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1338611

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
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	Kickstart Scheme and Restart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for the (a) Kickstart and (b) Restart schemes to include people claiming Employment and Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	19698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to extend the eligibility criteria of the Kickstart Scheme or the Restart Scheme beyond Universal Credit claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled people, including those on Employment Support Allowance, who require more intensive employment support would also have access to both the Work and Health Programme (WHP) and Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) and can volunteer for this support at any time irrespective of benefit claimed or no benefit. The WHP predominantly helps people with a wide range of disabilities and health conditions to enter into and stay in work, and is suited to those who expect to find work within 12 months. IPES is an intensive, highly personalised voluntary support package that is flexible to participants’ needs. It supports disabled people with complex barriers to work who are more than 12 months from the labour market without the benefit of IPES support.</p><p> </p><p>The department will be monitoring the characteristics of people who participate in employment programmes, including which benefit conditionality group they are from. We will be evaluating the Kickstart Scheme and Restart Scheme to explore the delivery and outcomes from the programmes. This will include capturing the experiences of a range of participants, including disabled participants.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit claimants are supported by a Work Coach who will seek to recommend and refer to the most appropriate provision for the individual.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 19700 19701 question first answered 24/06/2021 16:41:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1338612

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of employment support available to people who (a) claim Employment and Support Allowance and (b) want to move into employment.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	19699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made. We have recently restarted our employment support for people claiming ESA following a pause due to Covid-19. We adopt a personalised approach for every claimant, supporting them to undertake tailored activities designed to move them towards and into employment, if and when they are able.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2021 15:03:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1338613

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
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	Restart Scheme: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to record the number of disabled people who participate in the Restart scheme.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	19700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to extend the eligibility criteria of the Kickstart Scheme or the Restart Scheme beyond Universal Credit claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled people, including those on Employment Support Allowance, who require more intensive employment support would also have access to both the Work and Health Programme (WHP) and Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) and can volunteer for this support at any time irrespective of benefit claimed or no benefit. The WHP predominantly helps people with a wide range of disabilities and health conditions to enter into and stay in work, and is suited to those who expect to find work within 12 months. IPES is an intensive, highly personalised voluntary support package that is flexible to participants’ needs. It supports disabled people with complex barriers to work who are more than 12 months from the labour market without the benefit of IPES support.</p><p> </p><p>The department will be monitoring the characteristics of people who participate in employment programmes, including which benefit conditionality group they are from. We will be evaluating the Kickstart Scheme and Restart Scheme to explore the delivery and outcomes from the programmes. This will include capturing the experiences of a range of participants, including disabled participants.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit claimants are supported by a Work Coach who will seek to recommend and refer to the most appropriate provision for the individual.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 19698 19701 question first answered 24/06/2021 16:41:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1338615

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
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	Restart Scheme: 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 her Department is taking to promote the Restart scheme to disabled people.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	19701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to extend the eligibility criteria of the Kickstart Scheme or the Restart Scheme beyond Universal Credit claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled people, including those on Employment Support Allowance, who require more intensive employment support would also have access to both the Work and Health Programme (WHP) and Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) and can volunteer for this support at any time irrespective of benefit claimed or no benefit. The WHP predominantly helps people with a wide range of disabilities and health conditions to enter into and stay in work, and is suited to those who expect to find work within 12 months. IPES is an intensive, highly personalised voluntary support package that is flexible to participants’ needs. It supports disabled people with complex barriers to work who are more than 12 months from the labour market without the benefit of IPES support.</p><p> </p><p>The department will be monitoring the characteristics of people who participate in employment programmes, including which benefit conditionality group they are from. We will be evaluating the Kickstart Scheme and Restart Scheme to explore the delivery and outcomes from the programmes. This will include capturing the experiences of a range of participants, including disabled participants.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit claimants are supported by a Work Coach who will seek to recommend and refer to the most appropriate provision for the individual.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 19698 19700 question first answered 24/06/2021 16:41:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1337788

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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: Visual Impairment
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 the scholarship programme for universal credit claimants announced on 26 May 2021 in partnership with Google, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the (a) courses, (b) application process and (c) communications for that programme are accessible to blind and partially sighted people.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	17731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Google has partnered with DWP to offer free flexible online IT training for 9,000 jobseekers across the UK, developed by Google. Through the DWP National Employer and Partnership Team (NEPT), jobseekers will have access to Google IT Certificates which focuses on IT Support, Data Analyst, Project Manager and UX Designer ensuring that the labour market of tomorrow stands a better chance of getting that job. These certificates are recognised by industry experts and employers.</p><p>All of the course content and registration form is hosted on the Coursera platform. Coursera is committed to ensuring that learners with visual and hearing impairments, as well as other disabilities, are able to succeed in their courses. Coursera strives to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (“WCAG”) 2.1 AA published by World Wide Web Consortium. All of the course content should be compatible with these screen readers:</p><ul><li>JAWS (Windows)</li><li>NVDA (Windows)</li><li>VoiceOver (iOS and Mac)</li><li>TalkBack (Android)</li></ul><p>DWP work coaches have access to communications about the programme which they can tailor depending on each customers circumstances. Where customers need additional support, their work coach can explain the courses to them and are able to complete the registration on their behalf. In addition, Coursera support DWP work coach queries through a dedicated email address and 24/7 support to participants through email, online discussion forums, live chat and accessibility support tickets.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/06/2021 16:33:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1337905

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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	Health and Safety: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has identified hotspots of the Delta variant of covid-19; and whether the number of (a) health and safety workplace inspections undertaken by and (b) enforcement actions issued by the HSE has increased in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	17747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is not responsible for identifying variant hotspots, however they closely monitor the information provided by public health authorities.</p><p>Through the Spot Check Programme, HSE has supported the enhanced response in surge and variant testing areas (including the Delta variant). They have increased checks across multiple areas to continue raising awareness of the needs for businesses to operate in a COVID-secure way, checked the measures implemented and, when requested, have assisted public health bodies in responding to workplace outbreaks. More than 5,400 additional checks have been completed since 24<sup>th</sup> May 2021 as part of this response. Where there are matters of concern, the dutyholder is referred for intervention by an inspector.</p><p>HSE’s evidence is that the vast majority of dutyholders are complying with the government guidance and there has been no change in HSE’s enforcement profile. Where contraventions are identified, the approach taken by inspectors to enforcement decisions is consistent across all areas of GB.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/06/2021 16:41:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1337907

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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	Health and Safety: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to reclassify covid-19 as a serious workplace risk in response to the Delta variant of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	17748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) takes Covid-19 safety at work very seriously and is playing a critical role in the national response to the pandemic. HSE has recently carried out a review of the classification of Covid-19 within its Enforcement Management Model (EMM) and has no plans to undertake a further review at this time.</p><p>On 16 June 2021, HSE placed on its website the most recent review of HSE’s proportionality of enforcement decision making in the pandemic and how EMM supports this - <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/regulating-health-and-safety/enforcement-coronavirus.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/regulating-health-and-safety/enforcement-coronavirus.htm</a>.</p><p>The review included consideration of the effect on the working age population of new variants, known to be circulating at the time, to determine if there is any evidence to support the new variants posing a greater risk to this age group. Fully quantifying or isolating the effect of variants on overall infection or mortality rates is complex, due to confounding factors. Infection and mortality rates have fluctuated over the course of the pandemic and continue to do so, due to a number of factors including the degree of societal restrictions, changes in people’s working and social practices, seasonal variations in terms of vulnerability to viruses and most recently the roll-out of the vaccination programme.</p><p>HSE will continue to monitor the potential impact of new variants alongside the effectiveness of the vaccination programme, workplace transmission and health outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/06/2021 16:44:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1337928

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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	Unemployment: 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 recent estimate she has made of trends in the level of youth unemployment in each region across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	17734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The most reliable data on youth unemployment in each region / nation of the UK is drawn from the Annual Population Survey. This is publicly available from the nomis website, at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/aps170" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/aps170</a></p><p> </p><p>The ONS also produce experimental statistics on ‘Regional labour market: Estimates of unemployment by age’, which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/regionalunemploymentbyagex02" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/regionalunemploymentbyagex02</a></p><p>This latter source is less reliable, as it is based on the Labour Force Survey which has a smaller sample size. However, its results are more timely.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/06/2021 13:09:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1337931

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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	Labour Market: Devolved Matters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with political leaders in devolved administrations in regions across the UK on improving labour market outcomes in their areas.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	17735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department is supporting people across Great Britain who are most in need wherever they live. The Secretary of State, Ministers and Officials meet regularly with stakeholders to discuss a range of policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Department engages regularly with local leaders, including the Mayoral Combined Authorities established in England, centrally and through the Work and Health Service network which has a strong operational presence in all regions. Policy and operational teams in DWP value local leaders’ insight and knowledge of their local labour markets. Local engagement has played an important role in our collaborative response to the pandemic and to support our economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Policy teams frequently engage on a range of labour market initiatives, for example, on the Plan for Jobs. We have actively promoted the Kickstart Scheme and my officials have worked with local leaders to ensure the scheme can help as many young people as possible. Engagement with local leaders has also played a key part in the appointment of providers for the Restart employment scheme, which will start receiving referrals from 12<sup>th</sup> July. The Government will continue to engage local leaders as we develop the UKSPF’s investment framework and in advance of its publication.</p><p> </p><p>Officials continue to keep their Scottish and Welsh Government counterparts updated on key labour market developments. DWP does not operate in Northern Ireland, but my Department has regular and frequent discussions with the Department for Communities on both policy and operational matters.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/06/2021 16:37:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1337267

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	Redundancy: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to support people who have been made redundant as a result of the covid-19 outbreak to (a) access training and skills support and (b) secure suitable alternative employment in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii) Coventry, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	16863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions through the Rapid Response Service (RRS) gives support and advice to employers and their employees when faced with redundancy. On receipt of the advance notification of redundancies form (HR1) from the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service, DWP’s National Rapid Response Team or the local Rapid Response Team will make contact with the Employer to offer tailored support.</p><p> </p><p>The range of support available from Jobcentre Plus and partners may include:</p><p> </p><p>· Connecting people to jobs in the labour market.</p><p>· Help with job search including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to</p><p>apply for them.</p><p>· Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour market)</p><p>· What benefits they may get and how to claim</p><p> </p><p>This service is co-ordinated nationally by the National Employer and Partnership Team (NEPT) and is managed by Jobcentre Plus. Delivery partners include The National Careers Service, local training providers, Money Advice Service and the skills bodies in England.</p><p> </p><p>In Coventry, the local Jobcentre Redundancy Support Team works closely with Coventry City Council, Coventry Jobshop, National Careers Service, Money Advice Service and SERCO to deliver tailor made local redundancy support. The Coventry Jobshop is an organisation within the Coventry City Council, who support Coventry residents looking for support on a range of things, from budgeting advice, welfare rights and job matching for employers and candidates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/06/2021 14:44:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher