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1697023

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Pensions: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to encourage young people under the age of 18 to opt in to pensions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The 2017 Review of Automatic Enrolment (AE) sets out our ambition to reduce the qualifying age for AE below 22, so that younger workers can begin to save as soon as they join the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>The government supported the Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023 which gives us the legislative powers to implement this expansion of AE subject to consultation with employers and workers. Government is committed to make this change in the mid-2020s.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, the current AE framework allows workers who are not automatic enrolled to opt-in to a workplace pension, including those below age 22, and many employers already choose to enrol those workers.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 26/03/2024 11:34:10 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691556

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Scoliosis
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 bring forward legislative proposals to include scoliosis as a reportable condition under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) are made under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and apply to all sectors and workplaces in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The 2013 regulations clarified and simplified the list of reportable ill-health conditions (occupational diseases), as a result of a recommendation made by Professor Löfstedt in his report “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reclaiming-health-and-safety-for-all-lofstedt-report" target="_blank">Reclaiming health and safety for all: An independent review of health and safety (legislation</a>,” published in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>Under the regulations, HSE is required to review RIDDOR every five years. A review has recently been completed and its recommendations <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/127/pdfs/ukia_20230127_en.pdf" target="_blank">published</a>. One of these recommendations was to review the list of reportable occupational diseases. HSE is currently considering how best to take this forward.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/03/2024 16:39:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691079

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to improve investigations into benefit fraud.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>In May 2022 the Department for Work and Pensions launched a robust plan to drive down fraud and error from the benefits system.</p><p> </p><p>The “Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System” plan sits alongside additional investment of £900 million that will deliver £2.4 billion of savings by the end of 24/25.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 27/02/2024 15:04:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1690715

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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 and Support Allowance and Universal Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been overpaid to (a) Universal Credit and (b) Employment and Support Allowance claimants in each of the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>DWP measures its overpayments via annual national statistics published each May.</p><p> </p><p>Latest published figures show that 12.8% (£5,540m) of UC and 3.4% (£410m) ESA was overpaid. These figures include fraud, official error and claimant error.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2022-to-2023-estimates" target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2022 to 2023 estimates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/02/2024 10:34:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1685086

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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	Silica: Health Hazards
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 estimate of the number of workers that are regularly exposed to silica dust in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In November 2023, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its annual report entitled “<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/pneumoconiosis-and-silicosis.pdf" target="_blank">Silicosis and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis statistics in Great Britain, 2023</a>”.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2023 HSE published the second <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/127/pdfs/ukia_20230127_en.pdf" target="_blank">Post Implementation Review (PIR) of RIDDOR</a>, with a view to expanding it to include areas where HSE regulatory intervention can add value. Of the five recommendations, work is already underway on the first two, regarding guidance and online reporting.</p><p> </p><p>HSE will start the process of reviewing the remaining recommendations, including the inclusion of Pneumoconiosis (e.g., silicosis), within the next business year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 11501 question first answered 01/02/2024 16:37:34 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1685122

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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	Silicosis: Composite Materials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to help identify the silicosis risks associated with engineered stone working.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In Great Britain the responsibility for the regulation in the workplace for the production and use of engineered stone falls under the remit of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The link between engineered stone production and the risk of silicosis in workers is already known. Similar to processing natural stone, dust containing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can be created when workers cut, shape or polish engineered stone.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has advised the Government that is not currently considering restricting the use of engineered stone as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations already require employers to put in place measures to protect the health of workers when using it. COSHH sets out the requirements for protecting workers from exposure to RCS, which include making a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risk created by that work to the health of employees and of the steps that need to be taken to meet the requirements of the COSHH regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The range of control measures in place to protect workers from exposure to RCS include water suppression, equipment enclosure, extraction and personal protective equipment, such as respirator masks. The COSHH regulations also require workers to be trained and competent to use such controls.</p><p> </p><p>HSE carries out targeted research on measures to protect workers, including methods to adequately measure RCS. HSE also works with industry to raise awareness of managing the risks of exposure to RCS and continues to inspect and investigate in industries where there is potential for exposure to RCS. It has delivered several national inspection campaigns and have worked proactively with key stakeholders and trade associations, for example, in the construction industry.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 11337 11338 11339 11340 question first answered 01/02/2024 16:38:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1685157

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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	Silicosis
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 legislative steps to include silicosis as a reportable condition under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In November 2023, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its annual report entitled “<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/pneumoconiosis-and-silicosis.pdf" target="_blank">Silicosis and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis statistics in Great Britain, 2023</a>”.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2023 HSE published the second <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/127/pdfs/ukia_20230127_en.pdf" target="_blank">Post Implementation Review (PIR) of RIDDOR</a>, with a view to expanding it to include areas where HSE regulatory intervention can add value. Of the five recommendations, work is already underway on the first two, regarding guidance and online reporting.</p><p> </p><p>HSE will start the process of reviewing the remaining recommendations, including the inclusion of Pneumoconiosis (e.g., silicosis), within the next business year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 11498 question first answered 01/02/2024 16:37:34 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1684754

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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	Silica: Health Hazards
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 have discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the adequacy of the (a) use of equipment and (b) other steps taken by silica-related industries to detect silica dust.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In Great Britain the responsibility for the regulation in the workplace for the production and use of engineered stone falls under the remit of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The link between engineered stone production and the risk of silicosis in workers is already known. Similar to processing natural stone, dust containing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can be created when workers cut, shape or polish engineered stone.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has advised the Government that is not currently considering restricting the use of engineered stone as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations already require employers to put in place measures to protect the health of workers when using it. COSHH sets out the requirements for protecting workers from exposure to RCS, which include making a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risk created by that work to the health of employees and of the steps that need to be taken to meet the requirements of the COSHH regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The range of control measures in place to protect workers from exposure to RCS include water suppression, equipment enclosure, extraction and personal protective equipment, such as respirator masks. The COSHH regulations also require workers to be trained and competent to use such controls.</p><p> </p><p>HSE carries out targeted research on measures to protect workers, including methods to adequately measure RCS. HSE also works with industry to raise awareness of managing the risks of exposure to RCS and continues to inspect and investigate in industries where there is potential for exposure to RCS. It has delivered several national inspection campaigns and have worked proactively with key stakeholders and trade associations, for example, in the construction industry.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 11338 11339 11340 11499 question first answered 01/02/2024 16:38:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1684755

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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	Composite Materials: 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, if he will have discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the safety of engineered stone production; and if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of banning the (a) production and (b) use of engineered stone.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In Great Britain the responsibility for the regulation in the workplace for the production and use of engineered stone falls under the remit of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The link between engineered stone production and the risk of silicosis in workers is already known. Similar to processing natural stone, dust containing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can be created when workers cut, shape or polish engineered stone.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has advised the Government that is not currently considering restricting the use of engineered stone as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations already require employers to put in place measures to protect the health of workers when using it. COSHH sets out the requirements for protecting workers from exposure to RCS, which include making a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risk created by that work to the health of employees and of the steps that need to be taken to meet the requirements of the COSHH regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The range of control measures in place to protect workers from exposure to RCS include water suppression, equipment enclosure, extraction and personal protective equipment, such as respirator masks. The COSHH regulations also require workers to be trained and competent to use such controls.</p><p> </p><p>HSE carries out targeted research on measures to protect workers, including methods to adequately measure RCS. HSE also works with industry to raise awareness of managing the risks of exposure to RCS and continues to inspect and investigate in industries where there is potential for exposure to RCS. It has delivered several national inspection campaigns and have worked proactively with key stakeholders and trade associations, for example, in the construction industry.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 11337 11339 11340 11499 question first answered 01/02/2024 16:38:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1684756

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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	Composite Materials: Silicosis
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 commission research on potential links between engineered stone production and silicosis in workers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In Great Britain the responsibility for the regulation in the workplace for the production and use of engineered stone falls under the remit of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The link between engineered stone production and the risk of silicosis in workers is already known. Similar to processing natural stone, dust containing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can be created when workers cut, shape or polish engineered stone.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has advised the Government that is not currently considering restricting the use of engineered stone as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations already require employers to put in place measures to protect the health of workers when using it. COSHH sets out the requirements for protecting workers from exposure to RCS, which include making a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risk created by that work to the health of employees and of the steps that need to be taken to meet the requirements of the COSHH regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The range of control measures in place to protect workers from exposure to RCS include water suppression, equipment enclosure, extraction and personal protective equipment, such as respirator masks. The COSHH regulations also require workers to be trained and competent to use such controls.</p><p> </p><p>HSE carries out targeted research on measures to protect workers, including methods to adequately measure RCS. HSE also works with industry to raise awareness of managing the risks of exposure to RCS and continues to inspect and investigate in industries where there is potential for exposure to RCS. It has delivered several national inspection campaigns and have worked proactively with key stakeholders and trade associations, for example, in the construction industry.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 11337 11338 11340 11499 question first answered 01/02/2024 16:38:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon