Deirdre Costigan MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Maternity Pay: Multiple BirthsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of maternity pay for people with (a) twins and (b) multiples.
Answer: We want new mothers to be able to take time away from work. Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance rates are reviewed annually and were raised again by 6.7% in April 2024 from £172.48 to £184.03. Maternity pay is primarily a health and safety pro...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that engagement in physical activity does not put disabled people at potential risk of losing their benefits.
Answer: Entitlement to disability benefits is based on a functional assessment of the person’s ability to perform a range of activities relevant to the specific benefit. Engaging in regular physical activity will not automatically result in reduction in benefit o...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to (a) clarify guidance and (b) introduce further safeguarding measures to ensure that disabled people who engage in regular physical activity do not risk a (a) review of and (b)
Answer: Entitlement to disability benefits is based on a functional assessment of the person’s ability to perform a range of activities relevant to the specific benefit. Engaging in regular physical activity will not automatically result in reduction in benefit o...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring employers to respond to reasonable adjustment requests from disabled workers within two weeks.
Answer: The Equality Act 2010 (the Act) protects disabled people against unlawful direct or indirect discrimination in employment, including by placing a duty on employers to make, on request, reasonable adjustments to any element of a job, job application or int...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of The Disability Employment Charter.
Answer: The Government has ambitious employment plans, including for disability employment. We will be setting this out through a forthcoming White Paper, the Employment Rights Bill and the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. A fully inclusive labour market that...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce Access to Work claim (a) application and (b) renewal times; if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the cap on Access to Work; an
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to reducing waiting times for new applications for Access to Work, as well as renewals. We are considering the best way to deliver that for customers. We have increased the number of staff processing Acces...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a timeline for the introduction of the right to equal pay for disabled people through the introduction of mandatory disability pay gap reporting for large employers.
Answer: Following the announcement in the King's Speech in July to take forward work on an Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, and this government's manifesto commitments to introduce the full right to equal pay for disabled people and disability pay gap reporti...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSick Pay: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her plans to strengthen statutory sick pay on the disability employment gap.
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 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact the Disability Employment Charter proposals on disabled people's ability to (a) gain and (b) retain employment.
Answer: The Government has ambitious employment plans, including for disability employment. We will be setting this out through a forthcoming White Paper, the Employment Rights Bill and the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. A fully inclusive labour market that...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
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