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1713838

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	Restart Programme
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 page 88 of his Department's Annual Report and Account 2022-23, what progress his Department has made on geographical case studies to understand local delivery challenges of the Restart programme.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The evaluation of the Restart Scheme, including research using geographical case studies, is being used to inform delivery of the Restart programme.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/04/2024 14:17:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713839

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on meeting its Greening Government Commitment targets.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP’s 2023/24 GGC performance is currently being collated and will be submitted to DEFRA at the end of May 2024. Therefore, 2022/23 is the latest full year of GGC data that is available and a summary of DWP’s performance (including our ALBs) against each of the headline GGC targets from 2022/23 is provided below. Further details of DWP’s performance (excluding ALBs) is available in DWP’s 2022/23 Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Target A: Mitigating climate change: working towards net zero by 2050</strong></p><p>DWP reduced our total greenhouse gas emissions by 32% compared to the 17/18 baseline, which is on track to meet the target to reduce by 45% by 2024/25.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP reduced our direct greenhouse gas emissions by 1% compared to the 17/18 baseline. During the pandemic DWP took on c.200 additional properties to respond to national requirements. These buildings were still part of the estate in 2022/23 which impacted the direct greenhouse gas emissions performance; however, significant estate rationalisation has occurred during 2023/24 and we forecast we will meet the 2024/25 target to reduce by 17%.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Target B: Minimising waste and promoting resource efficiency</strong></p><p>DWP reduced our total waste generated by 31% compared to the 2017/18 baseline, exceeding the target to reduce by 15% by 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Target C: Minimising waste and promoting resource efficiency</strong></p><p>DWP reduced our water consumption by 19% compared to the 2017/18 baseline, exceeding the target to reduce by 8% by 2024/25.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Target D: Procuring sustainable products and services</strong></p><p>DWP has a sustainable procurement policy and ensures all procurement activities comply with the Government Buying Standards, meeting the target requirements.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Target E: Nature Recovery – making space for thriving plants and wildlife</strong></p><p>DWP has developed a draft nature recovery plan and intend to finalise this before 2024/25 to meet the target requirements.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Target F: Adapting to climate change</strong></p><p>DWP has developed a climate change adaptation strategy which includes a climate change risk assessment and climate change adaptation plan for its estates and operations, meeting the target requirements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Target G: Reducing environmental impacts from information communication technology (ICT) and digital</strong></p><p>DWP provide annual reporting data against the ICT &amp; digital services strategy and provide membership to the sustainable technology advice and reporting team, meeting the target requirements.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/04/2024 10:26:40 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713840

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Targeted Case Review agents there are as of 25 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>As of the 31st of March, our Targeted Case Review team currently has 3,100 Full Time equivalent agents reviewing Universal Credit claims.</p><p> </p><p>This is the most recent date for which data is available.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/04/2024 13:13:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713841

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the staff turnover rate for his Department is as of 25 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The departments turnover figures are only available at the end of each month. The DWP turnover rate as of 31<sup>st</sup> March 2024 is 7.3%.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/04/2024 10:28:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713843

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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: Vacancies
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 roles in his Department are vacant as of 25 April 2024; and of those, how many and what proportion are not actively being recruited for.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP currently has 79,927 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) as at January 24. The proportion of roles in the Department that are vacant is not captured as DWP is currently managing a mix of recruitment to support growth whilst also replacing turnover in priority areas of Service Delivery. DWP is managing efficiencies where posts become vacant in non front line operational areas of the Department and decisions will be made on a case by case basis as to whether they will be recruited for.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/04/2024 14:15:06 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713134

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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: Disability
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 page 33 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, how many people received support from the Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies programme (a) nationally and (b) by region in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS Talking Therapies data (including on employment support) is published monthly by NHSE. There is a slight lag in the publication, so the last 12 months for which data is available is March 2023-February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>For the period March 2023-February 2024:</p><p>(a) NHSE data shows that <strong>47,280</strong> individuals started employment support in NHS Talking Therapies (this service is in England only)</p><p>(b) The following table breaks this down by NHS regions:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NHS Commissioning Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment support starts </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST OF ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>4,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONDON</p></td><td><p>7,495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MIDLANDS</p></td><td><p>10,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH EAST AND YORKSHIRE</p></td><td><p>4,205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH WEST</p></td><td><p>3,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH EAST</p></td><td><p>12,505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH WEST</p></td><td><p>4,260</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-talking-therapies-monthly-statistics-including-employment-advisors#latest-statistics" target="_blank">NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics Including Employment Advisors - NHS England Digital</a></p><p> </p><p>Caveats:</p><ul><li>Numbers above are for clients who first started employment support in the reporting period (measured by month).</li><li>The total above is aggregated from the monthly data (across 12 months), using the EA040 variable (Count_FirstESApptInMonthRefs)</li><li>The Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies programme is currently being rolled out across England. All NHS Talking Therapies providers in England are on track to have Employment Advisers in post during 2024/25. This may account for some of the regional differences noted above.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/04/2024 13:58:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713135

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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: Disability
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 page 33 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts, what proportion of Jobcentres provide access to the Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies programme as of 23 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>As well as providing employment support, Jobcentre Work Coaches can signpost to NHS Talking Therapies, which can be accessed via self-referral.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentres do not provide direct access to Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies.</p><p> </p><p>Employment Advisers and Work Coaches often work together to support NHS Talking Therapies clients - who are in contact with JCP - to find work, return to work from sick leave and remain in work.</p><p> </p><p>The Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies programme is currently being rolled out across England. All NHS Talking Therapies providers in England are on track to have Employment Advisers in post during 2024/25.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/04/2024 11:34:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713137

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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 Programme: Disability
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 held discussions with organisations representing disabled people on the disbanding of the Work and Health Programme.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Stakeholder engagement has been a key part of the design processes for the range of new programmes to enhance employment support for disabled people and those with health conditions being funded through the Back to Work Plan announced at Spring Budget and Autumn Statement 2023 – including Universal Support.</p><p> </p><p>This has included a range of organisations representing the types of people who are eligible for the current Work and Health Programme. We will continue to engage with relevant organisations as the planning for and roll out of these new and expanded programmes progresses.</p><p> </p><p>Any further announcements regarding the Work and Health Programme will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/04/2024 13:58:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713138

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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 Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department were working on programmes supporting disabled people into work as of 23 April (a) 2010 and (b) 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the lives of disabled people is a priority for this Government. This includes supporting more disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work. In recognition of this, the Joint DWP and DHSC Work &amp; Health Directorate was set up in 2015 in recognition of the significant link between work and health and to reflect the shared agenda of boosting employment opportunities for disabled people and people with health conditions. This not only benefits people’s health and wealth, but also the UK economy through increased productivity and reduced economic inactivity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/04/2024 11:38:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713140

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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: Chronic Illnesses
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 make a comparative estimate of the number of people who were economically inactive and waiting for NHS treatment by (a) nation and (b) region as of (i) 23 April 2010 and (ii) 23 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	23128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The information available on the number of people who were economically inactive and waiting for NHS treatment is given below.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published waiting times for a hospital appointment, test or to start receiving treatment through the NHS for those who are economically inactive as part of the Opinions and Lifestyles Survey. This data is available for Great Britain and is not available at lower-level geographies and the earliest available data is for 22 November to 18 December 2022 therefore a comparison with 2010 at a national and regional level cannot be made.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Opinions and Lifestyle Survey data shows that the number of economically inactive adults aged 16 years and over in Great Britain is 6.9 million, excluding those who are retired (18 October 2023 to 1 January 2024). Economically inactive adults will, for example, include adults who are studying, have caring responsibilities or are long-term sick. Of this population, between 2.1 million (30%) and 2.6 million (38%) are currently waiting for a hospital appointment, test, or to start receiving medical treatment through the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>Data source: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/datasets/theimpactofwinterpressuresondifferentpopulationgroupsingreatbritainnhswaitinglists" target="_blank">The impact of winter pressures on different population groups in Great Britain: NHS waiting lists (18 October 2023 to 1 January 2024)</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/04/2024 13:54:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle