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1782530

registered interest
date	10/03/2025
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty strategy will consider the potential impact of reforms to health and disability benefit on child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	36700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2025 answer text <p>Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy will look at levers across four key themes of increasing incomes, reducing essential costs, increasing financial resilience; and better local support especially in the early years. This will build on the reform plans underway across government and work underway in Devolved Governments.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Strategy's development, the Taskforce is considering the potential impact of policies across government on child poverty.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern grouped question UIN 36701 question first answered 13/03/2025 16:07:50 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1782531

registered interest
date	10/03/2025
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposals for reform of health and disability benefits on child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	36701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2025 answer text <p>Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy will look at levers across four key themes of increasing incomes, reducing essential costs, increasing financial resilience; and better local support especially in the early years. This will build on the reform plans underway across government and work underway in Devolved Governments.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Strategy's development, the Taskforce is considering the potential impact of policies across government on child poverty.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern grouped question UIN 36700 question first answered 13/03/2025 16:07:50 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1782846

registered interest
date	10/03/2025
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle fraud in the welfare system by serious and organised criminal gangs.
tabling member constituency	Ossett and Denby Dale
tabling member printed	Jade Botterill
uin	36963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2025 answer text <p>DWP works collaboratively across Government Departments and Law Enforcement Agencies on investigations into benefit fraud carried out by organised crime gangs.</p><p> </p><p>New powers in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill will strengthen our capability to tackle organised crime by modernising and enhancing our investigation powers and ensuring those defrauding the public sector face appropriate consequences.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 13/03/2025 16:21:33 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	5236

1782883

registered interest
date	10/03/2025
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 assessment she has made of the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on levels of pensioner poverty in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Snowden
uin	36835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2025 answer text <p>On 19 November 2024, the Secretary of State wrote to the Work and Pensions Select Committee to share internal government modelling produced by the Department outlining the number of pensioners in the UK estimated to move into poverty as a result of the policy change. This letter is available here <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673caa0a9a48a5ab14acc3f0/winter-fuel-payments-eligibility-change-letter.pdf" target="_blank">Winter Fuel Payments eligibility change - Letter from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions</a>.</p><p>It is not possible to provide poverty breakdowns at a constituency or county level.</p> answering member constituency Swansea West answering member printed Torsten Bell question first answered 13/03/2025 16:01:00 answering member 5069
tabling member	5072

1782886

registered interest
date	10/03/2025
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: Lancashire
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 recent trends in the level of in the unemployment rate in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Snowden
uin	36836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2025 answer text <p>The information requested is published and available at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p>Guidance for users can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 13/03/2025 16:32:29 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5072

1782892

registered interest
date	10/03/2025
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: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on NHS services in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Snowden
uin	36838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2025 answer text <p>The Government has had to make difficult decisions in view of the state of the public finances that it inherited, including the decision to target the Winter Fuel Payment on those on the lowest incomes. The decisions mean we are able to provide additional investment in the NHS. This is to the benefit of everyone, including pensioners, who rely on its services. The Government is working to reform the NHS in England through the 10-year health plan, to build a health service that is fit for the future. As a first step, at the Autumn Budget, the Government announced a £22.6bn increase in day-to-day health spending in England and a £3.1bn increase in the capital budget over this year and next.</p> answering member constituency Swansea West answering member printed Torsten Bell question first answered 13/03/2025 16:55:17 answering member 5069
tabling member	5072

1782893

registered interest
date	10/03/2025
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: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of eligible people who have applied for and are waiting to receive the winter fuel payment for winter 2024-25 in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Snowden
uin	36839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2025 answer text <p>On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application volumes up to 23 February 2025. <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fpension-credit-applications-and-awards-february-2025%2Fpension-credit-applications-and-awards-february-2025&amp;data=05|02|SPDPQSANDBRIEFINGS%40DWP.GOV.UK|bf87c4de5c24406946a008dd5b2e6c9c|96f1f6e910574117ac2880cdfe86f8c3|0|0|638766977119547483|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D|0|||&amp;sdata=VjDnLByjOx%2Fe2xCI4Z6UK7ocrSaoWuBzMOrw3big%2FNY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Pension Credit Applications and Awards - February 2025.</a></p> answering member constituency Swansea West answering member printed Torsten Bell question first answered 12/03/2025 12:30:28 answering member 5069
tabling member	5072

1782254

registered interest
date	07/03/2025
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	Statutory Sick Pay
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 impact of changing the replacement rate to the Statutory Sick Pay lower earnings limit on people on this limit.
tabling member constituency	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Graham Leadbitter
uin	36543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2025 answer text <p>The Department undertook a Regulatory Impact Assessment covering the measures in the Employment Rights Bill to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay: removing the Lower Earnings Limit and the waiting period. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments</a>.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 12/03/2025 13:12:14 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5277

1782315

registered interest
date	07/03/2025
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: Aldridge-brownhills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33016 on Pension Credit: Aldridge-Brownhills, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing data on the number of outstanding Pension Credit claims at the constituency level.
tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
uin	36402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2025 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to publish volumes of Pension Credit Outstanding Claims at a constituency level. Statistics on the number of Pension Credit outstanding claims for Great Britain were published on 27 February 2025. This includes numbers of applications that were received, awarded and not awarded, and outstanding, up to week commencing 17 February 2025. <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fpension-credit-applications-and-awards-february-2025%2Fpension-credit-applications-and-awards-february-2025%23%3A~%3Atext%3DDWP%2520awarded%2520117%252C800%2520Pension%2520Credit%2C2023%2520to%252025%2520February%25202024).&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMinister.Pensions%40dwp.gov.uk%7C5c1c19b6896a44497e0e08dd6179e0b2%7C96f1f6e910574117ac2880cdfe86f8c3%7C0%7C0%7C638773898262477973%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VhVTB0g6g%2Bn7wUCVr3rRQEbLDKHsyWard24E37a1hNI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Pension Credit applications and awards: February 2025 - GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Outstanding Pension Credit claims for Great Britain totalled 30,400 at the end of week commencing 3<sup>rd</sup> March 2025. This includes 7,100 advanced claims. Advanced claims are where the application can be started up to 4 months before reaching State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of week commencing 24<sup>th</sup> June 2024, the last full week of the previous government, outstanding Pension Credit claims for Great Britain totalled 35,000. This includes 5,500 advanced claims.</p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit caseload statistics are available at a constituency level on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk%2Fwebapi%2Fjsf%2Flogin.xhtml&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMinister.Pensions%40dwp.gov.uk%7C5c1c19b6896a44497e0e08dd6179e0b2%7C96f1f6e910574117ac2880cdfe86f8c3%7C0%7C0%7C638773898262496896%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BQNA68OF0mfoHh7NCNOv%2FI1IatoeqXVOFRcZMZKZIW0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Log in</a>.</p> answering member constituency Swansea West answering member printed Torsten Bell question first answered 12/03/2025 16:00:29 answering member 5069
tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

1782342

registered interest
date	07/03/2025
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: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	36357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2025 answer text <p>To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from.</p><p> </p><p>Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is meeting, where it is bought from and look to introduce monitoring for transparency and accountability within those supply chains to ultimately get the best food for the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>This work will be a significant first step to inform any future changes to public sector food procurement policies as we want to help make it an equal playing field for British producers to bid into the £5 billion spent each year on public sector catering contracts.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 13/03/2025 16:19:56 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes