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1132544

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Historic Buildings: Health Hazards
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 protections introduced in Germany and Austria for workers renovating or demolishing buildings against the risk of breathing in historical man-made mineral fibres which are now considered to pose a serious risk to health, what steps she is taking to introduce similar protections for UK workers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	265555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is aware of the guidelines that have been produced in Germany and Austria, advising companies on the measures they should take to protect workers against risks of breathing in historic man-made mineral fibres (MMMFs).</p><p>In Great Britain there is a statutory framework in place to protect workers who may be exposed to any hazardous substance, such as MMMFs, regardless of how that exposure occurs. This framework includes the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 which places a general duty on employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of people affected by their work activities.</p><p> </p><p>The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH), places specific duties on employers and implements several EU Directives on worker protection, ensuring our standards meet those required of all EU Member States. COSHH requires employers to carry out a risk assessment to establish the hazards associated with the tasks and processes they are undertaking and put in place suitable arrangements to either prevent or control those risks. Such a risk assessment would need to be carried out for workers renovating or demolishing buildings to enable suitable controls to be put in place for any hazardous substances that may be present or that may be produced, including MMMFs. HSE provides guidance, to help businesses comply with their legal duties.</p><p> </p><p>The regulatory framework, supported by guidance, is sufficient to control occupational exposure to MMMFs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/06/2019 14:39:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906314

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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, how many claimants of universal credit have waited for more than (a) 2 weeks, (b) 3 weeks, (c) 4 weeks, (d) 5 weeks, (e) 6 weeks, (f) 7 weeks, (g) 8 weeks, (h) 9 weeks, (I) 10 weeks, (j) 11 weeks and (k) 12 weeks for a payment in each month since July 2017.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The requested data is attached.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/05/2018 10:42:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name 145370 table.docx title Table
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906315

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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: York Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in York Central constituency claim universal credit.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The requested information on the number of claimants by constituency is published and can be accessed at:</p><p><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 obtained at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/05/2018 10:43:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906316

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in York have had their entitlement to personal independence payments upheld as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of Mandatory Reconsideration clearances for Personal Independence Payment in York Local Authority broken down by clearance type for each financial year since its introduction is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>New Decision - Award Changed</p></td><td><p>New Decision - Award Unchanged</p></td><td><p>Decision Not Revised</p></td><td><p>Withdrawn/<br> Cancelled</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 17 - Jan 18</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of appeals for Personal Independence Payment in York Local Authority broken down by outcome for each financial year since its introduction is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Decision Overturned</p></td><td><p>Decision Upheld</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 17 - Dec 17</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Reconsiderations data is available to January 2018. Appeals data is to December 2017.</p><p>#’ means greater than zero but fewer than 5 in this category.</p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p><p>Award overturned at appeal may include a small number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p>The Local Authority Region geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was held.</p><p>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/05/2018 10:48:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906317

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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: York Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants in York Central constituency have received sanctions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of individuals sanctioned by benefit and parliamentary constituency is published and can be accessed at:</p><p><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><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><strong> </strong></p><p>We engage at a personal and individual level with all of our claimants and are committed to tailoring the support that we give, and any conditionality requirements to the specific circumstances of the individuals.</p><p>We take a number of steps to make sure our decisions are fair. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/05/2018 10:42:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

892142

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accessibility to deaf claimants of the personal independence payment customer satisfaction surveys that are only carried out by telephone.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	138493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer on 26 April 2018 to PQ136978. <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-23/136978/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-23/136978/</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/05/2018 14:37:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

892143

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (PIP) review notice letters were sent out to claimants (a) up to one year and (b) over one year in advance of their PIP award expiry date in the last two years; and how many claimants had their PIP award terminated early in that period.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	138494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of review letters that were sent out to Personal Independence Payments claimants up to one year in advance between January 2016 and January 2018 is 316,610. Of these, 63,200 were disallowed after the review. The Personal Independence Payment Computer Systems are designed to auto-send out notifications on the review date, not before, which is one year before the expiration of the award. As such we have no record of claimants who received notice letters over one year in advance of their PIP award expiry date.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/05/2018 10:14:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

849958

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the process will be for upholding the High Court judgment on Personal Independence Payments.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	129526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the statement made by myself, <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-30/debates/F35E85CB-FF67-467E-AD63-1C13EB1EC32B/PIPBackPayments" target="_blank">Official Report</a>, 30 January 2018, Column 703 - 704.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/02/2018 16:37:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

843925

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Eligibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis was for the decision to move personal independent payment mobility criteria from 50 metres to 20 metres.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>There has been no move from 50 metres to 20 metres.</p><p> </p><p>Disability Living Allowance (DLA) does not have and has never had a 50 metre measure for mobilising for the purpose of assessing whether someone is unable or virtually unable to walk.</p><p> </p><p>The 20 metre distance was introduced in Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to distinguish those whose mobility is significantly more limited than others and who face even greater barriers on a day to day basis – those who have the highest need.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2018 15:59:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

843928

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis and Neurology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of knowledge of (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) neurological conditions among personal independence payment assessors; and what steps her Department is taking to improve the knowledge of those conditions and their symptoms among such assessors.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	128044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The objective of the PIP assessment is to assess the impact that health conditions and impairments can have on an individual’s daily life. The PIP assessment is not a medical assessment requiring the Health Care Professional to diagnose a condition or to recommend treatment options.</p><p> </p><p>All Health Care Professionals complete initial and ongoing training on neurological conditions and multiple sclerosis. They also practise several clinical scenarios involving neurological conditions and multiple sclerosis as part of that training. Health Professionals have access to a range of resources as well as experienced clinicians to support them in assessing claimants with complex conditions. In addition, Assessment Providers frequently engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen, review and update their training programmes.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/02/2018 12:26:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell