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1490133

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Working Conditions: Temperature
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 setting an upper temperature limit for a working environment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> July to the Hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-13/36045" target="_blank">UIN 36045</a>.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to dress code, detailed guidance for employers on workplace temperature and thermal comfort is available on the Health and Safety Executive’s <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/" target="_blank">website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/07/2022 15:21:10 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1490135

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Health and Safety: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance she has issued to workers on the steps that employers should take during periods of extreme heat, including in respect of (a) dress codes, (b) working hours and (c) care of more vulnerable workers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> July to the Hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-13/36045" target="_blank">UIN 36045</a>.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to dress code, detailed guidance for employers on workplace temperature and thermal comfort is available on the Health and Safety Executive’s <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/" target="_blank">website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/07/2022 15:21:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1469116

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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	Carer's Allowance
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 hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on securing an increase in Carers Allowance.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	15292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>Carer’s Allowance was uprated in April 2022 by 3.1% in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) as measured by the CPI for the previous September. The Secretary of State’s annual review of benefits will commence in the autumn and the Carer’s Allowance rate for 2023/24 will be announced to Parliament following the completion of her review in November.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/06/2022 10:57:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1469117

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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	Carer's Allowance: National Insurance Contributions
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of paying National Insurance contributions for people who receive carers allowance.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	15293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>A National Insurance Class 1 credit is generally awarded for each week that Carer’s Allowance is paid to a working age carer. Class 1 credits can help towards the conditions of entitlement to all contributory benefits, as well as the new State Pension. Credits are not awarded after a person has reached pension age as they would not be of any benefit to the contributor.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/06/2022 13:45:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1459929

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	Universal Credit
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 have been waiting for more than (a) three, (b) four, (c) five, (d) six and (e) 12 months from the time they applied for additional help from universal credit for limited capability for work to the time they (i) were offered an assessment appointment and (ii) received a decision as of 25 April 2022; and what the average time is that people are waiting to (A) be offered an assessment appointment and (B) receive a decision.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	158999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Information on wait times for Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/04/2022 09:06:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1459930

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	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 people have been waiting for more than (a) three, (b) four, (c) five and (d) six months from the time they applied for personal independence payment to the time they (i) were offered an assessment appointment and (ii) received a decision as of 25 April 2022; and what the average time that people are waiting is to (A) be offered an assessment appointment and (B) receive a decision.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	159000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>With respect to parts (i), (ii) and (A) of your question, the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p>With respect to part (B) of your question, data on processing times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Normal Rules New Claims to January 2022 (the latest available data) is published in Table 1A of the PIP Statistics tables which can be found here:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1060540/tables-pip-statistics-to-january-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1060540/tables-pip-statistics-to-january-2022.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/04/2022 11:01:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1459931

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for a mandatory decision to be reached on (a) universal credit limited capability for work and (b) personal independence payment as of 25 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	159001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Information on mandatory reconsiderations for Universal Credit WCA is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information on PIP new claims and DLA reassessment MR clearance times can be found on the Personal Independence Payment statistics to January 2022 Publication – within table 4A of the excel spreadsheet.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-statistics-to-january-2022" target="_blank">Personal Independence Payment statistics to January 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/04/2022 14:31:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1456518

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	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 value of the contribution of occupational health in delivering public health support to employees.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	151205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Expert led work and health services such as Occupational Health, provided by employers for their employees, can play an important role in supporting employees to thrive at work and live healthier more independent lives.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure that occupational health is a trusted partner, and a key part of a preventive, organisation-wide approach to health and wellbeing, a national programme of support for occupational health, Growing OH, has been launched. The NHS are working with key partners in the Occupational Health community to understand and help shape the future of OH provision going forward.</p><p> </p><p>The Health is everyone’s business consultation, published in July 2021, set out proposals to increase access to quality occupational health services particularly focussed at SMEs and the self -employed.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 19/04/2022 15:42:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434240

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in light of her decision to end the free provision of covid-19 lateral flow tests, what support she will provide to employers to help ensure that they can fulfil their obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Employment Rights Act 1996 in relation to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	127475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>When the Government’s Working Safely guidance (produced by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) is withdrawn on 31<sup>st</sup> March, HSE’s focus will once again be on the risks at work that are directly created by the work activity.</p><p> </p><p>HSE will no longer require every business to consider COVID-19 in their risk assessment or have COVID-19 control measures in place. However, those who specifically work with COVID-19, for example laboratories and infectious diseases wards, must still undertake a risk assessment under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 and implement control measures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 employers should consider how their approach to managing workers with COVID-19 fits with other obligations to both workers and customers, such as those arising from their contractual arrangements, the law on employment rights, health and safety, data protection and equalities.</p><p> </p><p>Until 31 March the Working Safely guidance continues to provide advice on sensible precautions employers can take to manage risk and support their staff and customers.</p><p> </p><p>COVID-19 remains a public health infection control issue – from 1 April new public health guidance will provide ‘best practice’ on the behaviours businesses can adopt.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/03/2022 11:10:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1418174

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
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 cost to her Department of mandatory reconsiderations for employment and support allowance and personal independence payment benefits claims in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21 (i) nationally and (ii) in York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	114805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The information for the Financial years covered by the request are detailed in the tables below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20 <br> (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21<p><p> (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>£23.7</p></td><td><p>£24.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>£6.6</p></td><td><p>£1.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m</p><p>Data Source: ABM</p><p> </p><p>The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, we are not able to provide a breakdown of the costs by city or post code.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/02/2022 14:22:23 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell