Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) , of which I was proud to be the Secretary of State, but I am particularly conscious about the uncertainty - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) In Committee, the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. - Speech Link
3: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) their standard of living during retirement. - Speech Link
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England (i) receive the basic state pension, (ii) receive pension credit and (iii) are eligible for pension credit but do not claim it; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all pensioners receive their full entitlement to pension credit.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. The figures below show the Pension Credit and Basic State Pension caseloads in each area:
| Pension Credit | Basic State Pension |
Coventry North East Constituency | 2,873 | 10,083 |
Coventry | 7,168 | 33,981 |
North West | 131,692 | 773,219 |
England | 1,160,826 | 7,190,718 |
The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). These statistics are only available at Great Britain level and cannot be broken down to smaller geographical areas.
We continue to promote Pension Credit through our national awareness campaign, which has been ongoing since April 2022 and has included advertising on national TV, newspapers, broadcast radio, on social media and via internet search engines as well as on screens in Post Offices and GP surgeries.
At the start of 2024 - as in previous years - the DWP wrote to over 11 million pensioners as part of the annual State Pension up-rating exercise. The accompanying leaflet included prominent messaging promoting Pension Credit using the 'call to action' messaging from the communication campaign, including how Pension Credit opens the door to other financial help such as housing costs, Council Tax and heating bills.
There is a strong indication that the campaign has had a positive impact. The latest available figures covering the 3 months to November 2023 show that there were over 28 thousand more households in receipt the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit than in May 2022.
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Business case guidance for projects and programmesFound: time to the employer and must include all employment costs in addition to basic pay – for example, pensions
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Experience of claiming and receiving Carer’s AllowanceFound: According to Carers UK’s 2019 ‘State of Caring’ report, 39% are in financial hardship and 73% of carers
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab - Life peer) people—24%, or almost one in four, of our total population—a figure that excludes people in nursing and retirement - Speech Link
2: Baroness Donaghy (Lab - Life peer) In referring to the decade since the PIP was introduced, the Government state that“the appearance of - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) Poor pensions go with disability, and this needs to be acknowledged. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Think how much money the state would save if that happened. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) and covered in the newspapers—and that some women who were approaching retirement or early retirement - Speech Link
2: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab - Salford and Eccles) They often receive higher state pensions, and even higher private pensions. - Speech Link
3: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I supported the equalisation of pensions, but not on the basis of the retirement age for women increasing - Speech Link
4: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) As a percentage of GDP, the UK spends 5.7% on state pensions and pensions benefits. - Speech Link
5: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) Just 5.7% of our UK GDP is spent on state pensions and pensions benefits, compared with 16% in Italy, - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Lady will know, many of the reforms introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions to provide support - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) of State for Health and Social Care, have heard the hon. - Speech Link
3: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) just a few weeks ago helped us to a glorious victory at Twickenham.As will concern anyone approaching retirement - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) They remember the 25p rise to their pensions under the last Labour Government. - Speech Link
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department received a draft of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman report on changes to Women’s State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Department for Work and Pensions did not receive a draft of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on changes to women’s State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024.
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Whatton Prison: Action PlanFound: The governor had been in post for 18 months after the retirement of her long-serving predecessor.
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Whatton Prison: Action PlanFound: The governor had been in post for 18 months after the retirement of her long-serving predecessor.