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61037

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Wood: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the health dangers of wood dust.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	200011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I have been asked to respond as this falls under the remit of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p> </p><p>Wood dust can cause non-reversible health problems including skin disorders, obstruction of the nose and rhinitis, asthma and nasal cancer. There are appropriate workplace controls and HSE provides comprehensive guidance for employers on these.</p><p> </p><p>Exposure to wood dust in workplaces is regulated by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) which require exposures to be reduced as far below the Workplace Exposure Limit as is reasonably practicable. Suitable control measures may include local exhaust ventilation, on-tool extraction systems and in some cases respiratory protective equipment. Workers will usually require health surveillance checks.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has recently commissioned a new study to update the evidence base for wood dust exposure and health effects in the UK construction and woodworking industries. The study will run over the next 2-3 years and is being undertaken by the Health and Safety Laboratory with support and assistance from industry.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/06/2014 15:27:09 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58304

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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 and Support 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 employment and support allowance applicants who have been waiting to be given an assessment appointment for more than (a) three, (b) four, (c) five, (d) six and (e) seven months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	199153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199352 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:25:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58305

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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 and Support 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 time between applications for employment and support allowance and an assessment appointment for people who applied in (a) September 2013, (b) October 2013, (c) November 2013, (d) December 2013, (e) January 2014, (f) February 2014, (g) March 2014 and (h) April 2014 in (i) Glasgow North West constituency, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	199352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199153 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:25:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

57907

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Carers: Income
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 real-terms income of carers in each of the years from 2010 to 2014; and what estimate he has made of the real-terms income of carers in 2015 in a) Glasgow North West constituency, b) Glasgow, c) Scotland, and d) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	198897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 16:59:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

57908

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Carers' Benefits
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 conduct an assessment of the effect on carers of the implementation of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	199019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Universal Credit Impact Assessment was published in December 2012, full details of the report can be found here</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199018 question first answered 11/06/2014 16:56:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

57909

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Carers' Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on carers of (a) each change and (b) all changes to the benefits system since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	199018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Universal Credit Impact Assessment was published in December 2012, full details of the report can be found here</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199019 question first answered 11/06/2014 16:56:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

44146

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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
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 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 851W, on social security benefits, for what reason information from his Department's document Incapacity Benefits: Death of Recipients published in July 2012 was not included in the response; and whether the information contained in that document is still collected.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	192948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The reason that the referred document was not included in the previous answer is that it does not answer the question as asked. </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does monitor requests we receive for new statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this issue with a view to seeing what statistics could be produced on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson