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Rachel Hopkins MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.

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3 published records · newest first.

Written questions

  • Social Security Benefits: PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18679More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii)

    Answer: DWP pays benefits and pensions on the date a payment is due. DWP assesses the impact on benefit claimants and pensioners of interruptions to normal access to banking services. This year, 24 December 2024 is a normal banking day and so customers will be ab...

    Answered 12 Dec 2024

    Original Parliament record
  • Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5694More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will simplify the application form for Pension Credit.

    Answer: The Department continues to assess the Pension Credit service. This led to the introduction of the online claim process, providing customers with a convenient alternative claim route, alongside the existing telephony and paper application methods. As the ...

    Answered 11 Oct 2024

    Original Parliament record
  • State Retirement Pensions: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4050More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the Australian government on uprating state pensions.

    Answer: There are no plans to negotiate a new reciprocal social security agreement with Australia. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, and are only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so - for example in cou...

    Answered 18 Sept 2024

    Original Parliament record
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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

View as listDepartment for Education: 1Department for Education1Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 1Department for Environment, Foo…1Department for Work and Pensions: 3Department for Work and Pensions3Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: 1Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel…1Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 2Ministry of Housing, Communitie…2Women and Equalities: 1Women and Equalities1
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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
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Department for Education1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1
Department for Work and Pensions3
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government2
Women and Equalities1

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