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439078

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Access to Work scheme can fund, or help fund, the installation of a disabled toilet in a workplace.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL4624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Access to Work is able to help with adaptations to Premises and Equipment.</p><br /><p>In all cases where adaptations to premises are required, advisers will look to see what reasonable adjustment has first been made in accordance with employers obligations under the Equality Act.</p><p>Dependent on the size of the business, an employer contribution may also be sought.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/12/2015 16:09:58 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

438487

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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: Learning Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage the full-time employment of adults with special learning needs, and what assessment they have made of how successful those measures have been in 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL4583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Increasing disability employment is a key part of the government’s aim to achieve full employment. That is why this Government has an ambition to halve the disability employment gap by creating the opportunity for a million more disabled people to work.</p><br /><p>The Government has a variety of initiatives and programmes in place to support and encourage people with special learning needs to find and retain work. Performance statistics are published for a number of these.</p><br /><p>For example:</p><ul><li>Access to Work provides on-going personalised in-work support for disabled people who are in work or about to start work on a full or part-time basis. Access to Work has had a Hidden Impairments Specialist Advisory team since September. We are also considering whether the Mental Health Support Service model of support could benefit those with hidden impairments other than mental health conditions. Last year Access to Work supported record numbers of people with a Learning Disability or Dyslexia recorded as their Primary Health Condition (6,580 people supported – 520 more people than in 2013/14).</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The most recent Access to Work statistics are attached at Annex A.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Work Choice is a specialist disability employment programme which provides tailored support for disabled people who face the most complex employment barriers to find and stay in work. DWP has improved the referral process for Work Choice to ensure that information about candidates’ hidden impairments is shared with Work Choice providers. In 2014/15, 5,670 people with a Mild or Moderate to Severe Learning Disability recorded as their Primary Disability were referred to Work Choice. Since 2010, 19,410 people with a Mild or Moderate to Severe Learning Disability recorded as their Primary Disability have started Work Choice, of whom 8,600 have started work – giving a job outcome rate of around 44% for this group.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The most recent Work Choice statistics are attached at Annex B.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The Government’s Disability Confident campaign works with employers at a national and local level to help them to understand the benefits of employing disabled people, and promote good practice in recruitment and employment of disabled people, including people with special learning needs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>DWP also works in close partnership with the Hidden Impairment National Group (HING), a national network of disabled people, medical professionals/ academics and disability specific organisations. This collaboration has produced an ‘Uncovering Hidden Impairments’ toolkit, which supports organisations in both the private and public sectors to confidently recruit and retain talented individuals with hidden impairment conditions, such as special learning needs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Jobcentre Plus continues to offer a range of support, including a free helpline for claimants who have difficulty making claims for benefit online because of dyslexia or similar conditions. DWP is working in partnership with Autism Alliance UK to build an autism network across Jobcentre Plus by training nominated autism leads, including Work Coaches and DEAs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>We have worked with Community Service Volunteers to introduce the Job-Shadowing Work Placement Initiative for young disabled people, including those with special learning needs. The first tranche had a 65% participation rate for young people having autistic spectrum conditions</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A HL 4583.pdf title Access to Work 2 file name Annex B HL 4583.pdf title Work Choice question first answered 22/12/2015 16:56:39 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

438496

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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	Building Alterations: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of people being killed by buildings collapsing as a result of subterranean excavations carried out in order to increase accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL4592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>In the last 10 years, no people have been killed by buildings collapsing during subterranean excavation work to increase accommodation. Subterranean excavation to increase accommodation involves significant health and safety risks, including the potential for the collapse of both excavated ground and buildings. There have been two deaths caused by collapsing excavated ground during construction of subterranean accommodation. The Health and Safety Executive’s construction programme has initiatives aimed at improving standards in this type of construction work, including targeted inspection and enforcement campaigns.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/12/2015 15:46:25 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

437038

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Altmann on 4 December (HL3783) that the Personal Independence Payment assessment criteria were "designed in close collaboration with disabled people and disability groups", whether they will now take into account the responses to the consultation held separately between 24 June and 5 August 2013 on the moving around criteria.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL4504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p><strong>The full public consultation on the ‘Moving around’ activity of the mobility component closed on 5 August 2013. We received more than 1,100 responses. We carefully considered all the responses received, including the suggestions for alternative approaches. We published our response to the consultation on 21 October 2013.</strong></p><br /><p><strong>We believe the assessment criteria, including the 20 metres distance, are the best way of identifying those whose physical mobility is most limited, so we did not make any changes. However, we have strengthened the measures around the reliability criteria – we recognise these are a key protection for claimants.</strong></p><br /><p><strong>Our response to the consultation is annexed to this answer.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/12/2015 12:19:10 question first ministerially corrected 22/12/2015 14:16:11 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex HL 4504.pdf title Annex "Moving around activity" previous answer version 36662 answering member printed Baroness Altmann answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

437039

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have introduced a requirement for health professionals involved in the Personal Independence Payment assessment to confirm that they have referred to the reliability criteria when formulating their advice.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL4505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The guidance for health professionals undertaking assessments for Personal Independence Payment specifies that for a descriptor to be able to apply to a claimant, the claimant must be able to complete the activity reliably i.e. safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time period. For a report to be considered fully acceptable it must include confirmation that the health professional has fully considered these reliability criteria.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/12/2015 16:02:26 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

437040

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have revisited the Personal Independence Payment assessment moving around guidance on reliability to ensure that that guidance captures real-life situations and that the criteria are applied consistently and fairly.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL4506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The PIP Assessment Guide for Health Professionals carrying out assessments includes guidance on the assessment criteria and how they should be applied. The guide is regularly reviewed to ensure that the criteria is applied consistently and fairly.</p><br /><p>Chapter 3 – ‘The Assessment Criteria’ (page 73) explains how to apply the reliability criteria, including in the ‘Moving Around’ activity. We have also provided a worked example to further assist health professionals.</p><br /><p>The latest version of the guide is annexed to this answer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/12/2015 14:16:56 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex HL 4506.pdf title Annex "PIP Assessment Guide"
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

437055

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many single parents aged between 18 and 25 currently receive Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance; and of those, how many they estimate are care leavers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL4521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department collects information for those aged 18 to 24 and the latest information available at May 2015 shows that for this age group there were 121,950 lone parents receiving Income Support and 3,500 people, without an additional payment for a partner and with at least one dependent child, receiving Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA).</p><p>Please note that the figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</p><p>The information requested for those who are care leavers is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 23/12/2015 09:51:27 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

435723

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Christmas Bonus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost of distributing the £10 Christmas Bonus for pensioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Brabazon of Tara
uin	HL4298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Both Pensioners and working age people in receipt of certain benefits receive the Christmas Bonus. Christmas Bonus payments are usually automatically generated based on receipt of a qualifying benefit. The cost of doing this is not separately identifiable from the administrative costs of the qualifying benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/12/2015 11:52:18 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3493 label Biography information for Lord Brabazon of Tara

435724

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Christmas Bonus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the value, in current prices, of the £10 Christmas Bonus for pensioners when it was first introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Brabazon of Tara
uin	HL4299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text <p>The Christmas Bonus was introduced in 1972 and was £10. In current (October 2015) prices, the value of the 1972 Christmas Bonus was £115.41.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/12/2015 11:51:46 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3493 label Biography information for Lord Brabazon of Tara

435725

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Christmas Bonus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to change the £10 Christmas Bonus for pensioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Brabazon of Tara
uin	HL4300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text <p><strong>The Government has no plans to change the £10 Christmas Bonus.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/12/2015 11:52:28 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3493 label Biography information for Lord Brabazon of Tara