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1151927

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Health
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 22 October 2019 to Question 903 on Department for Work and Pensions: Health, on how many occasions her Department's staff have flagged claimants as being suicidal; and what estimate she has made of the number of claimants who have died by suicide in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold centralised records that will enable it to answer these questions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes the issue of suicide extremely seriously. Guidance is available to staff that helps them work with customers who are vulnerable and indicate they may harm themselves.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/10/2019 14:31:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1151514

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Health
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 22 October 2019 to Question 903 on 22 October 2019 on Department for Work and Pensions: Health, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recording well-being measures for each claimant of a benefit delivered by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	3581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has over 100m transactions with customers each year. We do not record well-being measures against each of these transactions, however our case managers are trained to take action in the case of customers discussing suicide or self-harm, alongside being able to signpost customers to additional support such as bereavement assistance where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/10/2019 14:23:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150146

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Guardianship and Parents: Anxiety and Depressive Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of children who live in households in receipt of benefits who have one or more (a) parent and (b) guardian with a diagnosis of depression or anxiety.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/10/2019 13:38:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150147

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Health
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 13 September 2018 to Question 171307, what steps her Department takes to monitor the personal wellbeing of claimants.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The services provided by the Department are designed to make a positive difference to citizen’s life circumstances, through helping more people into work, simplifying the benefits systems, providing support to disabled people and providing security in later life.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has over 100m transactions with customers each year. We do not record well-being measures against each of these transactions, however our case managers are trained to take action in the case of customers discussing suicide or self-harm, alongside being able to signpost customers to additional support such as bereavement assistance where appropriate.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/10/2019 13:14:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150156

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: 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 uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being in formulating policy; and what policies her Department has introduced to improve personal well-being in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Wellbeing indicators are used to inform DWP policy. For example, within the programme of work and health trials being delivered by the joint DWP/DHSC Work and Health Unit, ONS measures of wellbeing are being collected alongside health and employment outcomes to inform future policy development. Within the data pack that informed the 2016 Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, the relationship between employment status and wellbeing was considered.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, specific DWP initiatives are designed to help promote citizen wellbeing. For example, in 2019, the Department launched the `Mid-life MOTs’ online portal to encourage more active planning in the key areas of work, wellbeing and finances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/10/2019 14:19:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1149358

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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: Vale of Clwyd
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of economically active people claiming universal claimant in the Vale of Clwyd constituency in August (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit claimants that are economically active could either be employed or unemployed and therefore, information on Conditionality Regimes by parliamentary constituency can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/10/2019 13:54:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1144954

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
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	Unemployment: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of unemployment on a person's mental health.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	287476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions recognise the impact unemployment can have on an individual’s mental health. An independent review* of the scientific evidence on the relationship between work and health, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions, found strong evidence that unemployment is generally harmful to health and linked with poorer mental health, psychological distress, and psychiatric morbidity. Our jobcentre staff work in partnership with mental health providers and services to ensure individuals experiencing unemployment receive the necessary help they need to support them in their job search, work entry and job retention.</p><p>Notes: * Waddell G and Burton AK. (2006). Is work good for your health and well-being. London: TSO.</p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2019 14:05:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1144618

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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: Stress
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of the effect of long-term trends in workplace stress on the mental and physical health of workers.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	286654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>HSE does monitor year on year statistics of work-related stress, using data gathered via the Labour Force Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The overall incidence rates have remained fairly stable over the last decade but have recently shown indications of an upward trend. This data is used as evidence to inform policy and strategy development. Within the statistics there are a series of sectors that have persistently higher than average rates of stress – education, health, local and central government.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has targeted these sectors more specifically, and its involvement has led to the development of practical tools and guidance to help support employers and employees in taking action to prevent and reduce the incidence of work-related stress and resulting mental health issues of anxiety and depression.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/09/2019 14:22:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141068

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who claimed personal independence payment in Wales in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	280163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) registrations, clearances (whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) and claims in payment can be found on Stat-Xplore at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. This data can be broken down by region and by month.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/07/2019 10:39:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141070

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have claimed universal credit in Wales in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	280164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2019 answer text <p>Statistics surrounding the volume of Universal Credit claims is routinely published and can be found on the Department’s Stat-Xplore service: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>/. Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/09/2019 14:36:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane