Charlotte Nichols MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Asbestos: Ovarian CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61211 on Asbestos: Ovarian Cancer, if she will direct the Health and Safety Executive to collect data on asbestos-related ovarian cancer cases.
Answer: Collecting data on individual cases of asbestos-related ovarian cancer is not feasible due to difficulties attributing them to historic exposure with confidence. Significant resource would be needed to produce estimates based on epidemiological evidence. ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
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Asbestos: Ovarian CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will require the Health and Safety Executive to collect data on asbestos-related ovarian cancer cases.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for collection of data of workplace injury and illness. Under Regulation 9 of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR), it requires the responsible person ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of people eligible for child maintenance who are not claiming it.
Answer: It is estimated that at the financial year ending 2023, there are 2.4 million separated families in Great Britain and 3.8 million children in those families. 41% of these did not have either a statutory arrangement with the Child Maintenance Service or a ...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
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Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on reviewing the fairness of PIP assessments.
Answer: The Department is not currently undertaking a review of the fairness of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments. PIP is designed to treat all claimants fairly, focusing on the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability, rather t...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
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Menopause: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers are supporting women managing menopause.
Answer: The Government believes in the vital importance of equality of opportunity and of treatment in the workplace. The plan to Make Work Pay includes clear action to place equality, diversity and inclusion issues on a statutory footing. This includes requiring...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
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Statutory Sick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of paying Statutory Sick Pay at an hourly rate.
Answer: No one should be forced to choose between their health and financial hardship, which is why we plan to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), so it provides a safety net for those who need it most. The Plan to Make Work Pay commits to remove the Lower Earni...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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Statutory Sick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the rate of Statutory Sick Pay to that of the National Living Wage.
Answer: No one should be forced to choose between their health and financial hardship, which is why we plan to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), so it provides a safety net for those who need it most. The Plan to Make Work Pay commits to remove the Lower Earni...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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Statutory Sick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Fourth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2023-24 on Statutory Sick Pay, HC148, published on 28 March 2024, in the Employment
Answer: The Government will be providing a response to the Fourth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2023-24 on Statutory Sick Pay in due course and once the Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee has been appointed.
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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Statutory Sick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that reforms to Statutory Sick Pay take account of (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other fluctuating conditions.
Answer: No one should be forced to choose between their health and financial hardship, which is why we plan to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), so it provides a safety net for those who need it most. The Plan to Make Work Pay commits to remove the Lower Earni...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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Pension Credit: Take-upDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to encourage take up of Pension Credit.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that the poorest pensioners get the support they need. As part of the current Pension Credit Week of Action, we have joined forces with national charities, broadcasters and local authorities to encourage pensioners t...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
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Cabinet Office	1
Department for Business and Trade	5
Department for Education	15
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	5
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	4
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	2
Department for Transport	7
Department for Work and Pensions	10
Department of Health and Social Care	32
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	9
Home Office	20
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	8
Ministry of Justice	7
Treasury	7

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