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Written Question
Pension Credit: Melton Borough
Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Melton Borough claimed pension credit in 2023.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. At November 2023, there were 770 people claiming Pension Credit in Melton Borough.

Written Question
Winter Fuel Payment: Melton Borough
Monday 2nd September 2024

Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Melton Borough received winter fuel allowance payments in 2023.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients and households by local authority and by Westminster parliamentary constituency are made publicly available via GOV.UK. For Winter 2022 to 2023 11,729 people received a Winter Fuel Payment in the Melton Borough.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"We are debating a number of important statutory instruments, and in the light of the time constraints, I will confine my comments to the measures relating to free school meals.

The benefits of free school meals for those who need them have been set out today and in the past. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"I will not, because I am conscious of the time.

An issue such as this, which is of real importance to many people, quite rightly excites strong passions and strong arguments, but it is important that we stick to the facts. An Opposition who are unable to muster coherent arguments …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"It is right that we are debating this important issue and, given its importance to all of our constituents, it is right that we do so respectfully, recognising, even where we disagree, the evident strength and sincerity of the views of hon. Members on both sides of the House.

The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"My hon. Friend makes the point succinctly and effectively, highlighting, too, the great deficiencies of the previous system. The simple truth is that universal credit is helping to get more people into work, which we can all welcome.

On the call for a pause, the shadow Secretary of State did …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"My hon. Friend makes a valid point, which highlights the point that both the Secretary of State and I have made, which is that this is being done in a very measured way.

I join other colleagues in welcoming the Secretary of State’s announcement in respect of the telephone advice …..."
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Written Question
Social Security Benefits and Pensions: Charnwood
Tuesday 28th February 2017

Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for (a) the state pension, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) personal independence payment and (d) employment and support allowance there have been for Charnwood constituency for each year they have been in place since 2010.

Answered by Damian Hinds

Please see the table below for the number of claimants who have been in receipt of payment for State Pension (SP), Jobseekers Allowance (JSA), Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for the Charnwood constituency since 2010.

Claims in payment are in the table below:

Claimants for the Charnwood constituency

Benefit

Aug-2010

Aug-2011

Aug-2012

Aug-2013

Aug-2014

Aug-2015

Aug-2016

SP

20,910

21,110

21,480

21,640

21,890

21,960

22,020

JSA

1,170

1,300

1,210

960

550

430

230

ESA

520

580

960

1,520

1,830

1,990

2,160

Benefit

Oct-2013

Oct-2014

Oct-2015

Oct-2016

PIP

13

258

765

1,027

Notes:

  1. August 2016 is the latest available date for claims in payment for SP, JSA and ESA and August has been used for the previous years for comparison purposes

  1. October 2016 is the latest available date for claims in payment for PIP and October has been used for the previous years for comparison purposes

  1. PIP was not introduced until April 2013

  1. For SP, JSA and ESA there may be a discrepancy between any sub-national November 2015 data reproduced in this table and the equivalent statistics produced by the DWP tabulation tool. The differences are small, at most 3% at regional level.

  1. The reduction in JSA caseload will be driven by two factors. The first is the general positive rate of unemployment which means that people already on JSA will be signing off. The second more significant element is the expansion of Universal Credit (UC) which, since April 2016, takes all national simple claims and some other claims that would have previously gone to claim JSA. Increasingly, the deployment of the next iteration of UC is widening the gateway further for more claim types to be taken onto UC instead of JSA. The reduction in JSA will increase as the rollout of the Full Service accelerates.

  1. The ESA caseload in Charnwood has increased by 315% since 2010. This increase is consistent with the national ESA caseload increase of 347% over the same period. The increase is a result of the cessation of Incapacity Benefit and conversion to ESA.

Sources:

  1. Claims in payment for SP, JSA and ESA have been taken from the Official Labour Market Statistics (NOMIS), provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

  1. Claims in payment for PIP have been taken from Stat-Xplore, the Department for Work and Pensions online tool

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
DWP Policies and Low-income Households

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss). I have to say, however, that although she said that she was not getting answers from the Government, I know—having read the reports of Westminster Hall debates—that not only are she and her constituents getting answers, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"Given the shadow Chancellor’s and Opposition Front Benchers’ unwillingness throughout the day to comment on Alistair Darling’s remarks, perhaps my hon. Friend will say whether she agrees with the former Labour Chancellor’s reported comments that the Labour party

“is in disarray”

and is

“paying the price of not having a …..."
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