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1702221

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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: Telephone Services
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 (a) average and (b) maximum amount of waiting time when contacting the Carer's Allowance Unit by telephone.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	22579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Telephony is our customers’ primary channel to contact us. We continually assess the number of calls we are receiving and the associated waiting times, deploying resources accordingly to support service levels wherever this is possible.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/04/2024 13:56:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1700323

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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 overpayments of carer’s allowance of (a) £0.01 - £500, (b) £500.01 - £1,000, (c) £1,000.01 - £5,000, (d) £5,000.01 - £20,000 and (e) more than £20,000 were made in the (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	21072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to benefits they claim and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their award. For Carer’s Allowance, eligibility is partly dependent upon claimants earning £151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and allowable expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Where overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public funds and to ask for money to be paid back. However, we seek to do so without causing excessive hardship. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show that Carer's Allowance overpayments relating to earnings/employment represents 2.1% of our £3.3bn Carer’s Allowance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Carer’s Allowance Debt Value Grouping</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£0.01 - £500.00</p></td><td><p>26.4k</p></td><td><p>20.3k</p></td><td><p>28.0k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500.01 - £1000.00</p></td><td><p>12.2k</p></td><td><p>11.4k</p></td><td><p>11.9k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1000.01 - £5000.00</p></td><td><p>18.4k</p></td><td><p>16.4k</p></td><td><p>18.6k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5000.01 - £20,000.00</p></td><td><p>2.9k</p></td><td><p>1.3k</p></td><td><p>1.3k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over £20,000.00</p></td><td><p>0.1k</p></td><td><p>0.1k</p></td><td><p>0.0k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60.1k</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49.5k</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59.9k</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The above data has been sourced from internal DWP management information, which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/04/2024 11:33:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1700324

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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 debts of overpayments of Carer's Allowance his Department was seeking to recover in value brackets (a) £0.01 - £500, (b) £500.01 - £1,000, (c) £1,000.01 - £5,000, (d) £5,000.01 - £20,000 and (e) over £20,000 as of 6 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	21073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to benefits they claim and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their award. For Carer’s Allowance, eligibility is partly dependent upon claimants earning £151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and allowable expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Where overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public funds and to ask for money to be paid back. However, we seek to do so without causing excessive hardship. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show that Carer's Allowance overpayments relating to earnings/employment represents 2.1% of our £3.3bn Carer’s Allowance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been provided in the table below.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Carer’s Allowance Debt Value Grouping</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume of Carer’s Allowance Debts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£0.01 - £500.00</p></td><td><p>61.9k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500.01 - £1000.00</p></td><td><p>29.7k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1000.01 - £5000.00</p></td><td><p>53.2k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5000.01 - £20,000.00</p></td><td><p>11.3k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over £20,000.00</p></td><td><p>0.3k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>156.3k</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The above data has been sourced from internal DWP management information, which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data is taken as a snapshot as at 03/04/2024, the closest date we can obtain to 06/04/2024.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/04/2024 11:37:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1700325

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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 overpayments of Carer’s Allowance there have been in relation to the earnings conditions in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	21074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Claimants have a responsibility to ensure they are entitled to benefits they claim and to inform the DWP of any changes in their circumstances that could impact their award. For Carer’s Allowance, eligibility is partly dependent upon claimants earning £151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and allowable expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Where overpayments do occur, the Department has a duty to the taxpayer to protect public funds and to ask for money to be paid back. However, we seek to do so without causing excessive hardship. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and will always look to negotiate sustainable and affordable repayment plans.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show that Carer's Allowance overpayments relating to earnings/employment represents 2.1% of our £3.3bn Carer’s Allowance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of Carer’s Allowance (CA) Debts</strong></p></td><td><p>36.1k</p></td><td><p>30.7k</p></td><td><p>34.5k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The above data has been sourced from internal DWP management information, which is intended only to help the Department to manage its business. It is not intended for publication and has not been subject to the same quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/04/2024 11:40:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1699039

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Schools: Pedestrian Crossings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds information on the number and proportion of school crossing guards who wear body cameras while on duty.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	20665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/04/2024 09:49:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1699040

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Schools: Pedestrian Crossings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many school crossing guards have been involved in road traffic accidents while on duty in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	20666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/04/2024 09:32:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1699041

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department provided between 1 September 2023 and 23 February 2024 to people who wished to apply for a lump sum payment under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 who had (a) been awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit as they had unilateral but not bilateral Pleural Thickening, PD9 and (b) been awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit for asbestos-related lung cancer based on their employment history but had not been diagnosed with asbestosis, PD8A.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	20667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Regulations which widened potential Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 scheme entitlement to include sufferers of unilateral diffuse pleural thickening and asbestos-related primary carcinoma of the lung (without asbestosis) came into force on 23 February 2024. Once the Department identified that these customers were not previously entitled to an award under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 scheme, the Department’s priority was to amend the relevant legislation as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>An initial letter was sent on 09 January 2024 notifying asbestos support groups of the situation, and the Department’s intention to amend the legislation, and a follow-up letter was sent to asbestos support groups on 26 February 2024, confirming that the new regulations had now come into force.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible customers should receive award notifications as usual when their claim is processed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/04/2024 10:32:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1695808

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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 Scheme: Musculoskeletal Disorders
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 make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Access to Work scheme for people with a musculoskeletal condition.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	18476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department does collect information on Access to Work recipient's primary medical condition, however, we do not hold information to the level required to identify people with musculoskeletal conditions. Therefore, we cannot assess the effectiveness of Access to Work scheme for people with a musculoskeletal condition.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Access to Work volumes and expenditure by primary medical condition are published annually in the official statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2023" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/03/2024 12:45:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1689289

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Earwax: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with NHS England on the potential (a) impact of not including ear wax removal services in the standard general medical services contract on health inequalities and (b) merits of appointing a (i) national clinical director and (ii) specialty advisor on audiology to advise on this matter.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	14210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>In June 2018, there was an update to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance, which states that ear wax syringing is no longer recommended due to safety concerns. Instead, self-care methods including olive-oil drops and, if required, ear irrigation or micro-suctioning, are recommended.</p><p>The Government has no plans to include ear wax removal services in the national Standard General Medical Services Contract. Irrigation and micro-suctioning require a higher level of expertise and specialist equipment than syringing, which most general practices (GPs) do not have. This means that patients who were previously treated with syringing by their GPs may now require a referral to other National Health Service providers, to access irrigation or micro-suctioning services.</p><p>Local commissioners, including integrated care boards, are responsible for arranging services which will meet the recommendations on ear wax removal, as set out in the NICE guidance. This may involve commissioning GPs who agree to develop the required expertise to deliver these treatments or other providers, to whom GPs may refer patients, to provide ear wax removal services.</p><p>NHS England issued a communication to all commissioners in June 2022 which asked them to ensure that GPs, with whom they have agreed will not deliver ear irrigation or have not been commissioned to provide micro-suction services, are able to refer patients to appropriate local NHS services for ear wax removal, where symptoms persist following self-care methods. This includes arranging services in line with guidance on ear wax removal services, published by NICE. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations#removing-earwax" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations#removing-earwax</a></p><p>The Department is not aware of any plans by NHS England to appoint a national clinical director or speciality advisor for ear wax removal services. Finally, the Department has noted the publication of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People’s (RNID) report Blocked Ears, Blocked Access with interest, and will meet with members of the RNID to discuss this report in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 14211 14212 14213 question first answered 26/02/2024 14:24:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1689290

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Earwax: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had recent discussions with NHS England about the potential inclusion of ear wax removal services in the standard general medical services contract for 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	14211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>In June 2018, there was an update to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance, which states that ear wax syringing is no longer recommended due to safety concerns. Instead, self-care methods including olive-oil drops and, if required, ear irrigation or micro-suctioning, are recommended.</p><p>The Government has no plans to include ear wax removal services in the national Standard General Medical Services Contract. Irrigation and micro-suctioning require a higher level of expertise and specialist equipment than syringing, which most general practices (GPs) do not have. This means that patients who were previously treated with syringing by their GPs may now require a referral to other National Health Service providers, to access irrigation or micro-suctioning services.</p><p>Local commissioners, including integrated care boards, are responsible for arranging services which will meet the recommendations on ear wax removal, as set out in the NICE guidance. This may involve commissioning GPs who agree to develop the required expertise to deliver these treatments or other providers, to whom GPs may refer patients, to provide ear wax removal services.</p><p>NHS England issued a communication to all commissioners in June 2022 which asked them to ensure that GPs, with whom they have agreed will not deliver ear irrigation or have not been commissioned to provide micro-suction services, are able to refer patients to appropriate local NHS services for ear wax removal, where symptoms persist following self-care methods. This includes arranging services in line with guidance on ear wax removal services, published by NICE. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations#removing-earwax" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations#removing-earwax</a></p><p>The Department is not aware of any plans by NHS England to appoint a national clinical director or speciality advisor for ear wax removal services. Finally, the Department has noted the publication of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People’s (RNID) report Blocked Ears, Blocked Access with interest, and will meet with members of the RNID to discuss this report in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 14210 14212 14213 question first answered 26/02/2024 14:24:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood