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	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Local Housing Allowance
	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 her Department has made of the adequacy of the calculation of Local Housing Allowance rates applicable in financial year 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	59968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas.<em> </em>For Great Britain in May 2022, 55% of the households on LHA had rents higher than the LHA rates. For these households the average gap was £146 per month.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2020 LHA rates were increased to the 30th percentile of local rents. This significant investment of nearly £1 billion provided 1.5 million claimants with an average £600 more housing support in 2020/21 than they would otherwise have received.</p><p> </p><p>LHA rates have been maintained at their increased levels since then, so that everyone who benefitted from the increase will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require additional support with housing costs, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. Since 2011 we have provided almost over £1.5 billion in DHPs.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/10/2022 13:24:00 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1380226

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2021
	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 Schemes: 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 £156 million committed in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 to provide job finding support for disabled people, what services that funding will support, in addition to the work coaches referenced in part 4.99 of that document.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	78481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to seeing one million more disabled people in work between 2017 and 2027 and reducing the disability employment gap. The disability employment gap</p><p>has closed by around 5 percentage points since 2013 (the earliest comparable date, when the current way of measuring disability began) and in the last four years, the number of disabled people in employment has increased by 850,000. This is good progress, however, we know we need to go further to help more disabled people and people with health conditions start, stay and succeed in work, where it is right for them.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed in both the recent Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper and the National Disability Strategy, to continue to improve employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions to help support more people to move towards and into work. We are reviewing Green Paper responses now and will come forward with a White Paper next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review committed £339 million per year for the continued funding of existing disability employment programmes such as the Access to Work scheme and the Work and Health programme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, £156 million has been agreed over the Spending Review 2021 period to provide job finding support for disabled people, with a focus on additional work coaches. We are continuing to develop detailed plans for a range of disability employment support to best support disabled people towards and into work across the Spending Review period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 78482 question first answered 30/11/2021 17:33:11 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1380227

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2021
	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 Schemes: 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 (a) the disability employment gap remaining at 28.7 percentage points and (b) the Leonard Cheshire research finding that 69 per cent of disabled people have had their work impacted by covid-19, whether he has made a recent assessment of the need for additional funding to support disabled people entering and remaining in work.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	78482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to seeing one million more disabled people in work between 2017 and 2027 and reducing the disability employment gap. The disability employment gap</p><p>has closed by around 5 percentage points since 2013 (the earliest comparable date, when the current way of measuring disability began) and in the last four years, the number of disabled people in employment has increased by 850,000. This is good progress, however, we know we need to go further to help more disabled people and people with health conditions start, stay and succeed in work, where it is right for them.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed in both the recent Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper and the National Disability Strategy, to continue to improve employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions to help support more people to move towards and into work. We are reviewing Green Paper responses now and will come forward with a White Paper next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review committed £339 million per year for the continued funding of existing disability employment programmes such as the Access to Work scheme and the Work and Health programme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, £156 million has been agreed over the Spending Review 2021 period to provide job finding support for disabled people, with a focus on additional work coaches. We are continuing to develop detailed plans for a range of disability employment support to best support disabled people towards and into work across the Spending Review period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 78481 question first answered 30/11/2021 17:33:11 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1417314

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	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	Pregnancy: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of pregnant women who are suspended on full pay by their employer under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 each year.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	113227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 do not require the collection of this information. The Health and Safety Executive cannot provide an estimate of the number of workers who are suspended on full pay by their employer.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/02/2022 10:53:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1417315

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	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	Health and Safety: Pregnancy
	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 12 January to Question 98936 on Industrial Health & Safety: Mothers, what the timetable is for the Health and Safety Executive amending its guidance on Protecting New and Expectant Mothers at Work to explicitly state that an employer must undertake an individual risk assessment where a woman has notified her employer that she is pregnant, has given birth or is breastfeeding.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	113228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is currently working with stakeholders and interested parties to update this guidance and will publish this as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/02/2022 11:03:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1417316

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	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	Pregnancy: Employment
	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 undertake a communication campaign to raise awareness amongst employers of their legal obligation to undertake an individual risk assessment where a woman has notified her employer that she is pregnant, has given birth or is breastfeeding.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	113229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is in the process of amending its guidance and will work with stakeholders and interested parties to communicate and promote the amended guidance to support employers in carrying out individual risk assessments.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/02/2022 11:09:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1417317

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	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	Health and Safety: Pregnancy
	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 require the Health and Safety Executive to report annually on the number of (a) requests for advice from (i) workers and (ii) employers on health and safety for new and expectant mothers and (b) cases in which enforcement action was taken and the type of enforcement action carried out.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	113230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive does not routinely publish figures of the number or breakdown of requests for advice received and does not intend to do so. Details of all enforcement action are available on HSE’s website.</p><p> </p><p>However, over the last five financial years and current year to date, the number of concerns reported to HSE related to the terms ‘pregnant’, ‘pregnancy’ and ‘new mother’ are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Pregnancy/New mother Related</p></td><td><p>Total Concerns Received</p></td><td><p>% of total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>22,497</p></td><td><p>0.74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>26,507</p></td><td><p>0.59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>29,476</p></td><td><p>0.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>32,490</p></td><td><p>0.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>46,103</p></td><td><p>0.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/YTD</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>19,904</p></td><td><p>0.52%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There has been no enforcement action taken over this period related to the same terms.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/02/2022 11:07:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1455091

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	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: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to (a) disregard property in Ukraine from any capital calculations for Ukrainian refugees applying for universal credit and (b) provide further exemptions from any capital calculations for Ukrainian refugees applying for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	148320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The emergency regulations laid on Monday 21 March 2022 ensure Ukrainian evacuees can access Universal Credit and jobs support immediately. Each claim for benefit will be assessed individually and as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Available capital in the form of savings and investments will be taken into account in the normal way. Legislation already provides for capital assets held overseas only to be taken into account on the basis of their market value: clearly assets such as property owned in Ukraine have no market value at the current time.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/04/2022 16:52:38 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1420505

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	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	Maternity Allowance
	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 changes since 2010 in the relative value of the standard weekly rate of Maternity Allowance compared to (a) the adult rate of the National Living Wage and (b) women's median weekly earnings.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	119738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Maternity Allowance (MA) is not intended to replace a woman's earnings completely. Instead, it provides a measure of financial security to help pregnant working women take time off work for a reasonable period around the expected date of birth, to protect their own health and wellbeing and that of their baby. MA is a benefit paid by the State, which is treated as unearned income.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/02/2022 14:57:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1440208

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2022
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has for the role of Advanced Customer Support Senior Leaders in the future.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	138334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>During 2021 we continually assessed the effectiveness of the Advanced Customer Support Senior Leader (ACSSL) role. It has been demonstrated that ACSSLs are effective in supporting existing DWP Service Lines to assist customers most at risk of harm.</p><p> </p><p>Following this work, ACSSLs’ future focus will include their coaching and facilitator role, their work with external agencies, and strengthening the learning they return to the business in real time.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/03/2022 16:38:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse