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1714722

	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	Social Security Benefits: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
	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 assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to remove access to benefits for people sentenced to be held in secure mental health facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	23974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The DWP Secretary of State has asked officials to look into the rules around benefits entitlements for offenders who are detained in psychiatric hospitals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/05/2024 15:08:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1713405

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hon. Members he has held meetings on constituency cases with since his appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	23370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Information on meetings on constituency cases is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on ministerial meetings can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts" target="_blank">DWP ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 29/04/2024 16:38:12 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1696203

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the letter of 18 October 2023 from the hon. Member for Warley relating to Mr Bashir Ali and his father Aden Ali Dine.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	18646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>On 19 March 2024, DWP provided an interim response to the MP’s office. A full response will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/03/2024 14:46:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564306

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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, what steps his Department is taking to reduce barriers to older workers seeking to re-enter the workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is making a number of interventions to address this issue. The government is providing over 20m over the next three years for an enhanced offer for people aged 50 and over to remain in and return to work.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible older job seekers on Universal Credit will receive more intensive, tailored support, on top of the support that work coaches offer all claimants.</p><p> </p><p>Full-time 50+ Champions are now in every JCP district across GB, to upskill Work Coaches in supporting over 50s return to work.</p><p> </p><p>We are also expanding delivery of the Mid-Life MOT, which supports those in their 40s, 50s and 60s to take stock of their finances, skills and health. As part of the expansion the Mid-Life MOTs will be delivered online, in the private sector and in Job Centres.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of this package of support illustrates the Government’s recognition of the different situations, transitions and barriers currently faced by the over 50s in the labour market. We continue to work in addition with Andy Briggs the Older worker Champion.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/01/2023 17:52:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1470575

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Long Covid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of classifying long covid as a condition eligible for Personal Independence Payments.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	18776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is intended to act as a contribution towards the extra costs that arise from needs related to a long-term health condition or disability. It is assessed on the basis of functional needs not a diagnosis or condition. The needs arising from long Covid are assessed in the same way as for all other health conditions or disabilities.</p><p>From March 2021 we amended PIP statistical classifications to include the category “Coronavirus COVID-19”. Data on the PIP caseload by a range of factors, including main disabling condition, can be extracted from Stat-Xplore <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">(Stat-Xplore - Log in (dwp.gov.uk</a>)) . Information on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">Getting Started (dwp.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2022 14:25:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458928

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	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 reconsider the policy of including French tropical islands in the calculation of French winter temperatures for the purposes of winter fuel payments.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	156370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Winter fuel payments were introduced in winter 1997/98 and has been honoured by successive Governments. There are no plans to review this policy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/04/2022 10:55:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1459001

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall outturn spending on housing benefit was in the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	156375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>In 2020/21 the spending on Housing Benefit was £17.3bn. This includes Housing Benefit within Welfare Cap, Housing Benefit outside Welfare Cap and Housing Benefit funded by Local Authorities. Figures were published after the Autumn Budget 2021 and they are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2021" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/04/2022 16:13:04 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar