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date	24/07/2018
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: Plumbing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effect of section 75 rules on debt calculations for multi-Employer Pension Schemes on directors of plumbing companies.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	168080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>There are nearly 1,000 multi-employer schemes. The legislation requiring employers to pay debts applies to all. This legislation helps ensure employees receive the pension they have been promised and worked for.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Paper “Protecting Defined Benefit Pensions” specifically discussed Multi Employer Schemes. The government looked closely at evidence submitted from employers and representatives from the Plumbing &amp; Mechanical Services (UK) Industry Pension Scheme regarding this legislation. After careful consideration the government concluded that it cannot consider amending an important area of legislation further, which would disadvantage scheme members, just to address one particular scheme’s problems.</p><p>Summaries of the responses to the Green Paper can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/defined-benefit-pension-schemes-security-and-sustainability" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/defined-benefit-pension-schemes-security-and-sustainability</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/09/2018 14:25:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

947415

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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
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 Answer of 23 July to Question 165701 on universal credit, when he expects updated figures to be available.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	168151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>We plan to provide updated figures by the end of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/09/2018 15:48:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

947658

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	First Aid: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals on workplace health and safety regulations to ensure that employers provide appropriate first aid training for their staff.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	168053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for regulating first aid provision in the workplace, as set out in the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. The Regulations require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. The Regulations apply to all workplaces including those with less than five employees and to the self-employed.</p><p>Employers should undertake a needs assessment, to ensure that first aid provision adequately reflects the needs of their particular workplace or organisation and that appointed first aid personnel receive appropriate training. It is the responsibility of employers to choose their training providers and apply due diligence in doing so.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2018 14:33:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946780

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to (a) make the HMRC Gateway service more accessible and (b) enable improved access to Government services for people with no online or digital access.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	167403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>(a) DWP are key stakeholders in the development of the new HMRC Government Gateway Service. HMRC are leading on user research around accessibility with DWP participation via Government Departmental Working Groups.</p><p>(b) We are working with partner organisations and with other departments to understand the level of support users of government services need. As part of this programme of work we are looking at the current internet devices we have in our Jobcentre Plus Offices, this includes Digital propensity, Digital Inclusion and the level of support DWP provides. DWP assures all our digital services meet the quality requirements of the Digital Service Standard which, includes both accessibility and assisted digital needs. Face to face appointments’ for claimants and free phone lines are part of the breadth of services we also have available to people without digital access.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/09/2018 15:12:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams