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46705

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department has collected on public perception of health and safety regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	195116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I have been asked to respond as Minister with responsibilty for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p> </p><p>Reviews of health and safety regulation carried out for the Government by Lord Young and by Professor Ragnar Löfstedt, and endorsed in HSE's recent triennial review, found a near universal agreement that the UK legal framework is fit for purpose. However, there does exist some misunderstanding about what H&amp;S legislation actually requires.</p><p> </p><p>Partly in response to this, the Health and Safety Executive's Myth Busters Challenge Panel allows the public to challenge decisions and policies ascribed to health and safety if they believe them to be incorrect.</p><p>To date the Panel has considered over 270 cases. Details can be found at http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/index.htm</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

168724

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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 Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken to allow people to request and verify the information held on them by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	217732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>DWP has well published processes for customers to request access to the information that the Department holds about them; on its web pages, in its Privacy Statement that is available on-line and in hard copy, and in its published reports. Requests may be handled as business as usual or as a Subject Access Request in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Regardless of the manner of the request and response the customer will receive the full record of their personal information relating to their request.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP has a duty to ensure that its customer records are fully maintained, up to date and accurate, and will routinely amend records from information that it has received in the normal course of its customer engagement or following a specific request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 12:12:15 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

168725

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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 Records: Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data held by his Department is used for validation of registered voters on the electoral roll; and what steps are taken to allow people to (a) ask for and (b) verify such records.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	217733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The data used for validation of registered voters on the electoral role is; name, National Insurance number, address and date of birth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP has well published processes for customers to request access to the information that the Department holds about them; on its web pages, in its Privacy Statement that is available on-line and in hard copy, and in published reports. Requests may be handled as business as usual or as a Subject Access Request in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the citizen is a DWP customer in receipt of a DWP maintained Social Security benefit they can update their personal details by contacting the relevant benefit area to inform them of their change of circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the citizen is employed and not in receipt of any DWP maintained Social Security benefit then they should make a request to HMRC to update their details via completion of an on-line form which can be found at <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/report-changes/individual/family.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/report-changes/individual/family.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 12:15:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170548

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems his Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No estimate has been made of savings arising from the introduction of the Q&amp;A system. The introduction of the Q&amp;A system has had no impact on existing or planned ICT systems.</p><p> </p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies. It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/01/2015 14:07:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170604

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	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	Industrial 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, what guidance he issues for companies on what health and safety data they should publish.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Companies are not required by law to publish data on their health and safety performance, and consequently the Health and Safety Executive does not offer generic guidance on this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, for high hazard businesses operating under the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999, the competent authority, comprising HSE and the relevant environmental regulators, has recently (October 2014) published a Performance and Recognition Framework which describes how it takes account of business performance in planning its interventions. The Framework encourages the adoption by major hazard operators of industry-wide Process Safety Leadership Principles, which advocate the use of performance indicators, publication of performance information and sharing of good practice across sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 17:42:41 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

171771

	registered interest
	date	02/01/2015
	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 Executive
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information on health and safety practices and records of companies the Health and Safety Executive collects; and what information is made available as open source data.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	219625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) collects information on health and safety practices of companies through a range of statutory notification schemes, licencing and permissioning regimes and the information recorded by HSE Inspectors during their interventions to enable it to fulfil its role as a regulator. These include:</p><p>· Notifications of reportable incidents and offshore releases of hydrocarbons under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)</p><p>· Notifications of planned construction projects and work with Ionising Radiation</p><p>· Applications for asbestos licences and consents under the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH)</p><p>· Information on the management of workplace health and safety risks from the inspection of sites and investigation of incidents</p><p> </p><p>Formal enforcement action, including improvement and prohibition notices and prosecutions, taken as a result of HSE regulatory activities is set out in public registers published on HSE’s website at <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/notices/" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/notices/</a> and <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/prosecutions/" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/prosecutions/</a></p><p> </p><p>Various statistical analyses on health and safety performance of industries across Great Britain are also published on the HSE website at <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/01/2015 09:42:33 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 37401 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179688

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	224437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There is no specified number of days an individual should have for training as it would depend on an individual’s job role, the length of time they have been in post, any changes to their job role and their personal capability level and developmental needs.</p><p> </p><p>Training can be undertaken as attendance at formal classroom based events recorded as training days but developmental needs can also be met through less formal activities – job shadowing, mentoring, on the job learning, downloading resources from Civil Service Learning and so on.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Departmental People Performance Policy, development needs are set and reviewed as part of regular discussion between an individual and their line manager looking at continuous development to maintain and potentially enhance performance. From these discussions the amount of developmental activity necessary (including formal training days) will emerge for each person.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Civil Service Reform Plan outlines a Civil Service wide commitment to each individual having at least 5 days a year of developmental activity but this will not be just training – many other activities would contribute to an individual’s 5 days a year.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/02/2015 13:21:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179709

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's training budget was in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	224505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not allocate a specific budget for training.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/02/2015 15:53:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179708

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	224524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Departmental expenditure on training in each of the last three financial years, for which audited accounts have been published, is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Training</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Spend</p></td><td><p>£6,599,138.40</p></td><td><p>£8,613,542.60</p></td><td><p>£9,421,756.17</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/02/2015 15:58:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179710

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of days training of full-time equivalent staff employed in his Department was in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	224486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The below figures relate to e-learning, the events delivered via Civil Service Learning and the learning days delivered by DWP Operations. It should however also be noted that additional development activity would have been undertaken which is not captured here, as well as the fact that Civil Service Learning was not created until 1<sup>st</sup> January 2012.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The average number of days training of full-time equivalent staff employed by the Department in each of the last three financial years is as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total training days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average No. training days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 11 – Mar 12</p></td><td><p>310,239.48</p></td><td><p>88,626.40</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 12 – Mar 13</p></td><td><p>253,658.21</p></td><td><p>85,129.22</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 13 – Mar 14</p></td><td><p>261,155.88</p></td><td><p>83,941.67</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The decrease in training days after 2011/12 is partly explained by the formation of CSL in 2012, which led to a rationalisation of the number of learning events to provide better focussed high quality events more targeted to specific learning needs and organisational requirements. The establishment of a common curriculum of products for learning provision across the Civil Service through CSL reduced duplication and overlap between courses and a more blended approach led to more learning activity taking place through E learning and other interventions rather than a classroom based solution.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/03/2015 13:45:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah