Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Pupils: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report entitled Missing Chapter by Parentkind, published in March 2025.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances for every child. For too many children, living in poverty robs them of the opportunity to learn and to prosper.The Child ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Rearing: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of evidence-based parenting programmes in supporting families in poverty.
Answer: Giving children the best start in life is the foundation of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. That is why we have set the milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. Developme...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild RearingDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of evidence-based parenting programmes as part of the Plan for Change.
Answer: Giving children the best start in life is the foundation of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. That is why we have set the milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. Developme...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild RearingDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a national digital rollout of evidence-based parenting programmes similar to Australia.
Answer: Giving children the best start in life is the foundation of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. That is why we have set the milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. Developme...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild RearingDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made on the effectiveness of (a) Triple P, (b) Incredible Years and (c) other evidence-based parenting programmes to help ensure that 75% of five year-olds reach a good level of developm
Answer: Giving children the best start in life is the foundation of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. That is why we have set the milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. Developme...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) increase in-person assessments and (b) uphold claimants' rights to (i) fair treatment and (ii) reasonable adjustments.
Answer: As announced in Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, we will be carrying out more face-to-face assessments while continuing to ensure we meet the needs of those who may require a different method of assessme...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's consultation Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, updated 7 April 2025, how would the proposals set out in the green pa
Answer: The reforms in the Green Paper are still the subject of consultation and will undergo further development once responses have been considered.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance: Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the measures set out in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025 on peo
Answer: The impact in each case will depend on an individual’s circumstances. For those already on PIP, the changes will only apply from November 2026 at their next award review, subject to parliamentary approval. People will be reviewed by a trained assessor or ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of the measure set out in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025 on PIP
Answer: Our intention is that the new eligibility requirement in Personal Independence Payment (PIP), in which people must score a minimum of four points in one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component, will apply to new claims and awar...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Banks and Food InsecurityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the measure set out in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025 on leve
Answer: No assessment has been made on this basis.Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Wo...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) professional bodies, (b) disability organisations and (c) experts on changes to the PIP (i) descriptor points reallocation and (ii) scoring change.
Answer: We have committed to introduce a new requirement that, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Independ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: EmploymentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing financial penalties on companies that replace more than 10% of their workforce with AI.
Answer: We are working to harness the benefits that AI can bring – such as productivity gains, rising living standards, and improved worker wellbeing; while mitigating the risks. Government is planning for a range of plausible outcomes and closely monitoring the ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: RAF AkrotiriMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37040 on Gaza: RAF Akrotiri, whether those flights continued during the ceasefire.
Answer: Since the terrorist attacks against Israel of 7 October 2023, the Ministry of Defence has been conducting unarmed surveillance flights over Gaza for the sole purpose of locating hostages. RAF aircraft operated in accordance with the ceasefire agreement be...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeans-tested BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take up of means-tested benefits in households with children in poverty.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy, and we are exploring all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. High childcare costs are a key ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement (a) a workforce development strategy, (b) apprenticeships and (c) career pathways for the independent advice sector.
Answer: An appropriately trained workforce of careers advisers, available to work with young people and adults in a range of settings, is a key part of our approach to careers provision. The department wants to ensure that people from all backgrounds can access t...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdvisory Services: Departmental CoordinationMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will develop a cross-Departmental advice sector strategy to ensure accessible social welfare advice across (a) health, (b) housing, (c) justice and (d) social care.
Answer: We have established the Legal Support Strategy Delivery Group, comprised of key stakeholders from across the advice sector and academia to jointly develop and implement a long-term legal support strategy. The strategy aims to deliver a more sustainable an...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security: Advisory ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand the statutory obligation for local authorities to include welfare advice.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England have a duty to establish and maintain information and advice services relating to care and support for all people in their area.Local authorities must ensure that information and advice services establ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether funding for personalised employment support for individuals with (a) health conditions and (b) disabilities will be made accessible to independent advice agencies to help disabled people into wo
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits who want help to get into or return to work, backed up by £1 billio...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to provide additional support to (a) deaf and (b) disabled people’s organisations.
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 20 March to PQ 37556 A full suite of accessible versions is now available, and the consultation will close on 30 June 2025, to ensure that everyone has sufficient time to engage with and respond to the consu...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with (a) deaf and (b) disabled people’s organisations on the potential impact of proposed disability benefit changes.
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 20 March to PQ 37556 A full suite of accessible versions is now available, and the consultation will close on 30 June 2025, to ensure that everyone has sufficient time to engage with and respond to the consu...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ringfence school meal funding.
Answer: The department spends approximately £1.5 billion annually on free lunches for 2.1 million school age pupils under benefits-based free school meals, over 90,000 disadvantaged students in further education, and around 1.3 million infant pupils under the Uni...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding for (a) free school meals and (b) universal infant free school meals to help source school meals from British produce.
Answer: The department spends approximately £1.5 billion annually on free lunches for 2.1 million school age pupils under benefits-based free school meals, over 90,000 disadvantaged students in further education, and around 1.3 million infant pupils under the Uni...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: CateringDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of the 50% Buying British ambition on school caterers.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have met to discuss a range of issues and projects.The government is committed to increasing the procuremen...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Support Allowance: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Multiple Sclerosis who receive income-based Employment and Support Allowance do not also receive Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: In August 2024 there were 6,480* people in receipt of Income-related ESA whose main condition was multiple sclerosis. 1,490* of those in receipt of Income-related ESA whose main condition was multiple sclerosis were not in receipt of PIP, the remaining 5,...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Multiple Sclerosis who receive Universal Credit do not also receive Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
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