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518245

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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, what steps his Department is taking to support workplace incentives to promote employee health and reduce sickness-related unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	36846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>We plan to publish a Green Paper later this year, which will set out reforms to improve support for people with health conditions and disabilities, including exploring the roles of employers.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are key partners in our ambition to halve the disability employment gap, reduce sick absence and promote employee health.</p><p> </p><p>Support is offered to employers through initiatives such as Access to Work and Disability Confident which help employers to recruit and retain people with a disability.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England supports local authorities in the provision of a range of resources and services for employers in the area of preventing ill health, including the Workplace Wellbeing Charter.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/05/2016 15:53:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

518335

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Work and Health Innovation Fund: Arthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Health and Work Innovation Fund his Department plans to allocate to programmes for people with arthritis.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	36756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>At the spending review, the Work and Health Unit secured £115m of funding, including at least £40m for a Work and Health innovation fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Innovation Fund will trial new ways to help working age disabled people and people with health conditions get in, stay in, and return to work as well as benefit from improved health outcomes. This will include support for people with musculoskeletal conditions, including arthritis.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/05/2016 14:45:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

518336

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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: Arthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Access to Work funding supports people with arthritis.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	36757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Access to Work does not record arthritis as a separate primary medical condition.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work statistics, which include a breakdown of numbers helped by primary medical condition, are published quarterly here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2</a>’</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/05/2016 15:22:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

518338

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Fit for work scheme: Musculoskeletal Disorders
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 the Fit For Work scheme have a musculoskeletal condition.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	36758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>2,144 people have been referred to Fit for Work with a musculoskeletal condition since the launch of the programme in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>All statistical information has been provided by either HML or Scottish Government. It has not previously been published and is non-validated.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/05/2016 14:45:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

518450

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in supplementary payments he estimates will be paid to disability living allowance claimants in Northern Ireland refused personal independence payments on reassessment who successfully appeal that refusal in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	37004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Social Security is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and is the responsibility of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/05/2016 07:30:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

518451

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have decreased their working hours in order to remain eligible for the carers allowance since the introduction of the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	36994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>I have made no such estimate and I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to her on the 25 April 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-04-20/34752/" target="_blank">UIN34752</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/05/2016 07:25:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

519394

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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 safety inspections the Health and Safety Executive carried out in the last year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the number of such inspections the Executive will be able to make with the planned budget for 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	37427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive undertook approximately 18,000 targeted inspections in 2015/16, and will seek to maintain current levels of its core regulatory activities, including inspection, each year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/05/2016 13:57:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

519395

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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, what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of the effect of an ageing workforce on safety at work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	37424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) commissioned a report into age and employment in 2011 <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr832.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr832.pdf</a>. The report found little conclusive evidence that older workers have an increased risk of work related accidents than younger workers. However, if an older worker is involved in a work related accident, the individual is likely to suffer more serious injuries, permanent disabilities or death, than for a younger worker. This is supported by statistics published by HSE.</p><p>The report also found there is little evidence that chronological age is a strong determinant of health, cognitive or physical abilities, sickness absence or productivity.</p><p>HSE’s website includes specific guidance on how to tackle and address health and safety issues in relation to older workers <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/vulnerable-workers/older-workers.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/vulnerable-workers/older-workers.htm</a>. Additionally, as part of the European Occupational Safety and Health Agency campaign – Healthy workplaces for all ages, HSE is currently working with external stakeholders to specifically target high risk industries with high ratios of older workers, such as agriculture.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/05/2016 10:51:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

519781

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 13 April 2016 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms L Taylor.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	37554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member of Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb), replied on 15 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/05/2016 12:07:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

519366

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Motability: Parkinson's Disease
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 with Parkinson's disease who leased a Motability vehicle under disability living allowance were assessed as being ineligible for that vehicle under personal independence payment prior to any subsequent appeal.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	37127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Motability is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for the administration of the Motability scheme, including collating its own management information and client statistics. Whilst the Department meets regularly with Motability to discuss scheme performance, questions relating to the details of the scheme’s operation should be directed to Motability itself.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that the transition from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be challenging for some individuals, which is why the Department worked closely with Motability as we developed our plans for the introduction of PIP. The Motability charity provides a one-off package of transitional support and advice to support customers who no longer meet the eligibility criteria for the Motability Scheme. For most of these customers who entered into their first lease agreement with Motability before January 2013, Motability will provide transitional support of £2,000. This will enable many former Scheme customers to continue to meet their mobility needs by purchasing a used car.</p><p> </p><p>For customers who entered into their first lease agreement with the scheme during 2013, Motability will supply transitional support of £1,000 to assist with mobility costs. Motability is also providing help with the cost of adaptations made to non-scheme vehicles and information on non-scheme motoring and insurance. The Scheme also offers customers an opportunity to purchase their vehicle after the end of the lease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/05/2016 11:03:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon