Danny Kruger MP: written questions
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Written questions
Armed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been awarded contracts for the (a) provision, (b) maintenance and (c) refurbishment of service family accommodation properties in East Wiltshire constituency; and if he will publish details o
Answer: No contracts have been awarded for the provision of Service Family Accommodation properties in the East Wiltshire constituency as the Ministry of Defence has not purchased any new properties. VIVO Defence Services under the Regional Accommodation Maintena...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service and (b) service family accommodation properties there are in East Wiltshire, by property type.
Answer: There are 313 permanent Single Living Accommodation Blocks across 17 Ministry of Defence Establishments in East Wiltshire. These consist of 10,577 rooms of which 10,465 are single en-suite and 112 are multi-occupancy with shared ablutions. There are 4,753...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes his Department owns in East Wiltshire constituency; and how many of those (a) have Ministry of Defence tenants, (b) have private tenants and (c) are vacant.
Answer: As of 4 July 2025, there are 4,739 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in East Wiltshire that are owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).Of the 4,739 SFA properties: a) 3,717 SFA are occupied by Service families.b) 317 SFA are sublet to private ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: WiltshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect rare bird breeds from avian influenza in the Salisbury Plain Special Protection Area.
Answer: The Government has implemented outbreak structures to control and eradicate avian influenza, which will reduce impacts on wildlife. We have also decided not to issue a general licence for gamebird releases on Special Protection Areas such as Salisbury Pla...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what metrics are used to measure work coach performance in JobCentres.
Answer: We do not measure performance at individual work coach level; performance is measured at jobcentre level. Regular performance discussions are held to review and manage jobcentre performance. DWP currently manages jobcentre performance through a comprehens...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a route for career progression for work coaches.
Answer: The work coach role sits within the Government Operational Delivery profession and is graded at Executive Officer level. Work coaches have the opportunity to progress their careers both within the Operational Delivery (Op Del) profession and within the ci...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long work coaches stay in role after training on average.
Answer: Work Coaches undergo an intensive training period, peer support and a robust quality assurance process conducted by Line Managers throughout their onward delivery.Whilst we hold data on Work Coach leavers per month, we do not hold data on the length of ti...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many minutes the average length of appointment is for a work coach.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full time equivalent work coaches were working in JobCentres in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The table below shows the monthly number of full-time equivalent Work Coaches working in Jobcentres since July 2024: MonthWork Coach Figure (FTE)Jul-2416,780Aug-2416,850Sep-2417,020Oct-2417,240Nov-2417,210Dec-2417,190Jan-2517,240Feb-2517,280Mar-2517,160A...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArchbishops' CouncilChurch CommissionersTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52344More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if she will (a) publish the amounts certified under subsection 2(6) of the National Institutions Measure 1998 for each year since that provision came into force and (b) place cop
Answer: The Church Commissioners will be able to publish the 2024 certificate after the annual general meeting on the 19th June, when the Church Commissioners' annual report will be published and laid in the House of Commons Library. The Commissioners have commit...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full time equivalent work coaches were working in JobCentres in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The table below shows the monthly number of full time equivalent work coaches working in Jobcentres since July 2024: MonthJul-24Aug-24Sep-24Oct-24Nov-24Dec-24Jan-25Feb-25Mar-25FTE16,78016,85017,02017,24017,21017,19017,24017,28017,160 Notes:The number of s...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Social ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of adult social care to local authorities for people in receipt of (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) other working age benefits.
Answer: No estimate has been made.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Social ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment are also in receipt of adult social care support.
Answer: The Department does not centrally record whether PIP claimants are in receipt of adult social care support.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the Personal Independence Payment on social care costs for local authorities.
Answer: The Pathways to Work Green Paper announced our plans to bring forward reforms to the Personal Independent Payment (PIP) eligibility criteria. We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the eligibility changes and we will work close...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of people assigned to each work coach is.
Answer: In March 2025 there were 1,662,380 Universal Credit (UC) customers in the Searching for Work conditionality regime, and at the end of March 25 the number of full time equivalent (FTE) Work Coaches was 17,160. Not all UC claimants have a Work Coach. We hav...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent work coaches work in jobcentres.
Answer: The latest figure for the number of Work Coaches expressed as Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) in the Department is 17,160 as at the end of March 2025. Notes:The number of Work Coaches has been derived from DWP's Activity Based Model (ABM). This model gives an ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, whether her Department plans to provide additional trainin
Answer: All health professionals who carry out PIP assessments receive comprehensive training in disability analysis which includes evaluation as to how medical conditions affect claimants in their day-to-day activities, as well as awareness training in specific ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, what proportion of PIP assessments she expects to be face-
Answer: The Department is committed to assessing people for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as quickly as possible to ensure they receive the support they are entitled to in a timely manner. PIP assessments are currently carried out via a range of channels. A...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, whether people affected by changes to the Universal Credit
Answer: Decisions made by a decision maker on entitlement to benefit generally confer a right of appeal. The outcome of any WCA will lead to a decision about the customer’s capability for work, which would have appeal rights. If the customer disagrees with that ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Terminal IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, whether people with terminal illnesses will be
Answer: Claimants of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) who are nearing the end of their life will be unaffected by the reforms to the PIP assessment criteria. Claims made under the special rules for end of life are automatically awarded the enhanced rate of the...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, if she will make it her policy to publish an evaluation of
Answer: We anticipate that we will assess effectiveness of Pathways to Work measures in the usual way, including through evaluation of their implementation and the impacts that they have on employment, incomes, benefit receipt and other indicators. We will publis...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Chronic Illnesses and DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of he
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, with some information already published alongside the Spring Statement. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Pa...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSports Competitors: Heart DiseasesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of extending eligibility for heart screening to amateur athletes.
Answer: The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount.National Governing Bodies (NGBs) are responsible for the regulation of their sports and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing the Work Capability Assessment.
Answer: The Work Capability Assessment is not working and needs to be reformed or replaced. We are committed to reforming the system of health and disability benefits so that it promotes and enables employment among as many people as possible. The system must als...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to accelerate the rollout of Universal Credit.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Statement of 12 November (Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament)
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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