Every parliamentary written question tabled by John Hayes this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What steps she is taking to tackle online sites advising people to claim for sickness and disability payments they are not entitled to.
DWP collaborates with government partners, including Action Fraud, City of London Police (CoLP) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to identify malicious sites that impersonate the department, enable fraudulent activity or target DWP customers. DWP ...
How many and what proportion of Maternity Allowance claimants were not UK citizens in the last three years.
DWP does not hold data on the number of claimants that were not UK citizens when claiming Maternity Allowance. This is because the qualifying conditions for Maternity Allowance are based on a woman's recent employment and earnings, not on their nationalit...
What steps her Department is taking to support people with learning difficulties in rural areas that are seeking paid employment.
We have a range of specialist initiatives to support people with learning disabilities and other disabled people into work. Measures include support from Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres and Access to Work grants. £12.3 millio...
What steps she has taken to reduce work-related injuries in the agricultural sector.
The safety and health of people at work in agriculture is a concern to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the industry. HSE uses a blend of approaches to influence and improve the health and safety record of the industry, reduce work-related injuri...
Whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of women affected by the changes to the State Pension age in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
All women born since 6 Apr 1950 have been affected by changes to State Pension age, through changes brought in by the Pensions Acts 1995, 2007, 2011 and 2014. As State Pension age is now the same for men and women, following equalisation, all men born sin...
What recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the number of young people not in education, employment or training in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituen
The department does not hold information on young people who are not in education, employment or training specific to either South Holland and the Deepings and Lincolnshire. Based on data published by the Department for Education, the proportion of 16-17 ...
How many people eligible for Winter Fuel Payments live overseas, broken down by country.
For winter 2024/25, to be paid Winter Fuel Payments abroad, customers must be in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement and equivalent agreements with the EEA-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states and Switzerland, and the 2019 Convention with Ireland. ...
What steps she is taking to support job creation schemes in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
As set out in our manifesto, we are committed to transforming our employment support system, to delivering the Youth Guarantee and to working with local areas to tackle inactivity. The Jobcentre Plus Lincolnshire Partnership Team works closely with Southe...
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a hardship fund for women affected by the change to the State Pension age.
The Government believes the best way to support people, including women who have been affected by the change to the State Pension Age is to help them to retrain, return to or progress in work. That is why the Government is reforming employment support to ...
If her Department will make an estimate of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel Payment on mortality rates in winter 2024-25.
The Government is committed to a preventative approach to public health. Keeping people warm and well at home and improving the quality of new and existing homes will play an essential part in enabling people to live longer, healthier lives and reducing p...
Whether Ministers in her Department have met representatives of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change since 5 July 2024.
Details of ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK and can be found here. The most recent publication of transparency data took place on 9 September 2024.
If she will make an estimate of the number of households that will be affected by the proposed change to the eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel Payments in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constitue
The Pension Credit data that is used is based on the 2010 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, not 2024, in order to be comparable with the Winter Fuel Payments statistics. The Pension Credit & Winter Fuel Payments statistics aren’t available for...
How many people in South Holland and the Deepings constituency claimed pension credit in the 2023-24 financial year.
Caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. At February 2024, there were 2,340 people claiming Pension Credit in South Holland and the Deepings constituency (2010 Boundries).
If she will make an estimate of the number of households that will be affected by the proposed change to the eligibility criteria for winter fuel payments by (a) ethnicity and (b) socio-economic status.
An Equality Analysis was produced by the Department prior to the Government announcing targeting the Winter Fuel Payment from 2024-25 and is available here: GOV.UK. However, the requested information is not recorded on our administrative data systems and is therefore not available.
What the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in her Department in each of the last five years.
Total annual costs for EDI activities1 April 2023 - 31 29 February 20242022/ 2023 1 April 2021 - 31 March 20221 April 2020 - 31 March 20211 April 2019 – March 2020Departmental staff networks0£2675000 Cross-departmental staff networks0£29,605£23,658£23,6580 From August 2019, 7 National Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Networks are given pro rata time allocation to support respective network activity. There was no official time allocation given to support Network activity prior to this, tasks were undertaken on a voluntary basis. Time allocationThe National EDI Network Co-Chairs have a 25%-weekly time allocation and the Strand Lead/Board Member/Committee roles have a weekly 10%-time allocation. Each Network can recruit up to 10 Committee members (please note that not all Networks have up to 10 Committee members). 7 National EDI Networks with allocated time equates to: 1 x 25 % time allocation 37- hour week contract equates to 9.25 hours for each co-chair or 18.5 hours for both per week for each of them (pro rata)1x10% time allocation 37 – hour week contract equates to 3.7 per committee member, or for each committee member 10 x 10 % equates to 37 hours a week (pro rata) Across all 7 Networks:70* people support network activity at 10% with 90% of their time focused on their contracted job role.14 people spend 25% of their time on network activity, with 75% of their time focused on their contracted job role. The cost of staff information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
How many people will no longer be able to access winter fuel payments.
This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the government has had to make hard choices to bring the public finances back under control. For England and Wales, the changes in eligibility requirements are expected to decrease the number of people who get the Winter Fuel Payment from 10.8m to 1.5m. We know there are low-income pensioners who aren’t claiming Pension Credit, and we urge those people to apply. This will passport them to receive Winter Fuel Payment alongside other benefits – hundreds of pounds that could really help them. We will ensure that the poorest pensioners get the support they need. There are other pensioners who are eligible for Winter Fuel Payments (as they claim other means tested benefits).