Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Winter Fuel Payment: Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether pensioners who qualify for pension credit after 22 September 2024 and before 31 December 2024 are entitled to receive the winter fuel payment during winter 2024-25.
Answer: A claim for Pension Credit may be backdated for up to three months as long as the entitlement conditions are met during that period. This means that a pensioner who was eligible for, but had not claimed, Pension Credit during the qualifying week for the W...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: IncomeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for the number of pensioners with an annual income of between £15,000 and £20,000.
Answer: We estimate that the number of pensioner units with an annual income of between £15,000 and £20,000 is approximately 1.5 million. This number has been rounded to the nearest 100,000. This estimate is based on Pensioners’ Incomes data derived from the Fami...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: Fuel PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of how many pensioners not receiving Pension Credit are spending more than 10% of their income on energy bills.
Answer: Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only available via take-up statistics. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: esti...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: IncomeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have an annual income of between £11,383 and £20,000.
Answer: We estimate that the number of pensioner units with an annual income of between £11,383 and £20,000 is approximately 2.3 million. This number has been rounded to the nearest 100,000. This estimate is based on Pensioners’ Incomes data derived from the Fami...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set up a Pensioner Task Force to (a) assess intersecting issues of income, housing, health and fuel costs and (b) make recommendations to tackle pensioner poverty.
Answer: We are determined to support pensioners and give them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. The Government has committed to reviewing the pensions landscape. The first phase, focusing on investment outcomes, began in July and we will follow...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to establish a long-term strategy to end pensioner poverty.
Answer: This Government takes pensioner poverty extremely seriously – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement.As part of Pension Credit Awareness Week of Action, we joined forces with nat...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordYouth Mobility Scheme: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3936More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to negotiate a youth mobility scheme with the EU.
Answer: We will work to reset the relationship with our European friends to strengthen ties, secure a broad-based security pact and tackle barriers to trade.We have no plans for an EU-wide youth mobility scheme and there will be no return to freedom of movement.
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3666More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to exempt the children of military families from the proposal to apply VAT to private school fees.
Answer: The Government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity, ensuring every child has access to high-quality education, which is why we have made the tough decision to end tax breaks for private schools. This will raise revenue for essential publ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Skills Improvement PlansDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to continue (a) funding and (b) support for Local Skills Improvement Plans.
Answer: Local Skills Improvement Plans are a valuable source of information for local skills training providers, employers and stakeholders, and will provide important intelligence for the newly established Skills England. The current grant-funding period for the...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLecanemabDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make Lecanemab available on the NHS to patients with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Answer: We understand how important it is to patients and their families that they are able to benefit from access to innovative treatments that can slow down the effects of this complex disease.Decisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to end trail hunting.
Answer: This is a devolved matter with regard to Scotland and NI; hunting with dogs is a reserved matter with respect to Wales and therefore, the information provided relates to England and Wales. The Government is committed to enacting a ban on Trail Hunting, an...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordYouth ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure there is adequate provision for youth services in all regions.
Answer: This Government is committed to giving all young people the chance to reach their full potential and recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving their life chances and wellbeing.As set out in section 507B of the Educatio...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to extend the household support fund after 30 September 2024.
Answer: The Government has announced funding to extend the Household Support Fund (HSF) for a further 6 months, from 1 October 2024 until 31 March 2025. An additional £500 million will be provided to enable the extension of the HSF, including funding for the Devo...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include (a) unpaid family carers and (b) household contacts of immuno-suppressed individuals in the covid-19 vaccination programme.
Answer: The primary aim of the autumn 2024 COVID-19 vaccination programme remains the prevention of severe illness, hospitalisations, and deaths, arising from COVID-19. On 2 August 2024 the Government accepted the advice of the independent Joint Committee on Vacc...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCash DispensingTreasuryTabled 27 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 900229More
Question: What steps her Department is taking to ensure that shared banking hubs help improve access to cash for people who are financially excluded.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting cash and the FCA published its final regulatory rules on 18 July. The Government also is working closely with the financial services sector to roll out at least 350 banking hubs. These will provide individuals, in...
Answered 3 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: PooleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Poole constituency are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of pension credit.
Answer: Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only available via take-up statistics. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: esti...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over state pension age have been (a) assessed as spending more than 10% of their income on fuel (b) assessed as being eligible for pension credit and (c) receiving pension credit for the
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero published the latest Fuel Poverty Statistics for England in February 2023 on gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics#2023-statistics Table 22 of this publication provid...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much pension credit was unclaimed in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
Answer: The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). These statistics were suspended for financi...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) claimed and (b) were eligible to claim Pension Credit in each of the last three financial years.
Answer: The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). These statistics were sus...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2695More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the impact of removing the entitlement to the Winter Fuel Allowance from people over State Pension age who pay tax at (a) the higher rate of 40% and (b) the additional rate of 45% on the
Answer: The Government does not publish estimates of the impacts on the public purse of removing the entitlement to the Winter Fuel Payment from people over State Pension age who pay income tax at the higher rate or additional rate.In face of the substantial pres...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2694More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people over State Pension age paid income tax at (a) the basic rate of 20%, (b) the higher rate of 40% and (c) the additional rate of 45% in the last financial year.
Answer: The estimated number of people who paid Income Tax by marginal rate in the 2023 to 2024 tax year can be seen in Table 1 below: Table 1: number of Income Tax payers over the State Pension age by marginal rate of Income Tax for 2023-24 Savers Rate taxpayer ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of the winter fuel allowance in 2022/23; what estimate she has made of the savings to the public purse of only paying the winter fuel allowance o people claiming pe
Answer: In 2022/23, 11.4 million people in 8.4 million households in Great Britain received a Winter Fuel Payment, at a total cost of £2 billion. The Government estimates that linking entitlement to receipt of Pension Credit and other relevant DWP income-related ...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAutism: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children requiring an autism assessment.
Answer: The Department is currently considering next steps to improve access to autism assessments. We expect integrated care boards (ICBs) to have due regard to relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on autism, when commissi...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals ServiceMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) ACAS Early Conciliation Certificates and (b) Employment Tribunal cases (i) heard and (ii) settled before a hearing were found in the claimant's favour in (A) 2021, (B) 2022 and (C) 2023.
Answer: All claims made to the employment tribunals after 6 May 2014 (with a limited number of exceptions) will include an Acas Conciliation certificate.Publication of Employment Tribunal by jurisdiction ceased from April 2021 when Employment Tribunals moved to a...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday AccommodationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to introduce a national register of short-term rented properties to help ensure that those properties are compliant with relevant safety legislation.
Answer: Short-term lets are an important part of the UK’s visitor accommodation offer and the government recognises the benefits to the visitor economy.Parliament legislated for a registration scheme for short-term lets in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 20...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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