John McDonnell MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Visas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the due diligence carried out for the grant of a sponsor licence to Ethero.
Answer: Provisions have been put in place to make certain that there is no detriment to individuals who were sponsored by Ethero. However, it is not within the remit of the Home Office to support workers in pursuing compensation claims. The Home Office has also e...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all workers already in the UK on the Seasonal Worker visa whose visas were sponsored by Ethero have been placed with a different Scheme Operator.
Answer: Provisions have been put in place to make certain that there is no detriment to individuals who were sponsored by Ethero. However, it is not within the remit of the Home Office to support workers in pursuing compensation claims. The Home Office has also e...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help support people who have incurred costs to seek compensation following the revocation of Ethoro's seasonal worker scheme operator licence.
Answer: Provisions have been put in place to make certain that there is no detriment to individuals who were sponsored by Ethero. However, it is not within the remit of the Home Office to support workers in pursuing compensation claims. The Home Office has also e...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: StaffHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff at the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority work in (a) Scotland and (b) Northern Ireland.
Answer: There are two Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) officers who work in Northern Ireland and one officer who works in Scotland. The GLAA can deploy their officers working in other regions to support the officers in Northern Ireland and Scotland i...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Conditions of EmploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4166More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to align (a) pay, (b) terms and (c) conditions of facilities management employees contracted to his Department by OCS with those of comparable directly-employed staff.
Answer: Pay, T&C of OCS employees is managed by OCS. On all GPA Facilities Management contracts, we have a requirement for the payment of the Real Living Wage and London Living Wage.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWork Capability Assessment: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, If she will collect information on potential links between the fitness for work test and (a) suicides, (b) other deaths and (c) harm.
Answer: DWP does not collect or record the cause of a customer’s death and will not usually be made aware of how a customer died. Cause of death is determined by a doctor or a coroner. There is no requirement for a Coroner to inform the department of the outcome ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential health impacts of means-testing the winter fuel payment.
Answer: This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the governme...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: Winter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of changes to the winter fuel payment on the number of people living in fuel poverty.
Answer: A statistical publication estimating the rate of fuel poverty for those in receipt of Winter Fuel Payment in 2023, and the proportion of households who would be in fuel poverty under new eligibility criteria, will be published in due course.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for Pension Credit took longer than six weeks to process in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department does not routinely capture data aligned to a 6-week clearance rate. However, we do capture data against a 50-day clearance rate and our performance is published in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts DWP annual report and accounts 2023 to 20...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Take-upDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the steps her Department has taken to increase take-up of Pensions Credit since January 2019.
Answer: The latest available take-up estimates Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial yearending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) cover the financial year 2021/2022 and suggest an overall Pension Credit take-up rate of 63%. The next take-up estimates ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish an (a) impact statement and (b) equalities impact assessment of means-testing the winter fuel payment.
Answer: The Regulations entered into force on 16 September, the first day of the Winter Fuel Payment qualifying week. A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this legislation because the effect is on individuals and private households rather than...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDonkeys and Horses: SmugglingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the smuggling of (a) horses, (b) ponies and (c) donkeys.
Answer: Exporting horses and other equines from Great Britain for slaughter is banned under the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024. More broadly, the Government is reviewing options to improve equine identification and traceability.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to continue the nationwide rollout of the Mandatory In-Work Progression offer.
Answer: Getting people into work and helping them to progress at work is central to growing the economy. As part of our growth mission, the Government will produce a Get Britain Working White Paper, to set out the policy framework for delivering on our manifesto ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people’s access to (a) community paediatric services, (b) occupational therapy and (c) speech and language therapy
Answer: Addressing waiting times is a priority for the Government and the National Health Service. NHS planning guidance asked local systems to develop a comprehensive plan to reduce the overall waiting times for community services, including reducing waits over ...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces' Pay Review BodyMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when the independent report entitled Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body: Fifty-Third Report 2024 will be published.
Answer: The Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body’s (AFPRB) Fifty-Third Report 2024 was published on 29 July 2024. To recognise the commitment and service of our Armed Forces personnel, HMG accepted in full the 2024 Pay Award recommendations made by the independent Armed...
Answered 28 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 795More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the civil service pay remit guidance for the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: On 29 July, the Government published the 2024/25 Pay Remit Guidance for the Civil Service on Gov.uk.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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