Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1198543

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Housing Benefit and Universal Credit
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 number of households that had (a) Housing Benefit and (b) Universal Credit capped in (i) March 2020 and (ii) April 2020 in each Region and Local Authority of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	52003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The published Benefit Cap statistics are currently available to February 2020. Statistics for the number of households capped in Housing Benefit and Universal Credit in March 2020 and April 2020 will be published on the sixth of August. This release will also contain data on households capped up to May 2020. <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 10/06/2020 13:36:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1198585

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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, what estimate she has made of the value of additional support that households subject to the benefit cap at the start of February 2020 have been unable to receive.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	52004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Claimants can approach their Local Authority for a Discretionary Housing Payment if they need additional support to meet rental costs.</p><p>There is already £180m in Discretionary Housing Payments for local authorities to distribute for supporting renters with housing costs in the private and social rented sectors in 2020/21. This includes an additional £40m to tackle affordability pressures in the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/06/2020 16:45:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1198586

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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: Greater London
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 implications for her policies of the finding in the report by Policy in Practice, entitled The interaction of covid-19 measures and the benefit cap on low-income Londoners, that 22,000 existing benefit claimants in London became capped following the increases in benefits awards introduced by the Government in April 2020 as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	52005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>We have noted the findings in this report.</p><p> </p><p>The benefit cap provides fairness for hard-working taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable claimants who are entitled to disability benefits and carer benefits. The London cap of £23,000 is equivalent to gross family earnings of around £28,000.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/06/2020 15:38:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 25870 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

1198587

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish her Department’s response to the DWP Statistics Publication Frequency Review, published in December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	52006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>Our response to DWP statistics publication frequency: statistical notice was published on 19 December and can be found at the top of the page here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/dwp-statistics-publication-frequency-statistical-notice" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/dwp-statistics-publication-frequency-statistical-notice</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/06/2020 13:16:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 25868 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

1196027

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
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	Jobcentre Plus: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Job Centre Plus staff were working (a) from home and (b) on site in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	47297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>The following figures cover all DWP staff, not just Jobcentre Plus and come with the following caveats.</p><p> </p><p>- Data started to be recorded from 23<sup>rd</sup> March, so the March value represents 23rd-31st March data only</p><p>- May data is up to and including 20<sup>th</sup> May</p><p>- Below figures <strong>exclude weekends and public holidays</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average of Total Users</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average of Home Users</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average of Pct from home</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>52,281</p></td><td><p>12,708</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>53,308</p></td><td><p>15,870</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>57,387</p></td><td><p>22,596</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/05/2020 17:06:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1195473

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2020 to Question 42043, what steps she is taking to (a) increase the number of job vacancies posted to her Department’s find a job website, (b) increase the take-up of those vacancies and (c) ensure that vacancies are for roles where Government guidance on social distancing during the covid-19 can be observed.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	46663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>We are working with departments across Government to understand supply &amp; demand across the labour market and, where there are shortages, we are working with them to promote the Government Find a Job matching service. We are also reaching out to employers and sector bodies through our social channels to encourage them to place vacancies on the site.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has launched a new website for jobseekers to maximise take up of vacancies<em>. </em><a href="http://Jobhelp.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">Jobhelp.dwp.gov.uk</a> provides job search hints and tips as well as crucial advice on transferable skills for those people who need to change sectors. It also highlights live large-scale recruitment in a range of industries as well as the Find a Job Government Skills matching service.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS have issued the Working Safely guidance which was developed in conjunction with HSE and other partners, including ACAS. Under the new guidance, employers should do a risk assessment and employees, or potential employees, can report an employer if they have concerns that the guidance isn’t being followed. Contact details to report concerns are on the HSE website.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/05/2020 17:05:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 22293 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

1195756

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	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, what assessment she has made of the operational feasibility of (a) suspending and (b) increasing the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	46668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to change the benefit cap. The Benefit Cap restores fairness between those receiving out-of-work benefits and taxpayers in employment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2020 14:04:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1195758

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	Jobcentre Plus: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Job Centre Plus staff who are categorised as extremely vulnerable during the covid-19 outbreak are required to go into the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	46669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>Any staff who are in the extremely vulnerable categories are not permitted to go into the office and working from home where possible. The Department has procured significantly more portable computers to expand our home working capacity. We are taking all practical steps to protect the health and safety of those colleagues working in our offices, e.g. through social distancing. We will continue to follow all government guidance on keeping our staff safe.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2020 13:59:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1195032

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 capability of the Health and Safety Executive to discharge its responsibilities during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	46076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is playing a crucial role in the Government’s response to covid-19, including its continued work with trade unions, employers and stakeholders to help ensure workplaces are safe environments. The Government is making additional funding available to support covid-19 activity. Ministers meet regularly with senior officials from HSE to discuss how it is discharging its responsibilities during the covid-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 46079 question first answered 21/05/2020 10:42:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 22284 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

1195077

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2020 to Question 42870, what steps the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has taken in response to suspected incidents of Covid-19 related to (a) dangerous occurrences and (b) cases of occupational disease and death, where such cases have been reported to the HSE.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	46077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/incidselcrits.pdf" target="_blank">published criteria</a> it uses to select which incidents of occupational disease and dangerous occurrences it will investigate. HSE is working through the process of applying those criteria to the dangerous occurrence and occupational disease notifications it has received in relation to Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/05/2020 16:42:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra