Emma Lewell MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Budgeting LoansDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on Budgeting Loans (a) overall and (b) in each category in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The total spent on Budgeting Loan awards in the 2023/24 financial year was £260.6 million. A category breakdown for budgeting loans will be published in due course in the 2023/24 Social Fund annual report. This will include the breakdowns by regions, clai...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount Scheme: PensionersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many pensioners are eligible for the Warm Homes Discount in each region.
Answer: The Warm Home Discount statistics (published at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/warm-home-discount-statistics-2023-to-2024) provide data on the number of rebates received by region (table 2), by the benefits claimed which make recipients eligible...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Weapons: TestingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to (a) review and (b) update the National Radiological Protection Board report published on 4 January 1988.
Answer: The National Radiological Protection Board report that was published in 1988 has been updated a further three times. The publications are available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-weapons-test-participants-study/re...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for its review of the medical records of nuclear veterans.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 17507 on 12 December 2024 to the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes).
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear veterans have (a) applied for and (b) been refused compensation under the War Pension Scheme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 13419 on 19 November 2024 to the hon.Member for the Wrekin (Mark Pritchard).
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAUKUSMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12460 on AUKUS, whether he has received Sir Stephen Lovegrove’s report on AUKUS; and when he plans to publish that report.
Answer: An extension was provided to allow Sir Stephen Lovegrove to gather all the necessary information, and we are now awaiting his final report. An unclassified version of his report will be published in due course.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2024 to Question 21056 on Defence: Artificial Intelligence, whether the Capability Lead, AI Talent and Skills is now in post.
Answer: Yes, I can confirm that there is an incumbent in post as of June 2024. The individual has made some good early progress working collaboratively with Digital Skills for Defence (DS4D), the Defence Academy Shrivenham, and other relevant stakeholders.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to automatically enrol eligible families in the NHS Healthy Start programme.
Answer: The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies and young children under four from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards the cost of, fruit, vegetables, pulses, milk and in...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications her Department received in each region in each of the last three months for which data is available.
Answer: We confirm that we do not hold the information you have requested as our systems do not breakdown Pension Credit applications by region.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants for Pension Credit were (a) initially turned down and (b) successful on appeal in each region in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The information requested on the proportion of Pension Credit claims which are initially turned down but are subsequently overturned at Tribunal is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on appeals in the Fi...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Pension Credit processing time is (a) per month in the latest three-month period for which data is available and (b) in each region.
Answer: Average actual clearance times are shown in the table below from 3 June 2024. Please note, the information is not available monthly. The table below shows the average (in working days) for each week.SourceRS PBi App / PC Claims AACT03/06/244510/06/244417/...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department's review of Universal Credit will include the income threshold used to determine eligibility for (a) free school meals and (b) the NHS Healthy Start scheme.
Answer: Eligibility criteria, including earnings thresholds for passported benefits including Free School Meals and Healthy Start payments are owned by Department of Education and the Department of Health and Social care respectively.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to launch her Department's review of Universal Credit.
Answer: We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to. We will set out the details of this in due course.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many referrals were made by Jobcentre Plus to employment support programmes that are (a) centrally contracted and (b) not centrally contracted by her Department to (i) voluntary and community sector
Answer: The referral statistics for the centrally contacted employment support programmes are available on GOV.UK. Restart Scheme statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Work and Health Programme statistics to May 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Statistics on Intensive Perso...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Support Allowance and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants receiving (a) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element and (b) Employment and Support Allowance are parents of d
Answer: a) For UC, the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) and Disabled Child Entitlement breakdowns are currently temporarily unavailable on Stat-Xplore as part of the Households on Universal Credit dataset. Work is being carried out to resolve ...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on the average time SEND pupils spend in isolation across England.
Answer: The department does not collect data on the average time pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) spend in isolation across England. In July 2022, the department published the updated ‘Behaviour in Schools’ guidance, which is the prim...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: PaymentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average weekly payment to beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme was in June 2024.
Answer: The average weekly payment to beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme in June 2024 was £5.68.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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