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1682125

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Low Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of workers that earn less than the Lower Earnings Limit.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	9709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s latest estimate is that in Quarter 1 of the financial year 2022/23 there were around 1.5 million employees, 5% of th, in the UK who earned below the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL). This figure does not include workers who are self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>This is an update to the position from the DWP’s 2019 ‘Health is Everyone’s Business’ consultation using data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). In the 2022/23 financial year, the LEL was set at £123 per week.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/01/2024 18:00:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1682126

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Statutory Sick Pay: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers in Scotland do not qualify for statutory sick pay because they earn less than the Lower Earnings Limit.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	9710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Information on those who earn below the Lower Earnings Limit in Scotland is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/01/2024 11:59:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1682127

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workers that do not qualify for statutory sick pay because they earn less than the Lower Earnings Limit.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	9711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s latest estimate is that in Quarter 1 of the financial year 2022/23 there were around 1.5 million employees in the UK who earned below the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL). This figure does not include workers who are self-employed. This is an update to the position from the DWP’s 2019 ‘Health is Everyone’s Business’ consultation using data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/01/2024 12:02:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1546144

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	97771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The DWP currently has no live voluntary exit schemes and no plans to run any at this time. Voluntary exit schemes are a commonly used workforce management process available to departments based on their specific workforce needs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/12/2022 16:54:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1535886

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments were made to civil servants in her Department for relocation costs to government offices outside London in 2021
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	71333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>No re-location costs were paid to staff for moves from London to other locations during 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/11/2022 17:08:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1489596

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Working Conditions: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps they are taking to mitigate the impact of extreme heat temperatures on workers with no access to a cool environment during heatwaves.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	37638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 place a legal obligation on employers to provide a ‘reasonable’ temperature in indoor workplaces. In addition, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to make a suitable assessment of the risks to the health and safety of their employees and take action where necessary and where reasonably practicable.</p><p> </p><p>Employers must make sure indoor workplaces remain at a reasonable temperature and manage the risk of working outdoors in hot environments. It is for each business to make a risk-based decision on how to minimise the health risks to their workers whilst working in extreme heat. As part of this employers may set their own thresholds at which work activity should take place.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed guidance for employers on workplace temperature and thermal comfort is available on the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/" target="_blank">website</a>. This guidance includes information on how to undertake a thermal comfort assessment and specific measures that can be taken to improve thermal comfort.</p><p> </p><p>Employers should consult with employees or their representatives to establish sensible means to cope with high temperatures. Should an employee consider that their employer is not taking appropriate measures to cope with high temperatures, this should be raised with their enforcing authority.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/07/2022 14:11:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1337937

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to provide universal credit claimants who have taken temporary trips overseas special dispensation when that trip has been extended as a result of travel bans or restrictions during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	17894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>It is a general requirement that a claimant must be in Great Britain (GB) to be entitled to Universal Credit but there are circumstances when a person is still entitled to Universal Credit whilst temporarily being absent from GB.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants generally should notify Universal Credit of the intention to go abroad. Claimants can go abroad on holiday for any reason for up to one month, but they must still satisfy their work related requirements on the claimant commitment. An absence can be extended and in some specific circumstances work-related requirements may be ‘switched-off’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has put into place measures to support existing benefit recipients in exceptional cases where their absence abroad goes over the period allowed under the temporary absence benefit rules and are awaiting repatriation due to covid-19 travel restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>Foreign, Commmonwealth &amp; Development Office consular staff continue to provide advice and support to British nationals who face financial difficulties overseas due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Those in real financial distress whilst stranded overseas can seek advice and support from their local consular team, who will be able to advise on any local support that may be available, as well as facilitate contact with friends and families who may be able to help.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/06/2021 16:05:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1315641

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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, if her Department will publish guidance to advise employers on how to support physically disabled workers to return to the workplace in a covid-safe way, while having their needs met, to ensure that disabled people are able to return to the workplace on an equal basis as covid-19 restrictions ease.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	3214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has existing guidance for employers of people with disabilities: <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/disability/employers.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/disability/employers.htm</a> which remains applicable to those returning to work following absence related to COVID-19. Employers are required to ensure that their workplaces are COVID secure for all employees and there is extensive guidance on the HSE web site to help them do that.</p><p> </p><p>Under equality law, employers are required to make reasonable adjustments to ensure, as far is reasonable, that employees with disabilities have the same access to everything required to do the job as a non - disabled worker.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/05/2021 16:05:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1272949

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has for a public consultation on the forthcoming National Disability Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	133320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to transforming the lives of disabled people, and will publish the National Strategy for Disabled People this year.</p><p><br>It will be informed by insights from the lived experience of disabled people. The Government has already engaged widely to support the development of the National Strategy and future work. This has taken place with a diverse range of stakeholders, including: the Disability Charities Consortium, Disabled People’s Organisations Forum and Regional Stakeholder Network (which includes disability organisations and individual disabled people), as well as businesses and business organisations, regulators, academia, professional bodies and the Devolved Administrations.</p><p><br>This engagement will include online surveys and virtual round tables across the UK to enable disabled people to share views and insights on key challenges as the National Strategy is developed and implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 133321 133322 question first answered 11/01/2021 14:47:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1272950

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which disabled people’s (a) charities, (b) organisations and (c) campaign groups have been consulted on the forthcoming National Disability Strategy to date.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	133321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to transforming the lives of disabled people, and will publish the National Strategy for Disabled People this year.</p><p><br>It will be informed by insights from the lived experience of disabled people. The Government has already engaged widely to support the development of the National Strategy and future work. This has taken place with a diverse range of stakeholders, including: the Disability Charities Consortium, Disabled People’s Organisations Forum and Regional Stakeholder Network (which includes disability organisations and individual disabled people), as well as businesses and business organisations, regulators, academia, professional bodies and the Devolved Administrations.</p><p><br>This engagement will include online surveys and virtual round tables across the UK to enable disabled people to share views and insights on key challenges as the National Strategy is developed and implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 133320 133322 question first answered 11/01/2021 14:47:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi