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1580651

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Jobcentres: Closures
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 24 January 2023 to Question 127881 on Jobcentres: Closures, if he will list the locations and proposed closure dates of the temporary Jobcentres that his Department has already made a decision to close.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	132435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Further to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-19/127881" target="_blank">127881</a> answered in the House of Commons on 24 January 2023, the Department can confirm that it continues to review its Jobcentre estate with a view to start returning to its pre-pandemic size.</p><p>Once the Department is ready to provide more information on proposed closure locations, and dates, it will share the news with staff first and I can assure the House that all MPs will be contacted when a decision has been made on any sites that may impact on their constituents.</p><p> </p><p>A full list of the temporary sites can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/temporary-jobcentres-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/01/2023 16:04:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1580255

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department has not updated its web page on Collection: DWP statistical FOI releases since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	131311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department takes its obligations under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act very seriously. However, it is not a requirement to publish FOI responses.</p><p> </p><p>All FOI requests that are submitted via WhatDoTheyKnow.com, automatically have their responses published on that site.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/01/2023 16:16:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1579787

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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	Pensioners: Government Assistance
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 support pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Dean Russell
uin	130084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State announced on 17 November that State Pensions and benefits will be up-rated from April 2023 by 10.1%, in line with the increase in the Consumer Prices Index in the year to September 2022, subject to parliamentary approval.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living, which is why, in addition to the £37 billion of support we have provided for cost of living pressures in 2022/23, we are acting now to ensure support continues throughout 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>Over 8 million UK households on eligible means tested benefits, including the 1.4 million currently in receipt of Pension Credit, will receive additional Cost of Living Payments totalling up to £900 in the 2023/24 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, eight million pensioner households will receive a £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment as a top-up to their Winter Fuel Payment, and pensioners in receipt of an eligible disability benefit will receive the £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 31/01/2023 14:27:29 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell

1568153

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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	Health and Safety: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
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 hold discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the potential merits of including in the reporting process the ability to log when (a) drugs or (b) alcohol were a contributing factor to an accident at work.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	126708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) are made under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and apply to all sectors and workplaces in Great Britain.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>RIDDOR requires responsible persons (usually employers in relation to employees) to report</p><p>work-related fatalities and certain injuries, dangerous occurrences, and cases of disease. Reporting requirements are based on the outcome of incidents.</p><p> </p><p>RIDDOR does not require the reporting of immediate or underlying causes, such as whether the use of drugs or alcohol were a contributing factor in a particular incident. Causation of an incident will not necessarily be apparent during the statutory timeframe in which a dutyholder is required to report; that information generally only becomes evident during an investigation, either by the dutyholder or the regulator.</p><p> </p><p>If such information were required as part of the reporting process, it would be difficult to reliably establish direct causation on a case-by-case basis. Having this information reported would be of limited value to the regulator and disproportionate for the responsible person to ascertain.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/01/2023 16:06:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1567498

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit
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 6 December 2022 to Question 98939 on Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit, whether the circumstances of Universal Credit claimants who are paid four-weekly was taken into consideration by the Department in determining eligibility for the 2023-23 cost of living payments.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	125505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>In determining eligibility for the 2022/23 Cost of Living Payments, the eligibility periods were chosen to reflect the nature of the qualifying benefits and have remained simple to ensure these payments can be made to those who qualify quickly and at scale to support millions of people on low incomes.</p><p>We recognise that some people will flow on and off benefits due to fluctuating earnings, including claimants who are paid four-weekly, and our policy reflects that. The 2022/23 Cost of Living Payment is being made in two payments to reduce the chance of someone missing out completely.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/01/2023 15:53:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1567499

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit
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 6 December 2022 to Question 98939 on Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit, when he plans to publish the eligibility criteria for the 2023-24 cost of living payments.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	125506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Primary legislation will be introduced early in 2023 as soon as Parliamentary time allows, and further details on eligibility criteria for Cost of Living payments will be detailed in that legislation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/01/2023 15:49:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1567566

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
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 16 January 2023 to Question 117888 on State Retirement Pensions: Females, if he will make on assessment of the impact for his policies of the tribunal report by Dr Joceylynne Scutt published on 13 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	125460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans for an assessment to be made.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 20/01/2023 14:37:47 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1567109

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Local Housing Allowance: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an estimate of the cost of uprating Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of market rents across England and place that estimate in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	123926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>In April 2020 the Government boosted investment in the Local Housing Allowance by nearly £1 billion and rates have been maintained at their increased level in 2021/22 and 2022/23.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest estimated cost of increasing LHA rates to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile, made in preparations for Autumn Budget, was up to £700m for the financial year 2023-24. This is based on the new LHA rates coming into effect in April 2023. The estimate for the policy covered Great Britain as the LHA applies across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate was produced before the Autumn Statement was finalised and therefore is not on the same basis as the policy costings published alongside the statement. The costing has not been quality assured to the standard of an agreed policy and is based on assumptions that were still being developed at the time.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/01/2023 15:57:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1566353

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: Disability
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 reform the Access to Work scheme for disabled people including introducing portable passports.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	122262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Access to Work is transforming the service it provides and is working to deliver a modern, efficient, and accessible digital service that provides an improved user experience. A key part of this transformation will be the development of a new digital online portal that will let users claim their grant online, view previously submitted claims and the balance of the grant remaining. The online application and renewal journeys are also being redesigned to deliver a more usable, inclusive service that provides improved clearance times and greater efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2022, a new Health Adjustment Passport was rolled out across Jobcentres to support disabled jobseekers enabling more structured conversations about their disability and in work support needs with their work coach and potential employers. This initiative is raising the visibility of in-work support, supporting Access to Work applications by reducing the need for an assessment, and making it easier to move between employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, an Adjustment Passport pilot was delivered by Manchester Metropolitan University, Wolverhampton University and Kings College London to support the transition between education and employment. The evaluation has been published by the universities, and the findings will inform future roll out of the passport. The pilot has now been expanded to young disabled people on Department for Education training programmes.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/01/2023 14:36:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1566404

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	Unemployment: Health
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 help tackle the (a) level of employment and (b) number of people who are out of work due to health problems.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	122236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Beyond the standard offer available from Jobcentre Plus, there are a range of Government initiatives supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>These include:</p><ul><li>increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance;</li><li>Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>the Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for participants;</li><li>Access to Work grants towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li>Disability Confident encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues employees face in the workplace;</li><li>the Information and Advice Service providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting and managing health and disability in the workplace; and</li><li>support in partnership between DWP and the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/01/2023 16:29:36 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan