Angus MacDonald MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Industrial AccidentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conversations her department has had with the Health and Safety Executive with regards to their policy on verifying the accuracy of RIDDOR reports submitted by employers following workplace inciden
Answer: The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013 specify that the duty to make reports and follow the reporting procedure rests with the Responsible Person, as defined, which is often an employer. The reports must be...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unqualified operatives performing gas works on levels of public safety.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) accepts that unqualified operatives performing gas work pose significant risks to gas safety and believes focusing on the prevention of unsafe gas work through installation, regular servicing and maintenance by qualif...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Natural GasDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle unsafe gas works in homes.
Answer: The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (GSIUR) forms the basis of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) approach to ensuring safe gas work in homes within Great Britain. This includes taking enforcement action against those who do not co...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFamilies: Food PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of families with children relying on emergency food parcels.
Answer: We are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We are expanding Free School Meals to every pupil whose household is in receipt of Universal Credit, which will lift 100,000 children out of poverty by the end of t...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to employers on managing risks associated with lone working in retail.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the previous answer 71094.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to ensure that retail workers required to work alone are adequately protected from (a) violence, (b) abuse and (c) theft.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the previous answer 71094.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his timetable is for the review of the Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: I am aiming to complete the review by Autumn 2026. The review will ultimately report to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for final decisions. We are committed to reporting the outcomes of the review to Parliament.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) disabled people and (b) carers are directly involved in the review of the Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: The Timms review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, clinicians, experts, MPs and other stakeholders, so a wide range of views and voices are heard. This will include carers' organisations so that the voices of...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support employees with invisible disabilities to access adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: Employers are crucial in enhancing employment opportunities and supporting disabled people and those with health conditions to thrive in the workforce. All employers have a duty under the Equality Act 2010(opens in a new tab) to make ‘reasonable adjustmen...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Mental Illness and NeurodiversityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of reasonable adjustment processes for employees with (a) neurodivergent and (b) mental health conditions.
Answer: Employers are crucial in enhancing employment opportunities and supporting disabled people and those with health conditions to thrive in the workforce. All employers have a duty under the Equality Act 2010(opens in a new tab) to make ‘reasonable adjustmen...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Supported HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of working more than one hour per week on the Housing Benefit receipt for young people in supported accommodation.
Answer: It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people who will pay income tax on the state pension from April 2026.
Answer: The headline rates of the basic and new State Pensions are currently below the level of the Income Tax Personal Allowance, so pensioners for whom that is their sole income pay no income tax. It is pensioners with larger than average State Pension entitlem...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DyslexiaDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make reasonable adjustments for people with dyslexia to complete Universal Credit applications.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that Universal Credit is accessible to all claimants, including those with dyslexia.We recognise that some individuals may require reasonable adjustments to complete their Universal Credit application. A range of su...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Learning DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make reasonable adjustments for people with complex learning difficulties to complete Universal Credit applications.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that Universal Credit is accessible to all, including individuals with complex learning difficulties. We recognise that some claimants may require additional support to make and maintain their claim. A range of reas...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: AutismDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make reasonable adjustments for autistic people to complete Universal Credit applications.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that the Universal Credit (UC) service is accessible to all, including autistic people and others with complex needs.We recognise that some customers may require additional support to make and maintain a UC claim. A...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DatabasesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of data surveillance on recipients of Universal Credit.
Answer: No assessment has been made as the DWP does not currently or have any plans to use data surveillance to regulate, police or monitor the actions of individuals or groups in receipt of benefits.
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DatabasesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential role of data surveillance in welfare policy.
Answer: No assessment has been made as the DWP does not currently or have any plans to use data surveillance to regulate, police or monitor the actions of individuals or groups in receipt of benefits.
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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