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1670277

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date	15/11/2023
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	Access to Work Programme: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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 prioritising support for people with ADHD through the access to work scheme in the context of shortages in ADHD medication.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	2199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made - Access to Work is not intended to act as clinical support or replacement for medication.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/11/2023 14:20:03 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1670281

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Access to Work Programme: Neurodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the access to work scheme to people with neurodiverse conditions.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	2200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>We collaborate closely with external stakeholders, including charities and employer associations, to raise awareness of the support provided through Access to Work across all types of disability and health conditions. We ensure that Access to Work staff, Jobcentre work coaches, health professionals and advisory groups have the information and tools they need to advocate for the scheme.  Recognising the need for clear accessible information, the Access to Work pages on gov.uk have been improved to provide clearer signposting for disabled people and employers.</p><p> </p><p>We also promote Access to Work as part of the Disability Confident scheme.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/11/2023 15:02:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1670283

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Access to Work Programme: Neurodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with neurodiverse conditions who used the access to work scheme in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	2201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Regarding the information requested, the department has not made an estimate of the number of people with neurodiverse conditions who used the Access to Work scheme in the last 12 months, as this data is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work Official Statistics are published annually and include the number of people who received a payment for Access to Work by various customer characteristics, including primary medical condition. However, the publication does not include ‘neurodiverse condition’ as a primary medical condition.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/11/2023 14:21:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1670290

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Neurodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the tracking of people with neurodiverse conditions on his Department's diversity monitoring forms.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	2202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2023 answer text <p>Diversity monitoring forms, which include the Enterprise Resource Planning system used in the Cabinet Office, use question sets in line with the Office for National Statistics harmonised standards. This is considered best practice across government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As set out in the Autumn statement, the audit of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) spending is coming to its conclusion and, subject to further work, the Government is streamlining EDI training and HR processes with a view to getting value for the taxpayer. As the Minister for the Cabinet Office, I will be outlining the final proposals in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/11/2023 09:45:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1668563

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing DVLA services from the Post Office in March 2024 on (a) elderly people and (b) people without internet access.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Post Office Ltd currently provides a limited range of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) services and an extension to the current contract has been agreed, ensuring that DVLA services will be available at post offices until the end of March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA wants its customers to be able to access its services as quickly and as easily as possible and the role of front office counter services will form part of the considerations of future service offerings, utilising government agreements if necessary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The vast majority of those licensing vehicles already do so online or via the DVLA’s automated telephone service, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The DVLA will continue to ensure that all customers are able to license their vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/11/2023 09:55:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1663075

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 17 April 2023 on Achieving Smokefree 2030: cutting smoking and stopping kids vaping, HCWS710, whether his Department has made an assessment of modelling on the potential effectiveness of each of the proposed steps in helping reduce smoking rates to 5% or less by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	200929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Annex 1 of ‘Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation’ sets out the modelling used to forecast changes in smoking prevalence over time based on legislating for a smokefree generation. This modelling is preliminary and will continue to be further refined ahead of publication of a full impact assessment.</p><p>Annex 1 is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation/annex-1-modelling-assumptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation/annex-1-modelling-assumptions</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 200880 200886 200949 200966 201232 201315 question first answered 18/10/2023 14:11:11 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous