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date	16/06/2023
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: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the effect of the two-child limit to families on benefits in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL8569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The two-child limit policy aims to introduce fairness between households claiming benefits and taxpayers who support themselves solely through work. Families on benefits should face the same financial choices when deciding to grow their family as those supporting themselves solely through work. A benefits structure adjusting automatically to family size is unsustainable. Child Benefit continues to be paid for all children in eligible families as well as an additional amount for any disabled children.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children was published in July 2022 and can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>Some key statistics from the link below are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>From the latest published statistics on UC households, the majority of families on UC had fewer than three children (79%), with 21% of UC households with children having three or more children.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In April 2022, there were 420,000 households on UC with 3 or more children, of these 56% were not receiving a child element/amount for at least one child (due to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children).</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In April 2022, there were 4.15 million households on UC, and there were a total of 1.3 million children living in a household that was not receiving a child element or amount for at least one child due to being affected by the policy.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In April 2022, 17,000 households that had a third or subsequent child born on or after 6 April 2017 were in receipt of an exception.</li></ul> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/07/2023 12:02:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1640667

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Prevention of Accidents to Children in Agriculture Regulations 1998
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the effectiveness of the Prevention of Accidents to Children in Agriculture Regulations 1998.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL8147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3262/made" target="_blank">The Prevention of Accidents to Children in Agriculture Regulations 1998</a> (PACAR) prohibit anyone allowing children under the age of 13 to ride on machinery used in the course of agricultural operations.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) enforces the Regulations and considers they are clear in their intent and requirements. The provisions are well known in the agriculture industry and stem from protections that have been in place since 1958.</p><p> </p><p>Within the last ten years, (since 01/04/2013), under the Prevention of Accidents to Children in Agriculture Regulations 1998, HSE have:</p><ul><li>Issued 23 Prohibition Notices</li><li>Approved 2 Prosecution Cases (one resulting in a Guilty verdict)</li></ul><p> </p><p>If followed, the Regulations are effective at controlling farm related risk to children under 13 years of age riding on farm machinery. However, they do not extend to control all farm related risk. These hazards include for example, cattle, moving vehicles, slurry lagoons, and bale stacks.</p><p> </p><p>The risks presented by these other hazards can only effectively be controlled because HSE uses more general legislation in conjunction with <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg472.htm" target="_blank">specific guidance</a>. The broader legislation relevant to the protection of children is:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) which sets out a clear general duty to protect all those not at work who might be affected by the undertaking, and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWR) which require assessment and management of all risks in or from a work activity and specifically that young people are not exposed to risk due to their lack of experience, being unaware of existing or potential risks and/or lack of maturity.</li></ul><p> </p><p>HSE continues to monitor the legislative framework for the control of risk to children in agriculture and considers the legal provisions are sufficient to allow HSE to take proportionate enforcement action where necessary.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 07/06/2023 12:45:52 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1612108

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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	Agriculture: Industrial Injuries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of workplace injuries, including fatalities, in the agricultural sector compared to all other sectors of the UK economy over the past five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL7224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>As the regulator for workplace health and safety, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes official statistics on deaths and injuries at work.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics of work-related <strong>fatal injuries</strong> over the last five years by industry sector are available at <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm</a>. The data shows that 138 workers in the agricultural sector were killed in work-related accidents over the five years 2017/18 to 2021/22, equivalent to 8.61 deaths annually per 100,000 workers. This rate of fatal injury to workers in the agricultural sector remains markedly higher than the average across all industries: 21 times as high as the average rate across all industries. [Note 1] [Note 2].</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics of workplace <strong>non-fatal injuries</strong> over the last five years by industry sector are also available at <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/index.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/index.htm</a>. This data shows that on average, an estimated 12,000 workers in the agricultural sector sustained an injury at work each year between 2017/18 to 2021/22, equivalent to 4,190 injuries per 100,000 workers. This is statistically significantly higher than the average rate across all industries. [Note 1] [Note 3].</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>[Note 1] Agricultural sector defined as Section A, Agriculture, forestry and fishing, of the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification.</p><p> </p><p>[Note 2] Source: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)</p><p> </p><p>[Note 3] Source: Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, a national representative household survey run by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 02/05/2023 13:45:24 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley