Written Question
Thursday 20th July 2023
Asked by:
Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of psilocybin on the (a) health and (b) ability to work of people with long term health conditions; and whether his Department is taking steps to support research into these areas.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
No assessment has been made by the Department for Work and Pensions of the potential impact of psilocybin on the health, or ability to work, of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health. This includes the potential impact of psilocybin on the health and ability to work of people with long-term health conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.
Written Question
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Asked by:
Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had a Pension Wise guidance appointment (a) by telephone and (b) in person in Reigate constituency between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The Money and Pensions Service publishes data on pension wise appointments across 2019-2020 here:
https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf
Written Question
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Asked by:
Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had a Pension Wise guidance appointment (a) by telephone and (b) in person in the South East between April 2019 and March 2020.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The Money and Pensions Service publishes data on pension wise appointments across 2019-2020 here:
https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pension-Wise-Service-Evaluation-report-2019-2020.pdf
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Pension Schemes Bill
"I have listened to the right hon. Gentleman’s critique of all the new clauses coming forward at this time, but he will have had them at least for some time and the resources of the Opposition have been available to him. I have tabled the only non-Government amendment this afternoon. …..."Crispin Blunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Pension Schemes Bill
"I am interested in the issue because two highly innovative companies in my constituency, Partnership and Just Retirement, sold these products to people approaching the point where they had to make a decision about an annuity. Of course, they are anxious about guidance because if people are given guidance about …..."Crispin Blunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Pension Schemes Bill
"I am delighted to follow the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) and to know that I have the opportunity to persuade the massed ranks of the Labour party of the merits of my amendment. I shall do my very best to do so.
Four of the most …..."Crispin Blunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Pension Schemes Bill
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is the market in which Just Retirement and Partnership, as two smaller companies, identified the need for better, value-for-money products for individuals such as smokers and others with more limited life expectancy so that they could get greater annuity rates. They tried to …..."Crispin Blunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Pension Schemes Bill
"That was the exact result of the paternalistic way in which we legislated to require annuities. Frankly, it led to market failure as a result of inertia in the market and people not exercising the choices available to them, because we seemed to be telling them precisely what they had …..."Crispin Blunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Pension Schemes Bill
"I am trying to suggest what is in the amendment:
“Individuals delivering the pensions guidance must ask those receiving the guidance about other potential sources of retirement income in addition to defined contribution pension schemes; this must include an assessment of assets such as housing wealth, savings and investments.”
It …..."Crispin Blunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Pension Schemes Bill
"Everybody’s position will be different. There will be people with small pensions sitting in quite large houses, and they will have limited income but a significant capital asset. When they receive advice on pension provision on retirement, what is their plan to be? We must try to get such people …..."Crispin Blunt - View Speech
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