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1145481

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Energy Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	290333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The following companies supply the Department with energy:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Electricity – EDF and British Gas Business</li><li>Gas – Corona</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For the 2019/20 year to date (up to and including July 2019), emissions are 17,967 Tonnes of CO2 equivalent , which is 58% below the 2009/10 baseline for the same period.</p><p> </p><p>All of the Departments energy supplies are taken from agreements put in place by the Crown Commercial Services as per the Cabinet Office mandate. These frameworks do not include environmental factors as part of their selection criterion.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of what recent steps the department has taken to reduce CO2:</p><p> </p><p>- Devising and implementing new design standards to refurbishments and lifecycle works;</p><p>- Implementing GBS BREEAM requirements for major refurbishments and new construction;</p><p>- Working with our Estates supply chain to identify operational savings eg; unnecessary heating and lighting during office closures.;</p><p>- Estate rationalisation.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/10/2019 14:40:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1145596

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the Government's progress on achieving employment for one million more disabled people by 2027.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	290358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2017, the Government set out its commitment to see 1 million more disabled people in employment by 2027. In the first two years of the commitment (between Q1 2017 and Q1 2019), the number of disabled people in employment increased by 404,000.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/10/2019 13:40:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1145597

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to address the disability employment gap.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	290359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Government set out a ten year change programme, to improve disability employment, in the Command Paper “Improving Lives: the future of work, health and disability” (2017). This describes actions across welfare, workplace and health settings.</p><p>Recent steps taken include:</p><ul><li>holding a consultation on how employers can best support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to stay in and thrive in work;</li><li>supporting disabled people into work through initiatives like the Work and Health Programme and Personal Support Package, and introducing the new Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, which will be in place by the end of 2019;</li><li>from April 2019, we introduced an enhanced Disability Employment Adviser and a new Disability Employment Adviser Leader role, in total more than 800 individuals supporting Jobcentre colleagues to provide high quality services to disabled people and those with health conditions;</li><li>using an Innovation Fund funded by DWP, DHSC, and NHS England to test initiatives to support disabled people and those with health conditions to get into, and remain in, work;</li><li>introducing, in November 2018, a voluntary reporting framework to support employers to record and voluntarily report information on disability and mental health in the workplace;</li><li>providing support for nearly 34,000 disabled workers last year through the Access to Work scheme; and</li><li>engaging with employers through the Disability Confident scheme.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/10/2019 14:57:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1145598

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of disabled people leaving work as a result of a (a) disability and (b) long-term health condition in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	290360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/10/2019 13:47:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1145601

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
	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 has taken to increase the number of disabled people employed by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	290363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>DWP is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and is committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining disabled people, and supporting them to achieve their full potential.</p><p>To support this commitment and increase the number of disabled colleagues we employ we have implemented a number of actions which include:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>encouraging individuals to voluntarily share their personal diversity information so that we have a hold of our workforce representation;</p><p> </p></li><li><p>developing our attraction strategy to better promote the diversity of our workforce and our commitment to inclusion and equality of opportunity for all;</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>a review of our recruitment process and adopting the new Civil Service Success Profile recruitment method, moving towards a more strengths based rather than competency focussed recruitment approach;</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>continued application of the Guaranteed Interview Scheme to ensure that all disabled candidates who meet the minimum sift requirements are offered an interview, and provision of reasonable adjustment support throughout the whole application process;</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>introduction of diverse interview panel representation;</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Implementation of a Senior Civil Servant new entrant disabled on-flow target of 12% by 2025, as of March 2019 we are achieving 11.3% (please note that these figures are not currently published)</p></li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/10/2019 13:26:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1145602

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many organisations have participated in her Department's voluntary reporting framework on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace since November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	290364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The voluntary reporting framework was developed by the Government in partnership with employers and expert partners to support organisations to record and voluntarily report information on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. There is no requirement for them to notify the Government of this information and no figures on participation are held. The approach recognises that transparency can be an effective leaver in creating a more equal society both for employees within organisations and for external audiences.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/10/2019 14:25:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1145856

	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	Universal Credit: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many third parties who have allegedly scammed people into making a universal credit claim have been identified and investigated; and how many of those third parties have been referred for prosecution.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	291056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Examination of the cases currently being progressed by the Department indicates there are 107 third-party individuals that are subject to investigation. This number is subject to change as cases progress.</p><p> </p><p>At the time of submission, one 3rd party case has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and has been successfully prosecuted. There are a number of other cases at an advanced stage of investigation.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/10/2019 15:21:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 136340 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1146281

	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	Severe Disability Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have received a Severe Disability Premium transitional payment; what the average lump sum was for a Severe Disability Premium payment; and what the cost to the public purse has been of payments made from the Severe Disability Premium.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	291159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>A gateway was introduced from 16 January 2019 to prevent those claimants entitled to the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) as part of their legacy benefit from claiming Universal Credit. Additionally, a commitment was made for monthly transitional payments to be made to eligible former SDP claimants who have already moved to Universal Credit due to a change in circumstances and to provide a lump sum arrears payment, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019, which were laid in Parliament on 22 July 2019, have allowed the Department to assess eligibility and make backdated payments to claimants covering the time since they moved to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>As of 26 September 2019, over 13,800 claims have been paid an SDP transitional payment. The average (median) value of the lump sum payments is £2,280. To date, over £37.2m has been disbursed to support former SDP claimants, including the recurring payments that have now commenced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/10/2019 15:44:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore