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1178171

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of compensation under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 were paid to workers employed in (1) slate quarrying and slate mining, (2) coal mining, (3) the textile industries, (4) the pottery industries, and (5) other industries, in the last year for which figures are available; and how many, if any, of those cases were related to diffuse mesothelioma.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 25/02/2020 15:22:45 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1178172

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of money paid by way of compensation under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 in (1) 1990–99, (2) 2000–09, and (3) 2010–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The available information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Industrial injuries benefits expenditure, of which Pneumoconiosis 1979</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>£ million, nominal terms</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ million, real terms, 2019/20 prices</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1994/95</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1995/96</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1996/97</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1997/98</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1998/99</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1999/00</strong></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2000/01</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2001/02</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2002/03</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003/04</strong></p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004/05</strong></p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Sources</strong>: 1994-2018 DWP Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>2018/19 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: quarterly statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are in £ millions</li><li>‘..’ not available</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 26/02/2020 13:40:28 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1178173

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979, how many new applications for compensation were made in the last year for which figures are available; what was the corresponding number of payments that were made; and what was the total cost of those payments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The available information is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>IIDB 3.1</strong></p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Pneumoconiosis (Worker's Compensation) Act 1979 by type of claimant and payment, Oct 2018 – Sep 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Number</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sufferer</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Dependant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Payments made £</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Payments made £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>4,043,400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>226,852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>November</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>3,270,613</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>278,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>December</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>2,756,460</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>177,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>3,686,361</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>221,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>2,724,420</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>139,378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>3,471,191</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>242,787</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>3,348,735</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>217,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>3,435,557</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>91,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>3,321,152</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>157,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>3,651,931</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>206,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>3,119,361</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>217,707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>September</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>3,046,575</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>180,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures on claimants shown are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures show new claims for which an assessment has been completed.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 25/02/2020 15:22:28 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1181121

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many payments under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 were made during each of the last three years in response to applications relating to persons who had been employed in the slate quarrying industry; and what was the total payment to this group in each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/03/2020 11:57:20 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1333941

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 8 June (HL Deb, col 1312), what steps they are taking to prioritise, in addition to need assessment, the provision of specialist job coaches for people with learning disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting claimants with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism move closer to the labour market or into work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The increased number of work coaches will help the newly unemployed and also enable us to continue supporting those with complex needs, and to work with partners to ensure they get the help they need. People in particular disadvantaged groups will continue to benefit from support via the increased Flexible Support Fund and priority early access to the Work and Health Programme. In addition, claimants with learning disabilities are also able to access Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) if they are further from the labour market.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>From April 2021, we have strengthened our Disability Employment Adviser (DEA) role to include delivering direct support to claimants who require additional work related support and advice above our core work coach offer. DEAs continue to support all work coaches to deliver tailored, personalised support to all claimants with a disability or health condition. Since May, we are increasing our DEA resource from 685 nationally with the aspiration to reach 1000.</p><p> </p><p>We have a number of initiatives and schemes to support claimants with health conditions such as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Intensive Personalised Employment Support provision provides highly personalised packages of employment support for disabled people who want to work but have complex needs or barriers and require specialist support to achieve sustained employment.</li><li>Access to Work is a demand-led discretionary grant scheme that provides funding for the extra disability-related costs people have when starting work or maintaining employment. It can also support disabled people on an apprenticeship, Department for Education supported internship or traineeship</li><li>The Department delivered the Local Supported Employment Proof of Concept, run in partnership with 9 local authorities from November 2017 to May 2019. It was based on the “Place and Train” model of supported employment. This aimed to test whether the Department, in partnership with Local Authorities (LAs), could increase delivery of high-quality supported employment for people with a learning disability or autism who are known to adult social care, or those in contact with secondary mental health services. The proof of concept also aimed to help spread best practice among LAs. Following the successful proof of concept, the Department is looking to develop an area based trial with 20 LAs. The trial was paused because of the coronavirus pandemic</li><li>Supported Internships are aimed at young people ability/autism who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan and they usually last for 12 months. Support from a specialist job coach and other costs may be funded through Access to Work if necessary. Whilst the Department for Education lead on this the Department provides support through Access to Work funding</li><li>Through the Disability Confident scheme, the Department is engaging with employers and helping to promote the skills, talents and abilities of people with autism and associated conditions. Through the scheme, the Department is providing advice and support to help employers feel more confident about employing disabled people, by signposting them to appropriate advice guidance and support.</li><li>The increased number of work coaches will help the newly unemployed and also enable us to continue supporting those with complex needs, and to work with partners to ensure they get the help they need</li><li>People in particular disadvantaged groups will continue to benefit from support via the increased Flexible Support Fund and priority early access to the Work and Health Programme</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 21/06/2021 16:39:00 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1545545

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2022
	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	Pensions: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in response to representations made to them by the Pensioners Action Group on behalf of persons now of pensionable age whose sponsoring companies closed in the 1990s through insolvency and who consequently suffered substantial pension losses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The taxpayer funded Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) has been operational since 2005. It was set up to award financial assistance to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes which started to wind up underfunded between 1 January 1997 and 5 April 2005. Since it was established, the FAS has been extended and improved several times, making the financial help more generous and encompassing more schemes and members. Therefore, the Government does not intend to take any steps in response to the Pensions Action Group.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 08/12/2022 14:44:16 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley