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1546760

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Chemicals: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
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 help ensure that chemical products can move from the UK to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland while remaining compliant with the chemical classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) regulatory framework; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a more flexible approach to encourage the concept of dual labelling when developing UK CLP policy.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	99830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>Under the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation in Great Britain (known as the GB CLP Regulation), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) acts on behalf of the Government as the Agency.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is considering how to deliver for CLP the requirements outlined in the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill which would facilitate a dual-regulatory regime that gives choice to Northern Ireland businesses and can deal flexibly and durably with any barriers within the UK internal market, alongside robust commitments to protect the EU single market. As part of these considerations HSE will assess the potential impacts of policy decisions on stakeholders but will seek to ensure that the provisions within CLP that protect consumers and workers through clear and easily identifiable labelling are upheld.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/12/2022 16:53:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1546822

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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 (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	99822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013 are concerned with the control of injury and infection risks to healthcare workers from needles, scalpels and other medical sharps.</p><p> </p><p>As the regulations implement aspects of the European Council Directive 2010/32/EU (the Sharps Directive), not specifically addressed in existing GB health and safety legislation, they are subject to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022 (REUL Bill) currently passing through Parliament. With the introduction of the REUL Bill, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) remains focused on ensuring that regulatory frameworks maintain the UK’s high standards of health and safety protection and continue to reduce burdens for business. HSE’s approach aligns closely with the Government’s pledge to do more for business to help promote growth by removing disproportionate burdens and simplifying the regulatory landscape. Our standards of health and safety protections are among the highest in the world. HSE will continue to review its retained EU legislation to seek opportunities to reduce business burdens and promote growth without reducing health and safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/12/2022 17:03:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1547059

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Cost of Living Payments: Pensioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Cost of Living Payments have been issued to pensioners in East Yorkshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	99749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, the number of Cost of Living Payments made to specific client groups is the subject of an upcoming statistical release, and cannot be released before that publication is ready, subject to usual quality assurance.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has published management information on the total number of Cost of Living Payments made. The information which will be updated as new payments are made can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-payment-management-information/cost-of-living-payment-management-information" target="_blank">Cost of Living Payment management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/12/2022 16:05:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1546582

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Cost of Living Payments and Means-tested Benefits
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 ensure that 2023-24 Cost of Living payment for those on means-tested benefits will not exclude claimants whose Universal Credit payments have been reduced to a nil award as a result of a sanction.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	98877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>We will be bringing forward legislation for the 23/24 Cost of Living Payments in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who were sanctioned but still had an entitlement to a UC payment of at least 1p for an assessment period ending during the qualifying periods would have been eligible to receive a 2022/23 Cost of Living Payment. Sanctions are calculated with reference to the standard UC allowance only. We recognise many of the most vulnerable are those entitled to other elements in UC, such as housing or child costs. If a sanction is applied, claimants continue to receive these other elements and would remain eligible for Cost of Living Payments.</p><p> </p><p>Those determined to have a UC nil award during the qualifying assessment period could be eligible for a 2022/23 Cost of Living Payment retrospectively if a sanction is successfully appealed, or if they are awarded a Hardship payment in the qualifying period.</p><p> </p><p>98.9% of sanctions are for failing to attend a mandatory appointment at a Jobcentre, and can often be resolved quickly by claimants getting in touch with the Jobcentre and attending their next appointment. Hardship payments are available as a safeguard to claimants who demonstrate that they cannot meet their immediate and most essential needs (including accommodation, heating, food and hygiene) as a result of their sanction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/12/2022 11:18:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1546625

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Mortgages: Interest Rates
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 assessment of the potential impact of rising mortgage interest rates on levels of poverty in (a) the UK, (b) the North East and (c) Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	98893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce a robust estimate on the effect of mortgage interest rates on levels of poverty in the UK, the North East, or the Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on poverty levels in 2019/20 are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/(opens in a new tab)</a> on the HBAI dataset.</p><p>It is not possible to provide a robust estimate for 2020/21 due to the impact the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had on data quality.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/12/2022 11:22:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1545953

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to uprate the value of the Bereavement Support payment which was introduced at its current level in 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	97407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The rate of Bereavement Support Payment is reviewed on a discretionary basis as part of the annual uprating process. Following this year’s review, Bereavement Support Payment will stay at the current rate. This means that claimants on the standard rate will continue to receive a first payment of £2,500 and 18 monthly payments of £100, and those on the higher rate will receive £3,500 followed by 18 monthly payments of £350. <br> <br> Bereavement Support Payment is intended to provide working people with short-term financial support following the death of a spouse or civil partner, to help towards the additional costs associated with a death. It is not means-tested unlike income replacement benefits such as Universal Credit, which we are increasing in line with inflation to protect the least well-off. Families needing extra financial support are protected by this welfare safety net.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/12/2022 16:51:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1546109

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Cost of Living Payments: Solihull
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Cost of Living Payments have been issued to pensioners in Solihull constituency.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	97604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, the number of Cost of Living Payments made to specific client groups is the subject of an upcoming statistical release, and cannot be released before that publication is ready, subject to usual quality assurance.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has published management information on the total number of Cost of Living Payments made. The information which will be updated as new payments are made can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-payment-management-information/cost-of-living-payment-management-information" target="_blank">Cost of Living Payment management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/12/2022 16:58:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1546144

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	97771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The DWP currently has no live voluntary exit schemes and no plans to run any at this time. Voluntary exit schemes are a commonly used workforce management process available to departments based on their specific workforce needs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/12/2022 16:54:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1546176

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Child Maintenance Service: Domestic Abuse
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 publish the (a) Independent Review into the ways the Child Maintenance Service supports survivors of domestic abuse and (b) Government response to the review.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	97629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>In autumn 2021, the Department commissioned an independent review of ways in which the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) supports survivors of domestic abuse. The Review was completed in April 2022.</p><p>The final report and recommendations are currently being reviewed by the department.</p><p>The CMS continues to take the safety of all its customers extremely seriously and has processes in place to ensure parents experiencing domestic abuse are supported and can set up a child maintenance arrangement safely.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/12/2022 16:16:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1546196

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Natural Gas: Pipelines
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 the Health and Safety Executive has made of the safety of steel service pipes in gas distribution networks.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	97640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not assess the safety of steel service pipes in gas distribution networks. This is the duty of the Gas Distribution Network Operator.</p><p> </p><p>HSE assesses the content of safety cases submitted by gas network operators. Steel service pipelines are acceptable and safety cases will address the Operators management arrangements for these. HSE must accept the safety case prior to operation and Operators then have a duty to conform with their safety case.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/12/2022 16:13:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray