Kirsty Blackman MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) number and (b) proportion of Universal Credit claimants have income levels above the income tax personal allowance.
Answer: The requested information is provided below. a) In November 2025, 1.9 million people on UC had net earnings above £1047.50 (which is the £12,570 annual personal allowance divided by 12). This includes earnings from employment and self-employment. b) This ...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of legally-binding child poverty reduction targets on cross-departmental coordination and prioritisation of resources.
Answer: Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament and sets out our ambition to fundamentally fix the structural drivers of child poverty as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change. From the beginning of...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure ministerial accountability to Parliament for progress on child poverty reduction.
Answer: We want to see an enduring reduction in child poverty over this parliament as part of long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change.The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, published alongside the Strategy, sets out how we will track progress and evaluat...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to set child poverty and deep poverty reduction targets at the start of each Parliament.
Answer: Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament and sets out our ambition to fundamentally fix the structural drivers of child poverty as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change. From the beginning of...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department intends to use to evaluate progress towards the Child Poverty Strategy’s headline metrics.
Answer: We want to see an enduring reduction in child poverty over this parliament as part of long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change.The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, published alongside the Strategy, sets out how we will track progress and evaluat...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory targets for reducing child poverty and deep poverty through the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament and sets out our ambition to fundamentally fix the structural drivers of child poverty as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change. From the beginning of...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answer of 20 November to Question 91350, whether his predecessor was provided with DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”.
Answer: Ministers were informed of the relevance of report no. 447 and then provided with the full report in November 2025. We have decided to retake the decision as this report (no. 447) was not considered at the time of the original decision and was not shared ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 20 November to Question 91351, when he was first provided with DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”.
Answer: Ministers were informed of the relevance of report no. 447 and then provided with the full report in November 2025. We have decided to retake the decision as this report (no. 447) was not considered at the time of the original decision and was not shared ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 91352, whether he can cite, excepting DWP research report no.434 "Attitudes to pensions: the 2006 survey", which other "research from 2006",
Answer: In her Oral Statement of 17 December 2024, the research from 2006 referenced by the former Secretary of State was the "Attitudes to pensions: the 2006 survey" Research Report no. 434. Research Report no.434 was published in 2007 but includes ana...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his predecessor's Oral Statement of 17 December 2024 on Women's State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report, Official Report, Vol. 759, column 168, what the research from 2006 was tha
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he first was first provided with the Department for Work and Pensions Research report No. 434, entitled Attitudes to Pensions: the 2006 Survey, published in 2007.
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his predecessor was first provided with the Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No. 434, entitled "Attitudes to Pensions: the 2006 Survey", published in 2007.
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 14 August 2025 from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, reference ZA35390, CMS Reference: 121024945817 and 73911701.
Answer: The Department aims to respond to all ministerial correspondences within 20 working days, but there may be instances where there is additional information needed that may cause delays. The correspondence in question was sent to DWP Ministerial Corresponde...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on levels of child poverty.
Answer: The Department has published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled, which includes changes to Universal Credit. This estimates that the...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
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