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Written Question
Department for Work and Pensions: Sick Leave
Tuesday 24th January 2017

Asked by: Lyn Brown (Labour - West Ham)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what further measures the Government plans to introduce to assist employers in supporting employees' return to work after a heath-related absence.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17th January 2017 to Question 59500.

Written Question
Occupational Health
Tuesday 17th January 2017

Asked by: Lyn Brown (Labour - West Ham)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for further measures to assist employers in supporting employees to return to work after a health-related absence.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

The Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health have published ‘Improving Lives – the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’. The Green Paper sets out the Government’s proposals for improving work and health outcomes for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.

Many employers are already creating healthy, inclusive workplaces, but more needs to be done so that employers provide the support needed for employees with disabilities and long-term health conditions, to help them get into and stay in work

Through the Green Paper we are asking about the barriers preventing employers from recruiting and retaining disabled people and people with health conditions, and what measures would help them in doing so. Specifically:

  • We are consulting on reform to Statutory Sick Pay to support phased returns to work. A phased return to work can be beneficial to both employer and employee, as it may help prevent further periods of absence or the employee falling out of work entirely;
  • How we can transform occupational health provision to ensure it more closely meets the spectrum of need, including the needs of employers.
  • The Green Paper also announced a review of the current operation of the fit note. This review will look at the current system and whether it meets the needs of its users – including employers. We are seeking views to inform this review through the consultation.
Written Question
Ministers: Official Cars
Wednesday 16th July 2014

Asked by: Lyn Brown (Labour - West Ham)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.

Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

The information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.