Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many alternative payment arrangements for Universal Credit were granted in (a) January and (b) February 2024 in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many alternative payment requests for Universal Credit were made in (a) January and (b) February 2024 in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grievances have been raised by Heathrow Border Force staff in response to the Heathrow Change Programme; how many of these have been rejected; and what proportion of grievances were raised by (a) women and (b) disabled people.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office would not disclose information which is considered likely to cause prejudice to the effectiveness of public affairs.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Heathrow Border Force staff had reasonable adjustments before the Heathrow Change Programme; and what proportion of such staff were (a) women and (b) disabled people.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office do not hold the requested information on how many people working for Border Force at Heathrow prior to the Change Programme had reasonable adjustments, in an accessible format.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disabled people worked for Heathrow Border Force before the Heathrow Change Programme.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office do not hold the requested information on how many people working for Border Force Heathrow prior to the Change Programme had declared a disability, in an easily accessible format.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Heathrow Border Force staff have gone down a pay grade as part of the Heathrow Change Programme; and what proportion of such staff are (a) women and (b) disabled people.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
No members of staff have gone down a pay grade as part of the Heathrow Change Programme.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people worked for Heathrow Border Force before the Heathrow Change Programme; and what proportion of these were (a) men and (b) women.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office would not disclose information which is considered likely to cause prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs.
Border Force staffing numbers can be obtained from the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Heathrow Border Force staff have taken voluntary exit as a result of the Heathrow Change Programme; and how many such staff are (a) women and (b) disabled people.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office can confirm 158 staff have indicated they wish to take the voluntary exit scheme. 54% of those staff who have indicated taking the voluntary exit are female. 18% of staff who have indicated, wishing to take the voluntary exit scheme, have a disability.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Heathrow Border Force staff have been asked to accept new terms and conditions as part of the Heathrow Change Programme; and how many such staff are (a) women and (b) disabled people.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
No members of staff have been asked to accept new terms and conditions. All staff were given a range of options on which they could make the decision which best suited them.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with Skills for Care on levels of take up of their LGBT+ Learning Framework, published in February 2023.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has had no recent discussions around levels of take up of the LGBTQ+ learning framework.