Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Temporary Accommodation: ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of Temporary Housing Subsidy rates on local authority budgets.
Answer: DWP pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases but this is subject to limits to incentivise local authorities to find settled accommodation for residents and to ensure good value for money for the taxpayer. Local au...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament record
State Retirement Pensions and Winter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who will be in receipt of the Winter Fuel Payment by constituency from 1 April 2025; and what the total value of the (a) Winter Fuel Payment and (b)
Answer: We cannot estimate the number of people who will be in receipt of the Winter Fuel Payment by constituency from 1 April 2025. The Secretary of State will undertake her annual statutory review of benefits and State Pensions for the next financial year ahead...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record
State Retirement Pensions: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total uprated value of the State Pension will be from 1 April 2025, by constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to the Triple Lock, which means that in April 2025, the basic and new State pension will increase by the higher of the growth in average earnings, price increases or 2.5%. The relevant percentage increase applied to the State P...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record

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Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	1
Department for Business and Trade	5
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	3
Department for Education	11
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	10
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	32
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	1
Department for Transport	11
Department for Work and Pensions	3
Department of Health and Social Care	10
Home Office	21
Ministry of Defence	1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	8
Ministry of Justice	69
Treasury	3

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