Peter Bedford MP: written questions
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Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16393 on Department for Work and Pensions: Staff, what the additional cost is of the private providers.
Answer: The information you request is not available. DWP operates a 'forecast and volumes' based pricing model, where supplier costs specific to the increase in Pension Credit New Claims demand, following the Chancellor's announcement in July 2024 are not itemis...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Care HomesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards are in place to ensure people who (a) own, (b) manage and (c) work in private children's homes are properly qualified.
Answer: Providers of children’s homes must register with Ofsted and prove that they are financially, mentally, and physically fit to carry on a children’s home, and that they are of integrity and good character. These requirements are set out in Regulation 26 of ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Care HomesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to local authorities is of housing children in privately run children's homes.
Answer: The department publishes data on local authority expenditure on looked after children. This data is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure#explore-data-and-files.The department does no...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Care HomesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private dwellings have been converted into children's homes in Leicestershire in each of the last five years.
Answer: Neither the department nor Ofsted keep a record of the number of homes that are converted into children’s homes.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are taken to inform local (a) doctors and (b) police when children in care are relocated by a local authority to a privately run children's home.
Answer: Regulation 7 of the ‘The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010’ outlines local authorities’ responsibilities in respect of the health and wellbeing of looked after children. The responsible local authority must ensure looked ...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority is responsible for children's care when they are relocated to a privately run children's home by a local authority.
Answer: The local authority which has responsibility to provide services for a looked after child will be the authority within which the child is when the responsibility arises, for example when they are subject to a Section 20 or Care Order. This duty remains in...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to inform local communities before migrants are housed in hotel accommodation in that area.
Answer: The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.The Home Office liaises with statutory partners, including local authorities,...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications were made in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Answer: The table below shows the volumes of Pension Credit applications received in each of the last 5 financial years. Pension Credit ClaimsReceivedApril 2024 to 17 November 2024215,200April 2023 to March 2024251,000April 2022 to March 2023267,000April 2021 to ...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications were (a) made and (b) awarded by the smallest geographical area for which data is available since 29 July 2024.
Answer: We do not hold data at regional or constituency level for applications made. Statistics published on 28 November 2024 show applications for Pension Credit received and also claims awarded since the 29 July 2024 announcement up to 17 November 2024. Pension...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit claims have been awarded to (a) men and (b) women since 29 July 2024.
Answer: The latest available data on Stat-Xplore - Home - Home shows that, in May 2024, 1,355,256 Pension Credit claims were in place, of which 457,065 had been awarded to men and 898,193 had been awarded to women. The next iteration of Pension Credit caseload st...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 18061, tabled by the hon. Member for Mid Leicestershire on 4 December 2024 for answer on 9 December 2024.
Answer: I will respond to the hon. Member shortly.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and which hotels are being used to house asylum seekers in Mid Leicestershire constituency; and how many asylum seekers there are in each hotel.
Answer: For the safety and security of residents and staff at its accommodation sites, the Home Office does not publish details of sites in use.However, data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, and by local authority can ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSmoking: Public HousesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to protect designated outdoor pub smoking and vaping areas.
Answer: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill was introduced to Parliament on 5 November 2024, and passed its second reading in the House of Commons on 25 November 2024. The bill will put us on track to a smoke-free United Kingdom, helping to reduce approximately 80,000 pre...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services Compensation SchemeTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20289More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Protected Savings threshold from £85,000.
Answer: Deposits held by UK banks, building societies and credit unions that are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) up to £85,000, with joint accounts protected up to £170,000...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications have been made in each region since 29 July 2024.
Answer: On 28 November we published national Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application volumes from 29 July 2024 to 17 November 2024. Pension Credit applications and awards: November 2024 - GOV.UK These statistics sho...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit in each region.
Answer: No estimate has been made of the number of pensioners eligible for Pension Credit by region. According to the latest available data, in financial year ending 2023, an estimated 2,134,000 households were eligible for Pension Credit in Great Britain. This h...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners eligible for Pension Credit in each region.
Answer: No estimate has been made of the number of pensioners eligible for Pension Credit by region. According to the latest available data, in financial year ending 2023, an estimated 2,134,000 households were eligible for Pension Credit in Great Britain. This h...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Cost EffectivenessSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19842More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Committee will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning an independent review of (a) IPSA's
Answer: The Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (SCIPSA) is a statutory Committee established under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009. The Committee’s functions are set out in that Act. The Independent Parliamentary Standa...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Parliamentary Standards Authority: StaffSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19840More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many employee settlement agreements there were in IPSA in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such a
Answer: As with other public bodies, IPSA's Annual Report and Accounts provides information on special payments made each financial year, which can include the costs of employee settlement agreements. In line with IPSA's statutory responsibility to protect person...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: AllowancesSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19838More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Committee will make a comparative assessment of the value for money provided by (a) IPSA and (b) the pre-2010 s
Answer: The Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (SCIPSA) is a statutory Committee established under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009. The Committee’s functions are set out in that Act. The Independent Parliamentary Standa...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the efficiency of (a) traffic commissioners and (b) DVLA offices in processing licence renewals for C1 vehicle handlers.
Answer: A functional review of the work of the traffic commissioners was carried out in 2021-2022 and the report can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-commissioner-function-review-2021-to-2022. The Department is working towards implementing ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: StaffMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally in a manner which enables readily extractable information to respond to the question and therefore obtaining it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
Answer: The Department has not entered into any employee settlement agreements in any of the years since 2020.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: StaffMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
Answer: The below table details the number of employee settlement agreements and amounts for the years where data is available. All information prior to 2023 has now been archived and would incur disproportionate cost to obtain. Calendar YearNumber of settlement ...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: StaffHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
Answer: This information can only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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