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1193518

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people who are in receipt of social security.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	902300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>DWP has made a number of changes to the benefits system in response to the pandemic to ensure the right support goes to those claimants who are more vulnerable, have a health condition or have a disability.</p><p>To provide greater financial security at this time, we have automatically extended awards by 6 months for existing claimants that were due to be reviewed or reassessed.</p><p>We have also suspended all face-to-face assessments of disability benefits for 3 months but continue to accept new claims, requests for a review where asked by a claimant and, as usual, prioritise claims made under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2020 09:23:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1192056

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Inspections
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 statutory limit on the length of a Health and Safety Executive investigation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	41945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>There is no statutory limit on the length of a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. HSE has a number of processes in place to expedite investigations including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>an investigation procedure which includes time periods for the completion of regular reviews of an investigation. Such reviews take into account issues such as timeliness and resources;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>senior management oversight of investigations to monitor progress against key performance indicators; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>the Work-Related Deaths Protocol which aims to improve co-operation between interested parties including HSE and the police during the investigation of a work-related fatality, thereby improving efficiency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>HSE focuses on investigating the most serious of incidents, particularly those that result in fatalities or major injuries and these can be very complex to investigate. HSE understands that timeliness is important and has strengthened procedures. Since 2013/14 there has been an improvement in the percentage of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of primacy for the investigation passing to HSE from the police, as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>75%(p)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The percentage of non-fatal investigations completed within 12 months is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>90%(p)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(p) – Provisional and based on live operational information and is therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>HSE’s key performance indicators framework includes indicators on the timeliness of completing investigations, in particular 80% of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of primacy and to complete 90% of non-fatal investigations within 12 months. Performance is regularly reviewed by the HSE Board who are appointed by the Secretary of State and figures are published annually in their Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 41946 41947 41948 question first answered 06/05/2020 10:46:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1192057

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes are in place to expedite Health and Safety Executive investigations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	41946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>There is no statutory limit on the length of a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. HSE has a number of processes in place to expedite investigations including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>an investigation procedure which includes time periods for the completion of regular reviews of an investigation. Such reviews take into account issues such as timeliness and resources;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>senior management oversight of investigations to monitor progress against key performance indicators; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>the Work-Related Deaths Protocol which aims to improve co-operation between interested parties including HSE and the police during the investigation of a work-related fatality, thereby improving efficiency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>HSE focuses on investigating the most serious of incidents, particularly those that result in fatalities or major injuries and these can be very complex to investigate. HSE understands that timeliness is important and has strengthened procedures. Since 2013/14 there has been an improvement in the percentage of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of primacy for the investigation passing to HSE from the police, as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>75%(p)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The percentage of non-fatal investigations completed within 12 months is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>90%(p)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(p) – Provisional and based on live operational information and is therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>HSE’s key performance indicators framework includes indicators on the timeliness of completing investigations, in particular 80% of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of primacy and to complete 90% of non-fatal investigations within 12 months. Performance is regularly reviewed by the HSE Board who are appointed by the Secretary of State and figures are published annually in their Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 41945 41947 41948 question first answered 06/05/2020 10:46:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1192058

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Inspections
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 efficiency of Health and Safety Executive investigations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	41947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>There is no statutory limit on the length of a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. HSE has a number of processes in place to expedite investigations including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>an investigation procedure which includes time periods for the completion of regular reviews of an investigation. Such reviews take into account issues such as timeliness and resources;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>senior management oversight of investigations to monitor progress against key performance indicators; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>the Work-Related Deaths Protocol which aims to improve co-operation between interested parties including HSE and the police during the investigation of a work-related fatality, thereby improving efficiency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>HSE focuses on investigating the most serious of incidents, particularly those that result in fatalities or major injuries and these can be very complex to investigate. HSE understands that timeliness is important and has strengthened procedures. Since 2013/14 there has been an improvement in the percentage of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of primacy for the investigation passing to HSE from the police, as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>75%(p)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The percentage of non-fatal investigations completed within 12 months is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>90%(p)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(p) – Provisional and based on live operational information and is therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>HSE’s key performance indicators framework includes indicators on the timeliness of completing investigations, in particular 80% of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of primacy and to complete 90% of non-fatal investigations within 12 months. Performance is regularly reviewed by the HSE Board who are appointed by the Secretary of State and figures are published annually in their Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 41945 41946 41948 question first answered 06/05/2020 10:46:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1192059

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Inspections
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 increase the efficiency of Health and Safety Executive investigations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	41948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>There is no statutory limit on the length of a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. HSE has a number of processes in place to expedite investigations including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>an investigation procedure which includes time periods for the completion of regular reviews of an investigation. Such reviews take into account issues such as timeliness and resources;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>senior management oversight of investigations to monitor progress against key performance indicators; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>the Work-Related Deaths Protocol which aims to improve co-operation between interested parties including HSE and the police during the investigation of a work-related fatality, thereby improving efficiency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>HSE focuses on investigating the most serious of incidents, particularly those that result in fatalities or major injuries and these can be very complex to investigate. HSE understands that timeliness is important and has strengthened procedures. Since 2013/14 there has been an improvement in the percentage of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of primacy for the investigation passing to HSE from the police, as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>75%(p)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The percentage of non-fatal investigations completed within 12 months is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>90%(p)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(p) – Provisional and based on live operational information and is therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>HSE’s key performance indicators framework includes indicators on the timeliness of completing investigations, in particular 80% of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of primacy and to complete 90% of non-fatal investigations within 12 months. Performance is regularly reviewed by the HSE Board who are appointed by the Secretary of State and figures are published annually in their Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 41945 41946 41947 question first answered 06/05/2020 10:46:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1192304

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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 claimants of universal credit were subject to the benefit cap in (a) January, (b) February ,(c) March and (d) April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	42040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. However, whilst the stats requested are not readily available, as part of a regular publication, new statistics for Benefit Cap Households to February 2020 are due to be published on Thursday 7th May at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 41084 question first answered 06/05/2020 11:48:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1192305

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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 claimants of universal credit were ineligible for the benefits cap grade period as a result of a reduction in their working hours in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	42041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, whilst the stats requested are not readily available, as part of a regular publication, new statistics for Benefit Cap Households to February 2020 are due to be published on Thursday 7th May at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/05/2020 17:05:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1192307

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	Vacancies: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new vacancies were posted on her Department’s find a job website in (a) January, (b) February and (c) March and (d) April of (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	42043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The number of job adverts posted on the website are displayed in the table provided.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unique Posts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>212026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>180230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>190847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>181236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>197768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>175282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>142933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>75555</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department has launched a new employment campaign signposting people to roles in critical sectors helping the country through this pandemic. The new job site also includes advice on how to apply and links to online training.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2020 14:51:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 19552 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1191036

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
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 effect of the covid-19 outbreak on child maintenance payments.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	41127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that as with other households, the income of many separated parents is being impacted by the public health emergency and some receiving parents may receive less maintenance as a result of a paying parent’s drop in income.</p><p> </p><p>We are however clear that no parent should be using this time as an excuse not to pay what they owe. Those found to be abusing the system at this difficult time could find themselves subject to the full extent of our enforcement powers once the emergency passes.</p><p> </p><p>We have made a number changes to the welfare system to ensure people are receiving the support they need. These include increasing the standard rate of Universal Credit and working tax credit for this year by around £1000 per year. People who need money urgently continue to be able to access up to a month’s Universal Credit advance upfront by applying online. In addition, Statutory Sick Pay now applies from day one, rather than the fourth day of illness. We are increasing in the Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants so that it covers the cheapest third of local rents – which is on average £600 in people’s pockets.</p><p> </p><p>Taken together, these measures represent an injection of over £6.5 billion into the welfare system and, along with the other job and business support programmes announced by the Chancellor, represent one of the most comprehensive packages of support introduced by an advanced economy in response to the coronavirus outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/05/2020 13:33:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1191050

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants had their social security payments limited by the application of the benefit cap in (a) January (b) February (c) March and (d) April 2020 in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	41084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. However, whilst the stats requested are not readily available, as part of a regular publication, new statistics for Benefit Cap Households to February 2020 are due to be published on Thursday 7th May at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 42040 question first answered 06/05/2020 11:48:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 19210 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady