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1693757

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date	05/03/2024
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 Protection Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q339 of the evidence given by the Minister for Pensions to the Work and Pensions Committee on 10 January 2024, HC144, whether the Minister has had recent discussions with representatives of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) on indexation of pre-1997 contributions; and when he next plans to meet with PPF representatives.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	17095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>I meet regularly with the Pensions Protection Fund and have discussed pre-97 Pensions Protection Fund indexation with them. The most recent meeting was on 7th March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/03/2024 14:05:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1681770

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make unmarried long-term childless couples eligible for Bereavement Support Payment.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	9351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Bereavement Support Payment is currently only available to those who are married, in a cohabiting relationship with dependent children, or in a civil partnership. We currently have no plans to change the eligibility criteria for Bereavement Support Payment.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 22/01/2024 15:45:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1519162

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessments she has made of the adequacy of disability benefits in supporting constituents with mortgage repayments.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	59136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Support for homeowners in receipt of income-related benefits, including disabled people on those benefits, is available in the form of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI), an interest-bearing loan offered at the same rate it was as a benefit.</p><p> </p><p>SMI provides support for homeowners who are unable to meet their mortgage repayments due to illness, unemployment or other personal crisis or income shocks.</p><p> </p><p>The primary purpose of SMI is to help people meet their existing mortgage commitments so that they can stay in their homes without fear of repossession.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 19/10/2022 11:36:41 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1519163

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister announcement on Right to buy scheme extension on 9 June, what assessments he has made of the potential merits of allowing Housing Benefit to be counted towards mortgage costs.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	59139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the announcement on the 9 June, the department has begun looking at changing welfare rules so that people who receive housing support can use their benefit towards mortgage payments for a new mortgage instead of on rent.</p><p> </p><p>Further consideration of the merits of changing welfare rules to support homeownership will be completed as the policy is developed in line with steers from the new administration.</p><p> </p><p>A full equalities impact assessment will also be carried out in due course, and before any legislation is laid with the House.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/10/2022 13:12:16 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1519448

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Mortgages: Housing Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the policy proposals announced on 9 June 2022 for Housing Benefit to be counted towards the costs of a mortgage in reforms of the housing market.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	59856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has not yet met with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to discuss this policy.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/10/2022 13:26:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally