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1724188

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date	29/07/2024
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	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of the winter fuel allowance in 2022/23; what estimate she has made of the savings to the public purse of only paying the winter fuel allowance o people claiming pension credit; how many excess winter deaths there were in each of the last three years; and what estimate she has made of the annual cost of administering a means-tested winter fuel allowance.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	2222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>In 2022/23, 11.4 million people in 8.4 million households in Great Britain received a Winter Fuel Payment, at a total cost of £2 billion. The Government estimates that linking entitlement to receipt of Pension Credit and other relevant DWP income-related benefits will reduce expenditure by around £1.4 billion in 2024/25 and £1.5bn in 2025/26.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of administrative costs, in 2022/23 the Department for Work and Pensions spent £2.6m on the administration of Winter Fuel Payments. It is currently assessing the delivery costs for future years. Details of excess winter deaths in England and Wales can be found at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/excesswintermortalityinenglandandwales/2021to2022provisionaland2020to2021final" target="_blank">Winter mortality in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that the poorest pensioners get the support they need. As part of the Pension Credit Week of Action, we joined forces with national charities, broadcasters and local authorities to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and make a claim.</p><p>From 16 September, we will be running a national marketing campaign on a range of channels. The campaign will target potential pension-age customers, as well as friends and family who can encourage and support them to apply.</p><p>Our future campaign messaging will also focus on encouraging pensioners to apply for Pension Credit before the 21 December 2024, which is the last date for making a successful backdated claim for Pension Credit in order to receive a Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p>We will work with external partners, local authorities and the Devolved Governments to boost the take-up of Pension Credit.</p><p>Our continued commitment to the triple lock means the full new state pension is forecast to increase by a further £1,700 over this course of the parliament.</p><p>We are also providing support through our Warm Homes Plan which pensioners will benefit from. This will support investment in insulation and low carbon heating – upgrading millions of homes over this Parliament. Our long-term plan will protect billpayers permanently, reduce fuel poverty, and get the UK back on track to meet our climate goals.</p><p> </p><p>Our other steps include cutting waiting times in the NHS which will help many pensioners currently waiting in pain and discomfort for treatment, and delivering the economic stability which is so crucial for pensioners.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 17/09/2024 15:07:20 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5359

1724668

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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	Pension Credit
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) claimed and (b) were eligible to claim Pension Credit in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	2696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. These statistics were suspended for financial year ending (FYE) 2021 due to data issues following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. More recent caseload statistics are made publicly available via <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">DWP Stat-xplore</a>. These are published quarterly. It should be noted that any numbers regarding eligibility are estimates based on the number of Pension Credit recipients in each of the last three financial years and the estimated number of Pension Credit entitled non-recipients in each of the last three financial years).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FYE</p></td><td><p>Number of recipients (millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FYE</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of people eligible (millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2.15</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 12/09/2024 14:24:51 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5359

1724669

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much pension credit was unclaimed in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	2697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. These statistics were suspended for financial year ending 2021 due to data issues following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the financial year ending 2022, the estimated amount of unclaimed Pension Credit was £1.72 billion.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 06/09/2024 12:29:40 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5359

1724670

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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	Pension Credit
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 over state pension age have been (a) assessed as spending more than 10% of their income on fuel (b) assessed as being eligible for pension credit and (c) receiving pension credit for the financial year 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	2698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero published the latest Fuel Poverty Statistics for England in February 2023 on gov.uk here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics#2023-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics#2023-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 22 of this publication provides statistics on the number of fuel poor households by age of youngest person in household in 2023 using the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) fuel poverty metric. Available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-detailed-tables-2024-2023-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-detailed-tables-2024-2023-data</a> <br></p><p>Statistics on the number of households that spend more than 10% of their income on fuel costs can be found in Annex D of Fuel Poverty Annual report, covering all households. The figures in this annex are not broken down by age groups.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021/22 (the latest year for which statistics are available) 2.15million people were estimated to be eligible for Pension Credit. Based on the most recent data (November 2023) 1.4million households in Great Britain currently receive Pension Credit.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 11/09/2024 16:49:39 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5359

1724675

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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	Pension Credit: Poole
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 Poole constituency are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of pension credit.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	2699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only available via take-up statistics. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. However, these statistics are only available at Great Britain level and cannot be broken down to smaller geographical areas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">DWP Stat-xplore</a>. At November 2023, there were 2,139 people claiming Pension Credit in Poole.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 06/09/2024 11:58:14 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5359

1726323

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Household Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to extend the household support fund after 30 September 2024.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	3661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced funding to extend the Household Support Fund (HSF) for a further 6 months, from 1 October 2024 until 31 March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>An additional £500 million will be provided to enable the extension of the HSF, including funding for the Devolved Governments through the Barnett formula to be spent at their discretion, as usual.</p><p> </p><p>As with previous HSF schemes, the Fund will be made available to County Councils and Unitary Authorities in England to provide discretionary support to those most in need.</p><p> </p><p>The HSF scheme guidance and individual Local Authority funding allocations for the forthcoming extension will be announced as soon as possible ahead of the scheme beginning on 1 October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 09/09/2024 11:18:01 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5359

1727622

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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	Pensioners: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to establish a long-term strategy to end pensioner poverty.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	4517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government takes pensioner poverty extremely seriously – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement.</p><p>As part of Pension Credit Awareness Week of Action, we joined forces with national charities, broadcasters and local authorities to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and make a claim. From 16 September, we will be running a national marketing campaign on a range of channels. The campaign will target potential pension-age customers, as well as friends and family who can encourage and support them to apply.</p><p>Our future campaign messaging will also focus on encouraging pensioners to apply for Pension Credit before the 21 December 2024, which is the last date for making a successful backdated claim for Pension Credit in order to receive a Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also ensuring pensioners are supported through our commitment to protect the Triple Lock, over 12 million pensioners will benefit, with many expected to see their new State Pension increase by around £1700 over the course of this Parliament.</p><p>The Household Support Fund is also being extended for a further six months, from 1 October 2024 until 31 March 2025.   An additional £421 million will be provided to enable the extension of the HSF in England, plus funding for the Devolved Governments through the Barnett formula to be spent at their discretion, as usual.</p><p>The Warm Home Discount scheme in England and Wales provides eligible low-income households across Great Britain with a £150 rebate on their electricity bill. This winter, we expect over three million households, including over one million pensioners, to benefit under the scheme.</p><p>Additionally, the Government will invest an extra £6.6 billion over this Parliament in clean heat and energy efficiency through the Warm Homes Plan, upgrading five million homes through solutions like low carbon heating and improved insulation to reduce emissions and cut bills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 17/09/2024 16:15:08 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5359

1728692

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
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	Pensioners: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set up a Pensioner Task Force to (a) assess intersecting issues of income, housing, health and fuel costs and (b) make recommendations to tackle pensioner poverty.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	5234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>We are determined to support pensioners and give them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. The Government has committed to reviewing the pensions landscape. The first phase, focusing on investment outcomes, began in July and we will follow that later this year with the next phase that will consider further steps to improve pension outcomes, including assessing retirement adequacy.</p><p> </p><p>Immediate support for pensioners includes our commitment to the Triple Lock, with over 12 million pensioners set to benefit through the course of this parliament, with the full yearly rate of the new State Pension forecast to increase by around £1,700.</p><p>Pension Credit continues to provide a safety net for the poorest pensioners and those with additional needs, such as those with a severe disability, caring responsibility, responsibility for a child or certain housing costs. We want everybody who could be eligible to claim it, which is why we have launched a nationwide Pension Credit take-up campaign.</p><p>The Household Support Fund (HSF) is also being extended for a further 6 months, from 1 October 2024 until 31 March 2025, to support those most in need, including vulnerable pensioners. An additional £421 million will be provided to enable the extension of the HSF in England, plus funding for the Devolved Governments through the Barnett formula to be spent at their discretion, as usual.<em> </em></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 18/09/2024 15:43:27 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5359

469019

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on reducing the number of workless households.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
uin	904059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Since 2010 the number of workless households has fallen by over 680,000 to its lowest level since records began.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/03/2016 16:37:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1219318

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many local authority staff are furloughed in each local authority; and what the cost to the public purse is of furloughed staff in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	66809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20th April. By midnight 28 June 2020, 1.1m employers had submitted claims to HMRC representing 9.3m employees furloughed and £25.5bn.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 June HMRC released analysis of employer take up, which can be found on GOV.UK. HMRC do not require employers to provide addresses of their employees as part of their CJRS claim and so is unable to provide an accurate picture of employee take up by location.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2020 09:29:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms