Laurence Turner MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Access to Work Programme: Self-employedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for (a) self-employed and (b) freelancer applications to Access to Work.
Answer: We do not hold separate average processing time data for (a) self-employed and (b) freelancer applications to Access to Work. These types of applications are included within the overall Access to Work processing time. The current average processing time f...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) working-age, (b) 18-24 year olds and (c) all Personal Independence Payment recipients that are in work scored less than four points in all daily living activities by
Answer: The information requested is provided in the excel workbook attached. A content of the tables provided in the attached workbook is below: 1aiVolume and Proportion of Working Aged Personal Independence Payment Claimants by Employment Status and Local Autho...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) working-age, (b) 18 to 24 year old and (c) all Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work by (i) local authority, (ii) parliamentary constituency and (iii)
Answer: The information requested is provided in the excel workbook attached. A content of the tables provided in the attached workbook is below: 1aiVolume and Proportion of Working Aged Personal Independence Payment Claimants by Employment Status and Local Autho...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is able to produce statistics on PIP recipients broken down by (a) Output Areas and (b) lower layer Super Output Areas.
Answer: Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants by different geographic breakdowns can be found on Stat Xplore. You can use the ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’ dataset and the ‘Geography’ filter to narrow down to the breakdowns you req...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: West MidlandsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham local authority area and (c) the West Midlands.
Answer: For the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work by different geographic breakdowns, please see table 1 below. Table 1: the percentage of PIP claimants who are in work by different geographic breakdownsGeographyPercentag...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 45320 on Employment: Disability, how many complaints have been made against employers in each year for which figures are available.
Answer: The number of complaints received by the Disability Confident scheme made against employer members are as follows: 2020 – 35 (part year from June to December)2021 – 652022 – 502023 – 542024 – 962025 – 21 (part year from January to March)
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers have had Disability Confident status rescinded in each of the last five years.
Answer: To date the Department has not suspended any employer from the scheme. We have worked with several employers who have been the subject of a complaint to improve their compliance with the scheme criteria.There is a Disability Confident complaints process i...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: BidfoodDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: DWP has no contracts listed with (a) BFS Group Limited or (b) any of its known subsidiary companies. Similarly, we have identified no contracts listed between DWP Arm’s Length Bodies with (a) BFS Group Limited or (b) any of its known subsidiary companies.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordKeep Britain Working ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 86 on page 31 of her Department's White Paper entitled Get Britain Working, published on 26 November 2024, whether the remit of the independent review into the role of UK emp
Answer: The scope of the review is set out in the Keep Britain Working Terms of Reference which will be published on Gov.Uk on 24 January 2025. The review will consider evidence from a variety of sources and it will be for the review lead, Sir Charlie Mayfield, t...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19420 on Unemployment: Young People, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ongoing data quality problems with the ONS Labour
Answer: The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) are responsible for the LFS, which is an important source of labour market information for the Department. In order to monitor the department's progress towards an 80% employment rate we need a robust L...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Birmingham NorthfieldDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Birmingham Northfield constituency have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded Pension Credit since 29 July 2024.
Answer: Data on how many Pension Credit applications we received by the Department between 1 April 2024 and 22 September 2024 was recently published on gov.uk. This data is published at National level. It is not currently possible to provide application data at a...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 3558 on Access to Work Programme, whether applicants who have been assigned a Case Manager can correspond with that Case Manager in writing.
Answer: Applicants can correspond with their allocated Access to Work case manager in writing via email once it has been established that communication by email is required as a reasonable adjustment due to the applicant’s disability or health condition.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Access to Work applicants can contact that service in writing
Answer: Individuals can apply for Access to Work assistance either online via Gov.UK or by telephone on 0800 121 7479. Once the application is assigned to a Case Manager, the customer is provided with the direct contact details of their personal case manager for ...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
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