Marie Tidball.

What plans she has to roll out backdated payments for enhanced disability premium for claimants who transferred to Universal Credit before 14 February 2024; and whether these payments will be ongoing for claimants of Universal Credit who would have been previously eligible for enhanced disability premium beyond 14 February 2024.

We are providing transitional protection to some customers who moved to Universal Credit following a change in their circumstances and not via the “managed migration” process.To end the losses new customers to Universal Credit were facing, …read full →

When he plans to publish a response to the Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024.

The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex area of wo…read full →

What steps he is taking to ensure patients affected by Essure products receive financial compensation.

Manufacturers can generally be held liable for any harm caused by a defective product under Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, but claims must be brought within 10 years of the product being supplied.NHS Resolution manages clinical…read full →

Whether she plans to publish a response to her Department's report entitled, Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children, published in June 2020.

The Ministry of Justice has published a full implementation plan and various updates to the report entitled “Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases”, which is known as the Harm Panel report. The latest …read full →