Every parliamentary written question tabled by Neil O'Brien this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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How many people claiming out of work benefits were (a) born in the UK and (b) not born in the UK.
The Department does not consistently record data on the birthplace of those claiming out of work benefits across all benefit lines. DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s place of birth d...
What the average duration of phone calls to report hospital stays for claimants of (a) disability benefits, (b) low or no income benefits and (c) universal credit, including time spent on hold, was in e
We do not hold the information requested.
How many phone calls to report hospital stays for claimants of (a) disability benefits, (b) low or no income benefits and (c) universal credit there were in each month since January 2010.
We do not hold the information requested.
Whether claimants of (a) disability benefits and (b) low or no income benefits can report a hospital stay via a phone call; and if her Department will take steps to introduce a tell me once system.
For Disability Benefits, the usual route for the customer to notify us of a hospital admission is either via phone or in writing. Universal Credit customers can report a hospital stay via a phone call, they can also report it digitally via a journal messa...
Pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2476 on Winter Fuel Payment, if she will provide this information for current constituency boundaries.
Winter Fuel Payment statistics covering winter 2023/24 are due to be published on 24 September at 9:30am: Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - Official statistics announcement. This publication will include information for the current ...
How many people in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency will be affected by the change in eligibility requirements for Winter Fuel Payment.
Please note that following boundary changes to Parliamentary Constituency, data on Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency is not explicitly available/ published. To obtain the above figure, data on the previous Harborough constituency has been used. I...
How many people work in her Department's Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team.
There are 25 people (not all full time) who work in the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing (EDIW) Team. The EDIW team is vital in supporting DWP in creating a safe, healthy, diverse and inclusive environment that meets our statutory obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty and Equality Act whilst delivering value for the taxpayer. The team is also responsible for the contract management of both DWP’s Employee Assistance Programme and its Occupational Health provision for the department. There are 23.2 FTE equivalent staff in the team, within the HR Directorate. They serve 92,448 DWP employees.
How much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
The Department for Work and Pensions delivers a range of campaigns which are essential in ensuring that vulnerable people and pensioners are aware of the financial support that they are eligible for.Appropriate advertising is a key government approach to ensure that target audiences receive the correct information and the media channels used are selected based upon their potential impact and cost, ensuring value for money for the taxpayer. During 2023/24 DWP spent approximately £10m across various media channels for the communications campaigns required.
How many people are eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in each Parliamentary constituency; and what estimate she has made of the number of people that will be eligible after the proposed means testing for that payment.
Annual statistics relating to Winter Fuel Payment recipients are routinely published. The number of recipients within each parliamentary constituency is available at the following link:winter-fuel-payments-caseload-2022-to-2023.ods (live.com) The tab "3_Parliamentary_Constituency" contains the relevant numbers. 1.2 million households will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments in England and 100,000 households in Wales post policy change (based on the number of current Pension Credit recipients). Source: Stat-Xplore - Table View (dwp.gov.uk). Winter Fuel Payments in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government. Please note that Pension Credit claimants are the majority of those that will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments, not all. Also, the published Pension Credit figures refer to households, so the number of individuals will be higher (i.e. taking account of households where it is a couple claiming Pension Credit). Furthermore, the above does not take into account any potential increase in Pension Credit take-up we might see as a result of the policy.