Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
When she last visited a personal independence payment assessment centre.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The last time I attended a Personal Independence Payment assessment centre was 12th December 2017. I was struck by the professional and helpful attitude displayed by all the staff at the assessment centre.
My Honourable Friend, the member for North West Hampshire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Kit Malthouse MP) visited Vauxhall assessment centre on the 17th April 2018. Like me he found the visit extremely informative.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in each of the last six years; and what the total cost of those bonuses was.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
As part of the Government’s transparency agenda, departments publish annual information on the number of awards and spend on end-year and in-year Non-Consolidated Performance Related Pay. This information can be found on the department’s website [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-performance-related-pay] and on data.gov.uk. Information for future years will be published in the usual way.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government discussed the potential ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Answered by Lord Sharma
As part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this year, the Commonwealth Women’s Forum released an outcome statement calling on business leaders to support the proposed ILO convention on ‘Ending Violence and Harassment against Women and Men in the World of Work’.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Government has had with other states on their support for a legally-binding ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The Government is fully engaged in discussions in the ILO on the scope and content of any new instrument and as part of that is in regular contact with other states on the issue.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is a part of the Government’s planned official delegation to the International Labour Conference from 28 May to 6 June 2018.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The Government will be sending a delegation comprising of officials from a number of Government departments to the International Labour Conference.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118660 on Employment: Treaties, if he will publish its publish its response to the International Labour Organization’s Questionnaire.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The Government response to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) questionnaire on ‘Ending Violence and Harassment for Women and Men at Work’ has been reflected in the ILO report on the consultation which is available on the ILO website. The Government fully supports the ILO initiative and is engaged in discussions in the ILO on the scope and content of any new resulting instrument.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) external data analysts and (b) data collection companies his Department has used in each of the last five years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
DWP makes use of external research and analytical organisations to help generate the evidence it needs in delivering the Department’s agenda on work, welfare and pensions. The selection of organisations with whom the Department works is governed by processes and frameworks set up by or in conjunction with the Crown Commercial Service, using open and fair competition to source the most appropriate and cost effective provider.
Complete information is not centrally held on which organisations the Department has used in each of the last five years. However, the following companies and organisations have been used to deliver projects in the centralised research programme over the last five years:
• Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd
• Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (CESI)
• Ecorys UK Ltd
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• ICF Consulting Services Ltd
• Idox Software Ltd
• Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
• IFF Research
• Independent Social Research
• Insite Research & Consulting
• Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS)
• Ipsos MORI
• GfK NOP Ltd
• London School of Economics (LSE)
• MDRC
• National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)
• National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
• National Learning and Work Institute
• Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Pensions Policy Institute (PPI)
• Policis
• RS Consulting Ltd
• Sheffield Hallam University
• TNS BRMB / Kantar
• University of Bristol
• University College London (UCL)
• University of Essex
• University of Manchester
• University of Sheffield
• University of Warwick
• University of Westminster
• The University of York
All contracted research is published and these reports, including which external organisations produced them, can be found on the Department’s research web page at:
Contracts with organisations for data collection, and contracts for research that have not yet published a report can be found using the Contracts Finder on the gov.uk website:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
Information on which organisations the Department has used for data analysis and data collection outside the centralised research programme is not held centrally.
DWP makes use of external research and analytical organisations to help generate the evidence it needs in delivering the Department’s agenda on work, welfare and pensions. The selection of organisations with whom the Department works is governed by processes and frameworks set up by or in conjunction with the Crown Commercial Service, using open and fair competition to source the most appropriate and cost effective provider.
Complete information is not centrally held on which organisations the Department has used in each of the last five years. However, the following companies and organisations have been used to deliver projects in the centralised research programme over the last five years:
• Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd
• Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (CESI)
• Ecorys UK Ltd
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• ICF Consulting Services Ltd
• Idox Software Ltd
• Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
• IFF Research
• Independent Social Research
• Insite Research & Consulting
• Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS)
• Ipsos MORI
• GfK NOP Ltd
• London School of Economics (LSE)
• MDRC
• National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)
• National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
• National Learning and Work Institute
• Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Pensions Policy Institute (PPI)
• Policis
• RS Consulting Ltd
• Sheffield Hallam University
• TNS BRMB / Kantar
• University of Bristol
• University College London (UCL)
• University of Essex
• University of Manchester
• University of Sheffield
• University of Warwick
• University of Westminster
• The University of York
All contracted research is published and these reports, including which external organisations produced them, can be found on the Department’s research web page at:
Contracts with organisations for data collection, and contracts for research that have not yet published a report can be found using the Contracts Finder on the gov.uk website:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
Information on which organisations the Department has used for data analysis and data collection outside the centralised research programme is not held centrally.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2017 to Question 133491, what guidance her Department has issued to jobcentre staff to ensure that access to toilet facilities is available for customers with a disability.
Answered by Lord Sharma
Guidance is available to all staff on the support they should provide to customers with a disability who need access to toilet facilities in our jobcentres. This ensures that we meet our responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010. As each jobcentre is different, the approach we take is dependent on the facilities available at each site and we continually monitor and assess our services to ensure the needs of all our customers are met. Guidance states that each jobcentre must have clear plans in place for their particular office and this information is shared with all staff at the site.