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1308223

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date	12/04/2021
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	Jobcentres: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) risk assessments and (b) discussions with trade unions her Department conducted in preparation for the full reopening of jobcentres on 12 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	179227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Ahead of the return to full opening hours and the restart of face-to-face appointments, every jobcentre has reviewed all relevant site risk assessments, including the Jobcentre Claimant Facing Risk Assessment, in consultation with local Trade Union representatives. We have maintained an open dialogue with Departmental Trade Union Side, meeting with them weekly to discuss our plans for the 12 April (and 26 April in Scotland), and giving them opportunity to review and comment on all of the supporting products we have provided for our people, and, wherever possible, making changes to reflect their feedback and concerns.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/04/2021 12:48:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1308224

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Jobcentres: Health and Safety
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 the return of staff for the full reopening of jobcentres on 12 April 2021, how many staff were expected to return immediately; how much notice they were given; and whether individual covid-19 risk assessments were carried out.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	179228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>We take the health and safety of colleagues extremely seriously, and are absolutely committed to ensuring all our sites remain COVID secure in line with Public Health and Government guidance to keep colleagues and customers safe. We have adopted a slow, steady and safe approach to returning colleagues to the workplace, with the number of colleagues able to return varying by site and based on the COVID secure capacity of the jobcentre. An announcement about the department’s intention to return to full opening hours and restart face-to-face appointments was made by the Permanent Secretary on the 18th March. In advance of their return to the workplace, every colleague, including those who were in the clinically extremely vulnerable group, is having a one-to-one with their manager to make sure they are aware of the support available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/04/2021 12:52:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1308228

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Pension Credit: Severe Disability Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of pension credit are eligible for, but not receiving, severe disability premium.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	179229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/04/2021 12:57:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1308230

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 and Support Allowance: Severe Disability Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of employment and support allowance are eligible for, but not receiving, severe disability premium.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	179230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information necessary to provide the requested figure.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 12:43:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1308231

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Severe Disability Premium: Take-up
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to maximise take-up of Severe Disability Premium among eligible recipients of (a) Pension Credit and (b) employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	179231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The severe disability premium in Employment and Support Allowance and the additional amounts for persons severely disabled in State Pension Credit are not separate benefits in themselves but are payable as part of the award to those who are eligible, i.e. those severely disabled people who live independently and who are most likely to need to purchase care. When a claim to either benefit is made, the claimant is asked questions, for example if they are in receipt of a qualifying disability benefit or if anybody is caring for them, which helps to determine if the premium or the additional amount is payable. Once entitled to the benefit, claimants are required to report any change of circumstance including ones which may lead to the awarding of the premium or the additional amount. The Department also makes use of the information that it holds to prompt enquiries of the claimant as to possible entitlement to the premium or the additional amount. There is information for claimants about the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/disability-premiums/eligibility" target="_blank">severe disability premium</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit/what-youll-get" target="_blank">additional amount for persons severely disabled</a> on the relevant pages of <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2021 12:34:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1308232

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are repaying overpayments of carer's allowance; and what the total value being repaid is.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	179232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>As of 13th April 2021, 42,400 people were repaying Carer’s Allowance overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>The total original value of those debts was just over £138million; the total amount currently outstanding is £89million.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a duty to recover overpaid benefits as quickly and efficiently as possible, but it is not intended that the recovery of an overpayment should cause any customer undue financial hardship.</p><p> </p><p>Overpayment recovery of Carer’s Allowance, as with all benefits is subject to various legislative limitations and safeguards.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2021 14:45:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens