Helen Whately MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Personal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in the (a) Birkenhead Central, Wirral, (b) Rhyl North, Denbighshire, (c) Little Layton & Little Carleton, Blackpool, (d) Seacombe,
Answer: We will be publishing data to answer this question in due course.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, (b) Cardiff Capital Region, (c) Swansea Bay City Region, and (d) the North of Tyne Co
Answer: We will be publishing data to answer this question in due course.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) the West of England Combined Authority, (b) the Sheffield City Region, (c) the Tees Valley Combined Authority, and (d) Cambr
Answer: We will be publishing data to answer this question in due course.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new cars were registered in (a) Blackpool South, (b) Birkenhead, (c) Bootle, (d) Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, (e) Rhondda and Ogmore, (f) Hartlepool and (g) Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough consti
Answer: We do not readily hold new vehicle registration figures at the requested geographic level. Information on licensed vehicles broken down by Upper and lower tier local authorities and lower super output areas (LSOA) are available at:https://www.gov.uk/gover...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new cars were registered in (a) Liverpool Walton, (b) Easington, (c) Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, (d) Aberafan Maesteg and (e) Knowsley constituencies in each of the last five years.
Answer: We do not readily hold new vehicle registration figures at the requested geographic level. Information on licensed vehicles broken down by Upper and lower tier local authorities and lower super output areas (LSOA) are available at:https://www.gov.uk/gover...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) Blackpool South, (b) Birkenhead, (c) Bootle, (d) Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, (e) Rhondda and Ogmore, (f) Hartlepool and (g)
Answer: We will be publishing data to answer this question in due course.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) Liverpool Walton, (b) Easington, (c) Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, (d) Aberafan Maesteg and (e) Knowsley constituencies in each
Answer: We will be publishing data to answer this question in due course.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) the North East, (b) the North West, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the W
Answer: We will be publishing data to answer this question in due course.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many GP surgeries will have employment advisors; and what his planned timetable is for rollout.
Answer: With 2.8 million people out of work due to health conditions, Connect to Work is part of the Government’s plan to get Britain working again. Connect to Work is designed to give local areas considerable flexibility in determining how they deliver it, inclu...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) work coaches and (b) vacancies there were at Jobcentres in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConnect to WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people Connect to Work is expected to support into work and (b) expected cost of the scheme per person successfully employed at the end of the programme.
Answer: The £1 billion Connect to Work programme covers all of England and Wales and will support around 300,000 people over its lifetime.The guidance for the programme published on Gov.uk in November 2024, makes clear the expectation that all local areas will ai...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentresDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on preparing Jobcentres for the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: Our Get Britain Working strategy is driving forward reforms and helping create a more inclusive labour market that supports economic growth and opportunity for individuals. The Employment Rights Bill is key to this agenda as it aims to deliver greater sec...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what engagement he has had with (a) the BMA and (b) GP surgeries on embedding employment advisers in GP surgeries.
Answer: With 2.8 million people out of work due to health conditions, Connect to Work is part of the Government’s plan to get Britain working again. Connect to Work is designed to give local areas considerable flexibility in determining how they deliver it, inclu...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of employment advisers that will be employed to work in community healthcare settings.
Answer: With 2.8 million people out of work due to health conditions, Connect to Work is part of the Government’s plan to get Britain working again. Connect to Work is designed to give local areas considerable flexibility in determining how they deliver it, inclu...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has a target for the number of work coaches employed by his Department.
Answer: The Department continually impacts and assesses the service being offered to customers. Staff numbers, including the number of Work Coaches, and demand for Jobcentre services are reviewed on an ongoing basis, in line with the latest economic and benefit f...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment (a) assessments and (b) reassessments were carried out (i) face-to-face, (ii) remotely and (iii) on paper in each month since July 2024.
Answer: In the recent Autumn Budget, the government reenforced a commitment it made in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, to increase face-to-face assessments for disability benefits. All assessment suppliers have contractual requirements to raise the proportion o...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme and primary disabling conditions recorded as agoraphobia in each of the last five years by region.
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme and primary disabling conditions recorded as generalised anxiety disorder in each of the last five years by region.
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme and primary disabling conditions recorded as an anxiety disorder where the type was not known in each of the last five years by reg
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme and primary disabling conditions recorded as bipolar affective disorder in each of the last five years by region.
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme and primary disabling conditions recorded as post-traumatic stress disorder in each of the last five years by region.
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme and primary disabling conditions recorded as depressive disorder in each of the last five years by region.
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme and primary disabling conditions recorded as ADHD in each of the last five years by region.
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme and primary disabling conditions recorded as mixed anxiety and depressive disorder in each of the last five years by region.
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) Wales and (b) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department is unable to provide data related to Northern Ireland, as Personal Independence Payment is administered by the Department for Communities in the Northern Ireland Executive. The figures for Wales are provided in the table below. Table 1: Vol...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
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