Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Nov 2022
State Pension Triple Lock
"The key point my right hon. Friend is stressing is that a huge amount has been done consistently by this Government to help pensioners since 2011—innovations that the Opposition opposed at the time or certainly did not come up with, including benefits for women who can claim pension years when …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill
"There may be some people listening to this debate who are unpaid trustees of pension funds and are concerned that these provisions will give them a huge potential liability. Will my hon. Friend confirm that many pension schemes have indemnity policies arranged through insurance companies, which will prevent that from …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill
"As a trustee of the parliamentary pension scheme, I should declare a relevant interest. Today is a great moment to congratulate two colleagues. The work on creating the pensions dashboard was done by my hon. Friend the Member for Hexham. I think we all recognise what a great job he …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 7th February 2022
Asked by:
Richard Graham (Conservative - Gloucester)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on the conversion of Kickstart jobs into full-time equivalent roles and apprenticeships.
Answered by Mims Davies
- Shadow Minister (Women)
We are delighted that over 130,000 Kickstart jobs have been started by young people and around 235,000 roles have been made available for young people to apply to through the scheme.
Many of these Kickstart jobs will lead on to further employment, training, or apprenticeships.
Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches promote apprenticeship opportunities to claimants in their regular interventions with customers and actively participate in “National Apprenticeship Week”
The Department for Work and Pensions will be monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart scheme throughout and after its implementation, and will continue to evaluate the longer-term outcomes for Kickstart participants after they have completed their six-month jobs
Jobs made available and starts quoted here include some unfunded Kickstart jobs.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, which has been developed quickly.
The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]
"This is an important point and the Minister will know that there are open schemes with considerable assets which could be deployed to the advantage of this nation in investing in means of growth for the future. Where they are funded, being open, it gives them a huge advantage and …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]
"As a trustee of the parliamentary pension fund, may I highlight that the changes on page 118 of the Bill on climate change risk are incredibly important and will help encourage trustees and pension funds in general to make investments that are pro-environment, pro-green and pro-climate change? I am absolutely …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]
"The hon. Gentleman is making a point that a number of us made earlier. I notice that in the Committee, on which the hon. Gentleman served, the Minister responded pretty clearly by saying:
“Open schemes with a strong sponsoring employer that are immature and have managed their risk appropriately should …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 May 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the operation of universal credit. ..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 May 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"I am grateful to all the jobcentres, and particularly the one in Gloucester, which has done a remarkable job of registering so many of my constituents. Some people discover when they register that they lose child tax credit before any new benefits are payable. What can my hon. Friend the …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 29th January 2020
Asked by:
Richard Graham (Conservative - Gloucester)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Gloucester constituency and (b) the UK (i) applied for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) (ii) had their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim rejected and (ii) successfully contended a rejected Personal Independence payment (PIP) claim at appeal in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The table below provides the information requested for initial decisions following a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment for the Gloucester Parliamentary constituency and Great Britain in 2018-19:
Initial decisions in 2018-19 | Gloucester | Great Britain |
PIP initial decisions following a PIP assessment | 1,320 | 630,260 |
Of which, disallowed | 430 | 222,930 |
| | |
Of those disallowed at initial decision | | |
Award changed at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) | 40 | 15,940 |
Award unchanged at MR and decision overturned at a tribunal hearing | 20 | 14,510 |
Award unchanged at MR and appeal lapsed | 10 | 6,140 |
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.
A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at tribunal.
The Northern Irish Assembly has devolved responsibility for social security benefits. The responsibility for statistics in Northern Ireland lies with the Department for Communities:
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/personal-independence-payment-statistics