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1563424

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all NHS nursing staff in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	114662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/01/2023 09:19:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1562859

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Universal Credit
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 an estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending the £20 Universal Credit uplift to legacy benefit claimants during the Covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	113281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made and it would incur disproportionate costs to make an estimate at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/01/2023 12:49:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546844

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Employment: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to provide long-term support with seeking employment to people suffering from long covid.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	99916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>A range of Government initiatives are supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, including those suffering from long covid, to start, stay and succeed in work. These include:</p><ul><li>increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment Support Allowance;</li><li>Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>the Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for participants;</li><li>Access to Work grants towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li>Disability Confident encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues employees face in the workplace;</li><li>the Information and Advice Service providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting and managing health and disability in the workplace; and</li><li>support in partnership between DWP and the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/12/2022 10:48:34 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546845

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (b) other Cabinet colleagues and (c) stakeholders on the potential merits of classifying long covid as an occupational disease.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	99917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing a strong financial safety net for those in need. The benefit system is set up to consider the impact that a health condition has on an individual’s ability to work and carry-out day to day activities. In terms of support for those with health conditions, decisions are based on an assessment of an individual’s functional ability, not their diagnosed health condition(s). All health care practitioners who carry out assessments on behalf of the department have access to specific training and guidance modules on a wide range of clinical conditions, including long-COVID.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is responsible for the Industrial Injuries Scheme which compensates for injuries arising from an industrial accident or a prescribed disease contracted as a result of a person’s occupation. The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) is an independent body of experts who advise the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions regarding the scheme. The Council considered the available scientific and epidemiological evidence around COVID-19 infection and has published a Command Paper entitled, ‘COVID-19 and occupational impacts’. See: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-and-occupational-impacts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-and-occupational-impacts</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We will carefully consider the recommendations in the Command Paper and respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We will also continue to liaise with colleagues across Government and other stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/12/2022 10:50:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546847

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	NHS: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of below-inflation pay rises on the level of staff vacancies in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	99918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The Pay Review Body (PRB) process is the established mechanism for determining pay uplifts in the public sector, including for staff working in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>In formulating their recommendations, the Review Bodies carefully consider evidence from a wide range of stakeholders, including NHS system partners and trade unions. In reaching their recommendations the independent PRBs consider a number of factors, including recruitment, retention, morale and motivation, alongside affordability and the economic context, including inflation.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/12/2022 13:03:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546887

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Employment: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to provide long-term support in the workplace for people suffering from long covid.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	99919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>BEIS works with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions supporting workplace health and wellbeing through the delivery of Health is Everyone’s Business consultation response.</p><p> </p><p>Employees have a statutory right to request flexible working, which can help them to balance employment alongside other aspects of life – such as managing a health condition like Long Covid. We recently announced that the Right to Request Flexible Working will be made available to all employees from their first day of employment. The Government is also supporting the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Private Members Bill.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/12/2022 09:53:50 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake previous answer version 40813 answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546609

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Poverty: Children
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 impact of the two-child benefit cap on trends in the level of child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	98885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made of the impact of the two-child benefit cap on trends in the level of child poverty.</p><p>The Government has committed to annual statistics releases related to the operation of the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children. Statistics up to April 2022 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2022/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2022/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2022</a></p><p>The latest child poverty figures (2019/20) demonstrate that absolute poverty rates (before housing costs) have not changed since 2016/17 when the two-child benefit cap was introduced. In 2019/20, 16% of children were in absolute poverty (before housing costs), the same level as in 2016/17.</p><p>This government believe that work is the best way out of poverty, and the latest statistics (2019/20) show that children in workless households are around 6 times more likely to be in absolute poverty, before housing costs, than those where all adults work. In 2019/20, the absolute poverty rate (before housing costs) of children, where both parents work full-time was only 3%, compared to 42% where one or more parents in a couple were in part-time work.</p><p>The government feels it is proportionate to provide support through Universal Credit for a maximum of two children. A benefits structure adjusting automatically to family size is unsustainable.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 July 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the judicial review of the two-child policy. The court found the two-child policy lawful and not in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p>This policy ensures fairness by asking families on benefits to make the same financial decisions as families supporting themselves solely through work. We recognise that some claimants are not able to make the same choices about the number of children in their family, which is why exceptions have been put in place to protect certain groups, including those likely to have been born as a result of non-consensual conception. This includes rape or where the claimant was in a controlling or coercive relationship with the child’s other biological parent at the time of conception. In this case, before a claim is approved, claimants are asked to contact a suitable third-party professional who can confirm the claimant’s circumstances, as described by them, are consistent with the criteria for the exception. The third-party professional does not judge the credibility of the claimant’s statement or require any further evidence.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/12/2022 16:51:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546612

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Public Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of cuts to public services on trends in the level of excess deaths.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	98887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 06/12/2022 15:59:42 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546622

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	98890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The core allocations that schools attract through the National Funding Formula (NFF) include funding in respect of free school meals (FSM). The FSM factor is worth £470 per eligible pupil in 2022/23. This will increase to £480 in 2023/24. The factor values for each year are published on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs</a>.</p><p>The Department spends over £1 billion each year on FSM. This includes around £600 million on Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM), where the per meal rate has been increased from £2.34 to £2.41, and backdated to 1 April 2022, in recognition of increased costs.</p><p>The Department continues to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/12/2022 12:14:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1540797

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's Observations made on 7 November 2022 on petition P002765 on the Energy Profits Levy, presented by the hon. Member for Leeds East on 7 September 2022, (a) if he will publish a breakdown of the £28 billion that the Government estimates will be raised by that levy over the period 2025-26 and (b) how much in total does he expect to be raised in Financial Year 2022-23 from taxes on North Sea oil and gas companies including both normal taxes and the Energy Profits Levy.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	82382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>A breakdown of revenues expected from the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) for the period 2022-23 to 2026-27 is published in the 23 September Growth Plan, Table 4.2.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the other North Sea taxes (ring-fence Corporation Tax and Petroleum Revenue Tax) are published in Table 3.4 of the <a href="https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/CCS0222366764-001_OBR-EFO-March-2022_Web-Accessible-2.pdf" target="_blank">Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook (March 2022).</a></p><p>Updated estimates for all of these taxes will be published at the Autumn Statement on 17 November.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/11/2022 08:49:11 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon