Danny Kruger MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Personal 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
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Employment: 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
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Employment: 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
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Sports 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
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Work 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
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Universal 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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Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what passport benefits of what average value a Pension Credit claimant may be eligible to receive.
Answer: Pension Credit claimants can receive passported benefits such as:- Winter Fuel Payment;- Housing Benefit for those who rent the property they live in;- support for Mortgage Interest for those who own the property they live in;- a Council Tax discount for ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to the public purse is of (a) a Pension Credit claimant, (b) their council tax discounts and (c) other passport benefits.
Answer: Data on Pension Credit award amounts is routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. At May 2024, the average weekly Pension Credit award amount was £82.66. This figure does not include other operational and administrative costs, s...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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Medical Certificates: Public ConsultationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish data collected from the fit note trailblazers.
Answer: In 2024, the previous government announced fit note trailblazers to be included in some of the 15 WorkWell pilot areas across Integrated Care Boards in England. Due to the timings of the General Election the trailblazers were not launched. The learning fr...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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