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Written question asked by Andy McDonald (Labour) on Friday, 5 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 11 March 2021. A substantive answer was provided by Mims Davies (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 March 2021 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Employment: Coronavirus

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 26 February 2021 to Questions 147867 and 160679, on Employment: Coronavirus, if she will publish the (a) eleven data sets that HSE statisticians have drawn on to inform decisions about proportionate regulation and (b) methodology used to decide that the effects of covid-19 are non-permanent or reversible, non-progressive and any disability is temporary amongst the working population as a whole, not taking account of individuals with a particular resistance or susceptibility.

Answer

Earlier Questions were related to how the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has used its Enforcement Management Model (EMM) to support proportionate decision-making by its inspectors in the pandemic. HSE reviewed evidence about that proportionality in November 2020 and the paper setting out the evidence, including the technical annex containing the data considered in the review, is on HSE’s website here.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
163701
Session
2019-21
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Subjects
Disability Employment Disease control Coronavirus
Link
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