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1083626

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans in receipt of a war pension are claiming employment support allowance as part of their universal credit claim.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	229663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>New claims to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) have now stopped, however claimants can receive the ESA component of Universal Credit (UC). Claimants may also be entitled to New Style ESA which can be claimed alongside Universal Credit if the claimant has paid or been credited with sufficient National Insurance contributions, satisfying the New Style ESA eligibility conditions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:30:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

1083628

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans in receipt of (a) an armed forces compensation scheme guaranteed income payment and (b) the war pension scheme unemployability supplement have undertaken a work capability assessment to prove their entitlement to the housing element of universal credit in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	229664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Work Capability Assessment is not a condition of entitlement to housing costs within Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:43:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

1082650

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home consultations were (a) requested, (b) granted and (c) refused for work capability assessments for universal credit claimants in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	229234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Information is not held on the number of home Work Capability Assessments (a) requested or (c) refused for Universal Credit claimants in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>However, I can confirm that over 1,000 home Work Capability Assessments for Universal Credit claimants were (b) granted in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:35:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 106861 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1082119

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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: Dyslexia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to encourage businesses to offer meaningful employment to people with dyslexia.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	228674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Improving employment opportunities for people with learning difficulties, including those with dyslexia, is a Government priority.</p><p> </p><p>When employers sign up to our Disability Confident scheme they are asked to make specific meaningful offers of opportunities for disabled people, such as jobs, apprenticeships, internships, and work experience opportunities. Disability Confident employers who use the Find a Job service to advertise jobs can now add a searchable Disability Confident tag to their vacancies. This allows disabled people to find Disability Confident employers who are offering jobs that match their skills. Over 10,500 employers have signed up to Disability Confident, and their number continues to grow.</p><p> </p><p>Where people with dyslexia require additional support at work above the level of reasonable adjustments, the Access to Work scheme can help. In 2018, 3,440 people whose primary medical condition was recorded as dyslexia had an Access to Work award approved.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/03/2019 15:30:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1082166

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many medical assessments for personal independence payment have been held in private gyms and spas in (a) County Durham, (b) North East of England and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	228699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the number of assessments for Personal Independence Payment held in private gyms and spas is only held for the last two years, not the three that has been requested.</p><p> </p><p>For the last two years for which data is available; covering March 2017 to February 2019, the total number of assessments held in private gyms and spas in (a) County Durham, (b) North East of England and (c) the UK is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>March 2017 - Feb 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2018 - Feb 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) County Durham</p></td><td><p>6000</p></td><td><p>5300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) NE England</p></td><td><p>6000</p></td><td><p>5300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) UK</p></td><td><p>8800</p></td><td><p>7200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These numbers have been supplied direct from the provider and have been rounded to the nearest 100. The answers to (a) and (b) are the same as all assessments carried out in private gyms and spas in the North East of England are carried out in County Durham.</p><p> </p><p>Capita do not carry out PIP assessments at private gyms or spa locations; the numbers included in this response are from Independent Assessment Services (IAS).</p><p> </p><p>IAS uses its network of supply chain partners and their estates to help in the delivery of PIP consultations. All locations comply with the required contractual specifications and all of the sites used by IAS have been selected to ensure that they meet the standards set by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:55:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 106863 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1082299

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Occupational Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to require employers to contract occupational health services; and what assessment she has made of the potential costs to business of implementing such a requirement.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	228633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants to see employers of all sizes create healthy workplaces where people can thrive and will consult this year on measures to encourage and support all employers to play their part and to improve access to occupational health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/03/2019 14:50:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082300

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Occupational Health
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 quality of (a) occupational health services and (b) SEQOHS accreditation scheme in measuring the effectiveness of those services in delivering successful returns to work.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	228634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment that would specifically address this question.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the Government’s 2017 Command Paper ‘Improving Lives; the future of work, health and disability’ we have commissioned research to better understand occupational health provision. Findings are due to be published in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including through our Occupational Health Expert Group, to shape measures to improve access to high quality occupational health. We will set out our proposals in a consultation exercise in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 228635 question first answered 13/03/2019 16:05:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082301

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Occupational Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average cost to an employer of contracting a physician-led occupational health service.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	228635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment that would specifically address this question.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the Government’s 2017 Command Paper ‘Improving Lives; the future of work, health and disability’ we have commissioned research to better understand occupational health provision. Findings are due to be published in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including through our Occupational Health Expert Group, to shape measures to improve access to high quality occupational health. We will set out our proposals in a consultation exercise in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 228634 question first answered 13/03/2019 16:05:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082302

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Occupational Health
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 potential growth of the occupational health market in the event that all employers contracted occupational health services.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	228636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment that would specifically address this question. However, in 2017, the occupational health market was estimated to be worth around £800m a year.</p><p>In 2014, 51% of all GB employees had access to occupational health services provided for by their employer.</p><p>We have worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including through our Occupational Health Expert Group, to shape measures to improve access to high quality occupational health. We will set out our proposals in a consultation exercise in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/03/2019 16:09:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1082306

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Occupational Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent financial incentives she has introduced to encourage employers to invest in the health and well being of their workforce through the contracting of services designed to facilitate more rapid returns to work by employees at risk of health-related job loss.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	228640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The tax incentives available to employers to encourage investment in employee health and wellbeing include relief for employer-funded medical treatment up to £500 where there has been a recommendation from an occupational health professional and the employee has been absent for 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>To inform future policy decisions, the Government is supporting the West Midlands Combined Authority to undertake a pilot study to assess whether and how financial incentives affect SME actions to improve health and wellbeing in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult this year on measures to encourage and support all employers to reduce health-related job loss, and to improve access to occupational health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/03/2019 14:45:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers