Helen Whately MP: written questions 2025
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Insurance Premium TaxTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97808More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much insurance premium tax was collected from each type of insurance product in the latest year for which data is available.
Answer: HMRC publishes annual statistics on IPT receipts and liabilities within the publication titled “Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) Bulletin” which can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/insurance-premium-tax-ipt-bulletin How...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of people who have newly claimed Universal Credit in each of the last five years by (a) health-related reasons for claiming and (b) the searching-for-work co
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 November 2025 to PQ UIN 92813.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2025 to UIN 77348, how many additional assessors have been recruited; and in what locations.
Answer: While this information is not currently published by the department, we will be sharing this data in a future statistical release.
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complex case coaches (a) are currently employed and (b) have been for each month since June 2024.
Answer: There is no specific Work Coach role defined as Complex Case Coach.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 62284, whether his Department holds further information on the primary medical conditions of the PIP claimants with an active contract for the Motabili
Answer: The information requested cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants are in a contract with the Motability Scheme to receive a vehicle by primary medical condition.
Answer: The information requested will be published in due course.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in receipt of the child benefit of UC are exempt from the household benefit cap because they (a) receive limited capability for work and work-related activity, (b) are in a grace perio
Answer: The information requested not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households who flowed off the household benefit cap because of an exempting benefit had the off-flow outcome due to receiving (a) Employment Support Allowance support group, (b) Disability Livi
Answer: The Department publishes Official Statistics on the number of households in Great Britain on Housing Benefit or Universal Credit that have flowed off the benefit cap, including outcome at off-flow, which are published quarterly on Stat-Xplore and are curr...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the households who flowed off the household benefit cap in the quarter to May 2025, how many had the off-flow outcome due to the (a) household’s benefit income being reduced to under the cap levels,
Answer: The Department publishes Official Statistics on the number of households in Great Britain on Housing Benefit or Universal Credit that have flowed off the benefit cap, including outcome at off-flow, which are published quarterly on Stat-Xplore and are curr...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) removing the two-child limit of UC child benefit and (b) adding that benefit to the exemptions for the household benefit cap on the
Answer: Information related to removing the two child limit policy is published in ‘Table 3.2: Costing of the removal of the two-child limit’ (page 66-67) and is available at EFOs - Office for Budget Responsibility.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: UnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has done on the increase in households that off-flowed from the benefits cap as a result of the increase in unemployment over the past 13 months, in the context of the 9-mon
Answer: No such analysis has been undertaken.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average payment per customer for each primary medical condition, as defined in the Access to Work statistics released by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Answer: The requested information across all Access to Work provision can be found in tables AVG03a (nominal terms expenditure) and AVG03a-R (real terms expenditure) in the published official statistics. Tables AVG03b through AVG03d-R provide further average expe...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received the following payment per customer under the Access to Work scheme – a) £0 - £9,999 b) £10,000 - £19,999 c) £20,000 – £29,999 d) £30,000 – £39,999 e) £40,000 - £49,999 f) £50,00
Answer: The table below shows the number of people who received total payment values within each specified band during the 2022/23 to 2024/25 financial years. The figures refer to individuals who received any Access to Work provision. The figures do not sum to th...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals are waiting for their Access to Work application to be processed, and how does this compare to each month since June 2024.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 22 October 2025 to Question UIN 80759. The number of Access to Work applications increased from approximately 5,340 in April 2021 to 42,403 in June 2024. We are committed to reducing waiting times for new ap...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants with dependent children are in the light touch or working conditionality groups.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the number of Universal Credit households with dependent children reporting fewer than (a) 16, (b) 30 and (c) 35 hours of work per week.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Universal Credit claimants with dependent children are in (a) full-time or (b) part-time work.
Answer: The requested information is not available.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for every year since 2017, what proportion of Universal Credit claimants with dependent children are (a) in work and (b) not in work.
Answer: Table 1 provides the proportion of Universal Credit households with children, broken down by in work or not in work. Notes:1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1%.2. Figures are for households receiving Universal Credit in assessment periods ending...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average duration of a Universal Credit claim that was started in a) 2021, b) 2022, c) 2023, d) 2024 and e) 2025.
Answer: The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, monthly statistics for the number of People on Universal Credit in Great Britain are published regularly on Stat-Xplore. This data is...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average duration of a Universal Credit claim for someone who begins a claim at age a) 18, b) 19, c) 20, d) 21, e) 22, f) 23 and g) 24.
Answer: The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, monthly statistics for the number of People on Universal Credit in Great Britain are published regularly on Stat-Xplore. This data is...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, will he provide projections for the number of face-to-face assessments on a national basis for each month of 2026.
Answer: As set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, we plan to increase the number of face-to-face health assessments while maintaining our commitment to providing alternative assessment channels where necessary.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamiliesCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96273More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many families there were in each region in England and Wales with (a) one child, (b) two children, (c) three children, (d) four children, (e) five children, (f) six to eight children, (g) eight to 10 childre
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of the 2nd of December is attached.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the membership of the Timms Review steering group will be published.
Answer: We have launched the Timms Review to ensure Personal Independence Payment is fair and fit for the future. The Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, and other experts.On 30 October, I announced that I will ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Universal Credit starts in each of the last 5 years were (a) new benefit claimants and (b) claimants transitioning from legacy benefits through managed migration.
Answer: This information is not readily available. However, as detailed in the DWP Statistical Work Programme and the Universal Credit statistics release strategy, the Department is developing a method to denote UC claimants given a migration notice from the Move...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: TaxationTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96270More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, wow many employees in the United Kingdom take part in a salary sacrifice scheme in the (a) public and (b) private sectors.
Answer: Salary sacrifice arrangement can cover multiple non-cash benefits, including cars, pensions, bicycles and workplace nurseries. HMRC does not hold administrative data on the number of employers offering and employees using salary sacrifice schemes. However...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
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