Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that residents of park homes can benefit from the Government's energy support measures.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on 20th June 2022 to Question 18990.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to support households that are reliant on domestic heating oil in the event of further rises in energy costs in winter 2022.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the noble Lord Allen of Kensington on 5 July 2022 to Question HL1128.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
What steps his Department is taking to support women at work.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Industrial Strategy aims to boost productivity by backing businesses to create good jobs and increase earning power for all.
This includes removing barriers faced by women in accessing and progressing at work and in starting and growing a business, as explored in the recent Rose Review.
We are also giving parents more choice about who is the primary carer in the first year of their babies’ lives through the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what measures his Department has in place to support those of its staff who have mental health problems.
Answered by Margot James
The Department is committed to ensuring the wellbeing and good mental health of its employees and has various ways in which this is done. The support includes intranet guidance material, trained Mental Health First Aiders, a staff Wellbeing and Mental Health group who offer peer-to-peer support and promote awareness of mental health issues more widely. Reasonable adjustments are also put in place where beneficial for individuals working arrangements. Additionally there is an Employee Assistance Programme for counselling support and the Occupational Health Service where individuals can be referred to by the Line Managers for assessment and recommendations to support the individual.