community Partners, bringing specialist advice and support into the Jobcentre.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting employers to help them recruit and retain disabled people and people with health conditions through Disability Confident, the Access to Work scheme, and specialist advisers in Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the importance of keeping people in work, we want to reform the Statutory Sick Pay system so that it more effectively supports returns to work, and we are exploring how to shape, fund and deliver transformational change to provide effective occupational health services that can support people in work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/11/2018 15:14:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

834246

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Health
	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 Urgent Question of 30 January 2018, Official Report, columns 703 to 717, on PIP Back Payments, how many FTE staff in her Department she plans to allocate to re-examining those personal independence payment claims.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	125876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the statement made by myself, <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-30/debates/F35E85CB-FF67-467E-AD63-1C13EB1EC32B/PIPBackPayments" target="_blank">Official Report</a>, 30 January 2018, Columns 703 – 704.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 16:51:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

874809

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made in implementing recommendations 7 and 11 of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	135110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Work and Health Programme is now in place across England and Wales, offering a more personalised local approach to supporting disabled people and those with mental health conditions to overcome barriers to employment. Better integration of health support is a particular priority, and providers will deliver integrated support to customers with multiple barriers. Across the whole programme we have been guided by the evidence, learning from the best of the Work Programme and Work Choice, and have set up the programme with high quality evaluation built in.</p><p>As the Government confirmed in its response to recommendation 7 of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, individuals, even with similar barriers or characteristics, can respond differently to those barriers, and so require tailored support. This is why we have elected to give providers considerable freedom in how they support claimants to move into lasting work rather than specify particular services. This is supported by a payment model which gives providers a strong incentive to deliver outcomes, including a price accelerator element which seeks to deliver better performance by increasing the return for investment for those who are harder to help.</p><p>The key area on recommendation 11 is to stress that “The Government announced in October 2017 that it no longer intends to extend Local Housing Allowance rates to social sector tenants and in particular to those living in supported housing. The Government has also made clear that it is keen to ensure that those living in supported housing, and those who provide it, receive appropriate protection. The welfare system will therefore continue to fund long-term supported accommodation along with sheltered and extra care housing.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/04/2018 13:29:30 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

895318

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Sick Leave: Stress
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of working days lost to the UK economy as a result of work-related stress in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	140059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest available estimates are given below. They are published annually and show the estimated number of days lost (full day equivalent) due to self-reported stress, depression or anxiety, caused or made worse by work, for people working in the last 12 months in Great Britain. Figures are not separately available for the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated days lost</p></td><td><p>95% Confidence interval</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>9.9 million</p></td><td><p>8.4m to 11.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11.7 million</p></td><td><p>9.6m to 13.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>12.5 million</p></td><td><p>10.5m to 14.6m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS)</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/05/2018 10:30:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

900541

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	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: Mental Health
	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 Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published jointly by her Department and the Department of Health and Social care in October 2017, what the timetable is for the implementation of the recommendations of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	142433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to the full review as part of our response to the consultation on the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper on 30<sup>th</sup> November. As part of our recently published command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>, we set out a broad ranging strategy to further support disabled people and people with health conditions – including mental health conditions - to enter and thrive in work. This publication also included our formal response to all of the Stevenson/Farmer review’s recommendation. The Government is overseeing progress across recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister accepted the recommendations that apply to the Civil Service and NHSE as employers on the day of publication. The Civil Service is in a good place to meet the standards and has identified areas of positive practice particularly surrounding mental health awareness, support and demonstration of accountability, and the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which will be published in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/05/2018 14:14:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

900543

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	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: Mental Health
	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 Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published jointly by her Department and the Department of Health and Social care in October 2017, what the timetable is for establishing a Mental Health and Employer Leadership Council to oversee the progress on the recommendations of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	142434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to the full review on 30<sup>th</sup> November as part of the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. As set out in this publication, we agree with the review’s recommendation on the need to provide leadership and accountability, and maintain the momentum generated by the review. We will set out further plans shortly.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/05/2018 16:23:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

931341

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	Jobcentres: Occupational Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will put in place agreements to support direct working between occupational therapists and the Jobcentre Plus network.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	157726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>In our Command Paper, Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability, we announced wider support to assist people with health conditions and disabilities in moving closer to the labour market. We are testing a three-way voluntary conversation between customers, work coaches and healthcare professionals, such as occupational therapists, and we will make decisions on further rollout in due course.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 02/07/2018 11:18:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

947658

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	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	First Aid: Training
	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 bring forward legislative proposals on workplace health and safety regulations to ensure that employers provide appropriate first aid training for their staff.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	168053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for regulating first aid provision in the workplace, as set out in the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. The Regulations require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. The Regulations apply to all workplaces including those with less than five employees and to the self-employed.</p><p>Employers should undertake a needs assessment, to ensure that first aid provision adequately reflects the needs of their particular workplace or organisation and that appointed first aid personnel receive appropriate training. It is the responsibility of employers to choose their training providers and apply due diligence in doing so.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2018 14:33:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999394

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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	Employment: 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 progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	186308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186309 186310 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999400

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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	Employment: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses have adopted the core standards set out in the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	186309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186308 186310 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger