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999251

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Employment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional people with mental health conditions he expects will be in work by 2023-24 as a result of decisions taken in Budget 2018.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	186278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-approved model of employment support designed to help individuals with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI) get into, and stay in work.</p><p> </p><p>United Kingdom IPS provision has grown in recent years and the Government is committed to a further expansion. In the 2018 Budget the Chancellor announced that the National Health Service will expand IPS services to help patients with SMI, benefitting 55,000 people by 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to forecast at this stage how many people will be supported to enter, or remain in work, or which parts of the country will see these outcomes as a result of this expansion of IPS. However, the IPS model is recognised both in the UK and internationally as the most effective way to help individuals with SMI find and keep a job.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 186281 question first answered 07/11/2018 12:48:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

999252

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Mental Illness
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 make an estimate of the change in the employment rate between 2017-18 and 2023-24 for people with (a) schizophrenia, (b) bipolar disorder, (c) depression and (d) mental health conditions as a whole.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	186279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in not available. The Department does not produce forecasts of employment for people with specific health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/11/2018 17:17:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

999394

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	186308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186309 186310 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999400

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses have adopted the core standards set out in the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	186309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186308 186310 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999401

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many large businesses have adopted the enhanced standards set out in the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	186310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186308 186309 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

800923

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's response to the consultation, Work, health and disability: improving lives, what plans his Department has to improve mental health training for frontline staff in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	117482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to continuing to build work coach capability to deliver personalised and tailored support. All work coaches across the Jobcentre Plus network receive training on supporting people with health conditions and disabilities and we have developed an enhanced mental health training programme, which is now available in every country and region across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the roll out of the Health and Work Conversation across the UK supports work coaches to continue to build engagement with claimants with disabilities and health issues, backed by comprehensive new training which builds skills of empathy and active listening. We have also recruited new disability employment advisers and community partners who are in place in every country and region of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/12/2017 12:09:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

795818

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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: Mental Illness
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 support people with mental ill health entering, returning to and staying in the workforce?
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	116156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> paper published on 30 November set out the Government’s strategy to support the ambitious target of getting one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years. Within the Civil Service, we are leading the way as an employer. We are working with external partners through a cross-sector programme on disability inclusion to push the boundaries of best practice in topics such as job-carving. This is a form of workplace adjustment, which could involve redesigning an existing job around the needs of an individual employee with a specific disability, or creating a new role; for example, when an employee returns to work following a serious illness such as cancer or a stroke.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work (AtW) provides practical and financial support to help with additional costs faced by individuals whose health or disability affects the way in which they do their job. This includes the effects of cancer, or health conditions or disabilities arising from cancer. The type of support is tailored to the needs of the individual and can include travel to work, support workers and specialist aides and equipment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides a range of support to employers to help them recruit and retain people with mental health conditions: for example, the Disability Confident scheme and Access to Work, which has a specific Mental Health Support Service. This service helps people by providing telephone and online advice and support. Last year, over 1,800 people with mental health conditions were approved provision from Access to Work – a record number, a 37% increase compared to the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 116155 question first answered 06/12/2017 17:14:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

751857

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what workplace guidance is available to employers on the use of discriminatory language towards people with a mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	4940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We want employers to create inclusive workplaces which support good mental health, and prevent discriminatory language and practices.</p><p> </p><p>Many employers already have a strong track record in this area and we want to learn from their success, as well as support other employers to create supportive workplace cultures.</p><p> </p><p>There is already a wealth of information available on how employers can support people with mental health conditions. Government sought views on what would further support employers in “Improving Lives - the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ and we are now analysing responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be considering what further guidance could be made available to employers through the internal review of protections from workplace mental health discrimination, announced by the Prime Minister in January.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/07/2017 11:16:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

672741

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is he is taking to ensure full access to the workplace for people with ongoing mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	59948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper ‘Improving Lives’, published in October 2016, sets out our intention to remove the long-standing injustices and barriers that stop disabled people and people with health conditions, including ongoing mental health conditions, from getting into work and getting on. We are also determined to bring a new focus to efforts to prevent health conditions from developing and worsening, helping more people to remain in work for longer. This includes putting mental and physical health on an equal footing, to ensure people get the right care and prevent mental illness in the first place.</p><p>To make early progress we are significantly improving our employment support. For example, expanding the number of employment advisers and introducing a new Personal Support Package offering tailored employment support. We are working with health partners to embed evidence into clinical practice and support training and education across the NHS workforce. We are also investing £115 million of funding to develop new models of support to help people into work when they are managing a long-term health condition or disability. We will identify and rapidly scale those which can make a difference, while weeding out less promising approaches.</p><p>In her speech on the 9th January the Prime Minister announced that more will be done to support mental wellbeing in the workplace. Lord Stevenson, who has campaigned on these issues for many years, and Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind and Chair of the NHS Mental Health Taskforce, have been commissioned to work with leading employers and mental health groups to create a new partnership with industry and, review how best to ensure employees with mental health problems are enabled to thrive in the workplace and perform at their best and make prevention and breaking the stigma top priorities for employers. The Prime Minister also announced a review of employment discrimination laws against people with mental health conditions in the workplace for employees with mental health problems to ensure they are properly supported.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/01/2017 11:19:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

672742

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
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: Mental Illness
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 encourage businesses to follow Department of Health guidance for employers on workplace adjustments for mental health conditions to promote mental health well-being among employees.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	59975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>Access to Work has a Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) to assist those who are experiencing mental health difficulties which are affecting them at work, and those with a pre-existing mental health condition who have a job start date. We are currently consulting, through the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, Improving Lives, to better understand how we can assist employers with their role of creating wellbeing in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/01/2017 11:25:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley