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1010639

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Armed Forces: Pensions
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 it her policy to disregard income from an Armed Forces medical pension when calculating universal credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Income related benefits already partially disregard War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments for injuries and bereavement. With the introduction of Universal Credit, we have gone a step further and ensured that War Pensions and all Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments are fully disregarded in the assessment of income for Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/11/2018 14:36:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010707

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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: Epilepsy
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 17 October 2018 to 178277, what support his Department provides to claimants suffering multiple epileptic seizures on a weekly basis to gain and sustain employment; and what guidance his Department provides to employers on ensuring that people with epilepsy are supported in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>We support disabled people, including those with epilepsy, to enter employment through initiatives like the Work and Health Programme and Personal Support Package. We also offer extensive, personalised support to new and existing disabled workers through Access to Work.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we engage with employers through Disability Confident. The scheme, developed by disabled people, employers and disability organisations, encourages employers to think differently about disability and to take action to improve how they attract, recruit and retain disabled employees.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2018 12:41:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010708

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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, pursuant the Answer of 14 September 2018 to Question 171353; how many universal credit claims were determined on the scrutiny of written information alone in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of Universal Credit claims determined on the scrutiny of written information alone, known as a Work Capability Paper Based Assessment (PBA), is outlined in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total PBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 - March2014</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014 – March 2015</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 – March 2016</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 – March 2017</p></td><td><p>1,743</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 – March 2018</p></td><td><p>10,222</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/11/2018 14:54:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010728

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Johnston Press: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information she holds on the (a) number of past and present employees of Johnston Press who will be affected by its decision to transfer its pension scheme to the Pension Protection Fund and (b) potential proportionate change in the value of the pensions of those employees.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	193592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Johnston Press Pension Plan is currently in the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) assessment period, where it will be assessed whether the scheme’s funding level is sufficient to secure pensions to its members at least equal to the level of compensation the PPF would pay. If the scheme’s funding is not sufficient, then it will transfer into the PPF and compensation will be paid at 100 per cent for individuals over their scheme’s retirement age at the date of the insolvency, and 90 per cent of the member’s accrued benefits, subject to an overall cap for everyone else. Benefits accrued post 1997 will be linked to PPF indexation going forward.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>There are around 5,000 pension scheme members who will be affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator and the PPF are working together with the administrators to understand the circumstances surrounding the sale and its implications for the Johnston Press Pension Plan.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 193594 question first answered 26/11/2018 12:10:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1010730

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Johnston Press: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,what the Pension Protection Fund has determined the value of Johnston Press pension deficit to be.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	193593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Johnston Press Pension Plan is currently in the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) assessment period, where it will be assessed whether the scheme’s funding level is sufficient to secure pensions to its members at least equal to the level of compensation the PPF would pay. If the scheme’s funding is not sufficient, then it will transfer into the PPF and compensation will be paid at 100 per cent for individuals over their scheme’s retirement age at the date of the insolvency, and 90 per cent of the member’s accrued benefits, subject to an overall cap for everyone else. Benefits accrued post 1997 will be linked to PPF indexation going forward.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>There are around 5,000 pension scheme members who will be affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator and the PPF are working together with the administrators to understand the circumstances surrounding the sale and its implications for the Johnston Press Pension Plan.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/11/2018 14:41:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1010735

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Johnston Press: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the steps the JPI Media Board will take to mitigate pension losses and to stabilise the pension scheme for employees of Johnston Press.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	193594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Johnston Press Pension Plan is currently in the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) assessment period, where it will be assessed whether the scheme’s funding level is sufficient to secure pensions to its members at least equal to the level of compensation the PPF would pay. If the scheme’s funding is not sufficient, then it will transfer into the PPF and compensation will be paid at 100 per cent for individuals over their scheme’s retirement age at the date of the insolvency, and 90 per cent of the member’s accrued benefits, subject to an overall cap for everyone else. Benefits accrued post 1997 will be linked to PPF indexation going forward.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>There are around 5,000 pension scheme members who will be affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator and the PPF are working together with the administrators to understand the circumstances surrounding the sale and its implications for the Johnston Press Pension Plan.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 193592 question first answered 26/11/2018 12:10:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1010739

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Health and Safety Executive: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Health and Safety Executive inspector posts are currently vacant; and what assessment she has made of the effect of those vacancies on the ability of the Health and Safety Executive to attend incidents.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	193596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) currently has 29 regulatory inspector vacancies.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not investigate all incidents reported to them, only the most serious work-related incidents are investigated. These include those which result in the death of a person and incidents which meet HSE’s incident selection criteria.</p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/ogprocedures/investigation/incidselcrits.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/ogprocedures/investigation/incidselcrits.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HSE is an arms-length body and the Chair has assured me that current resources are sufficient for HSE to respond to incidents that meet HSE’s incident selection criteria for investigation.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2018 13:42:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1010740

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Industrial 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, how many and what proportion of incidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) were attended by an HSE inspector in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	193597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR 2013) require dutyholders to notify enforcing authorities of certain incidents. The total number of incidents reported to the HSE under RIDDOR for each of the last three years are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>53,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>58,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>51,703</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of HSE investigations of incidents reported under RIDDOR 2013 for each of the last three years are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2,221</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HSE does not investigate all incidents reported to them, only the most serious work-related incidents are investigated. HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria (<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/ogprocedures/investigation/incidselcrits.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/ogprocedures/investigation/incidselcrits.htm</a>) outlines the criteria for the selection of reported incidents which are investigated by HSE.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2018 12:46:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1010788

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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 support is available to help people challenge employers who do not act on Access to Work recommendations in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Access to Work advisers provide advice and guidance to employers to assist in ensuring that they are able to procure and implement the required adjustments and understand what the consequences for the individual would be if they did not. This helps ensure there is a shared understanding of what is required.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work does not intervene in disputes between an employee and employer should these occur, but an Access to Work assessment provides a good basis for discussion between the employee and their employer</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2018 13:47:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1010797

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
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 visit the Govan Job Centre in December 2018; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	193606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State will be continue to engage with the Scottish Government as her predecessors have. The Secretary of State will be visiting various front-line services, including job centres, in the coming months. There are no visits planned to Scotland this December.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/11/2018 10:18:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens