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1401236

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Employment: Long Covid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to support people unable to work as a result of having long covid.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	100581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The DWP offers financial support through Universal Credit and New Style Employment and Support Allowance for people affected by the pandemic, including those with long-COVID, if they satisfy eligibility criteria. In addition, people with long-COVID may be eligible to Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are legally required to pay Statutory Sick Pay to eligible employees who are off work sick including where sickness absence is due to long-COVID. Some employers may also decide to pay more, and for longer, through Occupational Sick Pay.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), who advise the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions regarding Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB), are investigating whether long-COVID can be prescribed as an occupational disease for the purposes of IIDB.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/01/2022 17:39:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1461198

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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	Employment: 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 her Department is taking to facilitate a phased return to work for claimants with long covid, beyond the usual four week phased return period.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
	uin	455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The department is not involved in discussions regarding phased returns to work. This is a matter for the individual and their employer.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/05/2022 10:52:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley