Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) eligibility criteria on (a) disabled people and (b) people with (i) autism spec
Answer: No assessment has been made. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’. Impacts of the proposed changes depend on many facto...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
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Personal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) mental health and (b) financial impact of losing entitlement to Personal Independence Payment due to the 20-metre walking rule on claim
Answer: For those with physical restrictions, the enhanced rate of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) mobility component is for those "unable" or "virtually unable" to walk. The 20 metre distance distinguishes between those whose mobility...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of mediation and conflict resolution in CMS cases where parents are disputing care arrangements or financial responsibility.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. R...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time is for CMS dispute appeals where a non-resident parent challenges the assessment on the basis of (a) false information and (b) undeclared shared care.
Answer: Information specifically in relation to false information or undeclared share care is not available. Child Maintenance Service appeals, together with Jobseekers Allowance, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Relief and Employment and Support Allowance (with no m...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data the Government holds on gender disparities in Child Maintenance Service cases; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the system treats both mothers and fathers equally and without bias.
Answer: In the quarter ending December 2024, of the 680,000 Paying Parents 93% were male.The Child Maintenance Service aims to provide a high-quality service to all of its parents. The CMS treats parents equally as individuals based on their roles within the sche...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to prevent misuse of the Child Maintenance Service by resident parents making unfounded or exaggerated claims in order to maximise payments from the non-resident parent.
Answer: Child Maintenance Service (CMS) decisions are made by caseworkers who consider all the evidence and apply the law, including any relevant case law, to the facts of each case.Where the legislation specifies or implies that a caseworker make a discretionary...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service payments on the (a) mental health and (b) financial stability of (i) all non-resident parents and (ii) non-resident pa
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. R...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to ensure that calculations reflect (a) shared parenting arrangements and (b) shared parenting arrangements in which a non-resident parent cares for th
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. R...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service enforcement procedures on (a) the mental health of and (b) suicide rates for non-resident (i) parents and (ii) parents
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring that it delivers a safe service that is sensitive to the needs of all the parents that use it. We recognise that some parents may face difficult circumstances, particularly at a time of separati...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
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Government Departments: FamiliesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 4705 on Government Departments: Families, if she will place a copy of that guidance in the House of Commons Library.
Answer: The Family Test Guidance was published in the House of Commons Library on 01 April 2019 and is also available on gov.uk, and can be accessed at the links below: House of Commons Library:https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7714/ Gov...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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State Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral statement of 17 December 2024, Official Report, Column 167, on Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report, if she will publish the internal Equality Impact Assessmen
Answer: The Equality Analysis requested was published as part of the Government response to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into Women’s State Pension age communications and associated issues, which is available at the following link: G...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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Department for Work and Pensions: Official CarsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7029 on Department for Work and Pensions: Official Cars, whether the vehicle is an electric car.
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued. The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
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Department for Work and Pensions: Official CarsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7030 on Department for Work and Pensions: Official Cars, if she will name which specific senior officials have access to a Government car; and wheth
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued. The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
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Department for Work and PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) her officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024
Answer: Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
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Department for Work and Pensions: Official CarsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the servi
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles. The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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Department for Work and Pensions: Official CarsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have (i) been allocated a dedicated vehicle an
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations. The Departmen...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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Attorney General	5
Cabinet Office	210
Department for Business and Trade	22
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	13
Department for Education	6
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	12
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	43
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	13
Department for Transport	17
Department for Work and Pensions	16
Department of Health and Social Care	23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	9
Home Office	29
Leader of the House	2
Ministry of Defence	19
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	17
Ministry of Justice	5
Northern Ireland Office	6
Scotland Office	3
Treasury	54
Wales Office	4
Women and Equalities	2

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