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1041403

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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	Notice Boards: Fire Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Health and Safety Executive will undertake an investigation to determine whether notice boards in workplaces including schools, colleges, universities and care homes meet fire safety standards; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	208196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 covers general fire safety in England and Wales. In Scotland this is Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, supported by the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulation 2006. In the majority of premises, including schools, colleges, universities and care homes, local fire and rescue authorities are responsible for enforcing this fire safety legislation.</p><p>General fire safety in the workplace, and fire safety standards, are not the responsibility of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and therefore HSE cannot undertake an investigation into whether notice boards meet fire safety standards. The Home Office is responsible for fire and rescue policy. <br></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/01/2019 09:54:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1047071

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	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	Health and Safety Executive: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent inspectors have been employed in each region of the country by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	211634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent inspectors employed in each region of the country by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1051</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1038</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1037</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>988</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>978</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HSE inspector numbers are as per the respective Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/02/2019 13:34:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1088753

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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	Disability: Cost of Living
	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 Scope report entitled Disability Price Tag 2019, what steps she is taking to reduce the extra costs faced by disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	232508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides a range of benefits to reduce the financial pressure on disabled people and those with long term health conditions. Local Authorities and the National Health Service provide a wide range of additional services.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, spending on extra-costs disability benefits has increased by £5billion in real terms. These benefits have been increased with inflation and were protected from the benefit freeze.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are working closely with private industry to better recognise the needs of disabled people and ensure they are fully included in society. Initiatives led by the Department, such as Sector Champions, and those led by the private sector and supported by the Department, such as Purple Tuesday, aim to work with businesses to recognise the benefits of ensuring they are accessible and inclusive for disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>As I have recently announced, we plan to commission independent research to better understand the needs of disabled people and how health and disability benefits can better support them.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/03/2019 15:05:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1088754

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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: Medical Examinations
	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 ensure that personal independence payment assessments address the full range of extra costs faced by disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	232509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a more modern, dynamic and fairer benefit than its predecessor, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), designed to focus support on those experiencing the greatest barriers to living independently. DLA had not been fundamentally reformed since it was introduced over 25 years ago and it lacked some of the basic checks and reviews that are integral to most other State-funded support.</p><p> </p><p>Built on rules developed for disability benefits created in the 1970s, DLA was also a product of its time, focusing primarily on physical disabilities, whereas we now have a better understanding of the needs of individuals with mental health conditions, learning difficulties, and sensory impairments like blindness. Understanding of conditions like autism has also changed measurably. That is why we introduced PIP. Reform of DLA had long been overdue and the benefit had to be changed to better support disabled people to lead independent lives as they want to today. PIP provides an opportunity to better target support for disabled people and to enable them to lead full, active and independent lives.</p><p> </p><p>At the core of the benefit’s design is the principle that awards of the benefit should be made according to a claimant’s overall level of need; entitlement being assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a health condition or disability. It is intended to act as a contribution <br>towards the extra costs that arise as a result of a long-term health condition or disability. We take all feedback regarding the benefit and assessment process seriously; and we remain committed to continuous improvements and working closely with claimants and <br>representative organisations.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 232034 232968 question first answered 20/03/2019 15:11:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

418762

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the Government's response to his Department's consultation on changes to the Occupational Pension (Investment) regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	10183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government plans to respond to this consultation by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 14:16:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

757856

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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: Rural Areas
	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 has taken to support new claimants of universal credit in rural areas with a lack of access to online facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	8917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>As internet access can be an issue for some claimants, including those in rural areas, all jobcentres across the country have Wi-Fi and computers available, including 6000 additional computers installed to support the introduction of Universal Credit. This provides access to digital channels in every Jobcentre for claimants to use when they do not have access at home. A telephone helpline and face to face support are also available for claimants to make and manage a Universal Credit claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/09/2017 15:12:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

802613

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	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	Local Housing Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many amendments he has made to the Local Housing Allowance areas over the last five years, and whether he plans to make further revisions.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	118163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>There have been no amendments to any Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs) in the past five years. BRMAs are geographical areas used for the purposes of setting Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates in the private rented sector. Whilst Rent Officers are able to review these areas, any changes to the BRMA boundaries must be referred to the Secretary of State for approval, as laid down in the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 and the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2017 10:18:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805987

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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: Epilepsy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department produces guidance to health practitioners on deciding on claims for personal independence payments made by people who have epilepsy.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	119197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Health professionals carrying out assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provide comprehensive and professional advice to help the Department’s decision makers to fairly and accurately determine benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The PIP assessment is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their disability or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability, rather than the disability itself. Therefore the PIP Assessment Guide for Health Professionals does not contain specific condition based guidance.</p><p>The PIP Assessment Guide can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers" target="_blank">Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for assessment providers - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/12/2017 12:04:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

818749

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will recalculate winter fuel payments for eligible claimants living in other EU member states using postcode enumerators to devise a more accurate system than measuring the national average of temperatures in each such country.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	121513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to use post code enumerators to determine the eligibility of Winter Fuel Payments for those living in other member states for the reasons set out in the explanatory memorandum to The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2014/3270, details of which can be found in the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3270/memorandum/contents" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3270/memorandum/contents</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/01/2018 16:46:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

823478

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Publicity
	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 18 October 2017 to Question 106843, how much her Department plans to spend on promoting the Access to Work scheme in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	122951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Funding for 2018/2019 to promote Access to Work has not been finalised. For our marketing approach, I refer the Hon Member to PQ 106839.</p><p>Last year saw an 8% rise in number of people who had an Access to Work award approved.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/01/2018 14:01:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew