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1714508

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the level of statutory sick pay on health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	23972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to a previous response provided by the Minister of State for Care to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-17/902448" target="_blank">UIN 902448</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/05/2024 14:41:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1714148

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to remove the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	23818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2019 over 500,000 more people now earn above the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) and can therefore benefit from Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). However, now is not the right time for structural reform of SSP, which includes removing the LEL.</p><p> </p><p>SSP is just one part of our welfare safety net and our wider Government offer to support people in times of need, many of those with earnings below the LEL are already in receipt of benefits, such as Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/05/2024 14:30:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1714149

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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	Statutory Sick Pay: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to increase statutory sick pay for people unable to work while living with cancer.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	23819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has already increased the rate of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) this year, in April the rate of SSP was increased by the September 2023 CPI of 6.7% to £116.75. This represents a £20 per week increase in the rate of SSP since 2021.</p><p> </p><p>SSP is just one part of our welfare safety net and our wider Government offer to support people in times of need. Anybody who is on a low level of income during the period that they are sick and who requires further financial support may be able to claim Universal Credit, depending on their personal circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/05/2024 14:28:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1676888

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households where at least one adult is in work which are affected by the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	6063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/12/2023 11:41:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1676891

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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: Administration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is (a) a minimum, (b) a maximum and (c) an optimal number of universal credit cases overseen by each case manager.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	6065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There is no set minimum/maximum or optimum caseload size. We do look to equalise pressures/caseloads in the network via recruitment in or pivoting work out of a site</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/12/2023 15:20:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1674130

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of how many children would be lifted out of poverty if the household benefit cap was (a) uprated with inflation since 2016 and (b) abolished.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	4327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce robust estimates of the effect of the impact of uprating the household benefit cap by inflation on the number of children in child poverty or similar impacts of the removal of the household benefit cap on the same group.</p><p> </p><p>There was a significant increase to the benefit cap levels following a review last year. The benefit cap continues to provide a strong work incentive and fairness for working taxpaying households and encourages people to move into work, where possible.</p><p> </p><p>Where possible it is in the best interests of children to be in working households and, of course, returning to employment will significantly increase the likelihood of a household not being affected by the cap.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both rates and numbers of children in absolute poverty (60% of 2010/11 median income, both before and after housing costs) were lower in 2021/22 than in 2009/10. In 2021/22 there were 400,000 fewer children in absolute low income after housing costs than in 2009/10.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 06/12/2023 14:37:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1672252

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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 on average Universal Credit claimants' cases are overseen by each Universal Credit Case Manager as of November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	3077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to accurately answer this question. This is because the information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. To calculate an average over time would require development of new code, which we don’t currently have.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/11/2023 16:30:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1672253

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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, which categories of claimants had their contact with work coaches reduced in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	3078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>A policy change in August 2023 reduced the level of contact Jobcentre work coaches have with Universal Credit (UC) Intensive Work Search (IWS) claimants participating in contracted employment provision, including the Restart Scheme, from fortnightly to monthly. This was to reduce duplication of effort.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced an investment over 5 years of £3.5bn at Spring Budget to boost workforce participation and £2.5 billion at Autumn Statement as part its Back to Work plan to significantly expand available support and transform the way people interact with the benefits system.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/11/2023 16:35:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1352459

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Uniserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what payments have been made to Uniserve Ltd for (a) demurrage and (b) detention fees for each month in the last six months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	41624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as it is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/09/2021 16:20:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1314012

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle failures by companies that are required to deliver covid-19 tests under the Government’s quarantine procedures to deliver those tests.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>Those providers listed on GOV.UK have declared and evidenced compliance with the relevant minimum standards for their commercial provision of testing, including participating in the three-staged United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) process if they are providing sample collection and/or test analysis services. UKAS also take appropriate action where organisations fraudulently state they are UKAS accredited.</p><p>The Department is working closely with providers to ensure tests and results are delivered on time. Providers’ performance is continually monitored and the Department takes rapid action should providers deliver inadequate services. This includes a five-day warning to demonstrate they have rectified their service or they will be removed from GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 596 question first answered 19/05/2021 15:17:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell