Caroline Dinenage MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
State Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government's decision not to implement the recommendations of the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s
Answer: The basis for the Government’s decision has been set out by the Secretary of State, deposited in the House of Commons library and is available here: Government response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's investigation into Women's State P...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to publish a timeline for its proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment.
Answer: The Work Capability Assessment is not working and needs to be reformed or replaced. This needs to come alongside a proper plan to support disabled people into work. We are taking the time to review this in the round before setting out next steps on our ap...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordConnect to Work: ArthritisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Connect to Work scheme will support people living with arthritis to remain in employment.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 12 November 2024 to PQ12617
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 6049 on Pension Credit: Gosport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the survey sample sizes for entitled non-recipi
Answer: The take-up statistics which include the estimated number of entitled non-recipients for Pension Credit, are based on survey data from the Family Resources Survey. The Family Resources Survey is designed to produce robust regional estimates and does not i...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: GosportDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2024 to Question 2857 on Pension Credit: Gosport, if she will make it her policy to collect that data at constituency level.
Answer: Estimates of the number of Pension Credit entitled non-recipients (ENRs) are based on survey data. The survey sample sizes for ENRs are too small to calculate take-up rates in smaller geographical areas. This means that we are unable to collect data at co...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to review the minimum reduction in the level of income that is required to trigger a review of a parent's child maintenance payments.
Answer: When a parent’s income has changed by at least 25%, their calculation can be updated. The 25% income change tolerance was set to offer a stable maintenance liability, to provide greater certainty to both parents, whilst also remaining fair in dealing with...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: GosportDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in Gosport constituency who will lose their winter fuel payment.
Answer: The estimated number of pensioner households in Gosport constituency who will lose Winter Fuel Payments is 13,577. This is based on Feb-24 Pension Credit statistics and 22/23 Winter Fuel Payment statistics, (sources below). The estimation is calculated by...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: GosportDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in Gosport constituency who are (a) eligible for and (b) not in receipt of pension credit.
Answer: Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only available via take-up statistics. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: esti...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
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