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1403301

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
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 and Support Allowance: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Newcastle Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	105511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> January to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-14/104377" target="_blank">104377</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 105408 105430 105431 105447 105448 105449 105450 105475 105488 105491 105492 105494 105495 105504 105505 105509 105533 105545 105599 105613 105668 105677 105690 105695 105701 105713 105754 question first answered 20/01/2022 11:12:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1379581

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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 Schemes: Disability
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 Second Report of Session 2021–22, Disability employment gap, published on 30 July 2021, if she will accept the conclusions and recommendations of that Committee that (a) her Department carry out a radical overhaul of its approach to employment support for disabled people and (b) funding for the Work and Health Programme be devolved.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	76676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government sent our response to the committee on 5 November 2021, who subsequently published the response on 22 November 2021.</p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/7913/documents/81987/default/" target="_blank">Disability employment gap: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2021–22 (parliament.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/11/2021 13:34:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 33910 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1379583

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help increase the representation of disabled people in the workforce.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	76678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The National Disability Strategy, the Health and Disability Support Green Paper and the Health is Everyone’s Business response, published in July this year, together demonstrate this Government’s commitment to supporting disabled people and those with long-term health conditions to live full and independent lives, including through employment. In 2017, we set a goal to see one million more disabled people in work by 2027. In the first four years since setting that goal, the number of disabled people in employment has increased by 850,000.</p><p> </p><p>A range of DWP initiatives are currently supporting disabled people to start, stay and succeed in work. These include the Work and Health Programme, the Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) programme, Access to Work, Disability Confident and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/11/2021 14:45:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1361326

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
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	Equal Pay: Disability
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 she has taken to tackle the disability pay gap.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	58845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The National Disability Strategy, the Health and Disability Support Green Paper and the Health is Everyone’s Business response together reflect this Government’s commitment to supporting disabled people and those with long-term health conditions to live full and independent lives, including through employment and in work progression. A range of DWP initiatives are currently supporting disabled people to start, stay and succeed in work. These include the Work and Health Programme, the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, Access to Work, Disability Confident and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/10/2021 16:41:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1302675

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Digital and Culture of 9 March 2021, Official Report, column 116WH, what role the Electoral Commission will have in tackling electoral disinformation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	168914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The role of the Electoral Commission is to ensure that elections and referendums are run effectively and in accordance with the law, to register political parties, and to regulate donations and loans to political parties and other campaigners and their spending. The Commission has recently launched a public awareness campaign about online political advertising.</p><p>The Government is committed to introducing a digital imprints regime. It will inform voters about the source of digital campaign material. The Electoral Commission will play a central role in ensuring compliance with the regime. This will be a big step forward in making UK politics more transparent and will empower voters to make informed decisions.</p><p>Tackling disinformation in all its forms remains a key priority for the Government. As set out in the Full Government Response, the Online Safety Bill will introduce a duty of care requiring companies to address harms on their online platforms, such as misinformation and disinformation. The new laws will have robust and proportionate measures to deal with misinformation and disinformation that could cause significant physical or psychological harm to an individual. Ofcom will be the independent online harms regulator and the Bill will give Ofcom the tools it needs to understand how effectively disinformation is being addressed so that it can take action as required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/03/2021 17:16:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1271184

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a quarterly report on gross domestic wellbeing as proposed by the CarnegieUK Trust in its 2020 report entitled Gross Domestic Wellbeing (GDWe): an alternative measure of social progress.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	130064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/12/2020 15:20:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ130064.pdf title Letter from the UKSA
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1238197

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Scientific Advisers: Shares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued on the ownership of shares by the Chief Scientific and Chief Medical Officers and others advising Government on science policy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	96061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, the Civil Service Code and the Civil Service Management Code sets out relevant conduct standards.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 14/10/2020 15:11:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1193655

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit and Coronavirus: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on Facebook adverts on (a) the UK leaving the EU and (b) covid-19 in the latest 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	43905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=33512" target="_blank">33512</a> on 21 April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/05/2020 16:33:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1190586

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Telecommunications: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many EU workers are employed in the telecommunications sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	40826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 30/04/2020 12:19:14 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ40826.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1184567

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Internet: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2020 to Question 1979, how much funding from the public purse has been provided to initiatives such as Don’t Feed The Beat that seek to reduce misinformation online in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	28617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>This Government has invested £1.68m in communications initiatives to counter disinformation since March 2018. These initiatives include the RESIST toolkit which helps public organisations respond to disinformation campaigns, and the 'Don’t Feed the Beast' behaviour change campaign to educate and empower those who see, inadvertently share and are affected by false and misleading information.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/05/2020 11:42:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah