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993612

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Employment: Disability
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 2 July 2018 to Question 165609 on Employment: disability, when the research will be published; and whether that research will consider actual employment outcomes for disabled people as a target and reference point for the success of Disability Confident.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	182830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165609, we have commissioned external research which explores whether employers who sign up to the Disability Confident scheme change their attitudes and behaviours in relation to disability employment, including whether they report increases in their employment of disabled people as a result of signing up.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to publish results from this research later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2018 17:19:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

993614

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of the report entitled, Where your mental health just disappears overnight, published by Inclusion London.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	182832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department recognises that many of those claiming benefits are particularly vulnerable and we continue to explore ways to improve the customer journey, especially for those with mental health conditions, and have safeguards in place to ensure people are supported throughout the claiming and sanctions processes.</p><p> </p><p>Over half of Employment and Support Allowance claimants - 1.2 million people – have a mental health or behavioural-related condition<em>.</em></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2018 10:12:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

988681

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to allocate additional funding for mobility payments to children under the age of three in 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	180219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>There are no proposals to change the age restrictions for the mobility component of Child DLA. Only children over the age of three can claim the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA). This is because entitlement to the higher rate mobility component of DLA depends primarily on an inability to walk. All young children have substantial mobility needs up until the age of three years old.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department does understand the difficulties that some families with severely disabled children under the age of three may face, particularly those who have a reliance on bulky medical equipment which makes transportation difficult.</p><p> </p><p>After being introduced by the Department, the Motability charity and Family Fund have begun a pilot to support families with their mobility needs.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/10/2018 13:11:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

983179

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the delay in (a) self-employed and (b) freelance applicants being granted Access to Work payments.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	176352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Access to Work processing team has consistently been achieving its processing performance targets. While some individual cases may take longer to process than others, there is no evidence of any systemic delay in processing applications, including those from self-employed or freelance applicants.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work has a specialist self-employment team to help self-employed customers with their applications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2018 13:28:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

983180

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people to (a) disclose a disability and (b) ask for reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	176353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 legally protects disabled people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society and requires employers to make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities, or physical or mental health conditions aren’t substantially disadvantaged when doing their jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Disability Confident emphasises to employers the importance of implementing reasonable adjustments and signposts them to further sources of information and guidance. By providing guidance, best practice advice and access to case studies, DC helps to support managers and HR professionals to build a positive culture. This means that managers and disabled staff can have productive conversations in the workplace, creating the right environment for people to share their disability at work.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work is a demand-led scheme that provides support for disabled workers over and above the level of reasonable adjustments, up to a maximum of £57,200 per year per person. Access to Work provision was approved for 25,020 individuals in 2016/17 – an 8% increase on 2015/16, at a cost of £104m.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are working with Council for Work and Health to develop Reasonable Adjustments Clinical Guidance in relation to 5 conditions which commonly lead to absence from work. We expect the guidance to be published in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, we are working with partners including employers, to establish a voluntary reporting framework on disability and mental health for large employers. In the supporting guidance we will provide advice on disclosure issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/10/2018 15:43:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

943897

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	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 provision her Department makes for people who when making a benefit application are unable to respond with bank documentation and other relevant paperwork within the requested 10 days.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	165608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>DWP administers a number of benefits with different eligibility requirements. In order to ensure that we pay people their correct benefit in a timely way, we may need to ask for information or documentation from a claimant to support their application within a particular timeframe. We will prompt claimants using a variety of methods such as SMS, phone call or a message on claimants’ UC journal. Where information is not received, we can consider extending the timeframe.</p><p>If a claimant does not have a bank account, DWP does have other methods of payment which can be used in these circumstances, for example, a Post Office card account (POca). In certain circumstances a claimant can request to be paid by the Payment Exception Service. This is a way for people who do not have a bank account to collect benefit or pension payments. Further detail is on gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/payment-exception-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/payment-exception-service</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/07/2018 15:15:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

943965

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Employment: Disability
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 10 July 2018 to Questions 161189, 161190 and 161191 on employment: disability, how her Department is evaluating the success of the Disability Confident scheme if job outcomes attributable to the scheme are not recorded.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	165609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We have commissioned external research which will assess the extent to which employers who sign up to Disability Confident scheme change their attitudes and behaviours in relation to disability employment, including offering more employment opportunities, supporting existing employees who have or acquire disabilities, changing recruitment practices to encourage more disabled applicants and making workplace adjustments to retain existing employees. We expect to publish results from this research later this year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/07/2018 16:59:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

935006

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department is collating on the employment outcomes for disabled people as a result of companies signing up to the disability confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	161189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Disability Confident, which was formally launched in November 2016, helps employers to improve in their ability to recruit, retain and develop disabled people. Over 6,800 employers have joined the scheme to date. Disability Confident employers make specific commitments, offering a range of job opportunities, work experience, work trials, supported internships etc.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Work and Pensions Select Committees recommendation that the Department commissions an evaluation of the campaign before 2020. My Department is currently developing our proposals to undertake this.</p><p>As an example of its impact, since becoming Disability Confident, KPMG have been involved in initiatives to create more opportunities for disabled people. For example in their Leeds office, partnering with the Lighthouse futures trust, they are providing 5 young adults with autism a year’s internship at KPMG. They also have a focus on social mobility and a successful apprenticeship program which has helped them widen participation into the professions.</p><p>The number of disabled people in work has increased by around 600,000 since 2013. It is not possible to attribute the direct impact of Disability Confident on this.</p><p> </p><p>Since the launch of the scheme in November 2016, more than 130 employers have progressed to become Disability Confident Leaders (Level 3), including all of the main Government Departments.</p><p> </p><p>My Department is running an ongoing campaign to support sign ups to Disability Confident and regularly showcases the work of Disability Confident Leaders (level 3) via case studies on social media. In addition, Disability Confident Leaders encourage and support other employers (level 1 and 2) on their Disability Confident journey through specialist themed events.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group, comprising prominent national businesses, is also promoting the scheme to other employers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 161190 161191 question first answered 10/07/2018 15:48:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

935007

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been secured by disabled candidates since the Disability Confident scheme’s inception.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	161190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Disability Confident, which was formally launched in November 2016, helps employers to improve in their ability to recruit, retain and develop disabled people. Over 6,800 employers have joined the scheme to date. Disability Confident employers make specific commitments, offering a range of job opportunities, work experience, work trials, supported internships etc.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Work and Pensions Select Committees recommendation that the Department commissions an evaluation of the campaign before 2020. My Department is currently developing our proposals to undertake this.</p><p>As an example of its impact, since becoming Disability Confident, KPMG have been involved in initiatives to create more opportunities for disabled people. For example in their Leeds office, partnering with the Lighthouse futures trust, they are providing 5 young adults with autism a year’s internship at KPMG. They also have a focus on social mobility and a successful apprenticeship program which has helped them widen participation into the professions.</p><p>The number of disabled people in work has increased by around 600,000 since 2013. It is not possible to attribute the direct impact of Disability Confident on this.</p><p> </p><p>Since the launch of the scheme in November 2016, more than 130 employers have progressed to become Disability Confident Leaders (Level 3), including all of the main Government Departments.</p><p> </p><p>My Department is running an ongoing campaign to support sign ups to Disability Confident and regularly showcases the work of Disability Confident Leaders (level 3) via case studies on social media. In addition, Disability Confident Leaders encourage and support other employers (level 1 and 2) on their Disability Confident journey through specialist themed events.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group, comprising prominent national businesses, is also promoting the scheme to other employers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 161189 161191 question first answered 10/07/2018 15:48:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

935009

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to promote more companies to be Level 3 Disability Confident leaders.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	161191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Disability Confident, which was formally launched in November 2016, helps employers to improve in their ability to recruit, retain and develop disabled people. Over 6,800 employers have joined the scheme to date. Disability Confident employers make specific commitments, offering a range of job opportunities, work experience, work trials, supported internships etc.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Work and Pensions Select Committees recommendation that the Department commissions an evaluation of the campaign before 2020. My Department is currently developing our proposals to undertake this.</p><p>As an example of its impact, since becoming Disability Confident, KPMG have been involved in initiatives to create more opportunities for disabled people. For example in their Leeds office, partnering with the Lighthouse futures trust, they are providing 5 young adults with autism a year’s internship at KPMG. They also have a focus on social mobility and a successful apprenticeship program which has helped them widen participation into the professions.</p><p>The number of disabled people in work has increased by around 600,000 since 2013. It is not possible to attribute the direct impact of Disability Confident on this.</p><p> </p><p>Since the launch of the scheme in November 2016, more than 130 employers have progressed to become Disability Confident Leaders (Level 3), including all of the main Government Departments.</p><p> </p><p>My Department is running an ongoing campaign to support sign ups to Disability Confident and regularly showcases the work of Disability Confident Leaders (level 3) via case studies on social media. In addition, Disability Confident Leaders encourage and support other employers (level 1 and 2) on their Disability Confident journey through specialist themed events.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group, comprising prominent national businesses, is also promoting the scheme to other employers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 161189 161190 question first answered 10/07/2018 15:48:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron