Wendy Morton MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Carers: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the number of people who are providing unpaid care for a relative or loved one in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: The DWP does not hold data on the number of people who are providing unpaid care for a relative or loved ones in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of Winter Fuel Payments on older residents in (a) urban, (b) rural, (c) northern and (d) southern areas.
Answer: Winter Fuel Payment statistics are published annually, for the previous winter, and cover parliamentary constituencies, Local Authority areas, regional breakdowns, and international payments, amongst other things. The next release of annual Winter Fuel Pa...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43065 on Pension Credit, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of her Department’s impact assessment on the decision to remove the winter fuel
Answer: In line with the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty, an Equality Analysis was produced and considered as part of the ministerial decision-making process. This was published on 13 September and is available online: Equality Impact Assessments ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of her Department’s impact assessment on the decision to remove the winter fuel payment.
Answer: In line with the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty, an Equality Analysis was produced and considered as part of the ministerial decision-making process. This was published on 13 September and is available online: Equality Impact Assessments ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Pension Credit applications received in the period between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024 were deemed ineligible in (a) Aldridge-Brownhills constituency and (b) the
Answer: On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application volumes up to 23 February 2025. This also includes information on Pension Credit claims that have been cleared but not awarded benefit...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Pension Credit applications that were received in the period between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024 were ineligible.
Answer: On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application volumes up to 23 February 2025. This also includes information on Pension Credit claims that have been cleared but not awarded benefit...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single pensioners there are who earn less than £20,000 a year and more than the threshold required for pension credit.
Answer: The income threshold for eligibility for Pension Credit is dependent on personal circumstances, and not all forms of income are taken into account when determining eligibility. Therefore it is not possible to produce a robust estimate of how many single p...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the uptake of Pension Credit among (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled pensioners.
Answer: The latest estimates of Pension Credit take-up cover the financial year 2022/23: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2023 - GOV.UK. The take-up does not provide a break down of rates of take-up amongst disabled and non-dis...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the eligibility criteria for Pension Credit.
Answer: The Government has no current plans to review the eligibility criteria for Pension Credit.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: PensionersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to winter fuel payment eligibility on pensioners who are (a) disabled, (b) renting and (c) on low to modest incomes.
Answer: The Secretary of State considered the impact of the Winter Fuel Payment changes on pensioners with protected characteristics as part of her duties under the Public Sector Equality Duty. This included the impact on those with disabilities. Details of the E...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on the continued payment of Personal Independence Payment while a decision to end the payment is subject to an appeal.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not an income replacement benefit. It is paid to help with the additional costs that arise from long term health conditions or disability where they impact on the activities set out in legislation. Claimants are asse...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential impact of changes to disability benefits on the court appeals system.
Answer: DWP will work with the Ministry of Justice to prepare a Justice Impact Test to assess the impacts of proposed policy changes on the justice system.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications her Department has processed in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application volumes up to 23 February 2025. Pension Credit Applications and Awards - February 2025. Please note, the figures presented are from DW...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: AgeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on people of the planned increase in the Pension Credit qualifying age; and what steps she is taking to (a) inform and (b) support those affected.
Answer: The qualifying age for Pension Credit is linked to State Pension age and will therefore increase to age 67 over a two-year phasing period, 2026 to 2028, as a consequence of the increase to State Pension age over the same period. The changes were legislate...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Aldridge-brownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33016 on Pension Credit: Aldridge-Brownhills, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing data on the number of outstanding Pe
Answer: There are currently no plans to publish volumes of Pension Credit Outstanding Claims at a constituency level. Statistics on the number of Pension Credit outstanding claims for Great Britain were published on 27 February 2025. This includes numbers of appl...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: InternetDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce potential barriers to accessing Pension Credit for pensioners who do not have access to digital services or face challenges with online applications.
Answer: The Department is in the process of modernising the Pension Credit delivery and consideration of accessibility, having previously introduced online claims, in addition to telephone and paper claims. Claims for Pension Credit can be made online at: www.gov...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit among eligible pensioners in Aldridge Brownhills.
Answer: The Department’s campaign to promote Pension Credit has been running since September 2024.The campaign has featured on TV, radio, social media such as Facebook and Instagram, on YouTube and on advertising screens, including on GP and Post Office screens.O...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support pensioners who are unable to complete pension credit applications (a) online and (b) by phone.
Answer: The Government wants those eligible for Pension Credit but not currently claiming it to receive the benefits they are entitled to. We know there are low-income pensioners who are not claiming Pension Credit, and we urge those people to apply. We encourage...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) simplify and (b) ensure paper copies are made available to people without online access to the pension credit application form.
Answer: The Government wants those eligible for Pension Credit but not currently claiming it to receive the benefits they are entitled to. We know there are low-income pensioners who are not claiming Pension Credit, and we urge those people to apply. We encourage...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: EligibilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the eligibility threshold for the winter fuel payment.
Answer: The Government has had to make hard choices to bring the public finances back under control. Linking Winter Fuel Payment eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits ensures that the least well-off pensioners still receive the help they n...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) are eligible to apply and (b) have applied for Pension Credit.
Answer: Latest caseload statistics show that as of August 2024, there were 1,359,773 people in receipt of Pension Credit in Great Britain, of which 2,086 were in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency. This data is available via DWP Stat-Xplore. The latest available DW...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) are eligible to apply and (b) have applied for Pension Credit in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: Latest caseload statistics show that as of August 2024, there were 1,359,773 people in receipt of Pension Credit in Great Britain, of which 2,086 were in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency. This data is available via DWP Stat-Xplore. The latest available DW...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made for Pension Credit since 24 February 2025 (a) have been approved and (b) remain outstanding.
Answer: The latest statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 27 February 2025. This provides an update to the Applications and Awards data, including those awarded and not awarded and also statistics on the number of outstanding Pension C...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit have been determined as eligible nationwide; and how many applications remain outstanding.
Answer: The latest statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 27 February 2025. This provides an update to the Applications and Awards data, including those awarded and not awarded and also statistics on the number of outstanding Pension C...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit had been determined as eligible as of 24 February 2024.
Answer: The latest statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 27 February 2025. This provides an update to the Applications and Awards data, including those awarded and not awarded and also statistics on the number of outstanding Pension C...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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