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806676

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Jobcentre Plus: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure staff at a JobCentre Plus are adequately trained in their duties to improve the level of claimant satisfaction rates.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	119752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has effective processes to identify individual training needs, resulting in role specific learning, including the provision of excellent customer service. This is underpinned by workplace consolidation activities observed by managers, which supports individuals to continuously improve and develop their skills and knowledge.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/12/2017 14:38:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

806677

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment: Redcar
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 work capability assessment decisions overturned in Redcar in each of the last five years where figures are available; and what steps he is taking to improve the accuracy of benefit entitlement awards.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	119753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available at constituency level and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is continually working to improve the accuracy of benefit entitlement awards. This includes working with Assessment Providers to ensure claimants receive high quality assessments and improving the way further evidence is collected to ensure all relevant information about an individual’s needs is available to decision makers at the earliest opportunity. Furthermore, the recruitment of approximately 150 Presenting Officers provides valuable insight into why decisions are overturned on appeal and is helping us identify improvements throughout the claimant journey.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/12/2017 12:08:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

806679

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
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 ensure that benefit claimants who cannot attend appointments due to adverse weather conditions will not be sanctioned.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	119755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Nobody is sanctioned where they can demonstrate they had good reason for failing to attend an appointment. Each case is considered individually, taking into account individual and prevailing circumstances. Where adverse weather conditions make it unreasonable for someone to attend, no sanction would be applied.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2017 15:39:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

786302

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date his Department plans to complete its longitudinal study into former employees of Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	112061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP has been working to identify; quality assure; integrate and securely store and handle data on former Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) UK employees and workers in its supply chain. Our analysis combines data from the official receiver; local tracking data from the SSI taskforce; DWP/HMRC administrative data; and published ONS data. We expect to share our analysis with the SSI Task Force and publish it after quality assurance is complete in 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 112060 question first answered 13/11/2017 15:17:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

786304

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to track the employment status of former employees of Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK to complete its study into the former employees of that organisation.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	112060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP has been working to identify; quality assure; integrate and securely store and handle data on former Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) UK employees and workers in its supply chain. Our analysis combines data from the official receiver; local tracking data from the SSI taskforce; DWP/HMRC administrative data; and published ONS data. We expect to share our analysis with the SSI Task Force and publish it after quality assurance is complete in 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 112061 question first answered 13/11/2017 15:17:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

582608

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date his Department plans to complete its longitudinal study into former employees of SSI UK; what the likely outcome of that study will be; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	46135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The study has been commissioned. The timing and content are being considered. The honourable member for Redcar and other members of the SSI taskforce will be informed when more information is available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/09/2016 14:18:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

576940

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Carers' Benefits: Living Wage
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 effect of the living wage on the earnings threshold for carers allowance; and if he will bring forward proposals to raise the existing threshold.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	45121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The primary purpose of Carer's Allowance is to provide a measure of financial support and recognition for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment in order to provide regular and substantial care for a severely disabled person. It is not, and was never intended to be, a carer’s wage or a payment for the services of caring, nor is it intended to replace lost or forgone earnings in their entirety.</p><p> </p><p>The earnings limit for Carer's Allowance is a net figure which is the figure left once income tax, National Insurance contributions and half of any contributions to an occupational or personal pension are deducted from earnings. There are also a number of other deductions which can be made that mean that people can earn significantly more than £110 per week and still be eligible for Carer's Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government does not link the earnings limit to any other particular factor (including the National Living Wage), we do keep it under regular review and increase it when it is warranted and affordable, and this will continue to be our approach. Most recently in April 2015 the earnings limit was increased by 8% to £110, far outstripping the general increase in earnings.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 11:54:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

535239

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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	Chemicals: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission a comprehensive assessment of the levels of acetaldehyde that workers are exposed to in the UK chemical industry.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has no plans to commission an assessment of the levels of acetaldehyde that workers are exposed to in the UK chemical industry.</p><p>Acetaldehyde has been assigned a Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL). WELs are concentrations of hazardous substances in the air, averaged over a specified period of time, referred to as a time-weighted average (TWA). Two time periods are used; long-term (8 hours) and short-term (15 minutes). For acetaldehyde these are concentrations of 37 milligrams per cubic meter (mg.m<sup>-3</sup>) and 92mg.m<sup>-3</sup> respectively.</p><p>Substances that have been assigned a WEL are subject to the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH). COSHH requires employers to prevent or control exposure to hazardous substances. Under COSHH, control is defined as adequate only if a) the principles of good control practice are applied; b) any WEL is not exceeded; and c) exposure to asthmagens, carcinogens and mutagens are reduced as low as is reasonably practicable. As part of the assessment required under regulation 6 of COSHH, employers should determine their own working practices and in-house standards for control of exposure.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 42413 42414 question first answered 14/07/2016 12:38:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

535240

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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	Chemicals: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to monitor the levels of acetaldehyde that workers are exposed to in the chemical industry; and what steps he is taking to reduce routine exposure to acetaldehyde in that industry.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has no plans to commission an assessment of the levels of acetaldehyde that workers are exposed to in the UK chemical industry.</p><p>Acetaldehyde has been assigned a Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL). WELs are concentrations of hazardous substances in the air, averaged over a specified period of time, referred to as a time-weighted average (TWA). Two time periods are used; long-term (8 hours) and short-term (15 minutes). For acetaldehyde these are concentrations of 37 milligrams per cubic meter (mg.m<sup>-3</sup>) and 92mg.m<sup>-3</sup> respectively.</p><p>Substances that have been assigned a WEL are subject to the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH). COSHH requires employers to prevent or control exposure to hazardous substances. Under COSHH, control is defined as adequate only if a) the principles of good control practice are applied; b) any WEL is not exceeded; and c) exposure to asthmagens, carcinogens and mutagens are reduced as low as is reasonably practicable. As part of the assessment required under regulation 6 of COSHH, employers should determine their own working practices and in-house standards for control of exposure.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 42412 42414 question first answered 14/07/2016 12:38:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

535241

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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	Chemicals: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the safe levels of acetaldehyde to which workers in the chemical industry can be exposed.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has no plans to commission an assessment of the levels of acetaldehyde that workers are exposed to in the UK chemical industry.</p><p>Acetaldehyde has been assigned a Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL). WELs are concentrations of hazardous substances in the air, averaged over a specified period of time, referred to as a time-weighted average (TWA). Two time periods are used; long-term (8 hours) and short-term (15 minutes). For acetaldehyde these are concentrations of 37 milligrams per cubic meter (mg.m<sup>-3</sup>) and 92mg.m<sup>-3</sup> respectively.</p><p>Substances that have been assigned a WEL are subject to the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH). COSHH requires employers to prevent or control exposure to hazardous substances. Under COSHH, control is defined as adequate only if a) the principles of good control practice are applied; b) any WEL is not exceeded; and c) exposure to asthmagens, carcinogens and mutagens are reduced as low as is reasonably practicable. As part of the assessment required under regulation 6 of COSHH, employers should determine their own working practices and in-house standards for control of exposure.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 42412 42413 question first answered 14/07/2016 12:38:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley