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date	21/06/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Elections: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 May 2018, HCWS695, whether those funds are available to parliamentary candidates seeking (a) to stand in any parliamentary by-elections that may occur between June 2018 and May 2019 and (b) to stand for selection for a parliamentary seat that is selecting in the next 12 months ahead of the next General Election.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	156459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>As I stated on 17 May this year, the Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. There will be ways that the Government can help, which is why I announced that the Government Equalities Office will, with others, undertake a programme of work in this area. Within 12 months, we hope to have political parties offering and advertising support, as well as solutions to help independent candidates. Disability stakeholders including More United will be consulted as part of this work.</p><p> </p><p>The funding of up to £250,000 that I announced is intended to provide support for disabled candidates in the interim, while that programme of work is on-going. This fund will primarily support the forthcoming English local elections in 2019, but similar arrangements for any parliamentary by-elections that occur until May 2019, will be considered on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are liaising with the Cabinet Office, which is responsible for electoral law, on any measures that may be required to ensure grants from the fund are not considered to be part of a candidate’s election expenses.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 156460 156461 156462 question first answered 10/07/2018 15:33:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

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registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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: Appeals
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 undertake an assessment of reasons for the increase in the number of employment and support allowance and personal independence payment appeals in the year ending March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	7480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The increase in appeals for these benefits was for the following reasons:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>ESA. </strong>There has been a significant change over 2016/17 in the makeup of Work Capability Assessments. As capacity with the provider has increased, this has enabled us to undertake assessments on a greater range of cases, including more reassessment cases and more cases which require a face-to-face assessment. This has changed the case mix and we are seeing more fit-for-work and work-related activity group decisions. Fit-for-work decisions are more likely to be appealed. But it should be noted that between April 2014-December 2016, 2.1m ESA WCA decisions have been made, of these just 8% have been appealed and only 4% have been overturned.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>PIP. </strong>The increase is consequent on the upscaling of the roll-out of the DLA to PIP migration programme. Those who either were not awarded PIP or were given a reduced award were likely to dispute those decisions. In the majority of successful appeals, decisions are overturned because people have submitted more oral or written evidence.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 16:08:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

714710

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Autism: Employment
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 National Autistic Society's report, The autism employment gap: too much information in the workplace, published in October 2016, if he will make it his policy to increase the number of people with autism in employment.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	69612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the number of people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, including autism, in employment and there are a range of programmes and initiatives to support them. By March 2017, 1,000 Job Centre Plus staff have been trained to give claimants who have autism the best possible support with their claims.</p><p> </p><p>New measures to help people with autism were launched on 27 March, to mark World Autism Awareness Week. This includes a Disability Confident autism toolkit, which provides comprehensive information on autism and hidden impairments, as well as guidance on employment and local authority services. This Toolkit has been promoted to all government departments.</p><p>In addition, the Department has helped to develop a Disability Passport - About Me - to support people with autism who are seeking jobs and those helping them. Disabled people can share it with their work coach or adviser, to help improve communication and put any reasonable adjustments in place at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>Finally, Improving Lives – the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ sets out the Government’s proposals for improving work and health outcomes for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. We are now considering consultation responses and the next steps for longer term reform.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/04/2017 15:33:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

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registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps UK forces take to avoid civilian casualties when targeting (a) oil facilities and (b) other infrastructure in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	24876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>Regardless of the type of target being considered, the UK performs an assessment prior to every UK strike to assess the likelihood of any civilian casualties. This examines the impact of the strike on the surrounding area and whether there are likely to be any civilians present.</p><p>The UK military takes every possible step to avoid civilian casualties.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/02/2016 13:21:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

176937

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to support local shops and high streets.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Eric Ollerenshaw
uin	907349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have helped create over 360 town teams, given over £18 million to towns - funding successful initiatives such as ‘Love your Local Market’. We have increased business rate discounts for 300,000 businesses, strengthened the role of Business Improvement Districts, introduced new permitted development rights and are tackling aggressive parking enforcement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 907350 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:34:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4141 label Biography information for Eric Ollerenshaw