Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Social Security Benefits: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual cost of paying legacy benefits such as working tax credits and earlier iterations of Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
Answer: Precursors to Universal Credit (UC) such as Working Tax Credits (WTC) have now migrated to UC, therefore legacy payments are no longer applicable. As a result, all associated costs are captured within UC payments. For other working age benefits where clai...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Universal Credit while in paid employment are employed (a) in the retail sector and (b) by supermarkets.
Answer: The Getting Britain Working: Labour Market Insights Publication contains an estimate of the proportion of people on Universal Credit who work in Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles sector, which can be found at https://www...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual cost of paying Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
Answer: The department publishes figures for expenditure on Universal Credit (UC) Expenditure here: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables - GOV.UK Universal Credit entitlement is calculated on a household basis. The requested breakdown of UC expenditure to peop...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was that staff had been employed in the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The information requested for the average length of time in service is not held at Child Maintenance Service level. It is only available at Department for Work and Pension level.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: Sick LeaveDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff working days have been lost to sick leave in the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The information is not available for the whole period requested. The data is only available from October 2023. This is due to changes in departmental reporting hierarchies.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new applications have been made to the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the latest statistics are currently available to June 2025. Table 1 of the latest National tables includes the information on the total applications received by CMS ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service cases were reviewed by the Independent Case Examiner in each of the last ten years.
Answer: There are several ways in which complaints escalated to the Independent Case Examiner (ICE) can be concluded – resolution, settlement or investigation. This table shows the total volumes of Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases ICE concluded in each of th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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