Asked by: Paul Masterton (Conservative - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many East Renfrewshire residents (a) are eligible to receive and (b) claim pension credit.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The information requested on the number of individuals eligible to receive Pension Credit by parliamentary constituency is not available at that level.
At the end of February 2017, there were 2,021 individuals in receipt of Pension Credit in East Renfrewshire.
This information is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Asked by: Paul Masterton (Conservative - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how (a) many employers in East Renfrewshire signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme and (b) that scheme is promoted to employers.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
As of 22 September 2017 there were 5,162 employers signed up to Disability Confident nationally. This total includes 76 employers registered in the Glasgow West District, which takes in East Renfrewshire constituency. Information is not collected at Parliamentary Constituency level.
An up-to-date list of Disability Confident employers can be viewed or downloaded from gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up
Efforts to promote Disability Confident to employers are being led by The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group, which comprises prominent national businesses and industrial and professional membership bodies. The Group encourage and support other employers to sign up.
Disability Confident is also promoted to employers via a wide range of Government activities including press releases, social media, events, conferences and links to the Gov.Uk site.
Asked by: Paul Masterton (Conservative - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to increase the support available to women after multiple birth pregnancies to assist them back into the workplace.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
Support is tailored to the individual needs of the claimant.