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1203026

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2020 to Question 43917, on Universal Credit, how many families in Scotland who have made a claim for universal credit since 23 March 2020 have three or more children.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	58693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>From 23<sup>rd</sup> March 2020 to 5<sup>th</sup> May 2020, 3,500 of the 57,000 applications made by claimants with children to Universal Credit, who had three or more children in their family, were from Scotland</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/06/2020 16:24:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 29525 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1216227

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2020
	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: 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 claimants of (a) universal credit and (b) legacy benefits in Scotland had awards that were reduced by the tariff income rules (i) before and (ii) after the covid-19 pandemic was declared.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	62392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/06/2020 14:25:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1280217

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2021
	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
	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 publish data on the estimated take-up of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	142894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>No</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/01/2021 14:43:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1282015

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 28 January 2021 to Question 142894 on Universal Credit, for what reason her Department will not publish that data.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	145774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not currently make estimates of UC take-up rates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/02/2021 17:50:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1188220

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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, if she will take steps to (a) cancel or (b) suspend all pre-existing benefits sanctions during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	37590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>We are focused on the processing of claims and will not be checking conditionality compliance regarding preparing for, looking for and being available for work until the end of June. This means that claimants won’t receive any new sanctions if they are unable to meet these commitments during this period.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have no plans to cancel or suspend pre-existing sanctions. Claimants who were sanctioned before Covid 19 can continue to apply for hardship payments and are no worse off as a result of the pandemic. We continue to review our policies as the situation evolves.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2020 14:11:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 17065 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1226011

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2020
	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: 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 reports of cases of covid-19 contracted in the workplace have been received by the Health and Safety Executive under the reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations for (a) hospitals, (b) GP practices, (c) community pharmacies, (d) residential nursing care facilities and (e) prisons in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	76001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR), duty-holders are obliged to report cases of a worker contracting COVID-19 when:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a worker has been diagnosed as having COVID-19 and there is reasonable evidence that it was caused by exposure at work (reportable as an ‘exposure to a biological agent’ case of disease under Regulation 9(b));</li><li>a worker dies as a result of occupational exposure to COVID-19 and this is confirmed as the likely cause of death by a registered medical practitioner (reportable as a ‘death due to exposure to a biological agent’ case of disease under Regulation 6(2)).</li></ul><p>Figures in the Table below only cover Scottish reports made, where the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or the local authority are the enforcing body, and relate to the location of the premises where the affected person usually works, as reported by the employer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table: Worker COVID-19 Disease reports made by employers to HSE by disease severity and specific industry sector<sup>1</sup>, Scotland, 10<sup>th</sup> April – 11<sup>th</sup> July 2020</strong></p><p>(Source: RIDDOR disease reporting)</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Specific industry sector (as reported by employer)<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SIC<sup>2</sup> code</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong> <strong>COVID-19</strong> <strong>notifications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospital activities</p></td><td><p>8610</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General medical practice activities</p></td><td><p>8621</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dispensing chemist in specialised stores</p></td><td><p>4773</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Residential nursing care activities</p></td><td><p>8710</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Justice and judicial activities</p></td><td><p>8423</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>315</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Footnotes</em></p><p><em><sup>1</sup></em><em>Industry as reported by employers.</em></p><p><em><sup>2</sup></em><em>Standard Industrial Classification (SIC): The current system used in UK official statistics for classifying businesses by type of activity they are engaged in.</em></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2020 16:31:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1546196

	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	Natural Gas: Pipelines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of the safety of steel service pipes in gas distribution networks.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	97640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not assess the safety of steel service pipes in gas distribution networks. This is the duty of the Gas Distribution Network Operator.</p><p> </p><p>HSE assesses the content of safety cases submitted by gas network operators. Steel service pipelines are acceptable and safety cases will address the Operators management arrangements for these. HSE must accept the safety case prior to operation and Operators then have a duty to conform with their safety case.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/12/2022 16:13:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1203025

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment: 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 people (a) made an application for personal independence payments in Scotland (i) since 24 March 2020 and (b) in 2019; and how many of those people had their application (A) awarded and (B) disallowed (1) pre-assessment and (2) post-assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	58692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows a comparison of the outcomes of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims registered by claimants in Scotland throughout the whole of 2019 and between 24<sup>th</sup> March – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published journey time from PIP registration to clearance in April 2020 in Scotland was 21 weeks on average for a new claim and 27 weeks for a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claim. This goes some way to explaining why the majority of claims registered from 24<sup>th</sup> March 2020 onwards had not received an initial decision as of 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020, the latest date for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that the majority of claims cleared since 24<sup>th</sup> March 2020 were cleared under the Special Rules for Terminally Ill claimants for which the average customer journey time in Great Britain was 5 working days for New Claims and 6 working days for DLA to PIP Reassessment claims.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Comparison of outcomes of PIP claims registered in Scotland in 2019 and from 24<sup>th</sup> March 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Date of registration to PIP</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Outcome of PIP Claim</strong></p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>24th March 2020 Onwards</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awarded</p></td><td><p>43,660</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p><strong>43,800</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed post-referral to AP</p></td><td><p>24,980</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>24,990</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the AP</p></td><td><p>16,950</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>16,950</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>1,360</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Case Still Outstanding</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>3,220</p></td><td><p><strong>10,810</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total number of PIP Registrations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>94,550</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,370</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97,920</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source: PIP ADS</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Component parts may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Cases disallowed post referral to the AP includes claims disallowed at assessment and claims disallowed for failing to attend the assessment.</li><li>Cases disallowed pre-referral to the AP includes claims Disallowed for failing to return the PIP2 form and claims disallowed for failing lay rules.</li><li>Definition of Claims Still Outstanding: Claims that have been registered but have not received an initial decision as of 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020.</li></ul><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2020 16:56:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1203028

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	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
	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 extend the suspension of benefit reviews and reassessments for (a) universal credit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) personal independence payment beyond 24 June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	58694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We are currently in the process of reviewing this measure, and will confirm next steps as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2020 14:12:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1274967

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	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 and Support Allowance: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on claimants of the new employment and support allowance of having to wait for face-to-face work capability assessments in order to have their claim processed during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	134409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>We are continuing to process claims for Employment and Support Allowance and refer them for a Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Claimants will receive the Assessment Rate of benefit for the first 13 weeks as normal. At present, claimants may stay on the assessment rate for longer than usual.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The health and safety of our claimants and staff is our key priority. We suspended all face-to-face assessments for sickness and disability benefits in March. This temporary suspension, brought in to protect people from unnecessary risk of coronavirus at the outset of the pandemic, remains in place, and is being kept under review in line with the latest public health guidance. Any re-introduction of face-to-face assessments would involve stringent Covid-19 related safety measures, supported by guidance for claimants and assessment providers to ensure compliance with the relevant public health guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic we have continued to complete paper-based assessments wherever possible and telephone assessments have been in place since last summer with the number of claims being assessed through this channel increasing. If a claimant qualifies for an additional amount following their WCA, it will be backdated to ensure no long-term loss.</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual’s income is reduced because they cannot work due to disability or a health condition and they require further financial support, they may also be able to claim Universal Credit, depending on their personal circumstances.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 134410 question first answered 13/01/2021 14:30:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray