Under health and safety law, employers have a responsibility to protect workers and others from risk to their health and safety, including those who work freelance or as contractors.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4169", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Viscount Younger of Leckie"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-01-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-01-29T12:28:20.873Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Self-employed: Health and Safety"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the application of health and safety legislation to those who work freelance and as contractors.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4170", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Smith of Basildon"} ], "uin" : "HL1822"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1683962", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1683962/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated regulations provide an effective framework for securing the health, safety, and welfare of those working in the film and television industry.<\/p>
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Employers and the self-employed working in the film and television industry are required by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of risks to workers, themselves, and others from their work activities for the purpose of identifying and implementing measures to manage those risks. If there is reason to suspect an assessment is no longer effective or if there has been significant change in the matters being assessed, then an assessment must be reviewed and amended. Where an employer employs five or more employees they must record the significant findings of an assessment, and any group of employees identified by it as being especially at risk.<\/p>
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], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what requirements are in place to ensure health and safety risk assessments are maintained in the film and television industry.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1683963/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Work in the film and television industry is covered under the general requirements of the Health and Safety etc. Act 1974 and associated regulations. However, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also provides extensive guidance on common or higher risk activities encountered across multiple industries which may be applicable to activities within film and television production, e.g. working at height or managing asbestos (when filming on location).<\/p> <\/p> HSE also provides a range of guidance which is specific to film and television industry that describes the various roles and responsibilities of those within the production process (INDG360: Health and safety in audio-visual production. Your legal duties) and information sheets for specific production activities and risks, e.g. stunts, use of firearms and filming while using vehicles.<\/p> <\/p> All guidance and information are freely available on the HSE website, a section of which is dedicated to health and safety in the film, theatre and broadcasting industries.<\/p> <\/p> Alongside this, industry specific guidance is also available from a range of industry bodies and stakeholders.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance has been issued to the film and television industry regarding the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1682818/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information on 1) deductions and 2) fraud penalties for Universal Credit are provided in the tables below.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1: Number of households with a Universal Credit Claim subject to at least one deduction, broken down by deduction type; the number of households with a deduction as a proportion of all universal credit households; what the total sum of deductions was; how much on average was deducted, in the 2022-23 financial year.<\/p> <\/p> 2022/23<\/p><\/td> Number of distinct UC claims<\/p><\/td> Proportion of Universal Credit Claims subject to Deduction<\/p><\/td> Total Amount Deducted<\/p><\/td> Average Deduction Amount<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claims with deduction for an advance<\/p><\/td> 2,400,000<\/p><\/td> 38%<\/p><\/td> £690,000,000<\/p><\/td> £40<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claims with deduction for third party<\/p><\/td> 950,000<\/p><\/td> 15%<\/p><\/td> £227,000,000<\/p><\/td> £33<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claims with other deductions<\/p><\/td> 2,200,000<\/p><\/td> 34%<\/p><\/td> £684,000,000<\/p><\/td> £49<\/p><\/td><\/tr> All UC claims with at least one deduction<\/p><\/td> 3,500,000<\/p><\/td> 55%<\/p><\/td> £1,601,000,000<\/p><\/td> £62<\/p><\/td><\/tr> All UC claims<\/p><\/td> 6,400,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Table 2: Number of households with a Universal Credit Claim subject to at least fraud penalty; the number of households with a fraud penalty as a proportion of all universal credit households; what the total sum of fraud penalties was; the average fraud penalty, in the 2022-23 financial year.<\/p> <\/p> Table 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of distinct UC claims in the 2022-23 Financial Year<\/p><\/td> Number of households with at least one fraud penalty in the 2022-23 Financial Year<\/p><\/td> Households with at least one fraud penalty as a proportion of all UC households<\/p><\/td> Total amount of Fraud Penalties across the 22/23 financial year<\/p><\/td> Average Fraud Penalty Amount for those households with a fraud penalty<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 6,400,000<\/p><\/td> 330<\/p><\/td> 0.01%<\/p><\/td> £65,000<\/p><\/td> £200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> 1. Average deduction amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1 and proportions have been rounded to the nearest percentage point. Fraud penalty reduction amounts are rounded to nearest £10 and proportions to the nearest 0.01 percentage point.<\/p> 2. Deductions include advance repayments, third party deductions and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.<\/p> 3. "Advances" include all four UC advance types: New Claim, Benefit Transfer, Budgeting and Change of Circumstances.<\/p> 4. The table includes the number of distinct Universal Credit households subject to a deduction in the period 2022-2023. Any household with deductions in more than one assessment period within the period requested will only be counted once. Where a household has multiple deductions in the same assessment period, these figures provide the total of all deductions taken.<\/p> 5. The table includes the number of distinct Universal Credit households subject to a fraud penalty in the period 2022-2023. Any household with fraud penalty in more than one assessment period within the period requested will only be counted once. Where a household has multiple fraud penalties in the same assessment period, these figures provide the total of all fraud penalties taken.<\/p> 6. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.<\/p> 7. This method for calculating the proportion is different to the usual reported figure which looks at a given month and historically has been around 45% for all UC households. See PQ UIN: 203044.<\/a><\/p> 8. Households could have more than one deduction type so adding claims by deduction type may not sum to the total of all deductions.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Information on 2) reductions due to sanctions is provided below<\/p> <\/p> Monthly statistics for April 2022 to March 2023, on the number of Universal Credit full service claimants with a payment that has been reduced due to a sanction, are published on Stat-Xplore, and are shown in the following table.<\/p> <\/p> UC claimants in conditionality regimes where sanctions can be applied by month and sanction indicator from April 2022 to March 2023<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sanction indicator<\/p><\/td> Yes<\/p><\/td> No<\/p><\/td> Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr> April 2022<\/p><\/td> 106,172<\/p><\/td> 5,439,955<\/p><\/td> 5,546,129<\/p><\/td><\/tr> May 2022<\/p><\/td> 108,969<\/p><\/td> 5,432,866<\/p><\/td> 5,541,837<\/p><\/td><\/tr> June 2022<\/p><\/td> 110,438<\/p><\/td> 5,450,340<\/p><\/td> 5,560,774<\/p><\/td><\/tr> July 2022<\/p><\/td> 117,527<\/p><\/td> 5,502,514<\/p><\/td> 5,620,041<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2022<\/p><\/td> 114,874<\/p><\/td> 5,546,078<\/p><\/td> 5,660,952<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2022<\/p><\/td> 117,671<\/p><\/td> 5,566,557<\/p><\/td> 5,684,229<\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 2022<\/p><\/td> 122,293<\/p><\/td> 5,608,895<\/p><\/td> 5,731,191<\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 2022<\/p><\/td> 117,397<\/p><\/td> 5,639,386<\/p><\/td> 5,756,783<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 2022<\/p><\/td> 119,744<\/p><\/td> 5,660,360<\/p><\/td> 5,780,103<\/p><\/td><\/tr> January 2023<\/p><\/td> 118,395<\/p><\/td> 5,681,209<\/p><\/td> 5,799,601<\/p><\/td><\/tr> February 2023<\/p><\/td> 113,352<\/p><\/td> 5,722,976<\/p><\/td> 5,836,324<\/p><\/td><\/tr> March 2023<\/p><\/td> 120,086<\/p><\/td> 5,733,100<\/p><\/td> 5,853,189<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>