Matt Vickers MP: written questions
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Pensioners: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71383More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a separate personal allowance for pensioners.
Answer: This Government remains committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. The commitment to protect the Triple Lock saw over 12 million pensioners benefit from a 4.1% increase to their basic or new Sta...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71382More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the additional annual revenue received from taxing state pensions from April 2026.
Answer: This Government remains committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. The commitment to protect the Triple Lock saw over 12 million pensioners benefit from a 4.1% increase to their basic or new Sta...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPensioners: IncomeTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71381More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the withdrawal of winter fuel payments, (b) frozen tax thresholds and (c) state pension taxation on pensioner households.
Answer: This Government remains committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. The commitment to protect the Triple Lock saw over 12 million pensioners benefit from a 4.1% increase to their basic or new Sta...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPensioners: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71380More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners brought into paying income tax in the next financial year as a result of the state pension exceeding the personal allowance.
Answer: This Government remains committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. The commitment to protect the Triple Lock saw over 12 million pensioners benefit from a 4.1% increase to their basic or new Sta...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71379More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on exempting the state pension from income tax.
Answer: This Government remains committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. The commitment to protect the Triple Lock saw over 12 million pensioners benefit from a 4.1% increase to their basic or new Sta...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPensioners: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71378More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing the personal allowance on pensioners whose sole income is the state pension.
Answer: This Government remains committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. The commitment to protect the Triple Lock saw over 12 million pensioners benefit from a 4.1% increase to their basic or new Sta...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of police forces without a named officer assigned to each ward.
Answer: The Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee set out commitments for police forces to implement by July 2025. These foundation commitments have now been achieved. The public can now expect forces to be delivering on the guarantee across England and Wales to ensur...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Lone ParentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to help single parents in Teesside access (a) training and (b) employment.
Answer: The Government is committed to reducing child poverty. Evidence suggests that if parents work, including second earners and lone parents, this substantially reduces the risk of child poverty; and that growing up in poverty is a strong predictor of childre...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on integrating (a) employment and (b) health services for people out of work long-term.
Answer: Good work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Disabled people and people with health conditions are a diverse group so access to the right work and health...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: North EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in the welfare system in the North East.
Answer: Estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial year 2024-25 can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2024 to 2025 estimates - GOV.UKWe do not provide sub-national estimates of fraud and err...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPart-time Employment: CarersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support carers who are in part-time work.
Answer: The Government keeps all aspects of Carer’s Allowance under review to see if it is meeting its objectives. It is not means-tested but is subject to a weekly earnings limit. This was increased by a record amount in April 2025, which will benefit at least 6...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRestart SchemeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Restart Scheme in regions with persistently high unemployment.
Answer: The Department is currently undertaking a quantitative impact evaluation of the Restart Scheme. This evaluation will assess the overall effectiveness of the scheme nationally, including areas of high unemployment, but will not necessarily be able to draw ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to employers in Stockton West constituency to increase disability confidence in recruitment.
Answer: Nationally, in our Get Britain Working White Paper, published November 2024, we committed support for employers to recruit, retain, and develop staff. As part of that, the Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions and Business and Trade have asked Sir Ch...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve take-up of Pension Credit in areas where rates of claim are low.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all pensioners receive the support to which they are entitled. That is why since autumn 2024 we have been running the biggest ever Pension Credit take-up campaign. The latest Pension Credit applications and awa...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on tackling in-work poverty.
Answer: We know that working full-time substantially reduces the risk of being in poverty. Working age adults living in households where no adults are in work were around 6 times more likely to be in relative poverty after housing costs than working age adults in...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: North EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of benefit claimants in the North East have been subject to sanctions in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department regularly publishes monthly Universal Credit sanction rate statistics for Great Britain as part of the benefit sanction statistics. The latest statistics to May 2025 are available in table 2.1 of the latest benefit sanction statistics table...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: Rural AreasDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, What steps she is taking to improve access to face-to-face Jobcentre services in rural areas.
Answer: The majority of our current service provided by Jobcentres is through face-to-face appointments through a network of more than 630 jobcentres, spread across England, Scotland and Wales. As part of the new Jobs and Careers Service, we are testing changes t...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: FamiliesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Universal Credit in supporting working families.
Answer: As promised in our election manifesto, we are currently reviewing Universal Credit, including its support for working families, to ensure it makes work pay and tackles poverty. Universal Credit is designed so that people who can, are able to secure and pr...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Chronic Illnesses and DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to help people with long-term health conditions return to work in high-deprivation areas.
Answer: Good work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Backed by £240 million investment, the Get Britain Working White Paper launched last November will drive for...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Stockton on TeesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the length of Personal Independence Payment processing times in Stockton-on-Tees.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through PIP in a timely manner and always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all available evidence For PIP new claims the curr...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of young people classed as NEET in Teesside.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Stockton West to the answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69622.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOlder Workers: North EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of employment support services for over-50s in the North East.
Answer: DWP currently offers employment support for eligible customers of all ages, through the network of Jobcentres across the UK, and through contracted employment programmes. We provide tailored support for those older jobseekers affected by low confidence, m...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: North EastDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure major infrastructure projects in the North East are delivered on time and on budget.
Answer: This government is investing significantly in the North East to improve transport connectivity and grow the economy. Following the recent Spending Review, we announced funding for Nexus to develop an upgrade to the signalling system on the Tyne and Wear M...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: HydrogenDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support hydrogen-powered transport solutions in the Tees Valley.
Answer: The Department for Transport (DfT) considers that hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives could play an important role in decarbonising the transport sector, particularly in heavier transport such as aviation and maritime. We are supporting research, developmen...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Scooters: Hire ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the level of effectiveness of e-scooter trials in reducing urban congestion.
Answer: E-scooters can offer an alternative means of transport to those who would usually drive a car, which could have a positive impact on reducing congestion. Many of the benefits of e-scooters depend on mode shift. The first national evaluation of the e-scoot...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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