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1648509

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Working Hours: Health and Safety
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 plans to consult on health and safety protections for night workers.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	191548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Under the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F1974%2F37%2Fcontents&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKim.Ross%40hse.gov.uk%7C8fbcc28320fb4b0f62a508db53010cc2%7C6b5953be6b1d4980b26b56ed8b0bf3dc%7C0%7C0%7C638195037351883756%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=TZAL0Ta4Pi7tR79IobZvUVU0ktEf87fF%2FpIn2KglW3A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974</a> all employers have a duty, so far as it is reasonably practicable, to protect the health, safety, and welfare at work of all their employees. Specifically, the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F1999%2F3242%2Fcontents%2Fmade&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKim.Ross%40hse.gov.uk%7C8fbcc28320fb4b0f62a508db53010cc2%7C6b5953be6b1d4980b26b56ed8b0bf3dc%7C0%7C0%7C638195037351883756%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BRE1dRAESIKGFmcI2yDwYhkylPdFUHzOvVazfdPEOCc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999</a> require employers to assess the health and safety risks to employees, to which they are exposed whilst they are at work, and to put in place arrangements to control those risks.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing ill health at work is an important area of focus for the Health and Safety Executive, as outlined in their strategic objectives, however there are no current plans to consult on health and safety protections for night workers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:11:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1648533

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Parental Pay: Self-employed
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 extend adoption pay to self-employed people who have a child via surrogacy.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	191630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to extend adoption pay to self-employed people who have a child via surrogacy.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:11:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1648265

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
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 amount in child maintenance payments (a) not paid by paying parents and (b) not received by receiving parents when the paying parent's income has been misreported in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	191467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service does not hold the information to fully respond to the request.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes quarterly Child Maintenance Service (CMS) statistics, with the latest statistics available to the end of December 2022 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-december-2022-experimental" target="_blank">here</a>. Table 6 of the National Tables provides the total amount of uncollected child maintenance from March 2015 – December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:15:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1648268

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many paying parents had child maintenance arrears of more than (a) £1,000, (b) £5,000 and (c) £10,000 in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	191470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service does not currently hold the information requested. The number of paying parents with arrears as of the 31<sup>st</sup> of March each year between 2018 and 2023 has been provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of Paying Parents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Arrears</strong></p></td><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>Mar-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £1,000 but less than or equal to £5,000</p></td><td><p>45,800</p></td><td><p>56,800</p></td><td><p>65,200</p></td><td><p>68,600</p></td><td><p>76,800</p></td><td><p>85,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £5,000 but less than or equal to £10,000</p></td><td><p>6,500</p></td><td><p>10,300</p></td><td><p>13,600</p></td><td><p>15,900</p></td><td><p>18,100</p></td><td><p>20,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £10,000</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td><td><p>7,500</p></td><td><p>9,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Child Maintenance Service Administrative Data</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>All figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>The figures supplied are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:08:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1648269

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	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 steps his Department is taking to help ensure that paying parents report their income (a) promptly and (b) accurately to the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	191471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>As a principal part of the service design the Department uses data from HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) and its own benefits data to assess 91% of Paying Parents earned income and benefit status, which are key parts of the maintenance calculation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Child Maintenance service allows both paying and receiving parents to request a change to the assessment if they believe that the paying parent’s income has changed by more than 25% compared to the most recent figures provided by HMRC. This can be done online, over the telephone or in writing. Customer communications highlight the obligations of parents to provide information and the consequences of failure to comply or misrepresentation.</p><p> </p><p>Where a paying parent receives unearned income which can be legally considered in assessing child maintenance either parent can request a variation to the normal maintenance calculation. Cases involving suspected misrepresentation or fraudulent behaviour can be looked into by the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU). This is a specialist team which can request information from financial institutions to check the accuracy of information the CMS is given.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:13:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1648284

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Artificial Intelligence
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 uses natural language processing to analyse communications from claimants.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	191354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>DWP uses natural language processing to analyse communications with our customers via Telephony.</p><p> </p><p>This includes Speech Analytics, Call Routing and Call Transcription. All of this is to improve the customer experience and assist our customers in accessing the services within the department.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:13:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1647673

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
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	Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing
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 merits of requiring that housing benefit is paid directly to landlords.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	191148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>Housing Benefit regulations have powers which allow local authorities to make payments of Housing Benefit direct to the landlord if it appears to be in the interest of the claimant and their family. Serious rent arrears, for example arrears equivalent of six weeks’ rent, may indicate it is in the claimant’s best interests to arrange direct payment.</p><p> </p><p>When deciding whether to make direct payments local authorities must consider the individual circumstances of each case.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to review this policy.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/06/2023 16:22:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1647829

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme, in the context of the increase in the bank rate in June 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	191193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of Support for Mortgage interest (SMI) since interest rates have risen, although the Department continues to monitor the impact of our policies on an on-going basis.</p><p> </p><p>SMI is intended to provide reasonable support by making a contribution towards mortgage interest to protect claimants against the threat of repossession. The rate of SMI we pay is based on the Bank of England average and recently increased from 2.09% to 2.65% in May 2023. Any further changes will occur when the average differs by 0.5 percentage points or more.</p><p> </p><p>To support low-income mortgage borrowers with rising interest rates, from April 2023, we extended the support SMI provides by allowing those on Universal Credit to apply for a loan after three months, instead of nine. We also abolished the rule which prevented Universal Credit claimants from receiving support if they were in work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/06/2023 16:17:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1647899

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Youth Employment Programme in each financial year since it was launched; and how much his Department is forecast to spend on the Youth Employment Programme in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	191120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/06/2023 08:48:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1647938

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
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	Bus Services: Working Conditions
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 held recent discussions with (a) Unite the Union and (b) other trade representative bodies on the welfare of bus drivers working on buses without air conditioning.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	191209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>We have not had any recent discussions with representatives from Unite the Union or other trade representative bodies on the welfare of bus drivers working on buses without air conditioning.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive has advised that employers (including bus companies) have a legal obligation under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to make a suitable assessment of the risks to the health and safety of workers and act where necessary to minimise those risks as far as reasonably practicable. This would include the risks from extreme weather events such as heatwaves. If workers have concerns about their working conditions, in the first instance, they should raise any issues with their employer or via worker representatives such as Trade Union Representatives.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/06/2023 16:17:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill