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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

1145600

	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 is taking taken to encourage the retention of disabled people working in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	290362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 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 retain our disabled colleagues we have implemented a number of actions which include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Increasing Line Manager capabilities and confidence to embed inclusive leadership throughout DWP. For example, we have introduced a mandatory Senior Civil Servant Diversity &amp; Inclusion and Wellbeing objective; embedded disability confidence in our Leadership Essential Learning products.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Implementation of an ‘I Can Be Me in DWP’ campaign designed to empower all DWP staff to engage in conversations within their teams and encourage them to do things differently.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Streamlining and improving information on our intranet guidance pages relating to Workplace Adjustments and provision of bespoke Occupational Health advice.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Continue to improve our workplace adjustment passport including changes to the current funding methods for adjustments to simplify the process and remove potential barriers.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Increased Mental Health and employee network support via the training of a network of 1,243 Mental Health First Aider with the aim of further increasing this to 1600 by March 2020.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provision of mentoring and coaching opportunities and access to cross-government development programmes for talented civil servants in under-represented groups with the desire and potential to progress their careers.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/10/2019 16:10:31 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

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

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

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

1145583

	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	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what documentation officials in Job Centres have been instructed to accept as proof of (a) settled status and (b) pre-settled status for EU nationals applying for social security benefits after 31 October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	290390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that the rights of EU nationals with settled and pre-settled status who apply for social security benefits after 31 October 2019 will be protected.</p><p>DWP recognises leave granted under the EU settlement scheme. EU nationals who claim social security benefits can present their notification of settled or pre-settled status in support of their claim. DWP procedures require staff to verify evidence of immigration status through the Habitual Residence Test Process. Mechanisms are in place between DWP and the Home Office to verify settled status notifications.</p><p>EU nationals who are granted settled status and are habitually resident in the UK are eligible to access income-related benefits.</p><p>EU nationals who are granted pre-settled status and are exercising an EU qualifying right to reside e.g. worker or self-employed status are eligible to access income-related benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/09/2019 13:50:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1145599

	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: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working age people employed in her Department have left 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	290361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>When leaving the department, people are asked on a voluntary basis to complete a questionnaire stating the reason we are therefore unable to give complete figures. The table below shows numbers of ill health retirements over the period requested.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ill Health Retirements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>year ending</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of People</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/10/2019 16:42:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner