Ruth Cadbury MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Carers' Benefits: Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support is available to carers who incur additional living costs supporting people whose Personal Independence Payments are stopped upon entering hospital as long-term in-patients.
Answer: The primary purpose of Carer’s Allowance (CA) is to provide a measure of support and recognition to those whose caring responsibilities mean they are unable to work full time. In order to receive CA, the person being cared for must be in receipt of a disa...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: PatientsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13503 on Personal Independence Payment: Patients, how many individuals have had personal independence payments withdrawn after entering (a) hospita
Answer: As explained in the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13503 on Personal Independence Payment: Patients, found here, the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Suspensions of Personal Indepe...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: PatientsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support available to individuals in hospital whose personal independence payments are paused.
Answer: Where an adult age 18 or over is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution funded by the NHS, payment of (but not entitlement to) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) ceases ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: PatientsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have had personal independence payments withdrawn after entering hospital care for more than 28 days in the last four years.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Suspensions of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for admission to hospital are combined in the PIP Computer System with admissions to hospices and ca...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHygiene: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Poverty Taskforce will take to estimate levels of hygiene poverty in England.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce has started urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in Spring and will explore all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. The taskforce is exploring a ...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHygiene: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce hygiene poverty in (a) London and (b) England.
Answer: Tackling poverty in all forms, from reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels to ensuring people can afford essentials like hygiene products, is a priority for this government. We know that good work can significantly reduce the chances of people...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were denied Bereavement Support Payments in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023 due to their deceased partner not having made the necessary national insurance contributions.
Answer: Table 1: Number of Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) claims disallowed due to the deceased partner having insufficient National Insurance Contributions during 2023 and 2024 20232024Number of claims disallowed 1660530 Notes- Figures for 2023 covers the pe...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were denied Bereavement Support Payments in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023.
Answer: Table 1: Number of Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) claims disallowed during 2023 and 2024 20232024Number of claims disallowed62402300 Notes- Figures for 2023 covers the period of January 2023 to December 2023- Figures for 2024 only covers the period of ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
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