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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

1308057

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Unemployment: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' labour market statistics data published in February 2021, what steps she is taking to tackle the disproportionate rise in unemployment among (a) Black African, (b) Black Caribbean and (c) Black British people compared to white people in the UK from 2019 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	179346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to levelling up and uniting the country, including improving the employment outcomes of people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Throughout these unprecedented times the Government has provided a crucial safety net to record levels of claimants, ensuring all our customers receive the support they need, when they need it.</p><p> </p><p>We have focussed on providing financial and extensive support through our Plan for Jobs. This will protect, support and create jobs, targeting young people, the long term unemployed, and those in need of new training and skills. The Plan for Jobs includes the Kickstart scheme, an expanded youth offer, and the expansion of the Work and Health Programme, all offering new support to those, including those from ethnic minority backgrounds, who lose their job during the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also considering the recommendations on how to increase opportunity and ensure fairness for all made in the recent independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/04/2021 15:03:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1305230

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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	Unemployment: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 16 to 35 have become unemployed between March 2020 and March 2021 in (a) Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	174240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The most up-to-date relevant information is provided by the Claimant Count. This is available for 16-34 year olds for Feb 2021 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/03/2021 08:46:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1305232

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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	Unemployment: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of unemployment amongst 16 to 35 year olds and (b) steps her Department is taking to reduce unemployment among that age group in (i) Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency, (ii) Birmingham and (iii) the West Midlands region.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	174241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>(a) The Department regularly publishes statistics on the Alternative Claimant Count, and these are available by age and local authority, region and constituency here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></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><p> </p><p>The ACC provides a measure of local levels of claimant unemployment over time and across areas back to 2013</p><p> </p><p>(b) The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to supporting everyone who has been affected by the unprecedented impact of Covid19 on the economy and the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2020 the Chancellor confirmed a Plan for Jobs, which placed DWP at the heart of providing significantly expanded employment support to people becoming newly unemployed and those falling in to long-term unemployment, investing £30bn nationally in a mix of measures to create, support and protect jobs. This included £2bn for the Kickstart scheme, £2.9bn for the Restart programme, funding to increase the number of JCP Work Coaches by 13,500 and a range of other measures focussed on boosting worksearch and skills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 31/03/2021 16:08:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1258444

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
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	Kickstart Scheme: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made, covering how many vacancies, to the Kickstart scheme in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands, to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	125286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>So far applications from Gateways and employers covering 32,113 jobs have been approved.</p><p>We are currently finalising out MI data at a local level and we will be able to provide further<br>information such as regional figures in the early new year.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/12/2020 18:00:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227457

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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: West Midlands
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 job vacancies in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each month since January 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Official statistics on vacancies are not available for each region and nation of the UK. However, <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/onlinejobadvertestimates" target="_blank">experimental statistics on online job adverts</a> are available at a regional level. These statistics are provided by ONS in partnership with Adzuna (an online job search engine).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/09/2020 15:36:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227459

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Jobcentres: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the performance framework for job centre advisers measures performance by the proportion of claimants who have left benefit regardless of whether the claimant entered employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>DWP is committed to providing the best possible support for all our claimants to meet their individual circumstance. Jobcentre and Service Centre staff undergo a comprehensive learning journey designed to equip them with the tools, skills and behaviours required to provide a high quality service to all claimants. They receive on-going learning in their roles and have access to guidance which is refreshed at regular intervals.</p><p> </p><p>Team Leaders are responsible for monitoring and assuring the quality of services provided to individual claimants. This is completed through a combination of observation (of interviews), feedback, coaching and appraisal.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit guidance for Work Coaches and Case Managers is routinely placed in the House of Commons library and it is updated at regular intervals. There are no plans to depart from that practice. This guidance covers the quality of service expected of Work Coaches.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78811 question first answered 07/09/2020 17:05:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227460

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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: 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 15 July 2020 to Question HL6367, if she will publish the (a) guidance to Work Coaches and Case Managers, and (b) performance framework by which those coaches will be monitored.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>DWP is committed to providing the best possible support for all our claimants to meet their individual circumstance. Jobcentre and Service Centre staff undergo a comprehensive learning journey designed to equip them with the tools, skills and behaviours required to provide a high quality service to all claimants. They receive on-going learning in their roles and have access to guidance which is refreshed at regular intervals.</p><p> </p><p>Team Leaders are responsible for monitoring and assuring the quality of services provided to individual claimants. This is completed through a combination of observation (of interviews), feedback, coaching and appraisal.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit guidance for Work Coaches and Case Managers is routinely placed in the House of Commons library and it is updated at regular intervals. There are no plans to depart from that practice. This guidance covers the quality of service expected of Work Coaches.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78810 question first answered 07/09/2020 17:05:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227581

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Unemployment: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the most recent unemployment figures are for (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands by, (i) gender, (ii) age, (iii) religion, (iv) ethnicity, and (v) socioeconomic group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of people who are unemployed are compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) using the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS). The LFS provides national and regional unemployment estimates whilst the APS, which is a modified version of the LFS, allows sub-regional analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates are based on a sample of cases and therefore subject to sampling uncertainty. Unemployment estimates at sub-regional geographies such as local authorities and parliamentary constituencies are especially uncertain, as are estimates by sub-group of the population.</p><p> </p><p>Many estimates of unemployment used in this answer are publicly available on the NOMIS website (<a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a>). Other sources are outlined in the footnotes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimates of unemployment in a) Birmingham and b) the West Midlands by specified group</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Age<sup>1</sup> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Religion<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity<sup>1,4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Socio-economic group<sup>5</sup> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16-24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24-49</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-64</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ethnic Minority</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham (000s)</p></td><td><p>30<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>24<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>- <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>- <sup>5</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands (000s)</p></td><td><p>66<sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>64<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>- <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>- <sup> 5</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Source: Apr 2019-Mar 2020, Annual Population Survey</p><p><sup>2</sup> National unemployment rates are available in the “Religion, education and work in England and Wales: February 2020” available at the following link, more detailed breakdowns have low sample sizes <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/articles/religioneducationandworkinenglandandwales/february2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/articles/religioneducationandworkinenglandandwales/february2020</a></p><p><sup>3</sup> Apr 2020-Jun 2020, Labour Force Survey, total unemployed - aged 16 and over</p><p><sup>4 </sup><a href="https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/unemployment-and-economic-inactivity/unemployment/latest#title" target="_blank">https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/unemployment-and-economic-inactivity/unemployment/latest#title</a></p><p><sup>5</sup> ONS publish employment by socio-economic classification on NOMIS but not unemployment</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/09/2020 15:28:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1226784

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
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: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many investigations of workplace concerns relating to (a) covid-19 and (b) non-covid-19 concerns, where checks have been made to ensure that measures have been put in place to comply with the law, have been made in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands in each month since January 2020; and how many enforcement notices served in respect of those investigations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	77755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Covid-19 and non Covid-19 workplace concerns investigated by operational staff i.e. either Inspectors or Visiting Officers, by region and the number of Notices served.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>February</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birmingham</strong></p></td><td><p>COVID concerns investigated*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><strong>40</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Notices issued</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Non-COVID concerns investigated*</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Notices issued</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>COVID concerns investigated*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p><strong>346</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Notices issued</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Non-COVID concerns investigated*</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p><strong>309</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Notices issued</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>*includes those currently under investigation</p><p> </p><p>NB the data was extracted from HSE’s live operational database on 22<sup>nd</sup> July 2020 and the numbers of investigations are based upon the date that the record was created. The Notice numbers are based upon the issue date and may change due to a lag between the date issued and the details being recorded in the operational database.</p><p /> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/09/2020 16:56:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill