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1281594

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions: Canada
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 UK pensioners living in Canada, if she will make it her policy to agree to the formal request made by the Canadian Government for a reciprocal agreement covering the uprating of pensions.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	144988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions plans to respond shortly on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/02/2021 16:34:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1281712

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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	Universal Credit
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 reduce the taper rate of universal credit during the covid-19 outbreak to help alleviate staff shortages.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	144928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic this Government has continued to support the lowest-paid families by targeting our support to those most in need by raising the national living wage, spending hundreds of billions to safeguard jobs, boosting welfare support by billions and introducing the £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme. It has also pledged to put an extra £1.7 billion a year into Work Allowances by 2023/24, increasing them by £1,040 a year for working parents and disabled claimants.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to reduce the Universal Credit taper rate. This Government has already made significant investment to reduce it from 65% to 63% in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/02/2021 16:25:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1281717

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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	Pneumoconiosis: Grants
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 the effect of including pneumoconiosis in the D1 category in assessments on miners’ ability to claim pneumoconiosis support grants.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	145089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Due to COVID-19, face-to-face assessments for all disability benefits including the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) have been suspended since March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We have continued to process IIDB claims and lump sum payments for those individuals with terminal illnesses, and those for Fast Track prescribed diseases. These claims have continued to be assessed as usual without the need for a face to face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility to the Pneumoconiosis Etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (‘1979 Act’) is dependent on an individual having an IIDB assessment and their age at the time of this assessment. However, they will not be entitled to ‘1979 Act’ compensation payment if they have already had a payment from the Coal Workers Compensation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We have now begun some paper based assessments for certain prescribed diseases. This allows a decision on such claims and will enable claimants to determine their eligibility to the ‘1979 Act’. At present the paper based approach includes claims for pneumoconiosis (D1) disease and miners with exposure to coal dust are potentially eligible for the ‘1979 Act’.</p><p>Assessing these cases on paper means that we can reduce the overall backlog and give some claimants the awards they are entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>Disease number D1 covers pneumoconiosis which includes silicosis and asbestosis.</p><p> </p><p>More information, including a list of diseases which are covered by IIDB and the kinds of jobs which are included can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefits-technical-guidance/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefits-technical-guidance#:~:text=Industrial%20Injuries%20Disablement%20Benefit%20is,a%20list%20of%20prescribed%20diseases." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefits-technical-guidance/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefits-technical-guidance#:~:text=Industrial%20Injuries%20Disablement%20Benefit%20is,a%20list%20of%20prescribed%20diseases.</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 145090 145840 question first answered 03/02/2021 13:55:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1281718

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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	Industrial Diseases: Compensation
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 the effect of including industrial diseases such as pneumoconiosis in the D1 category in assessments on the ability of miners to claim compensation.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	145090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Due to COVID-19, face-to-face assessments for all disability benefits including the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) have been suspended since March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We have continued to process IIDB claims and lump sum payments for those individuals with terminal illnesses, and those for Fast Track prescribed diseases. These claims have continued to be assessed as usual without the need for a face to face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility to the Pneumoconiosis Etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (‘1979 Act’) is dependent on an individual having an IIDB assessment and their age at the time of this assessment. However, they will not be entitled to ‘1979 Act’ compensation payment if they have already had a payment from the Coal Workers Compensation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We have now begun some paper based assessments for certain prescribed diseases. This allows a decision on such claims and will enable claimants to determine their eligibility to the ‘1979 Act’. At present the paper based approach includes claims for pneumoconiosis (D1) disease and miners with exposure to coal dust are potentially eligible for the ‘1979 Act’.</p><p>Assessing these cases on paper means that we can reduce the overall backlog and give some claimants the awards they are entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>Disease number D1 covers pneumoconiosis which includes silicosis and asbestosis.</p><p> </p><p>More information, including a list of diseases which are covered by IIDB and the kinds of jobs which are included can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefits-technical-guidance/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefits-technical-guidance#:~:text=Industrial%20Injuries%20Disablement%20Benefit%20is,a%20list%20of%20prescribed%20diseases." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefits-technical-guidance/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefits-technical-guidance#:~:text=Industrial%20Injuries%20Disablement%20Benefit%20is,a%20list%20of%20prescribed%20diseases.</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 145089 145840 question first answered 03/02/2021 13:55:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1281788

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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	Universal Credit: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of armed forces veterans who have been subject to universal credit sanctions since the rollout of the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	145119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/02/2021 16:38:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1281819

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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	Kickstart Scheme: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) charities and (b) social enterprises have offered placements under the Kickstart scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>We are currently not able to publish the number of approved placements by region or sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/02/2021 16:49:03 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1281025

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
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	Food Banks: Research
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 7 September 2020 to Question 84269 on Food Banks, what the timescale is for the publication of her Department's update of the literature review of the factors driving the use of food banks.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	144693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department reallocated resources to prioritise work to help the COVID-19 effort. As such, we will update on the literature review on the factors driving the use of food banks in due course.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/02/2021 16:33:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1281127

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people who are considering changing careers as a result of the covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	144758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>Through our Plan for Jobs, the department is providing broad ranging support for all jobseekers who want to change career or employment sector, including those who are looking for work as a result of Covid 19. Currently, support includes Job Finding Support (JFS), Sector Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPS) and Job Entry Targeted Support (JETS). In addition, the Restart programme is due to launch later this year, furthering support options.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/02/2021 16:14:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1281132

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
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	Food Banks: Voucher Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foodbank vouchers have been provided to claimants of all types by her Department in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 to date.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	144875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>This information is not available. The Department for Work and Pensions does not make direct referrals to food banks or issue claimants with food bank vouchers. Jobcentre staff can signpost customers in writing to a food bank where they have asked for details, and if all sources of statutory support have been exhausted. <br></p><p>Throughout the pandemic, this Government has delivered an unprecedented package of support to protect jobs and businesses and, for those in most need, injected billions into the welfare system. The new Covid Winter Grant Scheme builds on that support with an additional £170m for local authorities in England, to support families with children and other vulnerable people with the cost of food and essential utilities this winter.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/02/2021 16:24:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1281196

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Epilepsy
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 11 January 2021 to Question 132962 on Epilepsy, how many of the 47 staff members that have declared having epilepsy are paid staff members; and how many of those with a declared disability are on (a) full-time and (b) part-time contracts.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	144710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>Declaring a health condition is voluntary, therefore the figures provided are specifically from staff members who have declared a disability or long-term health condition.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 47 department staff members declaring epilepsy 46 are paid staff members.</p><p> </p><p>Of all colleagues declaring a disability or long-term health condition, 7,045 are full time, 5,778 are part-time.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2021 12:42:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald