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723928

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Musculoskeletal Disorders: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Joint Health and Work Unit has had with NHS England and NHS Digital on the Government's mandate to NHS England for its 2017-18 commitment to identify opportunities for regular collection of data relating to musculoskeletal conditions.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	71801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>Improving Lives - the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper set out Government’s commitment to work with NHS England to identify opportunities for regular collection of data about incidence, prevalence, clinical activity and outcomes of musculoskeletal conditions and services in England. The Government’s Mandate to NHS England reiterated this commitment. This is part of wider work to consider ways to improve health and employment services for people with musculoskeletal conditions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/04/2017 16:26:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

723929

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made in fulfilling the recommendation of the Sayce report, published in June 2011, on disability employment support to transform the Access to Work scheme from the Government's best kept secret to a recognised passport to successful employment for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	71831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>We have promoted Access to Work via the Disability Confident scheme, and will continue to do so. Disability Confident gives employers the tools and information they need to think differently about disability and to take action to recruit, retain and develop disabled workers.</p><p> </p><p>After the election period we intend to undertake further marketing and promotion of the Access to Work programme. This includes working with stakeholders and partners and employer associations to raise awareness through communications to their customers and ensuring advisers who work with potential customers, including Jobcentre Plus, health professionals and advisory groups, have the information and tools to act as advocates.</p><p> </p><p>This includes work with organisations which support or have an interest in people with musculoskeletal conditions, such as the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, the British Association of Occupational Therapists, a number of Arthritis support organisations, health professionals, advisory groups and various employer associations.</p><p> </p><p>The standards set in the national Workplace Wellbeing Charter include many elements which support the reduction of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), such as increasing physical activity and weight reduction. However, there is no MSD specific standard.</p><p> </p><p>Local accreditation schemes, such as the Better Work Award, can enhance the national standards by adding a local MSD component if appropriate, based on local population needs.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, Public Health England, Business in the Community and The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance published a musculoskeletal toolkit for employers to address MSD issues at work. The toolkit builds on the existing best practice and considers the transferable learning between business sectors and businesses of different sizes. The toolkit has been downloaded over 1000 times since publication.</p><p> </p><p>In our November 2016 Green Paper, the Government set out further proposals to support individuals with musculoskeletal conditions to find or to stay in work. The subsequent consultation drew considerable input from sufferers of musculoskeletal conditions (including arthritic conditions) and their representative groups. The consultation closed on 17<sup>th</sup> February 2017 and we are now carefully considering the submissions we received as we develop our policy options.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 71804 question first answered 26/04/2017 16:06:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

723930

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Gordon dated 2 March 2017 on behalf of a constituent.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to your letter on behalf of your constituent Ms Kimberly Roy. A response has been issued to you today (26 April 17).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/04/2017 16:14:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

723931

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Access to Work Programme: Musculoskeletal Disorders
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 conclusion of 17 February 2017 of the Improving Lives disability employment consultation, what plans his Department has to increase awareness of the Access to Work scheme among people with musculoskeletal conditions; whether there are plans for Public Health England to publish a musculoskeletal component to the Workforce and Wellbeing Charter on best practice; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the views of people with arthritis will be reflected in future government policy.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	71804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>We have promoted Access to Work via the Disability Confident scheme, and will continue to do so. Disability Confident gives employers the tools and information they need to think differently about disability and to take action to recruit, retain and develop disabled workers.</p><p> </p><p>After the election period we intend to undertake further marketing and promotion of the Access to Work programme. This includes working with stakeholders and partners and employer associations to raise awareness through communications to their customers and ensuring advisers who work with potential customers, including Jobcentre Plus, health professionals and advisory groups, have the information and tools to act as advocates.</p><p> </p><p>This includes work with organisations which support or have an interest in people with musculoskeletal conditions, such as the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, the British Association of Occupational Therapists, a number of Arthritis support organisations, health professionals, advisory groups and various employer associations.</p><p> </p><p>The standards set in the national Workplace Wellbeing Charter include many elements which support the reduction of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), such as increasing physical activity and weight reduction. However, there is no MSD specific standard.</p><p> </p><p>Local accreditation schemes, such as the Better Work Award, can enhance the national standards by adding a local MSD component if appropriate, based on local population needs.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, Public Health England, Business in the Community and The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance published a musculoskeletal toolkit for employers to address MSD issues at work. The toolkit builds on the existing best practice and considers the transferable learning between business sectors and businesses of different sizes. The toolkit has been downloaded over 1000 times since publication.</p><p> </p><p>In our November 2016 Green Paper, the Government set out further proposals to support individuals with musculoskeletal conditions to find or to stay in work. The subsequent consultation drew considerable input from sufferers of musculoskeletal conditions (including arthritic conditions) and their representative groups. The consultation closed on 17<sup>th</sup> February 2017 and we are now carefully considering the submissions we received as we develop our policy options.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 71831 question first answered 26/04/2017 16:06:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

723932

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Work and Health Innovation Fund: Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Health and Work Innovation Fund his Department plans to allocate to interventions for people with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions; and what consideration his Department has given to launching a workplace-focussed information campaign on such conditions.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	71802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering responses to The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper Consultation to identify priority areas for investment that will help to build the evidence base. This includes consideration of approaches to improve support for people with musculoskeletal and other conditions, including the role that information campaigns might play.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/04/2017 16:18:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

723934

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people with musculoskeletal conditions making the transition between disability living allowance and personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	71773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Reassessment Outcomes split by Disability Category and Outcome can be found at;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/04/2017 16:01:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

722507

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the transition to personal independence payments does not have a disproportionate effect on people aged 50 and over living with HIV.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	71315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The PIP assessment is designed to treat all health conditions and impairments fairly. I can assure you that we have considered the needs of those with HIV in developing the assessment. We remain committed to providing support to disabled people and those with conditions such as HIV to better enable them to lead full and independent lives.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/04/2017 16:11:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

722571

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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	Carer's Allowance: West Bromwich East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in West Bromwich East constituency receive carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	71285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of individuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance by parliamentary constituency is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:37:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

720351

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Veterans: Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former service men and women were in receipt of personal independence payments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	70223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, in 2015/16 1000 former Servicemen and woman were receiving Armed Forces Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Information can be found in the following link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/603004/outturn-and-forecast-spring-budget-2017.ods" target="_blank">Outturn and forecast: Spring Budget 2017 (ODS)</a> Table 1c</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:40:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

720808

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications the board of the Health and Safety Executive received during its last intake.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Two recruitment exercises were undertaken for the board of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in 2015/16, to recruit a Chair and six Non-Executive Directors (NED). For the Chair post we received 26 applications and for the NED posts we received 213 applications.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:33:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett