Apsana Begum MP: written questions
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Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who (a) receive Personal Independence Payment and (b) will no longer be eligible for the award as a result of the introduction of the four point requir
Answer: Statistics on the number of individuals living in families with children that are in absolute and/or relative poverty and where at least one member is in receipt of Personal Independence Payment are published on Stat-Xplore ( https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.u...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made as to the number of people who (a) receive Personal Independence Payment and (b) will no longer be eligible for the award as a result of the introduction of the four point req
Answer: Statistics on the number of individuals living in families that are in absolute and/or relative poverty and where at least one member is in receipt of Personal Independence Payment are published on Stat-Xplore ( https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/) in the Hou...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42058 on Poverty: Children, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the uptake of Carer’s Allowance on
Answer: The proposals have been carefully designed to protect the most severely disabled people. For those who are affected by the new eligibility changes to disability benefits, including for linked entitlements such as Carer’s Allowance, we are consulting on ho...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the four point requirement on a single descriptor on the daily living activities assessment criteria for Personal Independence
Answer: No estimate has been made. The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost, as it would require a bespoke survey of claimants.We are consulting on how best to support those who are no longer eligible ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Terminal IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who receive the Personal Independence Payment who have a terminal illness with a six month prognosis who will no longer be eligible following the intro
Answer: We recognise that people nearing the end of their life are some of the most vulnerable people in society and need fast track and unqualified support at this difficult time. People who claim, or an in receipt of, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and ar...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people receiving Personal Independence Payment and no longer eligible due to the introduction of the four point requirement on a single descriptor on the dail
Answer: No estimate has been made. The information requested on (a) full time and (b) part time work is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The June 2024 Green Paper Modernising support for independent living: the health and...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made as to the number of people in receipt of Personal Independence Payments who are in (a) full time and (b) part time work.
Answer: No estimate has been made. The information requested on (a) full time and (b) part time work is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The June 2024 Green Paper Modernising support for independent living: the health and...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what evidential basis the requirement for four points on a single descriptor on the daily living activities assessment criteria for Personal Independence Payments was determined.
Answer: PIP provides a contribution to extra costs, but over recent years claims have increased significantly, outstripping the growth in disability prevalence. Some people get PIP from scoring 1, 2 or 3 points, low-level functional needs which could individually...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 42058 on Poverty: Children, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the measures in the Green Paper: Pathways to
Answer: The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42059 on Social Security Benefits: Reform, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the measures in the Green Pape
Answer: A programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper and to monitor and evaluate their impact will be developed and undertaken in the coming months.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42955 on Employment: Disability, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of measures in the Green Paper: Pathways to Work
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 7 April 2025 to PQ 42955.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42955 on Employment: Disability, whether she plans to make that estimate.
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 7 April 2025 to PQ 42955.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42958 on Pathways to Work and her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working published o
Answer: No assessment has been made on this basis. The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Republic of IrelandHome OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that UK Border Force eGates are configured to permit entry to holders of Irish passport cards travelling from outside the Common Travel Area.
Answer: Irish nationals can travel to the UK on either an Irish passport or associated passport card. In line with other identity cards, Irish passport cards cannot be used at eGates and there are no plans to change this.If an Irish national wishes to use their p...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Code of Practice in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill in protecting the (a) rights and (b) privacy of (i) vulnerable people
Answer: As outlined in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill, DWP will publish three Codes of Practice to sit alongside its Information Gathering, Debt Recovery and Eligibility Verification measures. These are in development and we are already e...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic CrimeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria will be used to determine suspicious bank account activity that would result in the Department requiring access to the individuals bank account under the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error a
Answer: DWP’s information gathering powers may be used where there is a reasonable suspicion of fraud. In such cases the Department can issue an information notice, where necessary and proportionate, to any information holders who DWP believe hold relevant inform...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Ground RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that existing leaseholders with (a) unregulated and (b) uncapped ground rents are able to secure buyers for their properties.
Answer: The government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents, and we will deliver this in legislation.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Ground RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with mortgage-lenders on ensuring that existing leaseholders with (a) unregulated and (b) uncapped ground rents are able to secure buyers for thei
Answer: The government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents, and we will deliver this in legislation.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Israel Defense ForcesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19048 on Gaza: Israel Defense Forces, whether any products made by Elbit Systems exported before 2 September 2024 were
Answer: Following the suspension of export licences announced on 2 September, there are currently no extant export licences for items that we assess might be for use by the Israel Defense Forces in military operations in the Gaza conflict (except for F-35 compone...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 20272 on Social Security Benefits, whether she plans to conduct a statutory public inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 into (a) deaths and (b) ser
Answer: The department is fully supportive of the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s ‘safeguarding vulnerable claimants’ inquiry, which is examining how the department supports vulnerable benefit claimants and whether its approach to safeguarding needs to chang...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 20 December 2024 to Questions 19855 and 19857 on Climate Change: Demonstrations and to Questions 19852 and 19853 on Arms Trade: Israel, Question, what assessment she has mad
Answer: The right to peacefully protest is a fundamental part of our democratic society.We have committed to holding expedited post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 beginning in May 2025. This process will review how the legislation has operated ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 20 December 2024 to Questions 19855 and 19857 on Climate Change: Demonstrations and to Questions 19852 and 19853 on Arms Trade: Israel, Question, what assessment her Departm
Answer: The right to peacefully protest is a fundamental part of our democratic society.We have committed to holding expedited post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 beginning in May 2025. This process will review how the legislation has operated ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 20 December 2024 to Questions 19855 and 19857 on Climate Change: Demonstrations and to Questions 19852 and 19853 on Arms Trade: Israel, Question, what assessment her Departm
Answer: The right to peacefully protest is a fundamental part of our democratic society.We have committed to holding expedited post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 beginning in May 2025. This process will review how the legislation has operated ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: Shared HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether she has any plans to abolish the Shared Accommodation Rate as part of the Government’s Universal Credit review.
Answer: Individual policies cannot be considered in isolation and there are currently no plans to abolish the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR), which is the rate of housing support for individuals under 35 living in the private sector. Government will prioritise t...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Manage CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to implement recommendation 58 of the report by the Law Commission entitled Home ownership: exercising the right to manage, published on 21 July 2020.
Answer: The government is committed to enacting remaining Law Commission recommendations relating to the Right to Manage.On 10 February, we laid regulations in Parliament to implement the reforms contained in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 concerning ...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
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