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1279183

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum time is for employers to start employing young people on the Kickstart Scheme from the date the employer made the application to the scheme for (a) companies applying individually for over 30 applicants and (b) companies applying for less than 30 applicants through a Gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	141415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text When applying for funding from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Kickstart Scheme an employer can choose to set the start date for their job placements at any point within the life time of the scheme, which is currently set to run until December 2021, with final job placements running until the summer of 2022. answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/01/2021 18:05:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1279285

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
	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 19 January 2021 to Question 136526 on Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus, on what date she reviewed the adequacy of the benefit cap grace period; and who she consulted as part of that review.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	141466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text There are currently no plans to extend the grace period. Getting our claimants back into work remains my primary concern and, of course, returning to employment will significantly increase the likelihood of a household not being affected by the cap. answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/01/2021 18:00:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1136973

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to prevent young people from becoming addicted to gambling.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	273451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text Preventing children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed by gambling is a priority for government and a core licensing objective for the Gambling Commission.<p><br>Operators offering gambling services to people in Great Britain must have a licence from the Gambling Commission and must have effective policies and procedures designed to prevent underage gambling. Where there is a failure to do so, the Gambling Commission has shown it is willing to act using the range of powers to act at its disposal.</p><p>The Gambling Commission has taken action to strengthen protections for young people. In May this year it introduced stricter age and identity verification controls, requiring all consumers to be age verified before they are able to deposit money or access free-to-play demo games. Government has also worked positively with five major operators resulting in commitments to using online technology where available to target gambling adverts away from people showing signs of problem gambling behaviour. They will also further share further data with to protect problem gamblers from experiencing further harm.</p><p>From September 2020, health education will be compulsory for all pupils in state-funded primary and secondary schools. This will cover education on online harms, including the risks related to online gambling. The non-statutory Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) programme of study, published by the PSHE Association, includes teaching about gambling and its psychological and financial impact. GambleAware, an independent charity which funds services to help to reduce gambling harms, is working with the PSHE Association to develop resources for schools to promote resilience and raise awareness around risk-taking and gambling.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/07/2019 15:20:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1279663

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2021
	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	Employment Services: Young People
	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 4 November to Question 109371 on Employment Services: Young People, by what date she plans to have established 116 youth hubs.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	141986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text Further to my answer on 20 January 2021 the timeline for opening Youth Hubs is dependent on COVID restrictions. We are working with local partners to ensure the transition to physical hubs can be undertaken as quickly as possible, when circumstances allow. answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/01/2021 15:52:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1541893

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in his Department in each year since 1 January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	86567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <ul><li>Under the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, eligible Ministers who leave office are entitled to a one-off payment equivalent to one quarter of their annual salary at the point at which they leave Government.</li><li>This applies only where a Minister is under 65 and is not appointed to a ministerial office within three weeks of leaving government.</li><li>Individuals may waive the payment to which they are entitled. That is a matter for their personal discretion, but this approach has been taken in the past.</li><li>Details of such payments are published in departmental annual reports and accounts, and ministerial salaries are published on GOV.UK <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1027301/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majestys_Government_-_Financial_Year_2021-22_-_Publication.pdf" target="_blank">here.</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/11/2022 13:27:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1609144

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	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 28 March 2023 to Question 166164 on Government Departments: Staff, how many and what proportion of respondents to the most recent Leesman office survey undertaken by his Department (a) agreed and (b) disagreed with the statements about their main workplace that (i) it enables me to work productively, (ii) it supports me sharing ideas and knowledge amongst colleagues, (iii) it creates an enjoyable environment to work in, (iv) it contributes to a sense of community at work, and (v) it's a place I'm proud to bring visitors to.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	177726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <ul><li>The Government Property Agency is committed to delivering great places to work and to ensure we are delivering on this commitment it is critical that civil servants have a voice that shapes their workplaces so that the spaces we deliver can best support them to be effective in delivering and serving the UK public. GPA has engaged with Leesman, a world leader in measuring workplace experience, using their independent, objective and transparent office surveys that allow us to benchmark ourselves globally.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>GPA is leading the way in analysing and gaining value from the Leesman data to ensure our workplace decisions and conversations are informed and led by insights and data. Leesman is a world leader in measuring workplace and employee experience via an online survey tool.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Leesman survey undertaken by GPA relates to an ALB of the Department, rather than DWP direct workforce – it is not therefore representative of the DWP workforce overall.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The most recent Leesman office survey which was conducted for the ALB and the respondents that answered either agree or disagree to the questions listed is set out in the table below:</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The most recent Leesman office survey was conducted in 2021. The number of respondents that answered either agree or disagree to the questions listed is set out in the table below:</li></ul><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Question</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. Respondent Agree</strong> <strong>(figures are aggregate by response of Strongly Agree, Agree or Slightly Agree)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. Respondent Disagree</strong> <strong>(figures are aggregate by response of Strongly Disagree, Disagree or Slightly Disagree)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>it enables me to work productively</p></td><td><p>9 (40.91%)</p></td><td><p>8 (36.36%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>it supports me sharing ideas and knowledge amongst colleagues</p></td><td><p>16 (72.73%)</p></td><td><p>2 (9.09%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>it creates an enjoyable environment to work in</p></td><td><p>7 (31.82%)</p></td><td><p>7 (31.82%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>it contributes to a sense of community at work</p></td><td><p>8 (36.36%)</p></td><td><p>7 (31.82%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>it's a place I'm proud to bring visitors to</p></td><td><p>6 (27.27%)</p></td><td><p>6 (27.27%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2023 15:31:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1679607

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Unemployment: 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 the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what the prevalence is of (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety in people aged between 16 and 64 who have been economically inactive because of long term health conditions since (i) 2010 and (ii) 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>“Depression, bad nerves or anxiety” is a pre-specified single category in the Labour Force Survey questionnaire. We are therefore unable to separate out depression, bad nerves and anxiety from each other.</p><p> </p><p>As such, we have provided a breakdown of working-age people (16-64) self-reporting depression, bad nerves or anxiety as a main or secondary health condition who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness from 2013 to 2023, published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2023/employment-of-disabled-people-2023" target="_blank">The Employment of Disabled People 2023</a> (Table EIA017).</p><p> </p><p>Prevalence of depression, bad nerves or anxiety for those who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness, 2013-2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter</p></td><td><p>Number of people who are economically inactive because they are long-term sick (thousands)</p></td><td><p>Number of people who are economically inactive because they are long-term sick with depression, bad nerves or anxiety (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 13 to Jun 13</p></td><td><p>2,071</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 14 to Jun 14</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 15 to Jun 15</p></td><td><p>2,092</p></td><td><p>992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 16 to Jun 16</p></td><td><p>2,048</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 17 to Jun 17</p></td><td><p>1,986</p></td><td><p>976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 18 to Jun 18</p></td><td><p>2,046</p></td><td><p>980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 19 to Jun 19</p></td><td><p>2,039</p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 20 to Jun 20</p></td><td><p>2,133</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 21 to Jun 21</p></td><td><p>2,192</p></td><td><p>1,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 22 to Jun 22</p></td><td><p>2,394</p></td><td><p>1,256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 23 to Jun 23</p></td><td><p>2,582</p></td><td><p>1,361</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) quarterly person data</p><p>Note this is unpublished data from our own analysis of ONS Labour Force Survey data and that the ONS release compared Jan-Mar 2019 to Jan-Mar 2023 data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/01/2024 17:33:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1679608

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	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 the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what the prevalence of (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety is for each age cohort of (i) men and (ii) and for people (A) in work and (B) who are long term sick.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>“Depression, bad nerves or anxiety” is a pre-specified single category in the Labour Force Survey questionnaire. We are therefore unable to separate out depression, bad nerves and anxiety from each other.</p><p> </p><p>As such, we have provided a breakdown of working-age people (16-64) self-reporting depression, bad nerves or anxiety as a main or secondary health condition by age and sex for those (A) in work and (B) economically inactive due to long-term sickness, for the most recent quarter of data available. Note this is unpublished data.</p><p> </p><p>Prevalence of depression, bad nerves or anxiety by age and sex, for those in work and those who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness, April-June 2023 (unpublished)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>In work</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Economically inactive due to long-term sickness</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,682,183</p></td><td><p>1,026,235</p></td><td><p>1,655,948</p></td><td><p>1,360,720</p></td><td><p>566,368</p></td><td><p>794,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 to 24</p></td><td><p>317,861</p></td><td><p>108,056</p></td><td><p>209,805</p></td><td><p>106,622</p></td><td><p>48,054</p></td><td><p>58,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 to 34</p></td><td><p>801,357</p></td><td><p>306,992</p></td><td><p>494,365</p></td><td><p>206,336</p></td><td><p>94,522</p></td><td><p>111,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35 to 49</p></td><td><p>895,129</p></td><td><p>333,752</p></td><td><p>561,377</p></td><td><p>328,877</p></td><td><p>133,968</p></td><td><p>194,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50 to 64</p></td><td><p>667,836</p></td><td><p>277,435</p></td><td><p>390,401</p></td><td><p>718,885</p></td><td><p>289,824</p></td><td><p>429,061</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) quarterly person data</p><p>Note this is unpublished data from our own analysis of ONS Labour Force Survey data and that the ONS release compared Jan-Mar 2019 to Jan-Mar 2023 data.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/01/2024 17:44:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1566711

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2023
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to his Department’s Excellence Plan to improve customer service performance in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	122510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>£NIL funding was allocated to the Excellence Plan in the years 2021-22 &amp; 2022-33. The Excellence Plan was one year funded only for 2020-21, and the Plan closed in 2020-21. Because of COVID interruption to DWP business, some initiatives from the Plan were subsumed into DWP operational work in later years, however they became contained within normal operational budgets, so did not represent ‘extra funds’.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/01/2023 17:55:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1255377

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	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 and Working Tax 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 claimants of (a) universal credit and (b) working tax credit have been affected by the benefit cap as a result of the temporary increase made to those benefits in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and how many children are resident in the households of those claimants so affected.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	120867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>i) Entitlement to Working Tax Credit provides an exemption to the application of the benefit cap. Therefore, no benefit cap implications apply to Working Tax Credit claimants. There are a range of exemptions for when the cap should not be applied, including exemptions for the most vulnerable claimants who are entitled to disability benefits and carer benefits. Information relating to Universal Credit claimants affected by the benefit cap as a result of the temporary increase made to Universal Credit in response to the covid-19 outbreak is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>ii) No estimate has been made of the number of kinship carers or children raised in kinship care households that have been affected by the benefit cap as a result of the temporary increase made to welfare benefits. The Government acknowledges the immense value of care given by family and friend carers who look after children whose parents are unable to provide the necessary care themselves. The Special Guardian’s Allowance which may be awarded to a kinship carer to support the long term placement for children is disregarded when calculating the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can apply for a Discretionary Housing Payment from their Local Authority if they need additional help with rental costs. Kinship carers are listed in Local Authority Guidance as one of the priority groups for Discretionary Housing Payments.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 120868 question first answered 01/12/2020 17:26:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 65319 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell