Sojan Joseph MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Winter Fuel Payments: Terminal IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for the eligibility of the Winter Fuel allowance to include pensioners who have received a terminal diagnosis.
Answer: Linking Winter Fuel eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits for pensioners, ensures the least well-off pensioners still receive the help they need; this includes people with a terminal illness who are eligible. There are no plans to ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Poverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce levels of child poverty in Ashford constituency.
Answer: Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish the child poverty strategy in the Spring. Our publication on 23 October ‘Tackling Child Poverty: Dev...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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Unemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with local authorities on tackling youth unemployment in Ashford constituency.
Answer: The forthcoming Youth Guarantee is testament to our commitment to do more to help young people achieve their potential and how we intend to maximise the role of as wide a range of local partners as possible in helping us to achieve this goal. Ashford Jobc...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Education	8
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	6
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	1
Department for Transport	17
Department for Work and Pensions	3
Department of Health and Social Care	17
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	3
Home Office	9
Ministry of Defence	3
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	4
Ministry of Justice	1
Treasury	1
Women and Equalities	2

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