Every parliamentary written question tabled by James McMurdock this session, with the full answer and department. Back to the MP page.
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With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the number of employers affected by delays in Access to Work decisions.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what preventative steps his Department is taking to avoid future backlogs in the Access to Work scheme.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what performance targets his Department has established for processing Access to Work applications.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the time required to eliminate the backlog of Access to Work applications.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the proportion of non-urgent Access to Work applications awaiting decisions for more than 28 days.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what the average number of claims processed per day is by an individual caseworker.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, whether his Department plans to publish regular progress updates on reducing the Access to Work backlog.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what analysis he has undertaken of the causes of the increase in Access to Work claims since 2018-19.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for non-urgent Access to Work application decisions in (a) Essex and (b) the UK as of May 2026.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) timeliness and (b) accuracy of death notifications across Government systems.
Awaiting answer.
How many instances of benefit overpayments to deceased claimants have been recorded in each year since 2020.
Awaiting answer.
What proportion of overpayments to deceased welfare claimants have been recovered in each year since 2020.
Awaiting answer.
What proportion of overpayments to deceased welfare claimants have been recovered since 2020.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
What steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) timeliness and (b) accuracy of death notifications across Government systems.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
How many instances of benefit overpayments to deceased claimants have been recorded since 2020.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
What steps he is taking to ensure that vehicles provided under the Motability Scheme are used in accordance with scheme rules.
Responsibility for the terms and administration of the Scheme, including ensuring vehicle use is in accordance with Scheme rules, sits with Motability Foundation and its Board of Governors. The Department for Work and Pensions meets regularly with Motability Foundation, the independent charity with responsibility for overseeing the Scheme, to discuss the Scheme’s operation.
What estimate he has made of the proportion of Mobility Scheme users who exceeded 10,000 miles per year in the most recent year for which data is available.
Responsibility for the terms and administration of the Scheme sits with Motability Foundation and its Board of Governors. The changes to the leasing package were announced on 26 March and include reducing the mileage allowance from 20,000 per year to 10,000 per year. Changes only apply to new leases and there are no changes to the mileage allowance of existing leases. Motability Foundation have advised that approximately 75% of customers on the Scheme already use less miles than the proposed new mileage allowance. They have acknowledged that there will be an impact on some customers and are considering if the impact can be mitigated in some limited circumstances.
What estimate he has made of the level of misuse of Motability Scheme vehicles in the last five years.
Responsibility for the terms and administration of the Scheme, including identifying and tackling misuse of the Scheme, sits with Motability Foundation and its Board of Governors. Any misuse of scheme vehicles is taken seriously and Motability Operations has a dedicated unit that works to prevent, detect and handle such cases, and take action where appropriate. Motability investigates the information it receives about misuse of scheme vehicles and works with a range of partners.
With reference to her Department’s press release entitled Unpaid carers impacted by unclear guidance to have debts cancelled, published on 13 April 2026, how many unpaid carers in (a) Basildon, (b) Thurrock and (c) Essex are expected to have their Carer’s Allowance debts (i) reduced, (ii) cancelled or (iii) refunded.
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost to the department.
With reference to her Department’s press release entitled Unpaid carers impacted by unclear guidance to have debts cancelled, published on 13 April 2026, how many Carer’s Allowance overpayment cases in (a) Basildon, (b) Thurrock and (c) Essex are under review.
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost to the department.