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Written Question
Occupational Health: Young People
Thursday 7th September 2023

Asked by: Elliot Colburn (Conservative - Carshalton and Wallington)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding young people's access to occupational health services on their mental health.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

The Government recognises that expert-led impartial advice, and interventions such as Occupational Health (OH), can provide appropriate and timely work-based support, including for young people, to manage mental health conditions in the workplace. OH as advisory support has a broad remit, including assessments of fitness for work, advice about reasonable adjustments, workability, or return to work plans and can signpost to treatment for specific mental health conditions.


In addition to this, the DWP Youth Offer provides individually tailored Work Coach support to young adults aged 16 to 24 who are in the Universal Credit Intensive Work Search group. Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisors work with local partners to signpost young adults to appropriate support. Youth Hubs work with partners to address barriers to young adults moving into employment, including other risk factors that could be associated with mental ill health. The type of support provided in hubs aims to meet the needs of young adults in their local community. We have recommended that all new Youth Hubs consider the barriers young people are facing (including access to mental health support) when determining the support services and partners available from a hub.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3. Will my right hon. Friend outline how, thanks to the work incentives built into universal credit, some 11,600 Carshalton and Wallington residents—in working households, which is welcome—will receive a cost of living payment in the coming days, and will she set out what she is doing to ensure that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
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"2. What steps she is taking to help support pensioners with the cost of living. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
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"I welcome the measures the Government have taken to support pensioners with the rising cost of living. Many pensioners in Carshalton and Wallington who are eligible for pension credit still do not know that they are entitled to it, so they are not claiming. Will my hon. Friend set out …..."
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Written Question
Pension Credit
Tuesday 8th December 2020

Asked by: Elliot Colburn (Conservative - Carshalton and Wallington)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of eligible people who are not claiming pension credit; and what assessment she has made of the reasons people are not claiming that benefit.

Answered by Guy Opperman

Estimates of the number of families entitled to pension but not claiming it can be found in the following publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2018-to-2019

Information regarding the research carried out by the department around why those entitled to Pension Credit do not claim can be found in the following publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-eligible-non-recipients-barriers-to-claiming-rr819

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps she is taking to support people into work throughout the UK. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Oct 2020
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"In Carshalton and Wallington, we know that the self-employed are the risk takers, and the pandemic has shown that we need to be there for them. Work coaches have done a good job of knowing what is fair and reasonable and are able to apply discretion when setting work search …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
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" What steps her Department is taking to promote employment opportunities as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
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"My constituency is part of Greater London and I have met many businesses in Carshalton and Wallington that are keen to expand employment opportunities, including Dotty’s Teahouse in Carshalton High Street, which I would love to invite the Minister to. Given London’s critical role as the engine of the UK …..."
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