Richard Burgon MP: written questions 2025
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Personal Independence Payment: Chronic IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment on people with (a) Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and (b) other fluctuating illnesses.
Answer: In January 2025, there were around 25,000 working age claimants in England and Wales that have their main disability recorded as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, excluding those treated under Special Rules for End of Life. Around 12,000 received less than 4 poi...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who (a) receive and (b) will receive (i) the daily living allowance and (ii) the enhanced Personal Independence Payment after the measures i
Answer: As a result of the PIP 4-point policy, in 29/30, we expect 1.1 million working age PIP claimants to receive the standard daily living component of PIP and 2.2 million working age PIP claimants to receive the enhanced daily living component. In the absence...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants there are in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area.
Answer: Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found on Stat Xplore. The requested data can be found in the ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’ dataset. You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access guidance on...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients who use that payment to fund social care.
Answer: A Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is intended to provide a tax-free, cash contribution to help people with a long-term health condition or disability with their additional, disability-related costs. It can be paid at one of eight rates, from between £...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of current Personal Independence Payments recipients do not meet four points on a single descriptor on the daily living activities assessment criteria.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 139 of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, for what reason it is her policy that people shoul
Answer: We have committed to introducing a new requirement whereby, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, people must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Indepe...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value is of grants provided by her Department under the Access to Work scheme in each financial year since 2020-21; and how much her Department plans to provide in the (a) 2025-26 and (b)
Answer: The most recently available data on Access to Work (AtW) outturn expenditure is available in the Access to Work official statistics. Expenditure on Access to Work elements, for financial years 2020/21 to 2023/24 was: Financial year2020/212021/222022/23202...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41488More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, what estimate she has made of how much revenue will be raised by changes to the rules for (a) non-domiciled tax status, (b) capital gains tax and (c) inheritance tax in the
Answer: Estimates of the exchequer impact of measures announced at Autumn Budget 2024 can be found in table 5.1 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-2024. This includes the revenue raised in each year of the forecast period.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: UkraineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK continues to step up for Ukraine as new funding announced to bring war criminals to justice, published on 29 Dece
Answer: Since the start of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2021, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has recorded over 150,000 incidents of alleged war crimes committed during the conflict. The UK government is committed to supporting Ukraine ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will open a public consultation on the measures not being consulted on in Annex A of her Department's Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, publishe
Answer: We urgently need reform to stop people from falling into inactivity, restore trust and fairness in the system and protect disabled people. There are some measures announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on the 18 March 2025 that we will not be consu...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability Assessment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that changes to the Work Capability Assessment prevent disabled people from entering poverty.
Answer: The Health and Disability Green Paper published on 18th March 2025 outlines why we think removing the Work Capability Assessment and moving to using an amended version of the PIP assessment to determine what financial support people receive for health and...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with multiple sclerosis are supported through the Personal Independence Payment system.
Answer: It is important that all claimants to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are able to access our services and that they do not face obstacles in applying and communicating with the Department and its providers. We have a variety of reasonable adjustments ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of welfare reform on people with multiple sclerosis.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course with some information published this week alongside the Spring Statement. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green P...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his comments in an interview on the BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme on 16 March 2025, on what evidential basis he said that there is an overdiagnosis of mental health c
Answer: There is no doubt that many people are genuinely struggling with poor mental health and wellbeing. The Government is committed to reducing mental ill-health through earlier intervention and prevention. Some clinicians argue that there has been an increase...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions in official development assistance on the UK contribution to international climate finance.
Answer: The impact on international climate finance is being worked through following the decision to reduce UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.5 per cent of GNI today to 0.3 per cent in 2027. We will be taking a rigorous approach to ensure all ODA d...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHumanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to spend at least £1 billion on humanitarian aid in each year of this Parliament.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending R...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Public ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37232More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projected Official Development Assistance allocations are for the fiscal years 2025 and 2026; and whether these projections indicate a phased approach towards the planned reduction to 0.3% of Gross National
Answer: Future ODA allocations will be decided at Phase 2 of the Spending Review and will deliver on the PM’s announcement that ODA will be reduced to the equivalent of 0.3% of GNI by 2027.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of disabled households that will be in poverty by financial year (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27, (c) 2027-28 and (d) 2028-29.
Answer: Making an estimate of future disability poverty rates is difficult to do robustly. It would involve both projecting forward the impact of economic conditions on every household’s income and individual circumstance, and future trends in disability prevalen...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Personal Independence Payment was in the 2023-24 financial year, broken down by (a) total, (b) daily living part and (c) mobility part.
Answer: The average weekly Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award for the 2023-24 financial year can be found in the table below. Average Weekly PIP Award(a) Total(b) Daily Living Component(c) Mobility Component£126£83£44 Source: PIP Administrative DataNotes: ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposals for reform of health and disability benefits on child poverty.
Answer: Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change. The Strategy will look at levers across ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty strategy will consider the potential impact of reforms to health and disability benefit on child poverty.
Answer: Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change. The Strategy will look at levers across ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Food InsecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide for programmes to help tackle global hunger in each of the next five financial years.
Answer: The impact of the reduction in UK Official Development Assistance from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent in 2027 is being worked through. Announcements on allocations will be made following the completion of the ongoing Spending Review and departmental resourc...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide for international climate finance in (a) 2025-26 and (b) each of the next five financial years.
Answer: Tackling climate change is a top priority for this government and we remain committed to International Climate Finance. We will set out our spending plans for future years following the completion of the Spending Review and departmental resource allocatio...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the reduction in ODA, which (a) sectors and (b) regions will be prioritised for allocation that assistance.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending R...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDemocratic Republic of Congo: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the reduction in ODA spending, what steps his Department plans to take to provide humanitarian support to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Answer: During the Foreign Secretary's recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, the Foreign Secretary announced an uplift of £14.6 million of humanitarian support for at least 480,000 more people in eastern DRC. This brings our humanitar...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
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