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1366478

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of universal credit payments.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	904068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is legally required to conduct an annual review of working age benefits rates to determine whether they have retained their value in relation to the general level of prices.</p><p> </p><p>The up-rating process for working age benefits has traditionally relied on the September CPI figure and in April 2021 Universal Credit was increased by CPI of 0.5%.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 08/11/2021 17:52:24 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1366479

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a 12 month eligibility definition for the Special Rules for Terminal Illness.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	904069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department plans to implement the 12-month end-of-life approach across five DWP benefits, beginning in Universal Credit alongside Employment and Support Allowance next year. This will be followed by Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment subject to Parliamentary processes.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/11/2021 17:57:11 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1366480

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the contractual performance of Serco plc in delivering call-handling services for her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	904070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>DWP regularly reviews performance with Serco to ensure they are meeting contractual responsibilities. During the term of the contract Serco have largely met their Key Performance Indicators, though more recently, competitive labour market conditions and subsequent challenges recruiting agents have led to some short-term performance impacts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/11/2021 17:50:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1366481

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of ending the universal credit uplift on levels of in-work relative poverty.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	904071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The uplift to Universal Credit was a temporary measure, that is why an assessment has not been completed on its withdrawal.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is wholly committed to supporting those on low incomes, and continues to do so through many measures. We expect to spend over £111 billion on welfare support for people of working age in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit recipients in work will soon benefit from a reduction in the Universal Credit taper rate from 63% to 55%, and increasing the work allowance by £500 per year means that 1.9m working households will be able to keep substantially more of what they earn. These changes represent an effective tax cut for low income working households in receipt of UC worth £2.2 billion a year in 2022-23, for the lowest paid in society, and are combined with a rise in the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some people may require extra support over the winter as we enter the final stages of recovery, which is why vulnerable households across the country will now be able to access a new £500 million support fund to help them with essentials. The Household Support Fund will provide £421 million to help vulnerable people in England with the cost of food, utilities and wider essentials. The Barnett Formula will apply in the usual way, with the devolved administrations receiving almost £80 million (£41m for the Scottish Government, £25m for the Welsh Government and £14m for the NI Executive), for a total of £500 million.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 08/11/2021 17:47:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1366482

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the potential effect of ending the uplift to universal credit on (a) household budgets and (b) levels of poverty.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	904072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The uplift to Universal Credit was a temporary measure, that is why an assessment has not been completed on its withdrawal.</p><p>This Government is wholly committed to supporting those on low incomes, and continues to do so through many measures. We expect to spend over £111 billion on welfare support for people of working age in 2021/22.</p><p>Universal Credit recipients in work will soon benefit from a reduction in the Universal Credit taper rate from 63% to 55%, and increasing the work allowance by £500 per year means that 1.9m working households will be able to keep substantially more of what they earn. These changes represent an effective tax cut for low income working households in receipt of UC worth £2.2 billion a year in 2022-23, for the lowest paid in society, and are combined with a rise in the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour.</p><p>We recognise that some people may require extra support over the winter as we enter the final stages of recovery, which is why vulnerable households across the country will now be able to access a new £500 million support fund to help them with essentials. The Household Support Fund will provide £421 million to help vulnerable people in England with the cost of food, utilities and wider essentials. The Barnett Formula will apply in the usual way, with the devolved administrations receiving almost £80 million (£41m for the Scottish Government, £25m for the Welsh Government and £14m for the NI Executive), for a total of £500 million.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 08/11/2021 17:47:39 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1366483

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on support for vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	904073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>DWP supports DfE’s Family Hubs work, backed by £82m of £300m announced in the Spending Review to transform services for parents and babies, carers and children.</p><p>At least 50% of the new Household Support Fund will be spent on support for vulnerable households with children this winter.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 08/11/2021 17:51:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1365520

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact the end of the furlough scheme on the number of people claiming Universal Credit in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) Kingston upon Hull North.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	68149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The Covid-19 Job Retention Scheme ended on 30 September 2021.</p><p>With the success of the vaccine rollout and record job vacancies, it is right that our focus is on helping people back into work. This approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty.</p><p>Through our Plan for Jobs, we are targeting tailored support schemes of people of all ages to help them prepare for, get into and progress in work. These include: Kickstart, delivering tens of thousands of six-month work placements for Universal Credit claimants aged 16-24 at risk of unemployment; we have also recruited an additional 13,500 work coaches to provide more intensive support to find a job; and introduced Restart which provides 12 months’ intensive employment support to Universal Credit claimants who are unemployed for a year. Our Plan for Jobs interventions will support more than two million people</p><p>This Government is wholly committed to supporting those on low incomes, and continues to do so through many measures, including by spending over £111 billion on welfare support for people of working age in 2021/22. This government is continuing to take action to support living standards by increasing the National Living Wage to £9.50 effective from April 1st 2022, as well as reducing the taper rate in Universal Credit from 63% to 55% and increasing the value of work allowances by £500 per year, meaning Universal Credit claimants will be able to keep more of their benefit payments when they increase their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Universal Credit statistics are available to 9 September 2021 and the next release on 16 November 2021 will provide the statistics to 14 October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who are on Universal Credit in Great Britain each month, broken down by Region and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency, are published monthly, and can be found on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 08/11/2021 17:56:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1365598

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer Questions 57102, 57103 and 57104 tabled by the hon. Member for Glasgow Central.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	68339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>I apologise to the honourable member for the delay in answering these questions. This was due to extensive Quality Assurance to ensure the figures are accurate. Please find the responses to these questions <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-15/57102" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/11/2021 17:48:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1364919

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of calls to her Department’s telephone lines for (a) attendance allowance, (b) the Child Maintenance Service, (c) personal independence payment, (d) the State Pension and (e) debt management were answered in each month from January 2021 to October 2021.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The Percentage of Calls Answered by DWP telephone lines for <strong>(a) attendance allowance, (b) the Child Maintenance Service, (c) personal independence payment, and (d) the State Pension were answered in each month from January 2021 to September 2021 is shown in the table below</strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below also shows the number of calls received (i.e. offered to the network) and answered across all of Debt Management’s “Pay” and “Recovery” lines, over the period January to September 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of calls answered is shown as a percentage for each month. Debt Management aims to achieve 90% of calls answered. In the table below there are two months where the percentage fell below 90% (March and September) but for both of these months the number of calls received was higher so placing extra demands on the system.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>September</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment New Claims</p></td><td><p>94.1%</p></td><td><p>92.4%</p></td><td><p>94.6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment New Claims Reassessment</p></td><td><p>93.7%</p></td><td><p>91.9%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP New Claims &amp; New Claims Reassessments</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>93.3%</p></td><td><p>89.6%</p></td><td><p>86.4%</p></td><td><p>92.0%</p></td><td><p>93.0%</p></td><td><p>84.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP New Claims Special Rules for Terminally Ill</p></td><td><p>92.6%</p></td><td><p>92.8%</p></td><td><p>91.6%</p></td><td><p>91.0%</p></td><td><p>92.1%</p></td><td><p>89.8%</p></td><td><p>90.7%</p></td><td><p>89.0%</p></td><td><p>89.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP Enquiries</p></td><td><p>69.9%</p></td><td><p>73.7%</p></td><td><p>76.7%</p></td><td><p>74.3%</p></td><td><p>76.2%</p></td><td><p>65.5%</p></td><td><p>65.5%</p></td><td><p>71.4%</p></td><td><p>73.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP Reassessment Enquiries</p></td><td><p>87.0%</p></td><td><p>85.1%</p></td><td><p>87.4%</p></td><td><p>89.6%</p></td><td><p>84.8%</p></td><td><p>87.4%</p></td><td><p>88.9%</p></td><td><p>84.8%</p></td><td><p>79.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension New Claims</p></td><td><p>61.3%</p></td><td><p>64.0%</p></td><td><p>70.1%</p></td><td><p>81.1%</p></td><td><p>78.1%</p></td><td><p>90.9%</p></td><td><p>88.1%</p></td><td><p>58.6%</p></td><td><p>70.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension Changes</p></td><td><p>56.7%</p></td><td><p>55.2%</p></td><td><p>53.6%</p></td><td><p>56.2%</p></td><td><p>59.6%</p></td><td><p>58.7%</p></td><td><p>58.0%</p></td><td><p>59.7%</p></td><td><p>58.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attendance Allowance</p></td><td><p>65.0%</p></td><td><p>63.9%</p></td><td><p>66.5%</p></td><td><p>55.8%</p></td><td><p>61.4%</p></td><td><p>65.1%</p></td><td><p>67.9%</p></td><td><p>64.3%</p></td><td><p>63.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension Enquiries</p></td><td><p>87.6%</p></td><td><p>92.0%</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td><td><p>67.9%</p></td><td><p>76.8%</p></td><td><p>97.3%</p></td><td><p>90.8%</p></td><td><p>90.4%</p></td><td><p>84.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Maintenance Service</p></td><td><p>69.9%</p></td><td><p>70.0%</p></td><td><p>74.9%</p></td><td><p>76.4%</p></td><td><p>74.5%</p></td><td><p>74.5%</p></td><td><p>71.3%</p></td><td><p>73.8%</p></td><td><p>70.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Debt Management &quot;Pay&quot; and &quot;Recovery&quot; Lines</p></td><td><p>91.4%</p></td><td><p>90.0%</p></td><td><p>88.7%</p></td><td><p>91.8%</p></td><td><p>92.9%</p></td><td><p>95.1%</p></td><td><p>92.4%</p></td><td><p>91.1%</p></td><td><p>89.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data Source: BT - Historical Management Information (GI2 – HMI) Serco, G4S</p><p> </p><p>PIP New Claims &amp; PIP New Claims Reassessment lines were combined for reporting purposes from April 21.</p><p> </p><p>October data has not yet been compiled.</p><p> </p><p>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/11/2021 17:35:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1364920

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for calls to her Department’s telephone lines for (a) attendance allowance, (b) the Child Maintenance Service, (c) personal independence payment, (d) the State Pension and (e) debt management in each month from January 2021 to October 2021.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The average call waiting time (Average Speed of Answer) for calls to DWP Service Lines <strong>for (a) attendance allowance, (b) the Child Maintenance Service, (c) personal independence payment, (d) the State Pension and (e) debt management in each month from January 2021 to September 2021 i</strong>s shown in the table below in the format of hours:minutes:seconds.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided for Debt Management have been split between the Pay and Recovery lines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>September</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment New Claims</p></td><td><p>00:02:50</p></td><td><p>00:03:41</p></td><td><p>00:02:16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment New Claims Reassessment</p></td><td><p>00:02:40</p></td><td><p>00:03:33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP New Claims &amp; New Claims Reassessments</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>00:02:59</p></td><td><p>00:05:06</p></td><td><p>00:06:51</p></td><td><p>00:03:28</p></td><td><p>00:02:56</p></td><td><p>00:07:47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP New Claims Special Rules for Terminally Ill</p></td><td><p>00:03:06</p></td><td><p>00:03:53</p></td><td><p>00:04:00</p></td><td><p>00:04:08</p></td><td><p>00:03:59</p></td><td><p>00:05:01</p></td><td><p>00:05:36</p></td><td><p>00:06:00</p></td><td><p>00:05:11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP Enquiries</p></td><td><p>00:23:17</p></td><td><p>00:19:19</p></td><td><p>00:16:50</p></td><td><p>00:19:24</p></td><td><p>00:17:40</p></td><td><p>00:28:01</p></td><td><p>00:30:44</p></td><td><p>00:23:30</p></td><td><p>00:21:46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP Reassessment Enquiries</p></td><td><p>00:00:35</p></td><td><p>00:00:52</p></td><td><p>00:00:21</p></td><td><p>00:00:17</p></td><td><p>00:00:25</p></td><td><p>00:00:42</p></td><td><p>00:00:32</p></td><td><p>00:01:07</p></td><td><p>00:01:35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension New Claims</p></td><td><p>00:21:55</p></td><td><p>00:21:31</p></td><td><p>00:15:21</p></td><td><p>00:10:13</p></td><td><p>00:12:35</p></td><td><p>00:04:39</p></td><td><p>00:06:37</p></td><td><p>00:26:39</p></td><td><p>00:17:51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension Changes</p></td><td><p>00:21:05</p></td><td><p>00:21:37</p></td><td><p>00:21:56</p></td><td><p>00:20:53</p></td><td><p>00:21:14</p></td><td><p>00:20:08</p></td><td><p>00:21:18</p></td><td><p>00:20:26</p></td><td><p>00:21:51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attendance Allowance Total</p></td><td><p>00:14:05</p></td><td><p>00:14:48</p></td><td><p>00:13:57</p></td><td><p>00:19:27</p></td><td><p>00:15:18</p></td><td><p>00:14:22</p></td><td><p>00:12:35</p></td><td><p>00:15:05</p></td><td><p>00:14:57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension Enquiries</p></td><td><p>00:04:12</p></td><td><p>00:02:37</p></td><td><p>00:09:26</p></td><td><p>00:13:30</p></td><td><p>00:09:17</p></td><td><p>00:01:02</p></td><td><p>00:03:24</p></td><td><p>00:03:41</p></td><td><p>00:05:10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Maintenance Service</p></td><td><p>00:20:02</p></td><td><p>00:20:23</p></td><td><p>00:16:11</p></td><td><p>00:15:07</p></td><td><p>00:16:43</p></td><td><p>00:17:15</p></td><td><p>00:19:27</p></td><td><p>00:19:22</p></td><td><p>00:20:59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Debt Management &quot;Pay&quot;</p></td><td><p>00:54</p></td><td><p>00:51</p></td><td><p>01:57</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td><td><p>00:29</p></td><td><p>02:00</p></td><td><p>00:26</p></td><td><p>02:01</p></td><td><p>02:04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Debt Management &quot;Recovery&quot;</p></td><td><p>06:47</p></td><td><p>07:05</p></td><td><p>07:55</p></td><td><p>05:53</p></td><td><p>04:40</p></td><td><p>02:25</p></td><td><p>05:13</p></td><td><p>04:40</p></td><td><p>04:13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data Source: BT - Historical Management Information (GI2 – HMI) Serco, G4S</p><p> </p><p>PIP New Claims &amp; PIP New Claims Reassessment lines were combined for reporting purposes from April 21.</p><p> </p><p>The telephony system does not use the term “waiting time” but instead provides data on the average speed that the call is answered.</p><p> </p><p>Average Speed of Answer is the average customer wait time from the point of entering a queue to connection to an agent. This figure excludes any time spent in pre-queue messaging and any wait time for calls ultimately abandoned by callers.</p><p> </p><p>October data has not yet been compiled.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/11/2021 17:45:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
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