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1728048

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	Youth Services: Employment
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 role of (a) small and medium sized enterprises and (b) community interest companies in helping to deliver the Youth Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	4728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>Our plan to get Britain Working includes a Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or employment support. This will sit alongside; a new national jobs and careers service to help get more people into work, work health and skills plans for the economically inactive, and the launch of Skills England to open new opportunities for young people.</p><p> </p><p>We have not yet made any assessment on the potential role of small and medium sized enterprises and community interest companies in helping to deliver the Youth Guarantee. In the early development stages, we will engage with our stakeholders who represent young people on the design and delivery of the Youth Guarantee.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further detail in the upcoming ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 12/09/2024 10:31:50 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1728221

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	Winter Fuel Payment: Meriden and Solihull East
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 Meriden and Solihull East constituency will be impacted by planned changes to winter fuel payments.
tabling member constituency	Meriden and Solihull East
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	4789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Please note that following boundary changes to Parliamentary Constituencies, data on Meriden and Solihull East constituency is not explicitly available/ published. To obtain the above figure, data on the previous Solihull constituency and previous Meriden constituency have been combined. Therefore, the above figure of 39,091 is likely to be an overestimate as the new Meriden and Solihull East constituency consists of some of the areas of the previous Meriden constituency and the previous Solihull constituency, not all.</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that around 39,091 people in the previous Meriden and Solihull East constituency will be affected by the change in policy. This is based on Feb-24 Pension Credit statistics and 22-23 Winter Fuel Payments statistics (sources below).</p><p> </p><p>This estimation is calculated by subtracting the number of Pension Credit recipients the previous Meriden and Solihull East constituency from the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients in the previous Meriden and Solihull East constituency. This is essentially the number of Winter Fuel Payment claimants pre-policy change not claiming Pension Credit, as an estimate of those who will no longer receive Winter fuel payment. The Pension Credit data that is used is based on the 2010 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, not 2024, in order to be comparable with the Winter Fuel Payments statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Also, the above figures do not take into account any potential increase in Pension Credit take-up we might see as a result of the policy change (means testing Winter fuel payments to those on Pension Credit and other means tested benefits). We do not have data on those additional Pension Credit claims by Parliamentary constituencies or local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The published Pension Credit figures refer to households rather than individuals, so the number of individuals claiming Pension Credit, will be higher. This means that the number of pensioners eligible for Winter Fuel Payment will be higher and that the estimates provided above overstate the number of pensioners not eligible for Winter Fuel Payment following changes in eligibility.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to that, Pension Credit claimants are the majority of those that will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments, not all. There are other pensioners who are eligible for Winter Fuel Payments (as they claim other means tested benefits) but they are not considered in these figures as it is not possible to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Winter Fuel Payments statistics are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit data is published here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/openinfopage?id=PC_New" target="_blank">Pension Credit – Data from May 2018</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 18/09/2024 10:04:25 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1728235

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	Winter Fuel Payment: Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
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 Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency will be affected by the change in eligibility requirements for Winter Fuel Payment.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	4803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Please note that following boundary changes to Parliamentary Constituency, data on Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency is not explicitly available/ published. To obtain the above figure, data on the previous Harborough constituency has been used.</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that around 20,405 people in the previous constituency of Harborough will be affected by the change in policy. This is based on Feb-24 Pension Credit statistics and 22-23 Winter Fuel Payments statistics (sources below).</p><p> </p><p>This estimation is calculated by subtracting the number of Pension Credit recipients for Harborough constituency from the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients for Harborough constituency. This is essentially the number of Winter Fuel Payment claimants pre-policy change not claiming Pension Credit, as an estimate of those who will no longer receive Winter fuel payment. The Pension Credit data that is used is based on the 2010 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, not 2024, in order to be comparable with the Winter Fuel Payments statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Also, the above figures do not take into account any potential increase in Pension Credit take-up we might see as a result of the Government’s Pension awareness campaigns. We do not have data on those additional Pension Credit claims by Parliamentary constituencies or local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The published Pension Credit figures refer to households rather than individuals, so the number of individuals claiming Pension Credit, will be higher (i.e., taking account of households where it is a couple claiming Pension Credit).</p><p> </p><p>In addition to that, Pension Credit claimants are the majority of those that will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments, not all. There are other pensioners who are eligible for Winter Fuel Payments (as they claim other means tested benefits) but they are not considered in these figures as it is not possible to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Winter Fuel Payments statistics are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit data is published here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/openinfopage?id=PC_New" target="_blank">Pension Credit – Data from May 2018</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 18/09/2024 09:10:46 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728280

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	Pension Credit
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 her Department’s press release entitled You could get Pension Credit – Week of Action to drive take up, published on 1 September 2024, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of that campaign on trends in the level of applications for Pension Credit.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	David Baines
uin	4848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The department has secured funding to support increased staffing and fund our communications strategy to support our programme of activity to drive up Pension Credit claims. The latest data available shows we have received around 38,500 Pension Credit claims in the 5 weeks since the announcement on 29th July (which is up to and including w/c 26th August).</p><p> </p><p>This represents a 115% increase in Pension Credit claims received by the Department in the past 5 weeks compared to the 5 weeks before.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 12/09/2024 13:58:38 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5092

1728350

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	Universal Credit: Hampshire
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 are recipients of Universal Credit in (a) Aldershot constituency and (b) Hampshire.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Alex Baker
uin	4918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>Official statistics for the number of <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/opendatabase?id=UC_Monthly" target="_blank">people on Universal Credit</a> are published each month on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>, with breakdowns available by various geographies including <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/UC_Monthly/Westminster%20Parliamentary%20Constituency%202024.html" target="_blank">Westminster Parliamentary Constituency</a> and local authority. The latest statistics are to August 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 12/09/2024 14:49:00 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5173

1728351

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	Universal Credit: Aldershot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were subject to deductions in Aldershot constituency in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Alex Baker
uin	4919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The requested information will be published as part of Universal Credit Official Statistics in November 2024.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 12/09/2024 14:45:42 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5173

1727859

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	Pension Credit: Aylesbury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of pensioners eligible for Pension Credit in Aylesbury constituency; and what steps she is taking to encourage the take-up of Pension Credit in that constituency.
tabling member constituency	Aylesbury
tabling member printed	Laura Kyrke-Smith
uin	4579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics, which includes estimates of the number of households eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit, 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> </p><p>Last week we held a Pension Credit Awareness Week of Action – joining forces with a range of partners such as Age UK, Citizens Advice, local authorities and organisations such as British Gas to promote Pension Credit and encourage take-up. The “Week of Action” had widespread national and regional media coverage.</p><p> </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> </p><p>Our campaign messaging will also focus on encouraging pensioners to apply for Pension Credit before 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>We are working with external partners, local authorities, and the Devolved Governments to boost the take-up of Pension Credit.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 12/09/2024 10:28:25 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5341

1727860

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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: Aylesbury
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 to support pensioners with increases in the cost of living in Aylesbury constituency.
tabling member constituency	Aylesbury
tabling member printed	Laura Kyrke-Smith
uin	4580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The State Pension is the foundation of income in retirement and will remain so, protecting 12 million pensioners through the triple lock. Based on current forecasts, the full rate of the new state pension is set to increase by £1,700 over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </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> </p><p>We are also providing support for pensioners through our Warm Homes Plan which 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>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> </p><p>Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefits. They will continue to be worth £200 for eligible households, or £300 for eligible households with someone aged 80 and over.</p><p> </p><p>We know there are low-income pensioners who aren’t claiming Pension Credit, and we urge those people to apply. This will passport them to receive Winter Fuel Payment alongside other benefits – hundreds of pounds that could really help them. We will ensure that the poorest pensioners get the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 17/09/2024 16:20:16 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5341

1727871

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	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, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending Winter Fuel Payment eligibility to people receiving Attendance Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	4530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefits. They will continue to be worth £200 for eligible households, or £300 for eligible households with someone aged 80 and over.</p><p> </p><p>Pensioners in receipt of Attendance Allowance and on a low-income may qualify for Pension Credit if all other eligibility criteria are met. Moreover, pensioners on low incomes and in receipt of Attendance Allowance can qualify for an additional amount in Pension Credit, providing they meet the other eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Entitlement to Attendance Allowance is based on the on-going need for frequent personal care and attention, or supervision to ensure personal safety, rather than on the individual’s medical condition. It is paid out of general taxation and is a tax-free, non-contributory, and non-means-tested benefit so is not affected by other income or savings.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 12/09/2024 14:06:59 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1727884

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	Winter Fuel Payment: Rutland and Stamford
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 are eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in Rutland and Stamford constituency; and what estimate she has made of the number of people who will be eligible under the proposed changed eligibility requirements.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Stamford
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	4548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Pension Credit data that is used is based on the 2010 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, not 2024, in order to be comparable with the Winter Fuel Payments statistics. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Rutland and Stamford is a newly formed constituency. Therefore, data on Rutland and Stamford constituency is not currently available. The new constituency of Rutland and Stamford includes the following areas: The County of Rutland and the parts of Harborough District, including Thurnby, from the abolished constituency of Rutland and Melton, as well as the town of Stamford and surrounding areas from Grantham and Stamford, which has been largely replaced by Grantham and Bourne. To obtain the below estimates for Rutland and Stamford constituency, data on the previous Rutland and Melton constituency and Grantham and Stamford constituency have been combined.</p><p> </p><p>Before the change in eligibility requirements, an estimated 48,351 people in Rutland and Stamford constituency were eligible for and received Winter Fuel Payments, based on 22/23 Winter Fuel Payment statistics. After the change in eligibility requirements, it is estimated that around 3,365 people in Rutland and Stamford constituency will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments, based on Feb-24 Pension Credit statistics. This is essentially the number of Pension Credit recipients in Rutland and Stamford constituency and is used as an indicator of how many pensioners will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The above estimates are likely to be an overestimate as the new Rutland and Stamford constituency consists of some of the areas of the previous Rutland and Melton constituency and the previous Grantham and Stamford constituency, not all.</p><p> </p><p>Also, the above figures do not take into account any potential increase in Pension Credit take-up we might see as a result of the Government’s Pension Credit Awareness Campaign. We do not have data on those additional Pension Credit claims by Parliamentary constituencies or local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the published Pension Credit figures refer to households, so the number of individuals will be higher (i.e., taking account of households where it is a couple claiming Pension Credit).</p><p> </p><p>In addition to that, Pension Credit claimants are the majority of those that will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments, not all. There are other pensioners who are eligible for Winter Fuel Payments (as they claim other means tested benefits) but they are not considered in these figures as it is not possible to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Winter Fuel Payments statistics are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Pension Credit data is published here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/openinfopage?id=PC_New" target="_blank">Pension Credit – Data from May 2018</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 19/09/2024 12:55:14 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns