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1243356

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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	Health and Safety Executive: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 99030 on Department for Work and Pensions: Private Finance Initiative, which Department has responsibility for New Merseyside Centre.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	103569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>When answering written Parliamentary Questions concerning the Department, we do not include information on Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) or Arms-Length bodies unless it is explicitly asked for in the question.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has responsibility for the two live Private Finance Initiatives (PFI); the Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton and Redgrave Court, Bootle formally known as the New Merseyside Centre.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 103568 question first answered 19/10/2020 16:11:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1242934

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Universal Credit
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 has commissioned research on the potential effect on the mental wellbeing of universal credit claimants of removing the work conditionality and sanctions regime.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	102897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>We have not commissioned research on the potential mental wellbeing of universal credit claimants of removing the conditionality and sanctions regime. We engage with all of our claimants at a personal and individual level and are committed to tailoring support for specific individual needs, including agreeing realistic and structured steps to encourage claimants into or towards the labour market. These requirements are regularly reviewed to ensure that they remain appropriate for every claimant. Sanctions are only ever applied where someone fails to comply with these requirements without a good reason.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p /> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/10/2020 12:10:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1243046

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
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 increase support for separated families who use the Child Maintenance Service during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	102874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been clear in its commitment to support both paying and receiving parents in this difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>To help reduce the short-term financial pressure that will be experienced by many paying parents, the time period for reconsidering a maintenance liability on the basis of a change in income was reduced from 12 weeks to 2 weeks and in response to a drop in income, the CMS had advised the paying parent to reduce their payments and then retrospectively amended the calculation for the period of low income.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure that receiving parents do not lose out in the long run, we are updating cases with notified changes. Where payments have been missed the Service is taking action to re-establish compliance and collect any unpaid amounts that may have accrued.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/10/2020 16:33:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1241152

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Opportunity Guarantee announced by the Prime Minister on 30 June 2020 remains Government policy.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	100438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s Plan for Jobs announcement in July outlined a comprehensive package of support for young people. As part of this, our new Youth Offer will provide a guaranteed foundation of support to all 18-24 year olds in the Intensive Worksearch group on Universal Credit. This includes our new 13-week Youth Employment Programme, the national expansion of the Youth Employability Coaches initiative and the Youth Hubs being rolled out nationally to help young people access wider support. These will be co-located and co-delivered with our network of external partners. Young people can be attached to a Youth Hub for up to 6 months to help them move either into work or onto appropriate training.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Kickstart Scheme was launched on 2 September 2020 and will create hundreds of thousands of high quality, 6-month work placements aimed at young people aged 16-24.</p><p> </p><p>We also continue to deliver our Mentoring Circles programme. This aims to increase the confidence, motivation and job search skills of the participants and will help them move closer to employment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 100439 question first answered 13/10/2020 16:13:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 53698 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1241153

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to roll out the Opportunity Guarantee announced by the Prime Minister on 30th June.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	100439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s Plan for Jobs announcement in July outlined a comprehensive package of support for young people. As part of this, our new Youth Offer will provide a guaranteed foundation of support to all 18-24 year olds in the Intensive Worksearch group on Universal Credit. This includes our new 13-week Youth Employment Programme, the national expansion of the Youth Employability Coaches initiative and the Youth Hubs being rolled out nationally to help young people access wider support. These will be co-located and co-delivered with our network of external partners. Young people can be attached to a Youth Hub for up to 6 months to help them move either into work or onto appropriate training.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Kickstart Scheme was launched on 2 September 2020 and will create hundreds of thousands of high quality, 6-month work placements aimed at young people aged 16-24.</p><p> </p><p>We also continue to deliver our Mentoring Circles programme. This aims to increase the confidence, motivation and job search skills of the participants and will help them move closer to employment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 100438 question first answered 13/10/2020 16:13:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1241154

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to ensure that the Government’s Opportunity Guarantee, announced by the Prime Minister on 30th June, reaches young people in the North West of England.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	100440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s Plan for Jobs announcement in July outlined a comprehensive package of support for young people. The Kickstart programme was launched on 2 September and our new Youth Offer will provide a guaranteed foundation of support for 18-24 year olds in the Intensive Work Search Regime of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>A key part of the Youth Offer will be the national introduction of Youth Hubs, which will be co-located and co-delivered with local partners. Two Youth Hubs are now open in the North West of England and (subject to local COVID-19 restrictions) we expect a further four to open by the end of October. We are also introducing two demonstrator Youth Hubs where we can test our approach and share good practice with other areas.</p><p> </p><p>We will build on the learning from these demonstrator sites with further expansion and additional Youth Hubs planned. In addition, all our Work Coaches – including those in the North West – will continue to signpost young people to the most appropriate local or national provision and ensure that no young person falls through the cracks.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/10/2020 14:07:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1241168

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Kickstart scheme will include childcare provision to ensure that young parents are able to participate in that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	100444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Kickstart scheme funding does not include covering the costs of childcare. Universal Credit allows for up to 85% of childcare costs to be claimed back, and young people with dependent children considering a Kickstart opportunity should speak with their Work Coach for further information.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/10/2020 16:21:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1241177

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2020 to Question 89694, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who received support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be able to have their eligibility for universal credit assessed promptly at the end of that scheme; and what assessment she has made of the effect of including those people's final CJRS payments in their eligibility assessment for universal credit on those people's financial security over Christmas 2020.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	100554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is a HMRC-led initiative providing a grant to help employers pay the wages of their employee. When the scheme ends, any employee who sees their income reduced may be eligible to apply for Universal Credit. The Department ensures all claimants are supported in both making and maintaining a claim. For those claimants who are particularly affected by any loss of income and need urgent support, new claims advances are available during the first assessment period to provide upfront support – meaning the claimant will receive their first year’s entitlement over 13 payments instead of 12. Where a payment from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is used to fund earnings, the earnings of the employee will be taken into account in the calculation of entitlement to Universal Credit in the usual way. The intention being that payments to employees should mirror the way equivalent income is treated in Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/10/2020 17:08:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1241179

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Industrial Accidents: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many investigations the Health and Safety Executive has carried out into fatal accidents in workplaces since 1 January 2010; and what the average time taken was to complete those investigations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	100341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has completed 1485 investigations into fatal accidents in workplaces since 1 January 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The average time taken in days to complete those investigations is given in the table 1.</p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Based on/Years</p></td><td><p><strong>2010 to 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 - 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010 to 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Incident Date to Closed Date</strong></p></td><td><p>654</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Records with Primacy* Date recorded until Closed Date</strong></p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Primacy is when the lead for investigating the incident passes to HSE from the police.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>The average completion time analysis is based on the difference in days between the incident/primacy date and the date that the investigation case was closed on its operational database rather than the date the investigation was concluded which is not recorded. The administrative practice of closing investigation cases has changed over the past 10 years and has not always been as soon as possible after the completion of the investigation. This explains the difference in the reduction in the time taken to complete an investigation as highlighted in Table 1 in addition to the operational improvements that have been made to reduce the time taken.</p><p> </p><p>The figures were extracted from HSE’s live operational database and provide the picture on the date of extraction i.e. 8 October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/10/2020 16:56:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1241222

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of full time equivalent staff were working in the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit team in January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	100391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>In January 2020, the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff working on the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) Team was 134 FTE.</p><p> </p><p>The number of FTE staff members that deal with asbestos related IIDB Claims as ‘Business as Usual’ is 23 FTE.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 100394 question first answered 16/10/2020 12:26:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery