Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Department for Work and Pensions: Women against State Pension InequalityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have met representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign from (a) Chichester constituency, (b) West Susse
Answer: During this time, the previous Minister for Pensions met with representatives, the first Minister to do so in eight years.
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBees and Butterflies: PesticidesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recent authorisation of acetamiprid, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the use of such pesticides on butterfly and bee populations.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as the regulator for pesticides in Great Britain, has granted an emergency authorisation for a product containing the active substance acetamiprid in line with the requirements set out in relevant legislation. The au...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: DiabetesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is considering additional support for individuals with Type 1 Diabetes through Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: Personal Independent Payment (PIP) is a non-means test benefit intended to help with extra costs arising from long-term health conditions or disabilities. It is not awarded based on a diagnosis, instead, entitlement is determined by the functional impact ...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMeans-tested Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider exempting compensation awarded to veterans for service-related (a) illness and (b) injury from means testing for benefits.
Answer: War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards are already fully ignored when calculating eligibility for Universal Credit (UC).The first £10 of any War Pension payment or AFCS award made due to injury or disablement is disregarded in Pen...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordParliamentary and Health Service OmbudsmanDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government’s response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report of 21 March 2024 on public confidence in the Ombudsman process
Answer: We have taken the PHSO’s report seriously and given the findings the close examination that they deserved. We have set out the detailed reasons for our decision in our new response, on the 29 January, which has been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Petroleum Gas: Rural AreasDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether support is available to rural households and businesses reliant on LPG in addition to the Crisis and Resilience Fund.
Answer: The Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) is available in England to support low-income households reliant on LPG who are facing a crisis and need immediate financial support. It is for local authorities to determine individual need and the most appropriate fo...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Terminal IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether current guidance provides sufficient detail to ensure consistent interpretation of Special Rules for End of Life eligibility criteria across clinical settings.
Answer: The Government undertook a comprehensive review of the Special Rules for End of Life in 2020. Following that review, legislation was amended in 2022 and 2023, with cross party support, to extend eligibility so that people who might have 12 months or less ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government’s decision not to provide compensation following the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on changes to women’s State Pension age, whether his Depart
Answer: The Government has made its decision on this case based on due process and careful consideration of the body of evidence. The detailed reasons for this decision have been placed in the House library.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ChichesterDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners living in the Chichester constituency are currently in receipt of Pension Credit.
Answer: The latest Pension Credit caseload statistics show that as of August 2025, there were 2,134 people in receipt of Pension Credit in Chichester. The latest Pension Credit caseload statistics show that as of August 2025, there were 1,437 female recipients of...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ChichesterDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women living in the Chichester constituency are currently in receipt of Pension Credit.
Answer: The latest Pension Credit caseload statistics show that as of August 2025, there were 2,134 people in receipt of Pension Credit in Chichester. The latest Pension Credit caseload statistics show that as of August 2025, there were 1,437 female recipients of...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ChichesterDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women born in the 1950s living in the Chichester constituency are currently in receipt of Pension Credit.
Answer: The latest Pension Credit caseload statistics show that as of August 2025, there were 2,134 people in receipt of Pension Credit in Chichester. The latest Pension Credit caseload statistics show that as of August 2025, there were 1,437 female recipients of...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse that would have been incurred had compensation been provided to women affected by changes to the State Pension age in the Chichester constitue
Answer: The Government has made its decision on this case based on due process and careful consideration of the body of evidence. We have decided it would not be appropriate to pay compensation and the detailed reasons for this decision have been placed in the Ho...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordApprentices and Vocational Education: QualificationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the minimum (a) English and (b) maths requirements are to complete (i) apprenticeships and (ii) vocational courses; and whether he plans to review those requirements.
Answer: Since February 2025, adults aged 19 and over no longer need to achieve a standalone English and maths qualification on top of their apprenticeship, where their employer agrees that this is not an essential part of their training. Young apprentices who are...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: English Language and MathematicsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the minimum (a) English and (b) maths requirements to complete an apprenticeship; and whether he plans to review these requirements.
Answer: In February, the government introduced flexibilities around the English and maths requirements for apprentices in response to significant feedback from employers and providers. Adults over 19 no longer need to achieve a standalone English and maths qualif...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions RegulatorDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will expand the remit of the Pensions Regulator to include employees whose employers have not made statutory contributions to pensions.
Answer: Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must automatically enrol eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and pay the correct contributions. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is responsible for maximising employer compliance wi...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Self-employedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the Minimum Income Floor for Universal Credit claimants.
Answer: The Minimum Income Floor is designed to encourage self-employed customers to progress in work and grow their earnings to a sustainable level. An individual’s Minimum Income Floor is set and reviewed by their work coach based on the number of hours they ar...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of paying the shortfall when employers are found to have unlawfully failed to contribute to their employee's pensions.
Answer: Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must automatically enrol their eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and pay the correct pension contributions into that scheme. The independent Pensions Regulator (TPR) has a sta...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recognising Artificial Intelligence tools as eligible assistive software under the Access to Work scheme.
Answer: Access to Work has not been substantially changed since its introduction in 1994. There is a strong case for updating the role it plays in making work accessible for disabled people. In the Pathways to Work Green Paper, we consulted on the future of the A...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Disability Living Allowance Tribunal hearings her Department sent a presenting officer to in the last year.
Answer: The information requested on the proportion of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Tribunal hearings the Department sent a presenting officer to is not readily available within the Department. However, we estimate that 47% of DLA Tribunal hearings had a pr...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal for (a) Personal Independence Payment, (b) Disability Living Allowance and (c) Employment and Support Allowance were upheld in favour o
Answer: Information on overturned appeals for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) can be found in Table SSCS_3 of the Tribunal Statistics Quarterly publication here: Tribunals statistic...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEducational Institutions and Employment: BreastfeedingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) paid flexible breastfeeding breaks and (b) suitable facilities to (i) breastfeed, (ii) express and (iii) store mi
Answer: The Government provides advice to employers on requirements and best practice arrangements on breastfeeding. Under health and safety law an employer must provide a suitable area where pregnant workers and breastfeeding mothers can rest, with additional ad...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
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