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1609370

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	177871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> March 2023, the proportion of employees in the Attorney General’s Office recorded as having a disability was 5%.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 21/04/2023 08:24:29 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1610146

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Jobcentres: Autism
	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 the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, when the Department expects to make a decision on whether its framework for autistic customers can be rolled out across the whole network of Jobcentres.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	180279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>Improving the services that Jobcentres deliver to people with autism is a key part of ensuring customers with autism get the support they need, in the way they need it. Our autism accreditation test helped to build the knowledge and skills of our work coaches and improve our processes and systems to better support autistic jobseekers. We are now exploring whether we can roll out this accreditation across the whole Jobcentre network.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/04/2023 10:31:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1610174

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Jobcentres: Disability
	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 the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, whether his Department is taking steps to consult with disabled people on the development of the jobcentre design guide.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	180307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The department is committed to improving access and inclusion for colleagues and members of the public through the on-going development of its Jobcentre design guides. The design guides provide the standards for future properties and major refurbishments of existing sites. In 2021/22, the department commissioned the Civil Service Policy Lab to explore best practice in Jobcentre design for disabled people and those with health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Policy Lab were set up in 2014 to support the Civil Service with specialist expertise to help understand the present, imagine the future, and design ways to achieve the intended policy impact.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the project was to work with experts, staff, and disabled people, to develop recommendations for inclusive design to inform future guidance for Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Research included working closely with participants, to better understand their personal ‘lived experiences’. This included in-depth interviews to understand their individual health condition and relationship with the local Jobcentre. The research included an immersive, sensory mapping approach, where the researchers’ joined participants on their journeys to the Jobcentre and around the buildings.</p><p> </p><p>Supporting this work, the department also commission a specialist access and inclusion consultant, with property expertise, to oversee changes to guidance. The scope includes improving environments for more people by considering the latest guidance on neurodiversity.</p><p> </p><p>Findings and insights from the research are informing the department’s new design guide for Jobcentres. This guidance is currently under development with the in-house design team. Trials will follow on several sites, which will include detailed customer evaluation of all the agreed deliverables. Stakeholder groups will also be involved in finalising this inclusive design guidance.</p><p> </p><p>This work forms part of a wider programme of work the department is undertaking to look at, and continue to improve, employment support for disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/04/2023 11:20:07 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1610244

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Applications
	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 the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, what progress her Department has made in developing a new user-centred service for personal independence payment; what steps it plans to take to test that new service; and when he expects that new service to be ready for roll out to new claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	180377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Health Transformation Programme is developing a new Health Assessment Service and transforming the entire PIP service, including introducing the option to apply online.  The programme is developing the new digital PIP service carefully and incrementally, designing it around the needs of claimants.</p><p> </p><p>We have begun offering the new online apply service to a small number of claimants, initially, as we introduce this service gradually and carefully. We have already introduced a digital version of the PIP2 health questionnaire, which is now offered to the majority of those making a claim.</p><p> </p><p>The programme is planning to fully evaluate the new services it is developing, using a range of methods. Our approach to evaluating the services will change and evolve as they are developed.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, the programme is taking a long-term, phased approach, that will move us away from the current ways we are operating, gradually and carefully. The programme is currently focussed on building the foundations and creating the environment to enable us to begin to transform these services for the future.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/04/2023 10:36:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1609354

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of people employed within her Department have recorded that they have a disability.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	177862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>DSIT employees remain employed by their previous departments until the new department is established by a Transfer of Functions order. Data for BEIS and DCMS employees can be found below.</p><p>For BEIS, the proportion of people employed by the Department who have recorded that they have a disability was 11% as of 28 February 2023.</p><p>As of 28th February, 9.1% of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport declared a disability.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/04/2023 13:31:37 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1609351

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of people employed within his Department have recorded that they have a disability.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	177859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>Department for Energy Security and Net Zero employees remain employed by their previous departments until the new department is established by a Transfer of Functions order. Data for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) employees can be found below.</p><p> </p><p>For BEIS, the proportion of people employed by the Department who recorded that they had a disability was 11% as of 28 February 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/04/2023 10:09:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1609353

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of people employed within his Department have recorded that they have a disability.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	177861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the publicly available data <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fcivil-service-statistics-2022%2Fstatistical-bulletin-civil-service-statistics-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C57ad9fd17b7e42cb152408db41b46beb%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638176015374345767%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kgOdQkI5WK%2BmdrzfMmqNY%2B%2F9VyPCM4IEnKddMKHZUkM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 21/04/2023 11:44:51 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft