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1461139

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs will be affected by the closure of the Department for Work and Pensions office in Seaham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2022 answer text <p>As of March 2022, 345 colleagues located in Seaham Lighthouse View are being asked to relocate, with their role, to Sunderland Wearview House. Each colleague will have a discussion with their line manager to assess the impact of the move on them and determine if they are able to relocate. The Department’s priority will be retain, retrain and redeploy colleagues either within DWP, or within other Government Departments in the area. As a responsible employer, we will make provision for redundancies if it is necessary, however this will be a very last resort after all efforts to redeploy have been exhausted.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 178 question first answered 13/05/2022 10:16:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1461140

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether compulsory redundancies will result from the closure of the Department for Work and Pensions office in Seaham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2022 answer text <p>As of March 2022, 345 colleagues located in Seaham Lighthouse View are being asked to relocate, with their role, to Sunderland Wearview House. Each colleague will have a discussion with their line manager to assess the impact of the move on them and determine if they are able to relocate. The Department’s priority will be retain, retrain and redeploy colleagues either within DWP, or within other Government Departments in the area. As a responsible employer, we will make provision for redundancies if it is necessary, however this will be a very last resort after all efforts to redeploy have been exhausted.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 177 question first answered 13/05/2022 10:16:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1461141

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department For Work and Pensions: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her Department’s (a) equality impact assessment and (b) socio-economic impact assessment of the closure of the Department for Work and Pensions office in Seaham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>An overarching Equality Assessment has been completed which considers the impact on colleagues. This has been made available in the House Library. Individual site Assessments have also been prepared. The planning of an office closure includes consideration of factors including the ‘Index of Multiple Deprivation’ for each location, which considers many factors, including:</p><p>· Income Deprivation</p><p>· Employment Deprivation</p><p>· Education, Skills and Training Deprivation</p><p>· Health Deprivation and Disability</p><p>· Crime</p><p>· Barriers to Housing and Services</p><p>· Living Environment Deprivation</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2022 12:09:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1461142

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date her Department expects the Department for Work and Pensions office in Seaham to close.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2022 answer text <p>On current plans, the Department expects to exit Seaham by September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2022 10:23:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1461143

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department For Work and Pensions: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional travel support will be provided to civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions office in Seaham who have been identified for consolidation.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Should the move mean additional travel costs, colleagues may qualify for an Excess Fares payment to cover those costs. These costs will be paid for up to three years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2022 12:12:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1461144

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department For Work and Pensions: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the profile is of the civil servants affected by the closure of the Department for Work and Pensions office in Seaham by (a) age, (b) race, (c) gender and (d) disability.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The following depicts the profile of colleagues based at Seaham Lighthouse View</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Age </strong>– 3.4% aged 16-24, 14% aged 25-34, 19.4% aged 35-44, 28.2% aged 45-54, 31.6% aged 55-64, 3.4% aged 65+.</p><p><strong>Race – </strong>1.1% of colleagues are of an ethnic minority</p><p><strong>Gender </strong>– 26.5% male, 73.5% female</p><p><strong>Disability </strong>– 14.2% of colleagues have declared a disability</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2022 12:14:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1461145

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on hybrid working among affected civil servants of the consolidation of the Department for Work and Pensions office in Seaham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2022 answer text <p><strong></strong>The adoption of hybrid working practices has been carefully and fully considered. The introduction of hybrid working arrangements by the Department for back of house functions means that staff will only need to work on average 40% of their working week in the new location.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/05/2022 10:22:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1461172

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Washington
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 she has made of the number of jobs that will be affected by the closure of the Durham House site in Washington.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The changes the Department is making to estates will both improve the working environment for staff, become greener by becoming smaller, helping meet the Government’s carbon reduction target, and provide value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As of March 2022, 905 colleagues located in Washington Durham House are being asked to relocate, with their role, to Sunderland Wearview House. Each colleague will have a discussion with their line manager to assess the impact of the move on them and if they are able to relocate. The Department’s priority will be to retain, retrain and redeploy colleagues either within DWP, or within other Government Departments in the area. As a responsible employer, we will make provision for redundancies if it is necessary. However, this will be a very last resort after all efforts to redeploy have been exhausted.</p><p> </p><p>An overarching Equality Assessment has been completed which considers the impact on colleagues. This has been made available in the House Library. Individual site Assessments have also been prepared. The planning of an office closure includes consideration of factors including the ‘Index of Multiple Deprivation’ for each location, which considers many factors, including:</p><ul><li>Income Deprivation</li><li>Employment Deprivation</li><li>Education, Skills and Training Deprivation</li><li>Health Deprivation and Disability</li><li>Crime</li><li>Barriers to Housing and Services</li><li>Living Environment Deprivation</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department currently expects to exit Washington Durham House by November 2022. Should redeployment mean additional travel costs, colleagues may qualify for an Excess Fares payment to cover those costs. These costs would be paid for up to three years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 105 106 107 108 question first answered 18/05/2022 12:28:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1461173

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Washington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether compulsory redundancies will result from the closure of the Durham House site in Washington.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The changes the Department is making to estates will both improve the working environment for staff, become greener by becoming smaller, helping meet the Government’s carbon reduction target, and provide value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As of March 2022, 905 colleagues located in Washington Durham House are being asked to relocate, with their role, to Sunderland Wearview House. Each colleague will have a discussion with their line manager to assess the impact of the move on them and if they are able to relocate. The Department’s priority will be to retain, retrain and redeploy colleagues either within DWP, or within other Government Departments in the area. As a responsible employer, we will make provision for redundancies if it is necessary. However, this will be a very last resort after all efforts to redeploy have been exhausted.</p><p> </p><p>An overarching Equality Assessment has been completed which considers the impact on colleagues. This has been made available in the House Library. Individual site Assessments have also been prepared. The planning of an office closure includes consideration of factors including the ‘Index of Multiple Deprivation’ for each location, which considers many factors, including:</p><ul><li>Income Deprivation</li><li>Employment Deprivation</li><li>Education, Skills and Training Deprivation</li><li>Health Deprivation and Disability</li><li>Crime</li><li>Barriers to Housing and Services</li><li>Living Environment Deprivation</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department currently expects to exit Washington Durham House by November 2022. Should redeployment mean additional travel costs, colleagues may qualify for an Excess Fares payment to cover those costs. These costs would be paid for up to three years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 104 106 107 108 question first answered 18/05/2022 12:28:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1461174

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Washington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish his Department’s (a) equality impact and (b) socio-economic impact assessment of the closure of the Durham House site in Washington.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The changes the Department is making to estates will both improve the working environment for staff, become greener by becoming smaller, helping meet the Government’s carbon reduction target, and provide value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As of March 2022, 905 colleagues located in Washington Durham House are being asked to relocate, with their role, to Sunderland Wearview House. Each colleague will have a discussion with their line manager to assess the impact of the move on them and if they are able to relocate. The Department’s priority will be to retain, retrain and redeploy colleagues either within DWP, or within other Government Departments in the area. As a responsible employer, we will make provision for redundancies if it is necessary. However, this will be a very last resort after all efforts to redeploy have been exhausted.</p><p> </p><p>An overarching Equality Assessment has been completed which considers the impact on colleagues. This has been made available in the House Library. Individual site Assessments have also been prepared. The planning of an office closure includes consideration of factors including the ‘Index of Multiple Deprivation’ for each location, which considers many factors, including:</p><ul><li>Income Deprivation</li><li>Employment Deprivation</li><li>Education, Skills and Training Deprivation</li><li>Health Deprivation and Disability</li><li>Crime</li><li>Barriers to Housing and Services</li><li>Living Environment Deprivation</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department currently expects to exit Washington Durham House by November 2022. Should redeployment mean additional travel costs, colleagues may qualify for an Excess Fares payment to cover those costs. These costs would be paid for up to three years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 104 105 107 108 question first answered 18/05/2022 12:28:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson