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1624580

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people have secured jobs through the Access to Work scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL7553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested about the number of disabled people who have secured jobs through Access to Work is not available. Access to Work does not provide support to find jobs. It is a grant that provides individuals with funding for support and adaptations beyond reasonable adjustments to retain employment. To receive Access to Work support, applicants must be employed, self-employed, about to start work, participating in a supported internship/traineeship, taking part in work experience/work trial, or require communication support at interview.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how many individuals receive Access to Work support is in table 6 of the Access to Work Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 15/05/2023 13:34:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1624582

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many businesses and companies in (1) England, (2) Scotland, and (3) Wales, have received support from the Access to Work scheme to employ disabled people.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL7554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>Access to Work applications are made by employees or self-employed individuals. The scheme provides grants to fund support for those individuals. Table 8 of the Access to Work Official Statistics includes the number of people who received Access to Work provision from 2009/10 to 2021/22 by region.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 15/05/2023 11:06:26 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1624583

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people who have found work through the Access to Work scheme are in (1) full-time, and (2) part-time, employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL7555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people who have found work through the Access to Work scheme is not available. Access to Work does not provide support to find jobs. It is a grant that provides individuals with funding for support and adaptations beyond reasonable adjustments to retain employment. To receive Access to Work support, applicants must be employed, self-employed, about to start work, participating in a supported internship/traineeship, taking part in work experience/work trial, or require communication support at interview.​</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 15/05/2023 14:06:45 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1624584

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with charities supporting disabled people about the operation of the Access to Work scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL7556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>DWP regularly attends Access to Work national stakeholder forums with charities and disabled people’s organisations from across England, Scotland and Wales to discuss Access to Work.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 15/05/2023 12:16:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1624206

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Industrial Injuries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were the top 10 causes of work-related fatal injuries of the 123 workers killed in Great Britain in 2021/22 as recorded by the Health and Safety Executive.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL7464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes official statistics on work-related fatal injuries at <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm</a>. Data specifically for work-related fatal injuries by accident kind is reproduced in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1:</strong> Number of work-related fatal injuries to workers (employees and self-employed) in Great Britain by kind of accident, 2021/22</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Source: </em></strong><em>Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Accident kind</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of fatal injuries</strong> <strong> to workers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All accident kinds</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falls from a height</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck by moving vehicle</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contact with moving machinery</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trapped by something collapsing/overturning</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contact with electricity or electrical discharge</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drowning or asphyxiation</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strike against something fixed or stationary</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to fire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slips, trips or falls on same level</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to an explosion</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Injured by an animal</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acts of violence</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other kind of accident</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021/22 are at this stage provisional. They will be finalised in July 2023 following any necessary adjustments.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/05/2023 16:35:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1624212

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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: Quad Bikes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make "roll bars" compulsory on quad bikes operated in a farm environment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
uin	HL7470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the regulator for health and safety in Great Britain. The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is the equivalent regulator in Northern Ireland. HSE and HSENI have no plans to make operator crush prevention devices compulsory on sit astride all-terrain vehicles (commonly referred to as quad bikes) used on farms in UK. Machines supplied into the UK market must meet the Essential Health and Safety Requirements of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 and relevant Standards. Quad bikes are used in a range of workplace and leisure settings, not just agriculture. Both UK regulators continue to monitor and review available technology and the regulatory approaches employed in other countries. Their approach remains to drive employers to select the most suitable machine for the task based on their assessment of workplace risk, and to provide adequate training and helmets for users.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/05/2023 16:36:15 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4969 label Biography information for Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee

1623894

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment: Parkinson's Disease
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 effectiveness of personal independence payments (PIP) to support the financial needs of people with Parkinson's disease since the introduction of PIP 10 years ago.
tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
uin	HL7429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>Entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a health condition or disability, rather than the health condition or disability itself. Award rates and their durations are set on an individual basis, based on the claimant’s needs and the likelihood of those needs changing. Award reviews allow for the correct rate of PIP to remain in payment, including where needs have increased because of a worsening condition.</p><p> </p><p>PIP is a contribution to the extra costs arising from a disability or health condition. PIP is increased every April by at least the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index in September the previous year. PIP payments were uprated by 10.1% from April 2023.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/05/2023 16:59:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

1623544

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
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	Employment: Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities do not face stigma when applying for employment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL7411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>On the 2<sup>nd </sup>April, DWP launched a new review, led by Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KC MP, that will explore ways to increase the number of autistic people in employment. One area of focus in the review is understanding the working practices or initiatives that can reduce stigma and improve the productivity of autistic employees. Whilst the review focuses specifically on autistic people, many of the issues and solutions are likely to be similar for other young people with SEND, and they will also benefit from the recommendations the review will bring forward.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident scheme supports employers to make the most of the talents disabled people of all ages can bring to the workplace. It provides employers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to attract, recruit, retain and develop, disabled people in the workplace. It aims to challenge the stigmas of what it means to employ a disabled person and encourages employers to think differently about disability and to take positive action to address the issues disabled employees face in the workplace. This is in addition to DWP providing employment support to employers and young people with SEND to overcome barriers to employment. This support includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Access to Work (AtW) scheme: which supports disabled people who have the most significant barriers to employment. DWP are delivering a series of AtW Adjustments Passport pilots in a variety of settings that will enable us to gain an understanding on whether a passport can support a more coherent journey of adjustment support. This includes testing an Adjustments Passport for people transitioning from education to employment.</li><li>Access to Work Plus (AtW+): which asks employers to think differently about their vacancies and consider if they can adapt, shape or flex job roles to enable a disabled person to retain, return, or move into, employment. The AtW+ pilot will help us to understand whether the introduction of new support beyond the existing Access to Work scheme, would enable disabled people with high in-work support needs, take up employment.</li><li>Youth Employability Coaches (YECs), part of the DWP Youth Offer: help young people overcome barriers to employment such as homelessness, addiction, and other complex needs, as well as offering 6 weeks of in-work support once they move into work. YECs work closely alongside Disability Employment Advisors to support those with disabilities and health conditions. They also link with partner organisations who can provide specialist advice.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department for Education are investing c£18 million until 2025 to build capacity and level up quality in the Supported Internships Programme and double the number of internships to support more young people with SEND into employment. This includes grant funding to all local authorities and support and training to strengthen the quality of their supported internship offers, alongside activities to engage employers and support them to host interns.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that employers are supported to create new apprenticeship opportunities, the Department for Education provide targeted financial support directly to training providers to help remove barriers and stigmas for people with a learning difficulty or disability. Employers could receive £1,000 towards the costs of workplace support when they take on an apprentice aged 16-18 or 19-25 with an Education, Health, and Care Plan, as well as help to cover the extra costs working individuals may have because of their disability through the DWP’s Access to Work scheme. Improvements have also been made to the Find an Apprenticeship service to allow people to identify Disability Confident employers offering opportunities.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/05/2023 16:58:56 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1623551

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of Personal Independence Payment appeals which went to a tribunal were successful, in each year since those payments were introduced.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL7418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The table below shows for those Personal Independence Payment appeals that were cleared at hearing, the proportion that were decided in favour of the claimant.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Percentage of Personal Independence Payment appeals that were cleared at hearing, that were decided in favour of the claimant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23*</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li><strong>This information has been extracted from the Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: October to December 2022 publication produced by the Ministry of Justice. The publication can be found here:</strong> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2022." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2022.</a><strong> “</strong>Table SSCS_3 Social Security and Child Support - Number of disposals cleared at hearing by outcomes and benefit type, 2007/08 to Q3 2022/23” has been used to produce these figures.</li><li><strong>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) also includes Disability Living Allowance reassessed cases. Personal Independence Payment was introduced on 8 April 2013 and replaced Disability Living Allowance for those aged 16 or over.</strong></li></ol><p>The 2022/23 financial year is not complete, it will contain up to and including December 2022. The figures for this year <strong>are provisional and subject to revision in later publications.</strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/05/2023 16:53:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

1613057

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average amount paid to each individual for each passported benefit.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL7344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>Passported benefits, such as free school meals and help with healthcare costs are owned and delivered by different departments across government and Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>This information would not be held by one single department, to get this information you would need to approach each department individually.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 04/05/2023 14:34:47 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead