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1737387

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date	28/10/2024
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	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the total number of people of working age currently out of work.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	11392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>Official statistics for the number of people unemployed and economically inactive are published each month by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS), estimated using the Labour Force Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS headline labour market statistics define working age as between 16 and 64 years old. The latest statistics show 10.61 million people are of working age currently out of work in the UK (June-August 2024) – 1.347 million who are unemployed and 9.263 million who are economically inactive. Of the 9.263 million who are economically inactive, 2.491 million are students and 1.674 million are looking after family/home.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Unemployment (000's)</strong></p></td><td><p>1,347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Economic inactivity by reason (000's)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Student</p></td><td><p>2,491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Looking after family / home</p></td><td><p>1,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temp sick</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long-term sick</p></td><td><p>2,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Discouraged workers</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retired</p></td><td><p>1,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (000's)</strong></p></td><td><p>10,610</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 31/10/2024 14:39:53 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5158

1737514

registered interest
date	28/10/2024
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	Pensions: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to negotiate reciprocal agreements with Commonwealth countries on uprating UK pensions.
tabling member constituency	South Devon
tabling member printed	Caroline Voaden
uin	11488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>The department has no plans to negotiate reciprocal agreements with Commonwealth countries on uprating UK pensions.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 31/10/2024 14:08:17 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5216

1736897

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current threshold for pension credit.
tabling member constituency	Runcorn and Helsby
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	11033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>The rates of Pension Credit are reviewed annually as part of the Secretary of State’s statutory review of State pension and benefit rates. The review for 2025/26 has been completed and its conclusions announced to Parliament. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Standard Minimum Guarantee in Pension Credit will increase from £218.15 to £227.10 a week for a single pensioner and from £332.95 to £346.60 a week for a pensioner couple. The new rates will take effect from 7 April 2025.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 31/10/2024 14:06:33 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1736911

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make Jobcentres more effective at helping unemployed people into (a) work and (b) training.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Josh Newbury
uin	11082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Government has set an ambition to get to an 80% employment rate, alongside raising living standards and tackling insecurity at work. The Government plans to tackle economic inactivity, support people into good work and help them to progress.</p><p><strong>Proposed reforms include: </strong></p><ul><li>A new public employment and careers service to help get more people into work and to progress in work.</li><li>Working with local areas to tackle economic inactivity including the development of joined-up work, health and skills plans for the economically inactive, with input from mayors, local councils, the NHS, businesses, colleges and the voluntary sector to address barriers and deliver employment opportunities for local people.</li><li>A youth guarantee for all people aged 18 to 21 to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or employment support.</li><li>DWP will shortly publish a white paper to these effects.</li></ul> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 30/10/2024 15:41:36 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5034

1736921

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with local authorities on tackling youth unemployment in Great Yarmouth constituency.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	11108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Our plan to Get Britain Working includes a new Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work in their local area. This will sit alongside; a new national jobs and careers service to help get more people into work, and work health and skills plans for the economically inactive, to open new opportunities for young people. We will set out further detail in the upcoming Labour Market White Paper.</p><p> </p><p>The department recognises that the needs of young people will vary depending on where they live and their own individual circumstances. The broad national reach of Jobcentres and its network of Partnership Managers means the Department for Work and Pensions is in regular contact with local stakeholders including working closely with Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>This joint working approach is at the core of the Department for Work and Pensions Youth Offer. A recent example of collaboration in Great Yarmouth includes a multi-agency Great Yarmouth Skills Taskforce involving the Jobcentre and stakeholders from Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Norfolk County Council, East Coast College and the Universities of East Anglia and Suffolk in tandem with training providers such as Access Community Enterprises, business and community organisations. The immediate focus is on youth to support to entry and progression in the labour market.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 30/10/2024 15:51:54 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5158

1736930

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Poverty: Children
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 tackle child poverty in Sheffield Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 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 the child poverty strategy in the Spring.</p><p> </p><p>Our publication on 23 October ‘Tackling Child Poverty: Developing our Strategy’ sets out how we will develop the Strategy, harnessing all available levers to deliver a reduction in child poverty this Parliament.</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>The Taskforce will hear directly from experts on each of the Strategy’s themes including children and families living in poverty and work with leading organisations, charities, and campaigners.</p><p> </p><p>To support struggling families, we have already boosted the Household Support Fund by a further £421 million in England. The vital work of the Taskforce comes alongside our commitments to roll out free breakfast clubs at all primary schools, create 3,000 additional nurseries, as well as deliver our plan to make work pay to turn the minimum wage into a real living wage.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 29/10/2024 16:42:42 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5142

1736936

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment
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 take steps to amend the Personal Independence Payment assessment system by reducing the number of documents required.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is aimed at supporting people, who have a long-term physical or mental health condition, with extra disability-related costs. Entitlement is based on how the condition affects mobility and daily living needs, rather than the condition itself.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no specific document requirements, other than the evidence gather questionnaire (PIP2), so we cannot reduce the number of documents required.</p><p> </p><p>We do, however, encourage claimants to provide supporting evidence/documentation to help DWP better understand claimant needs and how their condition or disability affects or restricts their ability to carry out various activities.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to change this, but we do appreciate that some claimants can find it challenging so flexibility is applied:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Where more time is needed to gather additional evidence/documentation, claimants can contact the PIP Helpline and request an extension.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Where it might take a while to collect evidence/documentation, this can be sent separately, after the questionnaire has been submitted, and will be included in the assessment.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Where claimants simply cannot obtain, attach or send documents, Assessors can ask supplementary questions during the consultation or request further medical evidence where necessary or appropriate.</li></ul> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 30/10/2024 14:03:50 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5142

1736937

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Disability: Costs
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 report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published by Scope in September 2024, what steps her Department takes to support disabled households with the extra costs they face.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-04/5883" target="_blank">UIN 5883</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 28/10/2024 12:20:35 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5142

1736938

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Disability: Costs
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 report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published by Scope in September 2024, what estimate she has made of the extra costs incurred by disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>DWP pays close attention to the evidence base on the extra costs faced by disabled people; including academic research, analysis by Scope, and DWP’s own commissioned research on the Uses of Health and Disability Benefits from 2019. In order to understand more, DWP is now undertaking a new survey of Personal Independence Payment customers to understand more about their disability related needs. This project has an advisory group of experts including representatives of the disability charity Scope and academic experts.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 29/10/2024 11:27:01 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5142

1736939

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment
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 report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published by Scope in September 2024, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Personal Independence Payments at supporting disabled people with the extra costs of disability.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	11100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 October 2024 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-11/8747" target="_blank">UIN 8747</a></p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 28/10/2024 12:17:00 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	5142