Helen Whately MP: written questions
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Written questions
Employment Schemes: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled Government bolsters employment support to unlock work for sick and disabled people, published on 6 March 2025, how this policy will relate to the Additional W
Answer: DWP announced on the 6th March that we will deploy 1000 work coaches to help people with health conditions and disabled people towards and into work. This will build and expand on existing measures like additional work coach support that delivers personal...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Work ExperienceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 3.26 of the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, what progress her Department has made on rolling out mandatory work placements for Universal Credit claimants who were unable to fi
Answer: Decisions about the future direction of the work, health and skills agenda will be set out at the multi-year spending review in 2025, building on the ambitions set out in the Get Britain Working white paper.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisqualificationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department’s policy to stop (a) Universal Credit, (b) New Style Jobseeker's Allowance and (c) income-based Jobseeker's Allowance claims of people who refuse to (i) engage with a Jobcen
Answer: Apart from those with exceptions, all customers must accept a Claimant Commitment as a condition of entitlement. The requirements any customer is asked to meet will be clearly set out in their Claimant Commitment, including attending appointments and unde...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Work ExperienceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department’s policy for claimants eligible only for basic Universal Credit who have not found employment after 18 months to undertake mandatory work experience placements.
Answer: Decisions about the future direction of the work, health and skills agenda will be set out at the multi-year spending review in 2025, building on the ambitions set out in the Get Britain Working white paper.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department plans to provide for road improvements at the capital roads project Brenley Corner; and when work will begin on it.
Answer: Proposals to improve Brenley Corner on the A2 are being developed as part of the pipeline of projects to be considered for possible delivery in a future Road Investment Strategy. Funding has been allocated for the development stages of the proposals only....
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31062 on Death Certificates, what the median time taken was to register a death at the most localised level for which data is available.
Answer: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes weekly data showing the median time to register a death by certification type in England and Wales. The latest data, for deaths registered in the week ending 21 February 2025, shows that the median time t...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) local authorities, (b) local police and (c) rural stakeholders on tackling rural crime.
Answer: Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. The Government is joint with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to deliver a new Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy, ensuring our Safer Streets Mission benefits every commun...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour and Crime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) organised crime, (b) theft and (c) antisocial behaviour in rural areas.
Answer: Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. The Government is joint with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to deliver a new Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy, ensuring our Safer Streets Mission benefits every commun...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle rural crime; what progress she made on a rural crime strategy; and when she plans to launch that strategy.
Answer: Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. The Government is joint with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to deliver a new Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy, ensuring our Safer Streets Mission benefits every commun...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of young people claiming Personal Independence Payments for mental health conditions receive enhanced support for (a) daily living and (b) mobility.
Answer: Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found on Stat Xplore. The requested data can be found in the ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’ dataset, by filtering for age using the ‘Age (bands and single year)’ category and ICD Summary Code’ fil...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment (a) claims are and (b) spending is for mental health-related conditions.
Answer: Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found on Stat Xplore. You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access guidance on how to extract the information required. a) In September 2024, 38% of the PIP caseload...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment claims for mental health conditions are required to undergo reassessment.
Answer: Once someone has been awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which can be paid at one of eight rates, that award will be either be reviewed or the claimant will be required to submit a new claim. Award rates and their durations are set on an individ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Personal Independence Payment claims for mental health conditions over the next three years.
Answer: The Department does not forecast benefit claims by health condition, though it is implicitly assumed that the mix of conditions follows recent trends.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged between 18 and 24 were in receipt of Personal Independence Payments for mental health conditions (a) this year and (b) in each of the last five years.
Answer: Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found on Stat Xplore. The requested data can be found in ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’, by filtering for age using the ‘Age (bands and single year)’ filter, and the ‘ICD Summary Code’ filter to s...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual expenditure on Personal Independence Payments for mental health conditions was in the most recent financial year for which data is available.
Answer: Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found on Stat Xplore. You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access guidance on how to extract the information required. An estimate for the annual PIP expenditure in...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 15504 on Agriculture: Subsidies, what issues were discussed with growers.
Answer: We recognise the specific needs of the horticulture sector. Defra ministers and officials meet regularly with a variety of growers (including a number of Producer Organisation members) from across the sector to discuss a wide range of issues. This allows ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Minsters from his Department have had with (i) growers and (ii) fruit growers in the last 12 months; and when did those meetings take place.
Answer: We recognise the specific needs of the horticulture sector. Defra ministers and officials meet regularly with a variety of growers (including a number of Producer Organisation members) from across the sector to discuss a wide range of issues. This allows ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 15461 on Agriculture: Subsidies, when officials from his Department met with growers in the last 12 months; and what type of grow
Answer: We recognise the specific needs of the horticulture sector. Defra ministers and officials meet regularly with a variety of growers (including a number of Producer Organisation members) from across the sector to discuss a wide range of issues. This allows ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the (a) capacity and (b) efficiency of the medical examiner system in the new death certification process.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data indicates the median time taken to register a death appears to have risen by one day, from seven days to eight days. T...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new death certification process does not cause further distress for grieving families.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data indicates the median time taken to register a death appears to have risen by one day, from seven days to eight days. T...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath Certificates: South EastDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce backlogs in the death certification process in the South East.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data indicates the median time taken to register a death appears to have risen by one day, from seven days to eight days. T...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded wait time is for the issuance of death certificates since September 2024.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data indicates the median time taken to register a death appears to have risen by one day, from seven days to eight days. T...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on the use of articificial intelligence.
Answer: DWP is collaborating with other Government Departments to maximise AI’s potential to drive growth and deliver real benefits to people across the UK, as set out in the recent AI Opportunities Action Plan. DWP has a clear vision to safely leverage AI to sup...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: KentDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 2435 on Roads: Kent, what the outcome was of her Department’s capital roads portfolio review.
Answer: In July 2024, the Chancellor announced that the Transport Secretary would be undertaking an internal review of Department for Transport’s capital portfolio, informed by external experts. The review is ongoing and it will help inform the Secretary of State...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordA229: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when work will begin on the capital roads project Blue Bell Hill.
Answer: The A229 Blue Bell Hill Improvements scheme is being promoted and managed by Kent County Council. The Council plans to submit an Outline Business Case to the Department in summer 2026. If this is approved, under current arrangements the Department’s maxim...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
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