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1146213

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the Health and Safety Executive receives adequate resources to undertake its enforcement responsibilities.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	290986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>DWP and HSE officials meet regularly to discuss resources and performance against its Business Plan objectives. This includes recognising the importance of enforcement as one of the tools employed by HSE to secure effective management and control of risk in GB workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/10/2019 15:38:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1282005

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2021
	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: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of the City of York are accessing support through the (a) Kickstart programme and (b) Plan for Jobs measures in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	145788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The requested local data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/02/2021 16:40:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1311058

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2021 to Question 145788, for what reasons local data is not available for the Kickstart scheme; and what steps his Department plans to take to assess the effectiveness of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	185355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions collects data on the uptake of the Kickstart Scheme. We have published information on the number of young people who have started in each region, here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-12/179100" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-12/179100</a>, but we are unable to break this down below the regional level at present.</p><p> </p><p>The need to deliver and operate the Kickstart Scheme at pace has led to a current limited clerical data set which, in turn, makes it harder to accurately present a snapshot of a smaller geographical area, such as a Parliamentary constituency. Information is contained across multiple systems as more than one Jobcentre could cover a single constituency. Conversely, Kickstart placements and vacancies are not allocated to one JCP, so we have many vacancies which may be connected to a company based or headquartered in one area, but the vacancies can be filled from a wider geographical area.</p><p> </p><p>As such, it is not currently possible to provide the data below the regional level. We are, however, continuing to develop our management information tools and data collection system which may help in sharing more localised information at a local authority level in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart Scheme throughout its implementation, and will continue to evaluate the longer term outcomes and impact for Kickstart participants.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/04/2021 16:54:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1663711

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing discretionary payments for bereavement support.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	201564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made, however, the Department already has a wide range of financial support available to those affected by bereavement.</p><p>Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) is a contributory benefit intended to help working age people with the immediate costs of bereavement. BSP is payable to the surviving spouse, cohabiting partner (with dependent children), or civil partner of the deceased. Funeral Expenses Payments contribute towards the cost of a funeral arranged by someone in receipt of income-related benefits, and Budgeting Loans and Budgeting Advances are interest-free loans available to claimants of income-related benefits. Further support for day to day living expenses is available via Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/10/2023 16:39:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1168803

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2019
	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: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been sanctioned in York in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The information is <strong>publicly</strong> available on the link below.</p><p>The number of Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance and Universal Credit claimants who have been sanctioned by local authority and region is published at can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>We will be holding future stat-xplore training sessions for all MPs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/01/2020 17:04:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1178678

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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	Independent Case Examiner
	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 against (a) the child maintenance service and child support agency and (b) her Department were accepted for investigation by the Independent Case Examiner in each year since 2014-15; and how many of those complaints were not investigated for at least 12 months after they were received.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	15041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The cases that reach the Independent Case Examiner are the most complex and investigations will not be compromised in order to be completed within certain timescales.</p><p> </p><p>We keep people updated about the timings involved with their case and the vast majority of complainants are satisfied with the service they receive.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on the number of Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and Child Support Agency (CSA) complaints that were received and accepted for investigation by the Independent Case Examiners Office in each year since 2014-15, and the number of cases that took longer than 12 months to conclude, from the date they were accepted for examination.</p><p> </p><p>Please note, we are unable to provide information on the number of cases that waited longer than 12 months for an investigation to commence for each year since 2014-15, and have therefore provided details of those cases that took longer than 12 months to conclude, from the point at which they were accepted for investigation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year April to March</p></td><td><p>CSA &amp; CMS complaints received</p></td><td><p>CSA &amp; CMS complaints accepted for investigation</p></td><td><p>CSA &amp; CMS complaints cleared</p></td><td><p>Cleared cases that took longer than 12 months to conclude (from date of acceptance)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1169</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>936</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>869</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>896</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1253</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20 (to the end of January 2020)</p></td><td><p>1099</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/02/2020 15:08:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1191802

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2020
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional (a) staffing and (b) funding has been allocated to the Health and Safety Executive to increase capacity for the inspection of premises to ensure safe working during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	41525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>As part of a recent announcement, the government has made available up to an extra £14 million for the HSE, equivalent to an increase of 10% of their budget, for extra call centre employees, inspectors and equipment if needed.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-launched-to-help-get-brits-safely-back-to-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-launched-to-help-get-brits-safely-back-to-work</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/05/2020 10:32:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 20363 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1193804

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	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 steps she is taking to help ensure the health and safety of people returning to work when the covid-19 lockdown measures are eased.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	43982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) was involved in cross-government work, Safer Workplaces, coordinated by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), to produce guidance on the safety measures businesses will need to adopt as they reopen. The guidance was published on 11 May 2020 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-launched-to-help-get-brits-safely-back-to-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-launched-to-help-get-brits-safely-back-to-work</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance covers who should be at work and contains practical steps to achieve social distancing and hygiene in the workplace. HSE produced a straightforward guide to assessing the risks from COVID-19 in the workplace, to aid businesses to use the BEIS guidance in their own workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2020 12:39:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1197731

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	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	Universal Credit: 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 people have applied for universal credit due to being ineligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme because they are a sole trader and receive a dividend instead of PAYE; and how many of those claimants have received universal credit to date.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	49762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The data requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/06/2020 14:56:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1199136

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential prosecution of cases of breaches of health and safety legislation in care homes that took place during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	902942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place with Cabinet colleagues on the potential prosecution of cases of breaches of health and safety legislation in care homes that took place during the covid-19 peak. Health and safety in Residential (i.e. non-nursing) care homes is enforced by Local Authorities (LAs); apart from resident related issues in England (enforced by the Care Quality Commission), or Wales (enforced by the Care Inspectorate Wales). Each LA is an independent health and safety regulator and, whilst HSE takes steps to promote LA regulatory consistency, it has no power to routinely gather detailed sector or enforcement action specific data from LAs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/06/2020 15:27:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 25875 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell