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429464

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 number of new claimants of employment and support allowances who will be placed in the work-related activity group from April 2017 to May 2020; and whether he has made an estimate of the number of those claimants who will be people with cancer.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	17057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2015 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of new claimants who will be placed in the work related activity or limited capability for work groups can be found in the following table, for each of the financial years in the time period requested :</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total work related activity or limited capability for work group decisions from new claims to ESA or UC</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Figures are consistent with the Autumn Statement 2015 forecasts, which do not separate out ESA and UC.</p><br /><p>We do not hold estimates on the number of claimants we expect with specific conditions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/11/2015 09:26:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

435962

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to issue guidance on how its proposed extension of jobseeker's allowance conditionality will apply to claimants with mental illness.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	18911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>We have made no proposals to extend Jobseekers Allowance conditionality.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 18912 question first answered 14/12/2015 14:33:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

435965

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on claimants with mental illness of his proposals to extend jobseeker's allowance conditionality.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	18912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>We have made no proposals to extend Jobseekers Allowance conditionality.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 18911 question first answered 14/12/2015 14:33:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

858578

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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: Sodium Valproate
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 amount paid out by his Department in benefits to people with fetal anti-convulsant syndrome as a result of the mother being prescribed sodium valproate during pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	131833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/03/2018 17:20:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

994058

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Statutory Sick Pay
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 in place to communicate to key stakeholders in Government and the public and private sectors the outcome of her rapid review of the Allied Health Professions Advisory Fitness for Work Report which clarified that the report can be used to provide medical evidence for the purpose of statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	183294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1985 already allow for other forms of medical information to be used in place of a fit note as long as there is an agreement between employer and employee that the other option, which can include an Allied Health Professions Advisory Fitness for Work Report, is acceptable. The regulations do not however name a particular alternative as being the most suitable replacement.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017, The Government Command paper “<em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability” </em>committed to investigating the feasibility of using the AHP Advisory Fitness for Work Report for the purposes of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). The Paper can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability</a></p><p> </p><p>A rapid review was held in February 2018 involving extensive work by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) with its fellow organisations under the Allied Health Professions Federation and the Joint Department for Health and Social Care and Department for Work and Pensions Work and Health Unit. Following this, the RCOT and Chartered Society of Physiotherapists released a statement advising their members that the Allied Health Professions report can be used to provide evidence for the purposes of SSP and encouraging them to increase their use of this document within their professional remits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The link to statement can be found here: <a href="https://www.rcot.co.uk/news/ahp-advisory-fitness-work-report-admissible-evidence-statutory-sick-pay" target="_blank">https://www.rcot.co.uk/news/ahp-advisory-fitness-work-report-admissible-evidence-statutory-sick-pay</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/11/2018 17:48:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

637218

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working days were lost due to mental illness in his Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	53079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The total number of working days lost in DWP due to mental illness in each of the last three years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is committed to improving mental ill health. We support employees through access to comprehensive stress risk assessments, Occupational Health services and our Employee Assistance Programme which offers immediate telephone support 24 hours a day, every day. DWP is currently introducing Mental Health First Aid to further add to the support available.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has greatly reduced sickness absence from an average of 11.1 days in March 2007 to 6.13 days currently. The Department has the lowest average working days lost across Government when compared against other Departments of its size and grade structure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Days Lost to mental illness</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Days Available</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working Days Lost as a % of Working Days Available</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 November 2015 to 31 October 2016</p></td><td><p>114,887</p></td><td><p>16,933,234</p></td><td><p>0.68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 November 2014 to 31 October 2015</p></td><td><p>103,596</p></td><td><p>16,288,909</p></td><td><p>0.64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 November 2013 to 31 October 2014</p></td><td><p>121,513</p></td><td><p>17,558,267</p></td><td><p>0.69%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/11/2016 17:36:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

626015

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve access to specialist employment services for young disabled people.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	51039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>‘Improving Lives - The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’, published on 31 October, announces a Personal Support Package for people with health conditions and disabilities, with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants, including young disabled people.</p><p>In particular as part of this package we will explore how to better support young disabled people by testing a voluntary, supported Work Experience programme. This will give young disabled people the opportunity to benefit from time in the workplace with a mainstream employer. It will enable them to build their confidence and skills, enhance their CV and demonstrate their ability to perform a job role.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 17:27:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756739

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Self-employed: Disability
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 proportion of people who are self-employed who have a disability.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	7739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Employment status</p><p> </p><p>Data on the proportion of working age disabled people who were employed, inactive and unemployed is published by the Office for National Statistics using the Labour Force Survey. The latest data for Q2 2017 can be found using the following link: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>In the United Kingdom, over the last four years the employment rate of disabled people has increased by nearly 6 percentage points from 43.6% in Q2 2013 to 49.2% in Q2 2017. There are now almost 600,000 more disabled people in work than four years ago, with almost 3.5 million disabled people in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Business Size</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper we have published information based on the size of people’s workplaces for Q2 2016 using the Labour Force Survey. This data can be found in Table 1h using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641240/work-health-and-disability-green-paper-data-pack-supporting-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641240/work-health-and-disability-green-paper-data-pack-supporting-tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Self-employment</p><p> </p><p>The latest published figures from the Labour Force Survey, covering Q4 2016, show that the proportion of people in Great Britain who are self-employed who have a disability is 13%.</p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/006673economicactivityofpeoplewithdisabilitiesbyemploymenttypeaged16to64apriltojune2013onwardsgreatbritain" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/006673economicactivityofpeoplewithdisabilitiesbyemploymenttypeaged16to64apriltojune2013onwardsgreatbritain</a></p><p> </p><p>Note</p><p>Please note that the latest data from the Labour Force Survey covers Q2 (April to June) 2017. However, we have used the latest publicly available data for each request which is why different time periods are used.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 7733 question first answered 12/09/2017 14:06:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756741

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to its consultation on the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	8129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p><em>Improving Lives; the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em> was published on 31 October 2016 and the consultation closed on 17 February 2017. The Green Paper explored a range of ways to improve the prospects and transform the lives of disabled people by removing barriers that prevent them from working, and helping ensure that they are able to remain in employment. We received over 6000 of responses and engaged in a wide range of conversations with stakeholders during the consultation period, supported by over 166 accessible events held across England, Scotland, and Wales. We are now carefully considering the consultation responses and next steps for longer-term reform and will set these out in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 11:17:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756742

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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: Disability
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 proportion of people with a disability who are (a) employed, (b) inactive in the labour market and (c) unemployed; and what proportion of those people employed in (i) large businesses, (ii) medium-sized businesses and (iii) small businesses have a disability.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	7733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Employment status</p><p> </p><p>Data on the proportion of working age disabled people who were employed, inactive and unemployed is published by the Office for National Statistics using the Labour Force Survey. The latest data for Q2 2017 can be found using the following link: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>In the United Kingdom, over the last four years the employment rate of disabled people has increased by nearly 6 percentage points from 43.6% in Q2 2013 to 49.2% in Q2 2017. There are now almost 600,000 more disabled people in work than four years ago, with almost 3.5 million disabled people in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Business Size</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper we have published information based on the size of people’s workplaces for Q2 2016 using the Labour Force Survey. This data can be found in Table 1h using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641240/work-health-and-disability-green-paper-data-pack-supporting-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641240/work-health-and-disability-green-paper-data-pack-supporting-tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Self-employment</p><p> </p><p>The latest published figures from the Labour Force Survey, covering Q4 2016, show that the proportion of people in Great Britain who are self-employed who have a disability is 13%.</p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/006673economicactivityofpeoplewithdisabilitiesbyemploymenttypeaged16to64apriltojune2013onwardsgreatbritain" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/006673economicactivityofpeoplewithdisabilitiesbyemploymenttypeaged16to64apriltojune2013onwardsgreatbritain</a></p><p> </p><p>Note</p><p>Please note that the latest data from the Labour Force Survey covers Q2 (April to June) 2017. However, we have used the latest publicly available data for each request which is why different time periods are used.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 7739 question first answered 12/09/2017 14:06:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb