Paul Waugh MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the five-week wait for Universal Credit on (a) debt and (b) poverty levels.
Answer: We are reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to. We are committed to considering how we can support people during the Initial Assessment Period, often referred to as the 5-week wait, before they receive their first paymen...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: RochdaleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people in receipt of the (a) enhanced and (b) standard PIP who were awarded less than four points in all 10 of the daily living activities in the asses
Answer: For the volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants in Rochdale who scored less than four points in all 10 daily living activities in their most recent assessment by award see Table 1 below. After the reforms PIP expenditure is forecast to ris...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: RochdaleHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects (a) Adil Khan and (b) Qari Abdul Rauf, convicted for their part in a Rochdale grooming gang, to be deported.
Answer: The crimes committed by the Rochdale child sexual exploitation group are appalling and this Government is determined to take whatever action is available to us within the law to act against the perpetrators and protect the victims of their crimes.As part ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Workplace PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her expected timeframe is for resolving the backlog of people waiting for cash equivalent transfer value details from Teachers’ Pensions.
Answer: A backlog in the provision of cash equivalent transfer values (CETVs) to members of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme has been caused by two issues. Initially, an embargo was placed on the provision of CETVs by the public service pension schemes from March 202...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers' PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people are currently waiting longer than the statutory 3-month period for a response from Teachers' Pensions on their cash equivalent transfer value details.
Answer: A backlog in the provision of cash equivalent transfer values (CETVs) to members of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme has been caused by two issues. Initially, an embargo was placed on the provision of CETVs by the public service pension schemes from March 202...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 900292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with metro mayors and local authorities on further devolution.
Answer: In the first days of this Government, the Prime Minister and I met Mayors in Downing Street to discuss devolution and the critical role for mayors in delivering our Mission of Economic Growth.Building on the last Labour Government’s legacy of the devoluti...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
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| Department for Education | 2 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 2 |
| Home Office | 1 |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 |
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