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registered interest
date	21/06/2022
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: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to support young people with autism into work.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	22428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Employment support is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to supporting young people with learning disabilities and/or autism move closer to the labour market or into work, and we have a number of initiatives to support people with Autism through Jobcentres across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP Youth Offer provides intensive support through the Youth Employment Programme, Youth Employability Coaches for young people with additional barriers to work, and Youth hubs. Our Work Coaches and Youth Employability Coaches are supported by Disability Employment Advisers (DEAs) who offer advice and expertise on how best to help disabled people into work.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has been working with the National Autistic Society to design and develop a service delivery framework for people with Autism. The service delivery framework aims to transform the service available to jobseekers on the autism spectrum. This trial is now complete with all 15 sites having passed their accreditation test. We are considering how best to take the Jobcentre Plus Autism Accreditation forward.</p><p> </p><p>For those learning disabled and autistic people who do find themselves excluded from the workplace, starting this Autumn, DWP will invest £7.2 million in Local Supported Employment services, working with around 20 Local Authorities to enable more social care users with a learning disability and autistic social care users to access the support needed to help them get into work and remain in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Young people with Autism can access further employment support through Jobcentres including priority access to the Work and Health Programme in England and Wales, for people with health conditions, and Intensive Personalised Employment Support provision across the UK, which provides highly personalised packages of employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions who require specialist support to achieve sustained employment. Access to Work is also available, which is a demand-led discretionary grant scheme that provides funding for the extra disability-related costs people have when starting work or maintaining employment.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Supported Internships are aimed at young people with a learning disability or autism who have an Education, Health, and Care (EHC) plan. Supported internships usually last for 12 months and provide support from a specialist job coach. Whilst the Department for Education lead on this in England, the Department for Work and Pensions provides support through Access to Work where needed.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/06/2022 14:24:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1440728

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Biocidal Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Government department or agency is responsible for overseeing the correct use of biocides in (a) all settings and (b) hospital settings.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	139360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>There is a robust and well-established regulatory framework in place in Great Britain to protect workers from health risks associated with exposure to all hazardous substances (including biocides) in the workplace through the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002, which are owned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p> </p><p>The COSHH Regulations 2002 (as amended) apply to all work-related use of biocides including in hospitals and all other health and social care settings.</p><p> </p><p>The use of biocides in Great Britain in all settings, including hospitals and other areas of social care, is regulated mainly by HSE. Local Authorities regulate their use in residential care homes.</p><p> </p><p>HSE provides guidance on who regulates health and safety legislation at a particular workplace on its webpages ‘<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/authority.htm" target="_blank">Is HSE the correct enforcing authority for you?</a>’. Guidance is also provided on HSE’s <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/using.htm" target="_blank">website</a> for users who are expected to have received appropriate information, instruction and training in the use of biocides.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive North Ireland (HSENI) is responsible for regulating the use of biocides in Northern Ireland under the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and can provide more detail, including how the Northern Ireland Protocol may affect their regulatory framework.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2022 16:52:31 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1254836

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paracetamol: Overdoses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died due to an overdose of paracetamol in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 02/12/2020 17:09:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ120048.pdf title UKSA response PQ120048
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1243316

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Birth Rate
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 the birth rate was in each month since January 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	103516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 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 21/10/2020 16:10:10 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ103516.pdf title UKSA response PQ103516
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1220533

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Loneliness: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Minister has responsibility for rural social isolation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	68704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government’s work on loneliness is coordinated by DCMS and led by Baroness Barron. Lord Gardiner, as Rural Affairs Minister, works closely with her to make sure the needs of those living in isolated rural communities are properly considered and taken into account.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/07/2020 17:40:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1188178

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chickenpox: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died as a result of chickenpox in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	37651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 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 27/04/2020 13:06:19 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ37651.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon