Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions 2025
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Social Security: Advisory ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand the statutory obligation for local authorities to include welfare advice.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England have a duty to establish and maintain information and advice services relating to care and support for all people in their area.Local authorities must ensure that information and advice services establ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether funding for personalised employment support for individuals with (a) health conditions and (b) disabilities will be made accessible to independent advice agencies to help disabled people into wo
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits who want help to get into or return to work, backed up by £1 billio...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to provide additional support to (a) deaf and (b) disabled people’s organisations.
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 20 March to PQ 37556 A full suite of accessible versions is now available, and the consultation will close on 30 June 2025, to ensure that everyone has sufficient time to engage with and respond to the consu...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with (a) deaf and (b) disabled people’s organisations on the potential impact of proposed disability benefit changes.
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 20 March to PQ 37556 A full suite of accessible versions is now available, and the consultation will close on 30 June 2025, to ensure that everyone has sufficient time to engage with and respond to the consu...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ringfence school meal funding.
Answer: The department spends approximately £1.5 billion annually on free lunches for 2.1 million school age pupils under benefits-based free school meals, over 90,000 disadvantaged students in further education, and around 1.3 million infant pupils under the Uni...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding for (a) free school meals and (b) universal infant free school meals to help source school meals from British produce.
Answer: The department spends approximately £1.5 billion annually on free lunches for 2.1 million school age pupils under benefits-based free school meals, over 90,000 disadvantaged students in further education, and around 1.3 million infant pupils under the Uni...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: CateringDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of the 50% Buying British ambition on school caterers.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have met to discuss a range of issues and projects.The government is committed to increasing the procuremen...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Support Allowance: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Multiple Sclerosis who receive income-based Employment and Support Allowance do not also receive Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: In August 2024 there were 6,480* people in receipt of Income-related ESA whose main condition was multiple sclerosis. 1,490* of those in receipt of Income-related ESA whose main condition was multiple sclerosis were not in receipt of PIP, the remaining 5,...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Multiple Sclerosis who receive Universal Credit do not also receive Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Support Allowance: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Multiple Sclerosis get contributions-based Employment and Support Allowance.
Answer: In August 2024 there were 14,620* people in receipt of contributions-based ESA whose main condition was multiple sclerosis. * Rounded to the nearest ten.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Multiple Sclerosis receive Universal Credit.
Answer: The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis who receive a Personal Independence Payment daily living award do not score more than four points in any of the daily living activities.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: DisadvantagedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper: Pathways to Work, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to (a) health and (b) disability benefits on
Answer: The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain, to ensure people can live well for longer, and spend less time in ill health, regardless of where they are born or their financial circumstances. We are working with the Department for Health and S...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to Work: Impact AssessmentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will undertake a health impact assessment of proposed changes to health and disability benefits in her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Suppor
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, with some information published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get B...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to review cross-Government spending on tackling homelessness, in the context of the Spending Review.
Answer: As part of the current Spending Review, the government will be reviewing all spending across government, including spend on tackling homelessness. The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to Work: HomelessnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the welfare reforms proposed in her Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, last updated 28 March 202
Answer: No assessment has yet been made. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Refor...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool MilkDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools fulfil their legal obligations under school food standards to provide free milk for students with their free school (a) breakfast and (b) meal.
Answer: Under the School Food Standards, schools must ensure milk is available to all pupils who want it during school hours, which includes any time during a school session or a break between sessions. Section 512ZB (3) of the Education Act 1996 sets out the req...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool MilkDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of children who are not receiving their free milk entitlement; and if she will take steps to monitor compliance with school food standards.
Answer: Under the School Food Standards, schools must ensure milk is available to all pupils who want it during school hours, which includes any time during a school session or a break between sessions. Section 512ZB (3) of the Education Act 1996 sets out the req...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Public HousesTreasuryTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43332More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce a permanent reduction in business rates for pubs.
Answer: We intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties, including pubs, with rateable values below £500,000 from 2026-27, and fund this by introducing a higher multiplier on properties with rateable values ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBeer: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43331More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend the freeze on beer duty.
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor cut alcohol duty on qualifying draught products, including mostly draught beer – approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. This represents an overall reduction in duty bills of over £85m a year and is equ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Students: Freedom of ExpressionDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the Office for Students registered theological colleges’ compliance with academic freedom and freedom of speech obligations.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Poole to the answer of 9 April 2025 to Question HL6374.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: TaxationTreasuryTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43258More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how she determines which state benefits are (a) subject to and (b) exempt from tax.
Answer: The tax treatment of social security benefits depends on their purpose. Generally, benefits that replace income are subject to tax, while those intended to support specific needs are exempt.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential financial impact of changing the eligibility to the health element of Universal Credit to people aged 22 on disabled young people aged between 18 and up to
Answer: Information on the impacts of the “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper” will be published in due course, with some information already published alongside the Spring Statement. [https://www.gov.uk/government...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made in the Pathways to Work Green Paper of the adequacy of (a) ill health and (b) disability benefits.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provides a contribution to the extra costs that may arise from a disability or health condition. DWP pays close attention to estimates of the extra costs faced by disabled people; including academic research, analysis b...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, when she plans to publish further information on how her Department
Answer: As the Green Paper notes, we are keen to engage widely on the design of this guarantee and the components needed to deliver it. To get this right, we will be seeking input from people who are out of work on health and disability grounds and their represen...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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