Ayoub Khan MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Employment: TemperatureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections the Health and Safety Executive has undertaken relating to excessive workplace temperatures in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prioritises its resources to concentrate on the most serious risks and target dutyholders with the worst risk management record. Therefore, there have been no proactive inspections specifically relating to excessive w...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: TemperatureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of extreme heat on outdoor workers.
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the response to UIN 14088.
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: TemperatureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to employers on protecting workers from extreme heat.
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable member to the response to UIN 13128.
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSilicosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of silicosis among workers employed in the engineered stone and kitchen fabrication sector.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to answer I gave on 23 June 2026 to Question UIN 5634.
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordComposite Materials: SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of an industry-wide (a) accreditation and (b) kitemark scheme for the safe fabrication of engineered stone products.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) supports the introduction of an industry-led quality standard by the Worktop Fabricators Federation in collaboration with the British Occupational Hygiene Society. Accredited fabricators must be independently audited ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordComposite Materials: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with industry representatives on improving consumer awareness of workplace safety standards in the manufacture of quartz and engineered stone kitchen surfaces.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is working closely with the Worktop Fabricators Federation and British Occupational Hygiene Society to support introduction of an industry-led quality standard. To display the quality mark, a kitchen surface fabricato...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStone: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional funding has been allocated to the Health and Safety Executive to support inspections and enforcement activity in engineered stone workshops and related workplaces.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) receives funding from the Department to support its role as workplace health and safety regulator. It is for HSE to prioritise how best to use that funding to support its core activities. HSE has identified resource f...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSilica: Health HazardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust in the engineered stone sector.
Answer: Great Britain has a robust and well-established regulatory framework to protect workers from health risks arising from exposure to hazardous substances, including respirable crystalline silica under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Lung DiseasesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided to staff handling Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit claims involving terminally ill claimants with occupational lung disease.
Answer: DWP staff handling Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit claims follow operational guidance designed to ensure that claims from people who are terminally ill are identified and processed as a priority. The guidance provides for such cases to be expedite...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSilicosis: Compensation and Social Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent consideration his Department has given to recommendations from the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on improving access to compensation and benefits for workers with silicosis.
Answer: The Department recognises the serious impact that silicosis can have on those affected and their families. We are carefully considering the recommendations from the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on silicosis, including how best to identify and prio...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: SilicosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to fast-track Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit claims for workers diagnosed with advanced silicosis in line with arrangements for mesothelioma sufferers.
Answer: The Department recognises the serious impact that silicosis can have on those affected and their families. We are carefully considering the recommendations from the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on silicosis, including how best to identify and prio...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSilicosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of silicosis among workers employed in the engineered stone and kitchen fabrication sector.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) monitors silicosis using multiple data sources, including voluntary reporting by chest physicians participating in the Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational Respiratory Disease (SWORD) scheme and cases assesse...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSilica: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is considering the introduction of a national screening programme for workers exposed to silica dust in the engineered stone industry.
Answer: Active health surveillance is a mandatory duty placed upon relevant duty holders under health and safety law, which will detect and tackle ill health amongst workers who may be exposed. Employers are required to act on the results they receive and workers...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSilica: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on improving health surveillance for workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has strengthened its guidance on health surveillance to make clear that employers must ensure that the health of employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica is regularly monitored. HSE is serving improvement no...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSilicosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make silicosis a reportable disease under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
Answer: On 7 April 2026, the Health and Safety Executive launched a consultation seeking views on expanding the requirements in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, including reintroducing reports of pneumoconiosis, whic...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStone: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to introduce a statutory prohibition on dry cutting of high-silica engineered stone without appropriate dust suppression measures.
Answer: Workers can be protected if the right control measures are in place to prevent exposure to harmful dust. The Health and Safety Executive will be carrying out more than 1000 inspections and where standards are not met, enforcement action is being taken to ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStone: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure compliance with Health and Safety Executive guidance prohibiting dry cutting of engineered stone without water suppression controls.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to highlight clear expectations for what businesses must do in recently published guidance and on HSEs Workright website. HSE will be carrying out more than 1000 inspections to every site it ca...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSilica: Health HazardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Health and Safety Executive’s enforcement powers in relation to employers exposing workers to respirable crystalline silica dust during the cutting of
Answer: Great Britain has a robust and well-established regulatory framework to protect workers from health risks arising from exposure to hazardous substances, including respirable crystalline silica under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help remove barriers to work faced by young disabled people with complex needs in Birmingham Perry Barr constituency.
Answer: Disabled people and people with health conditions are a diverse group. Access to the right support, in the right place, at the right time, is crucial.Jobcentre Plus provides tailored, person-centred support to young disabled people, focusing on their indi...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFuneral PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Funeral Expenses Payment's eligibility criteria on the finances of local authorities.
Answer: The long standing state position is that individuals should look to make financial provision for their own funeral, and that where this has not happened family or friends who can take part or all of the responsibility for the cost of funeral arrangements ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFuneral PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 62414 on Funeral Payments, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of assessing the (a) ability and (b) willingness of oth
Answer: The long standing state position is that individuals should look to make financial provision for their own funeral, and that where this has not happened family or friends who can take part or all of the responsibility for the cost of funeral arrangements ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFuneral PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 62414 on Funeral Payments, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) amending the family-related questions for the ap
Answer: The long standing state position is that individuals should look to make financial provision for their own funeral, and that where this has not happened family or friends who can take part or all of the responsibility for the cost of funeral arrangements ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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