Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed attachment file name title question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

847716

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes there are in her Department to monitor how often correspondence or evidence submitted to it by claimants, their representatives or other parties is reported as mislaid or lost.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	129392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Over 70% of all documents that are received by the Department and relate to a benefit claim are scanned on receipt.</p><p>The Reconciliation Analysis Process (RAP) is a process that allows a user to check whether all items of scanned post have been delivered by the end to end mail opening and scanning solution to the appropriate endpoint. As part of the RAP, there is a tool that takes in all the files produced by each of the components in the chain and performs analysis to produce output reports to highlight any problem areas. The reconciliation is carried out on a daily basis.</p><p>Mail for benefits that is not scanned is processed according to the reports instructions and forwarded by courier. Tracking of individual items is only available for post sent recorded or special delivery.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/02/2018 15:14:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

847723

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: 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, what assessment she has made of the number of UK pensioners who live overseas who will return to live in the UK due to the lack of uprating to state pensions.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	129399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The decision to move abroad is voluntary and remains a personal choice dependent on the circumstances of the individual. The policy on up-rating UK state pensions overseas is a long-standing policy of successive Governments. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide without regard to nationality to those people who meet the eligibility criteria and are up-rated for recipients resident abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so. HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions publish information on the effect of moving abroad on the State Pension which is available at: www.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2018 15:47:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

847767

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to publish her Department's review of the Youth Obligation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	129443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I provided to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=129138" target="_blank">129138</a> on 27 Febuary 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/02/2018 14:01:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

847775

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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: Coventry South
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 in Coventry South constituency with evidence of psychological distress have been refused the motability component of the personal independence payment in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	129451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 February 2018 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=128773" target="_blank">128773</a>.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/02/2018 16:37:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

847780

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the consequences of the deficit in the Carillion pension scheme for pension holders; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	129456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Carillion is the sponsoring employer for 13 separate defined benefit schemes which it acquired as it expanded. Most, or all of the schemes, will enter a Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment period during which the PPF will be testing to see if a scheme can secure at least PPF level benefits for its members without further support. If it can, a scheme will buy members’ annuities to pay for their pensions. If not, a scheme will transfer into the PPF with a consequential effect on members’ benefits; In general, those over scheme pension age at the date of insolvency get compensation equal to 100 per cent of their pension initially, while members below that age at the date of insolvency get compensation equal to 90 per cent of their accrued pension, subject to an overall cap.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/02/2018 15:22:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

847787

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Unemployment: Wolverhampton North East
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 change in the level of unemployment in Wolverhampton North East constituency in the last 12 months; and what assessment she made of the reasons for the number of people unemployed in that constituency being higher than the national average.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	129463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Since the 2010 election, the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Labour Force Survey data shows that the level and rate of unemployment has fallen in every region and country of the UK.</p><p>Estimates of the unemployment rate (age 16+) for Parliamentary Constituency Areas (PCA), and the UK as a whole, are available based upon the ONS’ Annual Population Survey data. However, the PCA unemployment rate estimates are based on small sample of survey respondents and are therefore subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty.</p><p>The ONS estimate that the unemployment rate in Wolverhampton North East for October 2015 to September 2016 was 9.7%. For the latest period (October 2016 to September 2017) the ONS estimate the unemployment rate was 9.0%. This compares to the period October 2009 to September 2010 when the estimate was an unemployment rate of 16.9%.</p><p>Estimates of unemployment differ in different areas of the country due to the effects of sample variability; the demographics of the local area and local labour market conditions.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/02/2018 13:49:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

847857

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Farms: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the number of farm accidents.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL5834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has responsibility for the regulation of health and safety standards on Great Britain’s farms. In September 2017 HSE published the document “Sector Plan for Health and Safety: Agriculture” (attached) that details the actions it will take to tackle farm accidents and ill health.</p><p> </p><p>I have also attached the draft Sector Intervention Strategy for agriculture which has been shared with stakeholders for public consultation, setting out the sector plan in more detail. It is due to be published this Spring.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL5834 Sector Plan for Health and Safety - Agriculture.pdf title Sector Plan for Health and Safety: Agriculture 2 file name HL5834 Draft Sector Intervention Strategy for agriculture.pdf title Draft Sector Intervention Strategy question first answered 05/03/2018 17:00:34 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

846863

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of training is offered to decision-makers in his Department on better understanding the mental health situation of claimants.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	129037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The DWP provides role specific training which allows decision makers to reach decisions using a wide range of evidence, and in accordance with the relevant law. They work closely with Health Care Professionals, who undertake medical assessments and supply medical information and evidence to enable a decision to be reached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/03/2018 16:01:27 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

846864

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mining
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 Industry Injury Advice Council's guidance that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease can only be diagnosed for miners who have worked for more than 20 years in an underground environment.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	129038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) which is a non-departmental public body made up of independent experts, representatives of employers and employees on matters relating to the Industrial Injuries Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Council’s primary role is to make recommendations about which diseases should be included in the list of diseases covered by the Industrial Injuries Scheme and the prescription criteria for those diseases.</p><p> </p><p>The legal framework underpinning the Industrial Injuries Scheme makes it clear that compensation should not be paid for a disease unless a link between a particular occupation and the disease can be established or presumed with reasonable certainty. A link is presumed where there is evidence that, on the balance of probabilities, work in the prescribed job or occupational exposure doubles the risk of developing the disease.</p><p> </p><p>The Council’s recommendations around Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease are that to establish a presumed link between occupation and disease, a miner would have to work for a minimum of 20 years underground to have sufficient exposure to coal dust. This recommendation was accepted when the disease was added to the scheme and was reflected in the prescription criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2018 16:41:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

846879

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Recruitment: 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 employers are offering guaranteed interviews through the disability confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	129053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>There are currently over 5,550 businesses signed up to the Disability Confident scheme and the numbers are growing each week. In signing up to the scheme they have agreed to a number of commitments, including a commitment that they will encourage applications from disabled people by offering an interview to disabled people who declare they have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of this commitment is to encourage <strong>positive action</strong>, encouraging disabled people to apply for jobs and provide an opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities at the interview stage</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>In these circumstances the employer, could select the candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/02/2018 16:39:28 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms