Select Committee

Department for Work and Pensions

DYE0042 - Disability employment

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Inquiry: Disability employment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: people reporting more than one long-term health condition was generally falling prior to the coronavirus

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Select Committee

Fourth Report - Performance of investment zones and freeports in England

Report Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: 2019–21 Number Title Reference 1st My BEIS inquiry: proposals from the public HC 612 2nd The impact of Coronavirus

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Select Committee

Hampshire County Council

DES0010 - Devolution of employment support

Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024

Inquiry: Devolution of employment support
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: The burden of illness and death due to coronavirus as well as the indirect impacts of COVID -19 were

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Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Education

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence
Document: The evidence base underpinning the initial teacher training and early career framework: government response to call for evidence (PDF)

Found: and staying well: the role of technology in supporting people with learning disabilities during the coronavirus

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Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Office for National Statistics

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Findings from the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study: Self-reported COVID-19 infections and associated symptoms
Document: Findings from the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study: Self-reported COVID-19 infections and associated symptoms (webpage)

Found: Findings from the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study: Self-reported COVID-19 infections and

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Commons Chamber
Single-use Plastics - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) the UK public to be more concerned about the threat to society posed by plastic pollution than the coronavirus - Speech Link

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Bill Documents
25 Apr 2024 - Briefing papers
Pet Abduction Bill: HL Bill 62 of 2023–24
Pet Abduction Bill 2023-24

Found: established by the government in 2021, in response to reports of increased pet thefts during the coronavirus

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Written Question

Health Services: Coronavirus

Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of classifying covid-19 as an occupational disease for healthcare workers; and whether his Department has had discussions with relevant professional bodies on that matter.

Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The DWP is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), an independent scientific body, on changes to the list of occupational diseases for which Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) can be paid.

The Council considered the available scientific and epidemiological evidence around COVID-19 infection and published a Command Paper entitled, ‘COVID-19 and occupational impacts’ in November 2022 found here.

The Command Paper recommends that the list of prescribed occupational diseases for which IIDB can be paid should be expanded to include health and social care workers with five serious pathological complications following COVID-19 infection.

The Department is currently carrying out a detailed assessment of the report’s recommendations and will respond in due course.

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Select Committee

Correspondence between the Chair and NFU Cymru

Correspondence Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: The coronavirus pandemic was also another factor which led to a return by migr ant worker s to their

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