Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warwick and Leamington are entitled to Access to Work funding; and what is the average waiting time for receipt of that funding.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Access to Work is a demand led programme which provides help to disabled people to start or stay in work. The programme provides support to individuals that goes beyond reasonable adjustments; as such, any disabled person in or about to start work, who needs support beyond reasonable adjustments, is eligible to apply for Access to Work. We do not hold information on if a population is entitled to Access to Work, we only have data on who has applied.
We do not hold information on waiting times for receipt of funding by geographical area.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households that have fallen into poverty as a result of the equalisation of the State Pension age.
Answered by Laura Trott - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Changes to State Pension age were made over a series of Acts by successive governments from 1995 onwards, following public consultations and extensive debates in both Houses of Parliament.
We do not hold any recorded information of an impact assessment that informed the rises in State Pension age of the Pensions Act 1995.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will introduce (a) maximum temperatures and (b) guidance for managers and employees on reasonable indoor temperatures for areas of government buildings where staff are working.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 already place a legal obligation on all employers to make a suitable assessment of the risks to the health and safety of their employees and take action where necessary to minimise those risks as far as reasonably practicable. In addition, the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 place a legal obligation on employers to provide a ‘reasonable’ temperature in indoor workplaces. Detailed guidance including information on how to undertake an assessment and specific measures that can be taken to improve thermal comfort is available on HSE’s website.
The Government has no plans to set in law a maximum permitted working temperature. No meaningful upper limit can be imposed because in many indoor workplaces extreme temperature is not seasonal but is created by work activity. In such environments factors other than air temperature, including radiant temperature, humidity and air velocity, become more significant and the interaction between them becomes more complex with rising temperatures. However, it is still possible to work safely provided appropriate controls are present.
HSE regularly reviews and, where necessary, refreshes the guidance published on its website.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people have benefited from the Kickstart programme since that programme was first launched.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 149447 for the most recent data on the Kickstart Scheme.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
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 people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Warwick and Leamington constituency.
Answered by Chloe Smith
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19th January to question number 104377.