Paul Foster MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Personal Independence Payment: South RibbleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in South Ribble constituency are in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP); how those payments are broken down between the (a) daily living and (b) mobility component; and how ma
Answer: As of January 2025, there are 5,340 people currently in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in the South Ribble Parliamentary Constituency. Of these claimants, 2,530 scored fewer than 4 points in the 10 Daily Living activities. The breakdown of...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women impacted by the maladministration of pension communications as highlighted by the WASPI campaign in South Ribble constituency.
Answer: ONS population estimates suggest that in 2021 there were 6,495 females born in the 1950s resident in the South Ribble constituency, who are impacted by the equalisation of the State Pension age. We do not know how many of these women were impacted by mala...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: South RibbleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners receive Pension Credit in South Ribble constituency; and how many of these are new recipients since 31 July 2024.
Answer: The latest available data shows that in Winter 2023 to 2024, there were 14,717 pensioner households living in the South Ribble constituency. This is based on winter-fuel-payments-household-2023-to-2024.ods. At that point in time, 1,528 pensioner household...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: South RibbleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of Pension Credit in South Ribble constituency; and if she will make an estimate of the number of people who are not claiming Pension Credit but are eligible in that const
Answer: Caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. At February 2024, there were 1,528 people claiming Pension Credit in South Ribble constituency. Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only availab...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: South RibbleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in South Ribble constituency received a winter fuel payment in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients and households by local authority and by Westminster parliamentary constituency are made publicly available via GOV.UK. The latest release contains data on individual and household level st...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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