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1253240

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date	18/11/2020
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	Long Covid: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing for people with long covid in (a) Feltham and Heston and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	117267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>NHS England has provided £10 million to fund over 40 pioneering ‘long COVID-19’ specialised clinics including 5 in London, with one in south west London. The plans for these clinics were published on 15 November, and commissioning guidance was made available on 6 November.</p><p>A number of these clinics are already established, and the new clinics will start to accept patients at the end of November. More details will be made available shortly.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/11/2020 12:23:17 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 63552 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1253241

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of MPs’ correspondence have not received a reply within the 20-day target in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	117268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department work to a target of responding to 95% of MPs written correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>On policy related correspondence the Department has replied to 4,023 letters from hon. Members in the last six months. Of these 2,600 have been replied to in over 20 days.</p><p>The latest published data on UKVI performance against the service standard is held at: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcustomer-service-operations-data-august-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CDave.Perkins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C55137be0e05e45069c3908d87fe7e48b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637399981228588581%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=30qOzKaFBm4Quy0qExOvJtOfryFBgj7hcz9vurrrP6E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2020</a></p><p>This includes data from quarter 2 - 2017 up to and including the end of quarter 2-2020/21. We are proposing the release of data for quarter 3, in due course.</p><p>Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions. An action plan is currently in place to clear backlogs and drive up performance.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/11/2020 10:25:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1253242

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of young people who have started a Kickstart placement in each region and nation of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	117269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Over 100 young people started working in Kickstart funded job placements within the first weeks of the scheme opening to participants on the 2nd November. As of 20/11/20 there were nearly 20,000 approved roles which we are currently matching young people to.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/11/2020 16:00:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1253243

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many spot checks the Health and Safety Executive has carried out in each industry since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	117270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Since March 2020 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has carried out a total of 48,165 spot-checks to assess COVID-secure control measures in the workplace.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Industry sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of spot-checks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture</p></td><td><p>1808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction</p></td><td><p>3158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extractive Utilities</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>21581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Services</p></td><td><p>13181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water / Waste Management</p></td><td><p>3100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>5096</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48165</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Note: Figures were extracted from HSE’s live operational database and provide the picture on the date of extraction (19 November 2020) and are subject to change. HSE is currently undertaking an extensive data cleansing and reconciliation exercise which means that these volumes are estimated. Updated volumes, post the reconciliation exercise, will be available from Wednesday 25 November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/11/2020 17:09:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 63503 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1253244

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Schools: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many spot checks in schools the Health and Safety Executive has carried out since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	117271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Since March 2020, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has carried out a total of 4508 spot-checks to assess COVID-secure control measures in schools.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure all possible steps are taken to protect schools and continue providing education in the classroom, HSE planned a programme of spot checks and inspections at schools across England, Wales and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The spot check and inspection programme enables advice and support to be given to individual schools and helps them manage any risk, keeping staff, pupils and others safe while providing confidence and reassurance to schools, staff, parents and pupils. Schools have been receptive and in the main HSE have found most of them are following the guidance to be COVID-secure. HSE has helped some schools by suggesting improvements, particularly in relation to social distancing, ventilation and frequency of cleaning regimes.</p><p> </p><p>Note: Figures were extracted from HSE’s live operational database and provide the picture on the date of extraction (25 November 2020) and are subject to change e.g. there can be a delay between the spot check and the information being recorded on the database.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/11/2020 14:31:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 63504 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1252402

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many welfare claimants have a 9-month benefit cap grace period due to end in December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	115677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The benefit cap restores fairness between those receiving out-of-work benefits and taxpayers. Universal Credit claimants may benefit from a nine-month grace period where their benefit will not be capped if they have a sustained work record with monthly earnings of at least £604 for the past year. Households can still receive benefits up to the equivalent gross earnings of around £24,000, or around £28,000 in London.</p><p> </p><p>i. As at August 2020, there were 160,300 Universal Credit households with a grace period due to end in December 2020. The grace period is applied irrespective of whether or not the household has sufficient benefit income to be in scope for the cap. This ensures that a claimant will benefit from the grace period exemption should any change of circumstances bring them into the scope of the cap during that period. This does not necessarily mean that all of these claimants will actually be capped in December when their grace period ends.</p><p> </p><p>ii. As at May 2020, 19,100 new Universal Credit claimants whose claims started since 23 March 2020 inclusive had been affected by the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>iii. Information relating to Universal Credit claimants who started a claim in March 2020 and have been exempt from the benefit cap due to the nine-month grace period is not readily available; to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. The Department is not required to calculate the level of benefit payment that takes a claimant above the benefit cap threshold while a claimant is in the nine-month grace period because the claimant is exempt from the benefit cap during this time.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to change the benefit cap grace period. The benefit cap provides fairness for hard-working taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable. Whilst this means that some claimants will have a limit on the total amount of benefits they can receive, there are a range of exemptions for when the cap should not be applied including exemptions for the most vulnerable claimants who are entitled to disability benefits and carer benefits</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 115678 115679 115680 question first answered 20/11/2020 14:26:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 62781 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1252403

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	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, how may new universal credit claimants have been affected by the benefit cap since 23 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	115678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The benefit cap restores fairness between those receiving out-of-work benefits and taxpayers. Universal Credit claimants may benefit from a nine-month grace period where their benefit will not be capped if they have a sustained work record with monthly earnings of at least £604 for the past year. Households can still receive benefits up to the equivalent gross earnings of around £24,000, or around £28,000 in London.</p><p> </p><p>i. As at August 2020, there were 160,300 Universal Credit households with a grace period due to end in December 2020. The grace period is applied irrespective of whether or not the household has sufficient benefit income to be in scope for the cap. This ensures that a claimant will benefit from the grace period exemption should any change of circumstances bring them into the scope of the cap during that period. This does not necessarily mean that all of these claimants will actually be capped in December when their grace period ends.</p><p> </p><p>ii. As at May 2020, 19,100 new Universal Credit claimants whose claims started since 23 March 2020 inclusive had been affected by the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>iii. Information relating to Universal Credit claimants who started a claim in March 2020 and have been exempt from the benefit cap due to the nine-month grace period is not readily available; to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. The Department is not required to calculate the level of benefit payment that takes a claimant above the benefit cap threshold while a claimant is in the nine-month grace period because the claimant is exempt from the benefit cap during this time.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to change the benefit cap grace period. The benefit cap provides fairness for hard-working taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable. Whilst this means that some claimants will have a limit on the total amount of benefits they can receive, there are a range of exemptions for when the cap should not be applied including exemptions for the most vulnerable claimants who are entitled to disability benefits and carer benefits</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 115677 115679 115680 question first answered 20/11/2020 14:26:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 62783 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1252404

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	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, how many and what proportion of claimants who started a universal credit claim in March 2020 have been exempt from the benefit cap due to the 9-month grace period.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	115679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The benefit cap restores fairness between those receiving out-of-work benefits and taxpayers. Universal Credit claimants may benefit from a nine-month grace period where their benefit will not be capped if they have a sustained work record with monthly earnings of at least £604 for the past year. Households can still receive benefits up to the equivalent gross earnings of around £24,000, or around £28,000 in London.</p><p> </p><p>i. As at August 2020, there were 160,300 Universal Credit households with a grace period due to end in December 2020. The grace period is applied irrespective of whether or not the household has sufficient benefit income to be in scope for the cap. This ensures that a claimant will benefit from the grace period exemption should any change of circumstances bring them into the scope of the cap during that period. This does not necessarily mean that all of these claimants will actually be capped in December when their grace period ends.</p><p> </p><p>ii. As at May 2020, 19,100 new Universal Credit claimants whose claims started since 23 March 2020 inclusive had been affected by the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>iii. Information relating to Universal Credit claimants who started a claim in March 2020 and have been exempt from the benefit cap due to the nine-month grace period is not readily available; to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. The Department is not required to calculate the level of benefit payment that takes a claimant above the benefit cap threshold while a claimant is in the nine-month grace period because the claimant is exempt from the benefit cap during this time.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to change the benefit cap grace period. The benefit cap provides fairness for hard-working taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable. Whilst this means that some claimants will have a limit on the total amount of benefits they can receive, there are a range of exemptions for when the cap should not be applied including exemptions for the most vulnerable claimants who are entitled to disability benefits and carer benefits</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 115677 115678 115680 question first answered 20/11/2020 14:26:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 62784 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1252405

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to amend the length of the benefit cap grace period.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	115680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The benefit cap restores fairness between those receiving out-of-work benefits and taxpayers. Universal Credit claimants may benefit from a nine-month grace period where their benefit will not be capped if they have a sustained work record with monthly earnings of at least £604 for the past year. Households can still receive benefits up to the equivalent gross earnings of around £24,000, or around £28,000 in London.</p><p> </p><p>i. As at August 2020, there were 160,300 Universal Credit households with a grace period due to end in December 2020. The grace period is applied irrespective of whether or not the household has sufficient benefit income to be in scope for the cap. This ensures that a claimant will benefit from the grace period exemption should any change of circumstances bring them into the scope of the cap during that period. This does not necessarily mean that all of these claimants will actually be capped in December when their grace period ends.</p><p> </p><p>ii. As at May 2020, 19,100 new Universal Credit claimants whose claims started since 23 March 2020 inclusive had been affected by the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>iii. Information relating to Universal Credit claimants who started a claim in March 2020 and have been exempt from the benefit cap due to the nine-month grace period is not readily available; to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. The Department is not required to calculate the level of benefit payment that takes a claimant above the benefit cap threshold while a claimant is in the nine-month grace period because the claimant is exempt from the benefit cap during this time.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to change the benefit cap grace period. The benefit cap provides fairness for hard-working taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable. Whilst this means that some claimants will have a limit on the total amount of benefits they can receive, there are a range of exemptions for when the cap should not be applied including exemptions for the most vulnerable claimants who are entitled to disability benefits and carer benefits</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 115677 115678 115679 question first answered 20/11/2020 14:26:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 62782 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1252406

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	Jobcentres: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent work coaches stopped working for her Department in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	115681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent Work Coaches to have left the department in each of the last 12 months is below: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>12.86</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>62.22</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>47.36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>51.30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>62.44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>49.68</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>45.63</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>45.85</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>50.18</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>74.70</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>79.26</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-20</p></td><td><p>54.49</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p /><p><strong>Total 635.96</strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/11/2020 17:52:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra