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1726755

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact the Disability Employment Charter proposals on disabled people's ability to (a) gain and (b) retain employment.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	3861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has ambitious employment plans, including for disability employment. We will be setting this out through a forthcoming White Paper, the Employment Rights Bill and the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. A fully inclusive labour market that enables disabled people and people with health conditions to have access to the same opportunities as everyone else to the benefits of work is crucial to meeting our ambition for an 80% employment rate.</p><p> </p><p>Employers play a key role in supporting the health of their workforce and minimising health-related job loss. Proactive initiatives from employers and all parts of society, such as the Disability Employment Charter, to support disabled people and people with health conditions to thrive in work are welcome. While the Government has not made a formal assessment of its impact, we know that the employers signed up to the Disability Employment Charter are sending a positive message to current and potential employees.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern grouped question UIN 3865 question first answered 05/09/2024 16:01:28 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5075

1726756

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Sick Pay: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her plans to strengthen statutory sick pay on the disability employment gap.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	3862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>No one should be forced to choose between their health and financial hardship, which is why we plan to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), so it provides a safety net for those who need it most. The Plan to Make Work Pay commits to remove the Lower Earnings Limit to make it available to all workers and remove the waiting period so that everyone receives fair earnings replacement when they have to take time off work.</p><p> </p><p>Any changes to SSP will be accompanied by a full Regulatory Impact Assessment and Equalities Impact Assessment to assess the impact of the changes on a range of protected characteristics, but this will not directly assess the impact of the changes on the disability employment gap. However, we would expect that strengthening SSP would increase the overall employment rate of disabled people as well as reduce the difference between the employment rates of disabled and non-disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 05/09/2024 16:07:10 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5075

1726757

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Equal Pay: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a timeline for the introduction of the right to equal pay for disabled people through the introduction of mandatory disability pay gap reporting for large employers.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	3863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>Following the announcement in the King's Speech in July to take forward work on an Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, and this government's manifesto commitments to introduce the full right to equal pay for disabled people and disability pay gap reporting for large employers, the Disability Unit is currently taking forward work in these areas. Ministers will update the House as this work progresses.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 05/09/2024 15:56:35 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5075

1726758

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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 Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce Access to Work claim (a) application and (b) renewal times; if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the cap on Access to Work; and if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Access to Work scheme in helping disabled people to (i) stay in and (ii) start work.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	3864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to reducing waiting times for new applications for Access to Work, as well as renewals. We are considering the best way to deliver that for customers. We have increased the number of staff processing Access to Work claims and have prioritised applications from customers who are about to start a job and renewals.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to change the maximum amount of annual grants available in Access to Work but we will keep this under review.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work is a popular scheme that helps many disabled people and those with health conditions to have suitable workplace adjustments. The 2018 qualitative evaluation of Access to Work (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/756414/access-to-work-qualitative-research-with-applicants-employers-and-delivery-staff.pdf" target="_blank">Access to Work: Qualitative Research with applicants, employers and delivery staff</a>) reported that customers felt the scheme helped them to retain and progress in employment, improve confidence and mental wellbeing, and better enabled employers to recruit employees with health conditions or disabled employees.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 05/09/2024 15:57:56 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5075

1726759

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of The Disability Employment Charter.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	3865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has ambitious employment plans, including for disability employment. We will be setting this out through a forthcoming White Paper, the Employment Rights Bill and the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. A fully inclusive labour market that enables disabled people and people with health conditions to have access to the same opportunities as everyone else to the benefits of work is crucial to meeting our ambition for an 80% employment rate.</p><p> </p><p>Employers play a key role in supporting the health of their workforce and minimising health-related job loss. Proactive initiatives from employers and all parts of society, such as the Disability Employment Charter, to support disabled people and people with health conditions to thrive in work are welcome. While the Government has not made a formal assessment of its impact, we know that the employers signed up to the Disability Employment Charter are sending a positive message to current and potential employees.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern grouped question UIN 3861 question first answered 05/09/2024 16:01:28 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5075

1726761

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Hitachi: Wylfa Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what date the purchase of the Wylfa nuclear site from Hitachi was completed.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Llinos Medi
uin	3866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The transaction for Great British Nuclear to purchase land at Wylfa in Ynys Mon/Anglesey from Hitachi was agreed in March 2024 and completed in June 2024.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 05/09/2024 12:49:58 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	5085

1726762

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Hitachi: Wylfa Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the UK Government paid Hitachi for the purchase of the Wylfa nuclear site.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Llinos Medi
uin	3867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>Great British Nuclear paid £160m excluding taxes for the Wylfa and Oldbury sites.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 05/09/2024 14:11:34 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	5085

1726763

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the current (a) average time and (b) maximum times for Social Work England to conclude fitness to practice cases.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	3735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>As set out in Social Work England’s board report dated 19 July 2024, the current median time to conclude a fitness to practise case is 128 weeks and the maximum time is 319 weeks.</p><p>The department and Social Work England have taken several steps to reduce processing times including making changes to legislation in 2022 for operational efficiencies and providing additional funds of £7.1 million to clear the backlog of cases inherited from the previous regulator. Further activities being undertaken by Social Work England are set out in its annual business plan and in reports to Social Work England’s board.</p><p><strong> </strong>As at 31 August 2024, 113 Social workers are currently subject to an interim suspension order and unable to practise whilst awaiting the conclusion of their fitness to practise case.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 3736 3737 question first answered 05/09/2024 12:03:05 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1726764

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to reduce the average time for Social Work England to conclude fitness to practice cases.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	3736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>As set out in Social Work England’s board report dated 19 July 2024, the current median time to conclude a fitness to practise case is 128 weeks and the maximum time is 319 weeks.</p><p>The department and Social Work England have taken several steps to reduce processing times including making changes to legislation in 2022 for operational efficiencies and providing additional funds of £7.1 million to clear the backlog of cases inherited from the previous regulator. Further activities being undertaken by Social Work England are set out in its annual business plan and in reports to Social Work England’s board.</p><p><strong> </strong>As at 31 August 2024, 113 Social workers are currently subject to an interim suspension order and unable to practise whilst awaiting the conclusion of their fitness to practise case.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 3735 3737 question first answered 05/09/2024 12:03:05 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1726765

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Medical Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate has she made of the number of social workers unable to practice whilst awaiting the conclusion of fitness to practice proceedings by Social Work England.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	3737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>As set out in Social Work England’s board report dated 19 July 2024, the current median time to conclude a fitness to practise case is 128 weeks and the maximum time is 319 weeks.</p><p>The department and Social Work England have taken several steps to reduce processing times including making changes to legislation in 2022 for operational efficiencies and providing additional funds of £7.1 million to clear the backlog of cases inherited from the previous regulator. Further activities being undertaken by Social Work England are set out in its annual business plan and in reports to Social Work England’s board.</p><p><strong> </strong>As at 31 August 2024, 113 Social workers are currently subject to an interim suspension order and unable to practise whilst awaiting the conclusion of their fitness to practise case.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 3735 3736 question first answered 05/09/2024 12:03:05 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes