Melanie Ward MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Department for Work and Pensions: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure staff receive training on the Scottish benefits system.
Answer: DWP learning reflects the services provided by Social Security Scotland with references and signposting to operational instructions.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
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Statutory Sick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) review and (b) consult on the rate of statutory sick pay in the Spring 2025 Spending Review.
Answer: Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is paid entirely by employers and so the rate is not subject to departmental spending decisions that will be made at the Spring 2025 Spending Review. The rate of SSP is reviewed as part of the annual uprating process. Subject to P...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament record
Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay: ScotlandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women claimed statutory (a) maternity pay and (b) maternity allowance in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer: Statutory Maternity Pay is delivered through HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), rather than the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Figures provided by HMRC on the number of new claims for Statutory Maternity Pay in Scotland in each financial year from 20...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament record
Maternity Pay: ScotlandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on maternity pay in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer: Outturn for Maternity Pay consists of both Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance, and is published by country in the Expenditure by country and region tables, last updated following Autumn Statement 2023. Outturn for Scotland in the last five ye...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament record
Child Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will undertake a review of the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: A consultation on proposed reforms to the CMS was published by the previous Government on 8 May 2024. The consultation includes exploration of removing Direct Pay and managing all CMS cases in one service to allow the CMS to tackle non-compliance faster. ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record
Disposable Income: Cowdenbeath and KirkcaldyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average disposable income was in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions produces household income statistics on both a before housing costs and after housing costs basis, published in its Households Below Average Income publication. However, these are not available at constituency level: H...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament record
Poverty: Cowdenbeath and KirkcaldyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Statistics for the total number of people living in relative and absolute poverty are not available at a constituency level. Statistics on the total number of people in living in relative and absolute poverty both before and after housing costs at regiona...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament record

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Cabinet Office	1
Department for Business and Trade	2
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	4
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	4
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	2
Department for Transport	3
Department for Work and Pensions	7
Department of Health and Social Care	8
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	9
Home Office	6
Ministry of Defence	2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	6
Ministry of Justice	2
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission	1
Treasury	2

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