John Milne MP: written questions
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Rural England Prosperity FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he made an assessment of the adequacy of the Rural England Prosperity Fund before reducing the level of funding to be provided through that scheme in the 2025-26 financial year
Answer: The Department announced on 4th March that it would be providing an additional £33 million for the Rural England Prosperity Fund in financial year 2025-26. This announcement continues funding beyond the lifetime of the original scheme providing new money ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRural England Prosperity FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what evidential basis he determined the level of funding through the Rural England Prosperity Fund in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Defra announced on 4 March that it would be providing an additional £33 million for the Rural England Prosperity Fund in financial year 2025-26. This announcement continues funding beyond the lifetime of the original scheme providing new money for new pro...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Disability and Mental HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people claiming (a) disability and (b) incapacity benefits with a mental health condition are eligible for those benefits due solely to a mental health condition.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: RegulationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to introduce regulations amending section 37 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 for contracted out defined benefit schemes.
Answer: We have heard from pension schemes and industry representatives about the impacts arising from this judgment for pension schemes, their members, and sponsoring employers. Potential impacts are likely to be different for individual schemes. Where schemes d...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the judgement in Virgin Media Ltd v NTL Pension Trustees II Ltd, [2023] EWHC 1441 (Ch) on (a) occupational workplace pension schemes and (b) emplo
Answer: We have heard from pension schemes and industry representatives about the impacts arising from this judgment for pension schemes, their members, and sponsoring employers. Potential impacts are likely to be different for individual schemes. Where schemes d...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Cost of LivingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of putting in place an independent process to set benefit levels in line with the cost of essentials.
Answer: No assessment has been made. The Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review benefit and State Pension rates each year to see if they have retained their value in relation to the general level of...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Cost of LivingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the level Universal Credit Standard Allowance should sit at per week in order to enable households to afford the essentials.
Answer: No assessment has been made at this point. The Government recognises the critical role Universal Credit has to play in tackling poverty and making work pay and has already taken steps to help those in need.Benefit rates are reviewed each year, increasing ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the upcoming review into Universal Credit will be required to regularly report to Parliament on its progress.
Answer: The Government is fulfilling its manifesto commitment to review Universal Credit in a range of ways. The Universal Credit review process is working alongside the child poverty taskforce and others to consider how the full range of Universal Credit policy ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to launch the review of Universal Credit; and when the review will conclude.
Answer: The review has already begun with the announcement of the Fair Repayment Rate in the Budget, giving 1.2m households an average of £420 per year. We are continuing to review the benefit to ensure it makes work pay and reduces poverty.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the upcoming review into Universal Credit will consult directly with groups of people who have lived experience of receiving Universal Credit.
Answer: The Department has been regularly engaging with stakeholders since the election and is committed to continuing to do so, on Universal Credit and other issues. We recognise the important role of people with a lived experience of receiving Universal Credit ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to lay out the terms of reference for the Government’s review into Universal Credit.
Answer: There are no terms of reference for the review process and we expect the review to take place throughout 2025. The Government is fulfilling its manifesto commitment to review Universal Credit in a range of ways. We have already announced dedicated strands...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust Fund: Mental CapacityMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to resolve the issue where Child Trust Funds are inaccessible to disabled children who have been assessed as lacking the mental capacity to manage their own finances.
Answer: Where a young adult lacks mental capacity, including due to a disability, the law requires parents or a guardian to have legal authority to make decisions on their behalf about financial assets or property. This includes in relation to accessing funds hel...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of applicants that started a Pension Credit online application did not complete it or submit the form in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answer: The total number of Pension Credit online applications started is unavailable because only data from users who opt-in to performance cookies on GOV.UK is collected.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to allow release of Child Trust Funds to family members where those funds are inaccessible to disabled children unable to manage their finances.
Answer: Where a young adult lacks mental capacity, including due to a disability, the law requires parents or a guardian to have legal authority to make decisions on their behalf about financial assets or property. This includes in relation to accessing funds hel...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: MaladministrationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of employees working on benefit (a) underpayments and (b) overpayments.
Answer: His Majesty’s Treasury allocated DWP £110m to deliver on the fraud, error and debt Autumn Budget measures over the next financial year. As part of this, the Department is hiring an additional 3,000 staff to expand DWP’s Fraud, Error and Debt (FED) operati...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will meet with Dr Susan Michaelis to discuss funding of research into invasive lobular breast cancer.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Office for Life Sciences Officials have met with Dr Michaelis to discuss lobular breast cancer. The Government does not ringfence funding for specific cancer types. DSIT invests approximatel...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostatDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will urge CEOs of relevant Trusts to provide (a) financial and (b) personnel support so that administration of givinostat can begin in weeks.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS independently, based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. T...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParadise Golf and Beach ResortForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the potential merits of a compensation scheme for UK citizens that lost their investments in the Paradi
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office remains committed to helping all British investors affected by the failure of the Paradise Golf & Beach Resort (PGBR) development and will continue in its efforts to work with the Moroccan authorities t...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the level of dependence on emergency food parcels.
Answer: We are committed to tackling poverty and reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. On 30 July, the Secretary of State held a food poverty roundtable with key food poverty stakeholders to understand the key priorities in this area. We know that g...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Cost of LivingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating an independent process to set benefit levels according to the cost of essentials.
Answer: No assessment has been made. The Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review benefit and State Pension rates each year to see if they have retained their value in relation to the general level of...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Pension freedoms and DWP benefits, published on 27 March 2015, what assessment she has made of the impact of that policy on defined contribution pens
Answer: The Government is committed to enabling savers to achieve security in retirement. We’ve announced as part of the King’s Speech that the Pensions Bill will include measures to give savers the benefit of guided retirement products, with a retirement income;...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAdvisory Services: Older WorkersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish research on the (a) Midlife MOT initiative and (b) digital Midlife MOT website.
Answer: The Midlife MOT initiative consists of three key work strands: the Job Centre Plus (JCP) Midlife MOT, the Private Sector Midlife MOT and the Digital Midlife MOT. The Private Sector Midlife MOT pilot programmes concluded at the end of June 2024. Findings f...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of defined contribution pensions were accessed after a Pension Wise guidance appointment in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information is not available. There are two sources which provide relevant data in relation to the request. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) publish the number accessing a pension pot in the contract-based market (from 2015/16 to 2023/24) and whe...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to fund research into lobular breast cancer.
Answer: The Government doesn’t ringfence funding for specific diseases but is committed to funding cancer research, including lobular breast cancer. The Department of Health and Social Care spent £121.8 million in 2022/23 on cancer research through the National I...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMuscular Dystrophy: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the early access programme for people with Duchennes is made available across all NHS trusts.
Answer: Access to the Early Access Programme (EAP) for givinostat must be through one of the 23 NorthStar Centres in the United Kingdom. However, participation in the EAP is decided at an individual National Health Service trust level, and a North Star Centre wil...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
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