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1713527

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Social Security Benefits: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of changes in the level of social security benefits on people living in unsuitable housing.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	23477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions spends around £30bn a year on housing support for renters in both the private and social rented sectors. Benefit rates and the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) are reviewed annually.</p><p>From April this year the Government is investing £1.2 billion increasing LHA rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This significant investment ensures 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit gain on average, nearly £800 in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25.</p><p>LHA provides a reasonable level of housing support towards rental costs in the private rented sector. LHA rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas.</p><p>The Department works closely with other government departments, stakeholders, jobcentres, and local authorities to understand the impact of its policies.</p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and need further support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion in DHP funding to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2024 15:27:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666529

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Offshore Industry: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on disruption to offshore helicopter transport services from (a) Aberdeen and (b) Sumburgh caused by Storm Babet.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The nature of helicopter travel to and from offshore installations is such that all duty holders have well established contingency plans that they activate when weather conditions require the suspension of scheduled flights. As the implementation of such contingency plans are a part of normal offshore operations the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions would have no need to specifically discuss this matter with the Secretary of State for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2023 08:24:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666530

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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	Offshore Industry: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the impact on Storm Babet on the (a) welfare and (b) contracted working hours of offshore oil and gas workers.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>All offshore installation duty holders have management arrangements in place for a) the welfare and b) the contracted working hours for offshore oil and gas workers, which account for the potential impact of weather events. The implementation of these management arrangements is a part of normal offshore operations, and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions would have no need to specifically discuss this matter with the Health and Safety Executive.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2023 08:27:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654814

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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	Offshore Fixed Structures: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) improvement and (b) prohibition notices were issued by Health and Safety Executive inspectors to operators of offshore oil and gas installations in each year since 2016-17; and how many of those notices were related to safety maintenance issues.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	195401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued the following enforcement notices since 2016 – 17:</p><p> </p><p>2016: 34 Improvement Notices of which 18 related to safety maintenance and 2 Prohibition Notices of which 1 related to safety maintenance</p><p> </p><p>2017: 41 Improvement Notices of which 20 related to safety maintenance and 6 Prohibition Notices of which 4 related to safety maintenance</p><p> </p><p>2018: 28 Improvement Notices of which 7 related to safety maintenance and 1Prohibition Notices of which 0 related to safety maintenance</p><p> </p><p>2019: 22 Improvement Notices of which 6 related to safety maintenance and 4 Prohibition Notices of which 1 related to safety maintenance</p><p> </p><p>2020: 21 Improvement Notices of which 12 related to safety maintenance and 2 Prohibition Notices of which 0 related to safety maintenance</p><p> </p><p>2021: 22 Improvement Notices of which 8 related to safety maintenance and 2 Prohibition Notices of which 0 related to safety maintenance</p><p> </p><p>2022: 30 Improvement Notices of which 6 related to safety maintenance and 0 Prohibition Notices</p><p> </p><p>2023: 13 Improvement Notices of which 2 related to safety maintenance and 0 Prohibition Notices</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/09/2023 12:15:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654815

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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	Offshore Fixed Structures: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many safety critical maintenance jobs on offshore oil and gas installations were deferred by operators in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	195402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not collect or hold data on the number of deferred safety critical maintenance jobs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 14:53:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654816

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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	Offshore Fixed Structures: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the role of contractor companies in the offshore oil and gas industry in the (a) safety case assessments and (b) the voluntary reporting scheme for safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	195403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Duty holders are responsible for preparing and submitting safety cases that are assessed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Duty holders are required to consult with those responsible for the conduct of the installation and with employers, including contractors, whose employees are engaged in the activities carried out on the installation. HSE assesses all elements of the case together rather than one element in isolation.</p><p>HSE does not collect or hold data on the role of contractor companies in the voluntary reporting scheme for safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 14:51:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654817

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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	Offshore Fixed Structures: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 he has taken to ensure that the voluntary reporting scheme for safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations is compliant with the provisions covering risk assessments in Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	195404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) pro-active intervention programme includes the inspection of duty holders’ arrangements for risk assessment of deferred safety-critical maintenance work to ensure they are compliant with the requirements of Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. The information voluntarily reported to Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) by its members is used by HSE to inform its intervention programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 14:49:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654818

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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	Offshore Industry: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many safety case assessments the Health and Safety Executive has received from duty holders in the offshore oil and gas sector since 2018-19 .
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	195405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>From 2019 to 2023 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) received 304 safety cases from duty holders in the oil and gas sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 16:23:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654819

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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	Offshore Industry: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the rate of compliance by operators in the offshore oil and gas industry with the requirements of the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	195406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not collect data on the rate of compliance. HSE has a pro-active intervention programme for assessing duty holders’ compliance with the requirements of the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015. It is an on-going requirement for duty holders to comply with the safety cases for each of their installations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 15:51:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654820

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	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	Offshore Industry: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to duty holders in the North Sea oil and gas industry are their legal obligations to train (a) staff and (b) contractors to comply with the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	195407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes the “Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc) Regulations 2015 (SCR 2015) – Guidance on Regulations” which is available from its website <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/safetycases.htm" target="_blank">HSE Offshore: Safety cases</a> .</p><p>Guidance on training is also provided in HSE’s publications “<em>A guide to the Offshore Installations and Pipelines Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995</em>” (“MAR”) <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l70.htm" target="_blank">A guide to the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works Regulations 1995 (Second edition) - L70 (hse.gov.uk)</a> and “<em>Prevention of fire explosion, and emergency response on offshore installations</em>” Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 (“PFEER”) <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l65.pdf" target="_blank">PFEER</a> .</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 15:55:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham