Kate Osamor MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals OverseasDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there have been any further considerations over the uprating of frozen pensions for UK citizens abroad.
Answer: UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, and are only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for uprating. The policy on u...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
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Universal Credit: Self-employedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to review the treatment of assumed and notional income in Universal Credit calculations for self-employed claimants.
Answer: The Department routinely keeps its policies under review and we are always interested in views from customers and stakeholders. The current review of Universal Credit is looking closely at how the benefit supports self-employed people.
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament record
Poverty: Older PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Independent Age entitled Too Little Too Late, published on 15 May 2025.
Answer: The Government is absolutely committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. From the end of this Parliament, as a result of our commitment to protect the Triple Lock, spending on State Pensions is f...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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Social Security Benefits: Older PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Independent Age entitled Jumping Through Hoops, published on 4 March 2025.
Answer: The Government is absolutely committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. From the end of this Parliament, as a result of our commitment to protect the Triple Lock, spending on State Pensions is f...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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Pension Credit: Edmonton and Winchmore HillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase take up of Pension Credit in Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all pensioners receive the support to which they are entitled. That is why we have been running the biggest ever Pension Credit take-up campaign, promoting Pension Credit to eligible pensioners and their family...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament record
Poverty: MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in households impacted by No Recourse to Public Funds living in poverty.
Answer: No such estimate has been made. In developing a Child Poverty Strategy, the Taskforce is considering all children across the United Kingdom.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
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Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	1
Department for Business and Trade	9
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Education	8
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	2
Department for Transport	7
Department for Work and Pensions	6
Department of Health and Social Care	14
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	23
Home Office	13
Ministry of Defence	1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	3
Ministry of Justice	3
Treasury	5

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