Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Universal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, whether disabled people aged between 19 and 2
Answer: In Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper we are consulting on raising the age someone can access the UC Health Element to 22, which would remove any potential disincentive to work during this time. It would al...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's report entitled Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts, published on 26 March 2025, what financial support her Department plans to provi
Answer: The changes to PIP eligibility will ensure we can focus the benefit more on those with higher needs. There will be no immediate changes to anybody’s entitlement. Our intention is that the new eligibility requirement in Personal Independence Payment, where...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Public HousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on the beer and pub sector.
Answer: In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not split the assessment by sector. The Government has worked closely with industry,...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with international counterparts on best practices for balancing the environmental benefits of Extended Producer Responsibility with economic sus
Answer: Defra and PackUK have engaged with multiple European and Canadian EPR schemes throughout development of pEPR, using international best practice to inform the drafting of the regulations. Many of the international EPR schemes are managed by Producer Respon...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on businesses in the UK compared to similar schemes in (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Ca
Answer: In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not compare the impact of fees to international schemes. Illustrative base fee estim...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to Work: Impact AssessmentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, whether she considered the potential merits o
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 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 2.33 to 2.35 of HM Treasury's document entitled Spring Statement 2025, published on 26 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the changes in hea
Answer: No such assessment has been made. However, we have evidence that delivering better and more tailored employment support can get more people off welfare, and into work - alongside a higher expectation to engage with that support. We are investing £1 billio...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's report entitled Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts, published on 26 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact
Answer: No such assessment has been made. However, the proposals have been carefully designed to protect the finances of severely disabled people. The Department published “Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Equality Analysis” and “Spri...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's report entitled Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts, published on 26 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact
Answer: No such assessment has been made. However, the proposals have been carefully designed to protect the finances of severely disabled people. The Department published “Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Equality Analysis” and “Spri...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDogs: Animal Breeding and SmugglingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to introduce robust traceability of dogs across the UK.
Answer: Compulsory dog microchipping was introduced in England in 2016. All dogs must be microchipped before they are eight weeks old and relevant information including breeder details recorded with a Defra-compliant database operator which helps support traceabi...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResponsible Dog Ownership Working GroupDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reconvene the Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group.
Answer: Defra is continuing to work with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to explore measures to reduce dog attacks and promote responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog. We are currently considering the best way to take forward th...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision not to consult on all the measures listed in Annex A in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025 on disabled peo
Answer: We are committed to putting the views and voices of disabled people and people with health conditions at the heart of everything we do. We want to improve and refine our reform plans by consulting on certain measures as described in the Green Paper. The c...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrout: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure oversight of the welfare of trout on farms in England.
Answer: Current legislation provides protection for farmed fish. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, including fish, or to fail to provide for the welfare needs of a protected animal, for which t...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that will receive (a) up to £25, (b) between £25 and £50, (c) between £50 and £75, (d) between £75 to £100 and (e) more than £100 less per week a
Answer: No such estimates have been made.Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course with some information published this week alongside the Spring Statement. A further programme of analysis to support developmen...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of children in poverty as a result of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025.
Answer: The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper wil...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Poverty TaskforceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, on the work of the Child Pove
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy and is exploring levers across four key themes of incre...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve the terms and conditions of teachers in the public sector.
Answer: There is a statutory process for making revisions to the pay and conditions of teachers, and any change must first be referred by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to the independent School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB).The depart...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school teachers.
Answer: High quality teaching is the most important in-school factor to a child’s educational outcomes. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is therefore critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity, boost the lif...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Private SectorDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take steps to remove the role of the private sector in carrying out (a) PIP assessments and (b) PIP reassessments.
Answer: In September 2024, new five-year contracts for functional health and disability services commenced. In advance of the procurement of these contracts, a delivery model assessment was carried out in line with commercial best practice, which determined that ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment with her Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the proposals set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on levels of poor mental health among (a) children aged 17
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. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to fund (a) existing or (b) new programmes of support and training for people seeking employment from money raised from delaying the access to the health element of Univer
Answer: The Pathways to Work Green Paper is an important staging post on a journey of reform. It sets out our vision, strategy and proposals for change. Before any decisions are made, we are consulting on the design options for a work, health and skills support p...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delaying access to the health element of Universal Credit until age 22 on relevant people.
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. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's green paper Pathways to work: reforming benefits and support to get Britain working, published on 18 March 2025, what sanctions will be introduced for disabled people
Answer: The support conversation will enable individuals to set out their aspirations, needs and goals, so that they can better understand what early support might be available to them and be signposted towards it. Given the importance of the support conversation...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, on reducing health inequaliti
Answer: Good quality employment is an important determinant of health. The Marmot Review in 2010 concluded that to reduce health inequalities and improve the health of the nation we needed action on 6 policy objectives. One of those was the creation of fair emplo...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that adequate support is provided to help disabled people that can work into work before the implementation of reforms to (a) the levels of and (b) eligibility require
Answer: Disabled people and people with health conditions are a diverse group so access to the right work and health support, in the right place, at the right time, is key. We therefore have a range of specialist programmes to support individuals to stay in work ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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