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1714502

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the full basic State Pension increased in cash terms between (a) 1997 and 2010 and (b) 2010 and 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	24019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Between April 1997 and April 2010, the basic State Pension increased from £62.45 per week to £97.65 per week– representing an increase of £35.20 or 56 per cent in cash terms. The full yearly amount of the basic State Pension increased by £1,837.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2010 and April 2024 the basic State Pension increased from £97.65 per week to £169.50 – representing an increase of £71.85 per week or 74 per cent in cash terms. The full yearly amount of the basic State Pension increased by £3,749.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/05/2024 16:18:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1682892

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	Employment and Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) aged 16 to 64 who were economically inactive between February and April 2010, (b) aged 16 to 24 who were employed between February and April 2010 and (c) aged 16 to 24 who were unemployed between February and April 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	10092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The 16-64 UK economic inactivity level was 9.5 million between February and April 2010. The 16-24 employment level was 3.7 million between February and April 2010 and the 16-24 unemployment level was 0.9 million.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and unemployment data is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/summaryoflabourmarketstatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/summaryoflabourmarketstatistics</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/01/2024 15:09:47 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1604370

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2023
	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	Cost of Living Payments: Gloucester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of (a) the number of residents that will be eligible and (b) the cost to the public purse of (i) cost of living payments and (ii) disability cost of living payments in Gloucester constituency in 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	166188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions published an impact assessment analysing the impact of the Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill which made provisions to deliver means-tested benefit Cost of Living Payment worth up to £900 and the disability Cost of Living Payment worth £150 to support people in the financial year 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>In the impact assessment, the department estimated that the number of benefit units eligible for the means-tested payment in 2023-24 in Gloucester constituency is 15,000. The number of individuals eligible for the disability payment was estimated to be 11,900.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment did not formally assess the cost to the public purse of administering these payments on a constituency basis. Assuming the caseloads outlined above are correct and all families receive the stated amount, the cost to the public purse of (i) cost of living payments would be £4.5 million and (ii) the cost of the disability cost of living payments would be £1.8 million.</p><p> </p><p>The full impact assessment can be found <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0244/SocSec(AdditionalPayments)IA.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/03/2023 17:57:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1603919

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	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	Pensioners: Gloucester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners received (a) a winter fuel payment and (b) cost of living support in Gloucester constituency in 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	165267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The number of Winter Fuel Payments received in Gloucester constituency in winter 2021 to 2022 was 18,468. Statistics for the Winter of 2022 to 2023 will be published in September 2023. A full breakdown of Winter Fuel Payment statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2020-to-2021-and-winter-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2020 to 2021 and winter 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has published management information on the total number of Pensioner Cost of Living Payments made. The information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensioner-cost-of-living-payment-management-information/pensioner-cost-of-living-payment-management-information" target="_blank">Pensioner Cost of Living Payment management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The department has also published management information on the number of means-tested benefits and disability Cost of Living payments made. The information can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-payment-management-information/cost-of-living-payment-management-information" target="_blank">Cost of Living Payment management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>In line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, the number of Cost of Living Payments made in specific constituencies is the subject of an upcoming statistical release, and cannot be released before that publication is ready, subject to usual quality assurance.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/03/2023 11:52:49 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1603921

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	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	Pensioners: Gloucester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Gloucester constituency who received the winter fuel allowance also received the (a) £400 energy bill discount, (b) £150 council tax rebate, (c) £150 warm home discount, (d) £900 energy price guarantee and (e) the £150 disability Cost of Living payment; what assessment he has made of the impact of those allowances on pensioners in Gloucester constituency; and what assessment he has made of trends in the number of pensioners in that constituency in 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	165269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested for part a) to d) is not held by this department. Therefore, the department cannot make an assessment of how many pensioners received the combination of support listed in the question or the impact of receiving such allowances.</p><p> </p><p>The number of Winter Fuel Payments received in Gloucester constituency in winter 2021 to 2022 was 18,468. Statistics for the Winter of 2022 to 2023 will be published in September 2023. A full breakdown of Winter Fuel Payment statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2020-to-2021-and-winter-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter2020 to 2021 and winter 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has published management information on the total number of Pensioner Cost of Living Payments made. The information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensioner-cost-of-living-payment-management-information/pensioner-cost-of-living-payment-management-information" target="_blank">Pensioner Cost of Living Payment management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The department has also published management information on the number of means-tested benefits and disability Cost of Living payments made. The information can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-payment-management-information/cost-of-living-payment-management-information" target="_blank">Cost of Living Payment management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>In line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, the number of Cost of Living Payments made in specific constituencies is the subject of an upcoming statistical release, and cannot be released before that publication is ready, subject to usual quality assurance.</p><p>As reported in the DWP benefits statistics, there were 18,817 people in receipt of State Pension in Gloucester constituency in the quarter ending August 2022, a very slight increase from 18,597 in the quarter ending August 2021. This information can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistics-february-2023" target="_blank">DWP benefits statistics: February 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The ONS has released constituency level data on the age of the UK population using an interactive dashboard which can be found here <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-statistics-population-by-age/" target="_blank">Constituency data: population, by age (parliament.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 21/03/2023 15:37:31 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1566501

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	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	Older Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of people between ages 50 and retirement age who were employed in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	122123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>Official Statistics are published annually on the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/economic-labour-market-status-of-individuals-aged-50-and-over" target="_blank">Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 122124 question first answered 19/01/2023 16:56:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1566502

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	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	Older Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of employment rate for people aged between 50 and retirement age.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	122124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>Official Statistics are published annually on the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/economic-labour-market-status-of-individuals-aged-50-and-over" target="_blank">Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 122123 question first answered 19/01/2023 16:56:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1419010

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on the conversion of Kickstart jobs into full-time equivalent roles and apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	905459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>We are delighted that over 130,000 Kickstart jobs have been started by young people and around 235,000 roles have been made available for young people to apply to through the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these Kickstart jobs will lead on to further employment, training, or apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches promote apprenticeship opportunities to claimants in their regular interventions with customers and actively participate in “National Apprenticeship Week”</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions will be monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart scheme throughout and after its implementation, and will continue to evaluate the longer-term outcomes for Kickstart participants after they have completed their six-month jobs</p><p> </p><p>Jobs made available and starts quoted here include some unfunded Kickstart jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, which has been developed quickly.</p><p> </p><p>The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2022 14:48:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1172360

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Gloucester constituency and (b) the UK (i) applied for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) (ii) had their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim rejected and (ii) successfully contended a rejected Personal Independence payment (PIP) claim at appeal in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	6085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>The table below provides the information requested for initial decisions following a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment for the Gloucester Parliamentary constituency and Great Britain in 2018-19:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Initial decisions in 2018-19</p></td><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP initial decisions following a PIP assessment</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>630,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which, disallowed</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>222,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of those disallowed at initial decision</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award changed at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR)</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>15,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award unchanged at MR and decision overturned at a tribunal hearing</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award unchanged at MR and appeal lapsed</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.</p><p> </p><p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Irish Assembly has devolved responsibility for social security benefits. The responsibility for statistics in Northern Ireland lies with the Department for Communities:</p><p><a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/01/2020 17:25:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham