The majority of high needs funding from the department is allocated to local authorities, as they are responsible for allocating that funding to schools to support pupils with complex needs. The department has substantially increased high needs funding in recent years and has announced a further increase of £440 million for the 2024/25 financial year, which will bring the total high needs budget to over £10.5 billion, an increase of over 60% from the 2019/20 allocations. This funding will help local authorities and schools with the increasing costs of supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4761", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Johnston"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wantage"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "David Johnston"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-11-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-11-23T12:13:30.413Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-11-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Schools: Finance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will allocate additional funding for high needs provision in schools.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "1477"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1462832", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1462832/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A total of 660,782 Civil Servants are in receipt of a pension under classic terms.<\/p>
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Of those<\/p>
92,550 are in receipt of a widows pension and;<\/p><\/li>
15,905 a widowers pension.<\/p><\/li>
552,327 are in receipt of the classic pension<\/p><\/li><\/ol>
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50.47% (278,762) of retired Civil Servants in receipt of a classic pension are women.<\/p>
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The number of widows and widowers who have had their pensions suspended is given in the below table.<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | Number of pensions suspended in year<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
Year in which pension suspended<\/p><\/td> | Widows<\/p><\/td> | Widowers<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2017<\/p><\/td> | 42<\/p><\/td> | 48<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2018<\/p><\/td> | 22<\/p><\/td> | 13<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2019<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td> | 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2020<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2021<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2022<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> MyCSP, the pension administrator, are unable to split the numbers based on those remarrying and those cohabiting as their system does not record it in this manner.<\/p> <\/p> The numbers provided are based on MyCSP\u2019s current data holding and include those that were suspended and have not since been restored on their system.<\/p> <\/p> Where a spouse\u2019s Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) remains payable and only the spouse pension in excess of this is suspended, MyCSP are unable to include these in the data provided because their system will show the benefit as \u2018in payment\u2019 although the excess element is suspended. Therefore, the record does not show as suspended.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4053", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Derbyshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mrs Heather Wheeler"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-05-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "1478"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-05-19T10:31:52.593Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-05-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants are in receipt of a pension via the civil service Classic scheme; and how many of those individuals are in receipt of a (a) widows and (b) widowers\u2019 pension.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sheffield South East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Clive Betts"} ], "uin" : "1477"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/733018", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/733018/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " |