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1301967

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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	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, how many covid-19 related complaints the Health and Safety Executive has received in each month since March 2020; and what proportion of those complaints resulted in (a) investigation, (b) improvement notices and (c) fines .
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	167239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since March 2020, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has received 21752 complaints (or ‘workplace concerns’) relating to Covid-19. Of these, 6240 - assessed as being higher risk - were assigned to regulatory operational staff for investigation.* The remainder were dealt with by HSE’s Concerns and Advice Team. The breakdown is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not have the power to issue fines. However, where a defendant is convicted of breaching health and safety at work law, the court may impose sanctions including fines, imprisonment and disqualification for directors. HSE will recover its costs where material breaches of health and safety at work law are identified.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month / Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Covid-19 concerns</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number investigated* by regulatory operational staff (% of total concerns)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number resulting in verbal advice</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number resulting in formal written correspondence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number resulting in improvement notices</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>3721</p></td><td><p>1717 (46%)</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>2060</p></td><td><p>987 (48%)</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>1247</p></td><td><p>552 (44%)</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>1269</p></td><td><p>397 (31%)</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>1016</p></td><td><p>302 (30%)</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>1154</p></td><td><p>413 (36%)</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>1520</p></td><td><p>498 (33%)</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>2347</p></td><td><p>502 (21%)</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>1203</p></td><td><p>248 (21%)</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January 2021</strong></p></td><td><p>3116</p></td><td><p>458 (15%)</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February 2021</strong></p></td><td><p>1587</p></td><td><p>150 (9%)</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2021</strong></p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>16 (8%)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p>21752</p></td><td><p>6240 (29%)</p></td><td><p>1762</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The figures relate to concern investigations only and do not include investigations carried out in response to reports received under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR).</p><p> </p><p>Note: Figures were obtained from HSE’s live operational database on 12<sup>th</sup> March 2021 and are subject to change, e.g. as there can be a delay of up to ten working days before data is uploaded to the system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/03/2021 18:01:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1301968

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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: 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 complaints have been lodged with the Health and Safety Executive pertaining to employees being asked to return to a workplace during the third covid-19 national lockdown; and how that number compares with such complaints in the previous two national lockdowns.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	167240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>Data pertaining specifically to employees being asked to return to a workplace during the pandemic is not captured in the complaints (or ‘workplace concerns’) submitted to the Health and Safety Executive. Data captured for Covid related complaints pertains to social distancing, personal protective equipment (PPE), general complaints (where these are not social distancing or PPE related) and unknown complaints (where multiple issues are disclosed and the categories are too narrow to describe the complaint fully).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/03/2021 16:46:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1301976

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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 3 March to Question 158103 on the Kickstart Scheme, to publish a breakdown by (a) location and (a) sector of the 30,000 jobs linked to the scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	167248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>Figures for 11th March show that over 50,000 jobs had been made available for young people to apply to, including the almost 6,000 Kickstart jobs that young people had started at that time. Below are tables showing this information split by region. Sector data is based on information provided by the employer. An employer could provide jobs across multiple sectors.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system which has been developed quickly. The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of jobs made available for young people to apply to</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>3600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>4000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>9300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>6300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>5900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>4000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>4900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>4000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>These numbers are rounded to the nearest 100. Jobs made available for young people to apply to includes 1,000 non-grant funded jobs.</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of jobs made available for young people to apply to</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administration</p></td><td><p>12,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Animal Care</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beauty and Wellbeing</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business and Finance</p></td><td><p>2100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computing, Technology and Finance</p></td><td><p>4000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction and Trades</p></td><td><p>1900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Creative and Media</p></td><td><p>3800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delivery and Storage</p></td><td><p>1800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emergency and Uniform Services</p></td><td><p>less than 100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>1500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environment and Land</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Services</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare</p></td><td><p>2400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Services</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality and Food</p></td><td><p>2600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Law and Legal</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Managerial</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>1400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail and Sales</p></td><td><p>8000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Research</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Care</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sports and Leisure</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teaching and Education</p></td><td><p>2600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel and Tourism</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>These numbers are rounded to the nearest 100. Jobs made available for young people to apply to includes 1,000 non-grant funded jobs.</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2021 15:32:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1301972

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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	Events Industry: 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 discussions she has had with representatives of the live events sector on the Kickstart scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	167244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department for Work and Pensions are engaging with employers, representative bodies and organisations from all parts of the economy to ensure that there is a rich mix of jobs made available through the Kickstart Scheme. This includes discussions with the creative arts and media industries, encouraging them to participate in the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/03/2021 17:50:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1301973

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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 monitoring her Department is carrying out to ensure that approved jobs via the Kickstart scheme are made available and advertised.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	167245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>Once a Kickstart vacancy is approved, the job is uploaded on to Universal Credit system and is visible only to DWP staff. Young people who are eligible for the scheme are then matched and referred to the Kickstart jobs by their Work Coach who supports them in selecting and applying for these jobs, including giving them access to the vacancy information.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/03/2021 18:07:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1301975

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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 guidance her Department has published on advertising jobs via the Kickstarter scheme; and how long vacancies should be advertised for.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	167247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>Once an application to the Department of Work and Pensions’ Kickstart Scheme has been approved, along with their grant agreement, the gateway or employer receives the necessary documentation and guidance to create their job advert, that will be uploaded onto the Universal Credit system and made visible only to DWP staff. Young people are then matched and referred to the Kickstart jobs by their Work Coach who supports them in selecting and applying for these jobs - including giving them access to the vacancy information.</p><p> </p><p>The length of time a job is advertised is flexible to meet the employer’s needs, including how many referrals they would like and how long the vacancy will be live for. General information is available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/03/2021 16:49:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1301974

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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 3 March 2021 to Question 158103 on the Kickstart Scheme, if she will publish (a) a monthly breakdown of when the 140,000 jobs linked to the scheme were approved and (b) the timescale for those jobs being launched.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	167246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>There are over 150,000 approved Kickstart jobs, of which:</p><ul><li>43,000 jobs were approved between 04/02/2021 – 04/03/21;</li><li>54,000 jobs were approved between 04/01/2021 – 03/02/21.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The remaining 47,000 is from the start of Kickstart in September 2020 to 03/01/2021 and data is not available to break this down further.</p><p> </p><p>These jobs can be opened for application and started at any point up to the final jobs starting in December 2021.</p><p> </p><p>All figures are rounded to the nearest thousand jobs. Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system which has been developed quickly. The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 16:26:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders