Asked by: Alex Baker (Labour - Aldershot)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of inflation on living standards of pensioners in (a) Aldershot constituency and (b) Hampshire.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
No such assessment of inflation on living standards has been made.
The Government is committed to the Triple Lock, which means that in April 2025, the basic and new State pension will increase by the higher of the growth in average earnings, price increases or 2.5%.
Asked by: Alex Baker (Labour - Aldershot)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are recipients of Universal Credit in (a) Aldershot constituency and (b) Hampshire.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Official statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit are published each month on Stat-Xplore, with breakdowns available by various geographies including Westminster Parliamentary Constituency and local authority. The latest statistics are to August 2024.
Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access guidance on how to extract the information required.
Asked by: Alex Baker (Labour - Aldershot)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were subject to deductions in Aldershot constituency in the most recent month for which data is available.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The requested information will be published as part of Universal Credit Official Statistics in November 2024.