Ben Spencer MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications her Department has received in each of the last 12 months; and how many such applications were processed within the 50 day target.
Answer: Pension Credit operational information is produced weekly. Please find data from 1 January 2024 up to the latest available data at end of week commencing 11 November 2024. This data is part of a longer time series published by the Department on 28 Novembe...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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Pension Credit: Park HomesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the impact of excluding pitch fees from pension credit applications on park home residents.
Answer: No such discussions have taken place. Pitch fees can usually be met through Housing Benefit. In cases where there is a tenancy of over 21 years, then the pitch fees are not eligible for Housing Benefit but instead may be met by the housing cost element in...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals AbroadDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which countries she is negotiating a reciprocal agreement on uprating state pensions.
Answer: My department is not negotiating any reciprocal social security agreements.
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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Pension Credit: Park HomesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of Park Home Residents who are unable to take up Pension Credit due to pitch fees not being treated equivalently to ground rent in the application process.
Answer: An award of Pension Credit can include certain housing costs where the dwelling occupied as the home is not owned by the claimant and if these costs cannot be covered by Housing Benefit. Examples of housing costs covered by Pension Credit include: rents o...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
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Cabinet Office	2
Department for Business and Trade	3
Department for Education	18
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	4
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	31
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	78
Department for Transport	20
Department for Work and Pensions	4
Department of Health and Social Care	29
Leader of the House	2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	3
Ministry of Justice	2
Treasury	2

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