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521036

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the freeze on housing benefit rates, combined with an extended benefit cap and rising rents, on homeless families, and especially children, in particular in cases where local authorities have to place families in temporary housing far away from their local areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government routinely publishes cumulative analysis of the impacts of its tax, welfare and public spending policies on households. The most recent assessment was published at Budget 2016 and is available on gov.uk. Nevertheless, such static analysis is limited in that it cannot robustly capture the behavioural changes encouraged by these policies. Considering welfare measures in isolation, such as Housing Benefit changes, would fail to recognise the impacts of tax and spending decisions such as the increase to the personal allowance and the provision of early years’ childcare, which are benefitting families up and down the country.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 07/06/2016 11:00:54 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

521156

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will extend the payment of child maintenance to the carers of children looked after under a special guardianship order.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	38312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>A person caring for a child or children under a Special Guardianship Order is entitled to apply for statutory Child Maintenance if they satisfy the relevant legislative criteria.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/05/2016 12:06:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

521334

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to apply provisions equivalent to those of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 to England.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	38138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to apply provisions equivalent to those of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 to England.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the Minister for Disabled People published a written statement announcing that DWP would lead a Market Review of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting provision, which would engage with Deaf people and stakeholder groups to examine opportunities that could strengthen and improve the market in the long term.</p><p> </p><p>The Call for Evidence for this review opened in January 2016 and closed in March 2016. We received hundreds of comprehensive submissions of evidence, which we are currently analysing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2016 10:04:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

521335

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Child Support Agency: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure was incurred by the Child Support Agency in making ex-gratia or special payments as a result of poor service or errors by that agency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	38136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The information on the total amount paid as ex-gratia or special payments across child maintenance in the last three years is in the attached table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£'000s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£1,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 2015</p></td><td><p>£847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 – 2016 *</p></td><td><p>£941</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes -</strong></p><p>These amounts include payments made across the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service for the following:</p><p>Ex-gratia – Actual Financial Loss</p><p>Ex-gratia – Consolatory</p><p>Compensation for Delay</p><p> </p><p>*The figure for 2015/16 is draft and subject to audit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/06/2016 12:28:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

521336

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average hourly earnings were of his Department's (a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	38231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions pays employees an annual salary and does not pay an hourly rate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department uses a grade structure to determine salary rates. The grade structure is underpinned by Job Evaluation and Grading Support (JEGS), an analytical job evaluation tool which meets all requirements of legislation and EHRC statutory codes of practice on Equal Pay. The use of JEGS and its application in determining the appropriate grade for a role enables us to determine where employees are doing equal work based on “work rated as equivalent”.</p><p> </p><p>DWP Equality data is published on an annual basis on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/equality-and-diversity</a> this includes the average pay by indicated ethnicity each year up to 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The main factor influencing the DWP pay gap is the difference in distribution of staff within each of these groups across the grades. DWP continues to regularly review ways to address the pay gap.</p><p> </p><p>This report is usually published in July each year and looks at data over the previous financial year. The report for 2016 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 31/05/2016 14:51:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

521337

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the annual societal costs of occupational cancer.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	38242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has carried out research on the total societal costs of new cases of work-related cancer diagnosed in Britain. This research is due to be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2016 10:59:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

521339

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Carcinogens
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 potential merits of funding the collection of modern exposure data on occupational carcinogens.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	38240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>HSE has participated in a European Commission funded pilot project exploring the development of a database to capture data on occupational exposures to hazardous substances in workplaces, see: <a href="http://www.hazchematwork.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.hazchematwork.eu/</a>. The pilot is expected to report later this year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2016 10:57:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

521340

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Occupational Health
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 Health and Safety Executive on pro-active inspection of the management of work-related psychosocial risk.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	38241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with senior HSE officials where key priorities are discussed, including tackling work related ill-health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2016 11:02:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

521341

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Health Hazards: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his EU counterparts and (b) other stakeholders on proposed changes to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (2004/37/EC); and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	38345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>DWP Ministers have not held such discussions. However there have been extensive discussions at official level with EU counterparts and with a wide range of stakeholders on the proposed changes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2016 11:05:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

521342

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
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 is taking to ensure that (a) medical assessors and (b) others considering applications for (a) personal independence payment and (b) other benefits have knowledge of (i) muscular dystrophy, (ii) neuromuscular conditions and (iii) other rare and progressive conditions.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	38288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>All healthcare professionals carrying out assessments receive comprehensive training in disability analysis, which includes the evaluation of how medical conditions affect claimants in their day-to-day activities. Prior to carrying out an assessment, assessors refresh their knowledge of any condition with which they are not fully familiar.</p><p> </p><p>Benefit entitlement is determined by the Department’s decision makers, who receive extensive training to enable them to evaluate a claim and assess a claimant’s needs. In order to make a decision on benefit entitlement the decision maker considers all the available evidence, including the reports received from the healthcare professional and any further evidence, which may include reports from GPs, hospital doctors and other clinicians.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2016 13:46:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones