Patricia Ferguson MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Department for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what priority his Department gives to responding to MPs' enquiries.
Answer: The Department treats enquiries from Members of Parliament as a high priority and has issued clear guidance to staff members.We are committed to improving response times and have taken a number of steps, such as deploying additional resource, to improve t...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the potential impact of the time taken for his Department to make decisions on the finances of applicants.
Answer: The department endeavours to process new claims for benefits and changes of circumstances as quickly as possible after customers have provided all relevant information and evidence relating to their claim.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the length of time taken by his Department to resolve MPs' enquiries.
Answer: The Department treats enquiries from Members of Parliament as a high priority and has issued clear guidance to staff members.We are committed to improving response times and have taken a number of steps, such as deploying additional resource, to improve t...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was for his Department to resolve MPs' enquiries in the last year.
Answer: The Department treats enquiries from Members of Parliament as a high priority and has issued clear guidance to staff members.We are committed to improving response times and have taken a number of steps, such as deploying additional resource, to improve t...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor the (a) number of, (b) time taken to respond to and (c) urgency of MPs' enquiries to his Department.
Answer: The Department treats enquiries from Members of Parliament as a high priority and has issued clear guidance to staff members.We are committed to improving response times and have taken a number of steps, such as deploying additional resource, to improve t...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has issued guidance to staff on the timeframe in which they should respond to MP enquiries.
Answer: The Department treats enquiries from Members of Parliament as a high priority and has issued clear guidance to staff members.We are committed to improving response times and have taken a number of steps, such as deploying additional resource, to improve t...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on reducing the time taken for Access to Work applications to be allocated to a case manager.
Answer: As set out in the Green Paper, we are reforming Access to Work to improve the scheme so that it helps more disabled people into and on in work. We are committed to reducing waiting times for claims to the Access to Work Scheme. We also prioritise customer...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adjusting in line with inflation the £30,000 threshold over which advice must be sought before a pension is transferred.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that pension savers receive clear and essential information, and that pension transfers are conducted on an informed basis. To support this principle, individuals with pensions that include a guarantee remain requir...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSupported Housing: Housing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will reduce the Housing benefit taper rate to 55% for those living in supported accommodation.
Answer: It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSupported Housing: Housing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the level of the Housing Benefit disregard for young people living in supported accommodation.
Answer: It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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