Andy McDonald MP: written questions

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Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the aggregate financial value of the proposed reduced entitlements to the Personal Independent Payment for people in each Parliamentary constituency.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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Universal Credit: North EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the aggregate financial value of the proposed changes to Universal Credit health rates for people in (a) Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency, (b) Middlesbrough Cou
Answer: Information on the impacts of the “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper” will be published in due course, with some information already published alongside the Spring Statement. However, the OBR does not publ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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Personal Independence Payment: North EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the aggregate financial value of the proposed reduced entitlements to the Personal Independent Payment for people in (a) Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency, (b) M
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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Universal Credit: North EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025. what estimate she has made of the
Answer: Information on the impacts of the “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper” will be published in due course, with some information already published alongside the Spring Statement. However, the OBR does not publ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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Personal Independence Payment: North EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what estimate she has made of the number of recipie
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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Energy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on (a) the number of prepayment meters forcibly installed by British Gas between 1 January 2022 and 31 January 2023 and (b) the number of those subject to force
Answer: In March 2023, British Gas previously confirmed that it installed 25,000 PPMs under warrant in 2022. If any of these installations were completed wrongfully then it is vital that affected customers are appropriately compensated.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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Energy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has received interim findings from OFGEM’s investigation into British Gas on the forced installation of prepayment meters.
Answer: Ofgem’s investigation into the involuntary installation of prepayment meters (PPMs) by British Gas is ongoing. This is a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator, and it would not be appropriate for the government to comment on an ongoing investigati...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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Energy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has set a deadline for OFGEM to publish findings of its investigation into British Gas and the forced installation of prepayment meters.
Answer: Ofgem’s investigation into the involuntary installation of prepayment meters (PPMs) by British Gas is ongoing. This is a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator, and it would not be appropriate for the government to comment on an ongoing investigati...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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Energy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he expects OFGEM will publish findings of its investigation into British Gas and the forced installation of prepayment meters.
Answer: Ofgem’s investigation into the involuntary installation of prepayment meters (PPMs) by British Gas is ongoing. This is a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator, and it would not be appropriate for the government to comment on an ongoing investigati...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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NHS: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reductions in funding for level seven apprenticeships on the availability of skilled workers in the NHS; and whether she has had discussions wi
Answer: The government is committed to spreading opportunities and economic growth, supported by a strong skills system.This government has an extremely challenging fiscal inheritance. There are tough choices that need to be taken on how funding should be priorit...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Planning Authorities: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reductions in funding for level seven apprenticeships on the availability of Chartered Town Planners in local government.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby to the answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23140.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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NHS: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reductions in funding for level seven healthcare apprenticeships on the availability of Advanced Clinical Practitioners in the NHS.
Answer: The government is committed to spreading opportunities and economic growth, supported by a strong skills system.This government has an extremely challenging fiscal inheritance. There are tough choices that need to be taken on how funding should be priorit...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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NHS: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reductions in funding for level seven healthcare apprenticeships on the delivery of the NHS long-term workforce plan.
Answer: The government is committed to spreading opportunities and economic growth, supported by a strong skills system.This government has an extremely challenging fiscal inheritance. There are tough choices that need to be taken on how funding should be priorit...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Universal Credit: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people below the age of 22 are in receipt of the health element of Universal Credit in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency.
Answer: Quarterly statistics for the number of People on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work in Great Britain are published on Stat-Xplore. The latest release provides figures up to December 2024 which can be b...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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Universal Credit: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to her Department was of payments for the health element of Universal Credit to people aged below 22 in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: Quarterly statistics for the number of People on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work in Great Britain are published on Stat-Xplore. The latest release provides figures up to December 2024 which can be b...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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Personal Independence Payment: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of personal independence payments in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency.
Answer: In January 2025, there were a total of 11,800 people in receipt of Personal Independence Payment in the Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency. This information can be found on Stat-Xplore in the ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’ dataset’.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
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Universal Credit: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of the health element of universal credit in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency.
Answer: Quarterly statistics for the number of People on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work in Great Britain are published on Stat-Xplore. The latest release provides figures up to December 2024 which can be b...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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Social Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the green paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, if she will publish the criteria for membership of the panel to ensure that the views
Answer: As part of wider efforts to put disabled voices at the heart of policy, the Get Britain Working White Paper announced a commitment to establishing a panel to consult disabled people. We are in the process of establishing this panel, which will also consid...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Social Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the green paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, if she will publish the membership of the panel to ensure that the views of (a) disabl
Answer: As part of wider efforts to put disabled voices at the heart of policy, the Get Britain Working White Paper announced a commitment to establishing a panel to consult disabled people. We are in the process of establishing this panel, which will also consid...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will launch a consultation on proposals to introduce an additional requirement for people to score at least four points in one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living part of PI
Answer: We have committed to introduce a new requirement that, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Independ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Universal Credit: Public ConsultationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will launch a consultation on proposals to rebalance Universal Credit (a) standard allowance, (b) health element and (c) new payment rates.
Answer: We urgently need reform to stop people from falling into inactivity, restore trust and fairness in the system and promote the interests of disabled people. Therefore, there are some measures announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on the 18 March 20...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Universal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will launch a consultation on proposals to (a) end the Work Capability Assessment and (b) use the single Personal Independence Payment assessment to assess entitlement for the Universal Credit he
Answer: We urgently need reform to stop people from falling into inactivity, restore trust and fairness in the system and protect disabled people. Therefore, there are some measures announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on the 18th March 2025, that we wil...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Personal Independence Payment: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of future (a) applicants and (b) recipients of personal independence payments in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency as a result of the green paper en
Answer: No such estimates have been made. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course with some information published this week alongside the Spring Statement. A further programme of analysis to support developme...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Universal Credit: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of future (a) applicants and (b) recipients for the health element of universal credit in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency as a result of the green
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published alongside the Spring Statement. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will be developed and undertaken in the coming mont...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
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Personal Independence Payments: Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the change in number of recipients of personal independent payments in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency as a result of the green paper entitled Pathways to Wo
Answer: No such estimate has been made.Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course with some information published this week alongside the Spring Statement. A further programme of analysis to support development ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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