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604189

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	Đuro Đaković
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on Duro Dakovic TEP and its treatment of its employees.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>DWP has received no representations on Duro Dakovic TEP and its treatment of its employees.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/10/2016 16:17:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

604190

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	Migrant Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on migrant employees in the UK being forced to repay funds paid to them as a result of shortfalls in wages to their employers upon return to their country of origin; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>DWP has received no representations on migrant employees in the UK being forced to repay funds paid to them as a result of shortfalls in wages to their employers upon return to their country of origin.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/10/2016 15:57:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

604191

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	Migrant Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he made an estimate of the number of foreign companies employing migrant workers in the UK who have sued their employees for overpayment of wages upon their return to their country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">DWP has received no representations on migrant employees in the UK being forced to repay funds paid to them as a result of shortfalls in wages to their employers upon return to their country of origin.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">DWP has not made an estimate of the number of foreign companies employing migrant workers in the UK who have sued their employees for overpayment of wages upon their return to their country of origin.</ins></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/10/2016 15:39:20 question first ministerially corrected 21/10/2016 11:31:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 15529 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

604193

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	British Steel: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Pensions Regulator on using its powers to oblige Tata Steel to increase its support for the British Steel Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator is independent, and how it uses its powers is a matter for the regulator. The Secretary of State and I regularly meet the independent Pensions Regulator about a variety of matters.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/10/2016 14:48:00 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

600784

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	Mining: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2016 to Question 44365, whether the Health and Safety Executive holds any data on changes to work patterns in the mining industry in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive do not hold any statistical data on changes to work patterns in the mining industry in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2016 10:56:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

600785

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	British Steel: Pensions
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 has made a decision not to provide any support for the British Steel Pension Scheme which would require new secondary legislation in the way proposed in the British Steel Pension Scheme: Public Consultation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The consultation paper set out various options for potentially helping the British Steel Pension Scheme as a part of a wider package of Government support to do what we can for UK steel, steel workers and affected localities. The consultation closed on 23 June, and we will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2016 12:05:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

598456

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Mining: Accidents
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 12 September 2016 to Question 44288, how many of these incidents led to fatalities.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	47877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>There have been three incidents leading to fatalities.</p><ul><li>Four people died as a result of an inrush of water at the Gleision Mine in South Wales on 15 September 2011;</li><li>One person died as a result of a fall of ground at Kellingley Colliery, North Yorkshire on 27 September 2011;</li><li>One person died as a result of a sudden and powerful release of gas from rocks at Boulby Mine in East Cleveland on 17 June 2016.</li></ul> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/10/2016 12:53:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

596127

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	British Steel: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings he has had with Ministers of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the British Steel Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	47146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Officials from both departments maintain regular contact on this issue.</p><p>So far, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has had one meeting with Ministers of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to discuss the British Steel Pensions Scheme, and future meetings are planned.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2016 16:30:19 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

582607

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Mining: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2016 to Question 44365, what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made on the effect of long shift patterns on the incidence of (a) errors, (b) accidents and (c) injuries in (i) all sectors of the workforce and (ii) the mining industry.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	46238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not hold this information. However, HSE recognises that poorly designed shift-working arrangements and long working hours can result in fatigue, accidents, injuries and ill health and has produced guidance for employers on designing and implementing shift-working arrangements:</p><p>(<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/fatigue.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/fatigue.htm</a>).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/10/2016 16:16:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573889

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Mining: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents have occurred in mines in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) operational data is derived from reports made under duties contained in the Reporting of Injuries and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) (and earlier versions). It is as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of reported injuries in underground mines in Great Britain* **</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>146</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>114</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2016 – 31 August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong> A key change to RIDDOR occurred in April 2012, ie the threshold for reporting of those injuries to workers which result in the person being incapacitated for more than three days changed to over seven days.</p><p> </p><p>** It should be noted that the reducing trend is, in part, due to the reduction in the number of large working mines in recent years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 12:31:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop