Mel Stride
Conservative - Central Devon
61 (0.1%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 6th May 2010
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(since July 2024)Division Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
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Legislation Debates
Mel Stride has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateLatest EDMs signed by Mel Stride
Social Security
Tabled by: Rishi Sunak (Conservative - Richmond and Northallerton)That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (S.I., 2024, No. 869), dated 22 August 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 22 August 2024, be annulled.
(Most recent: 10 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 75
Independent: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Scottish National Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Mel Stride, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Mel Stride has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Mel Stride has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
9 Bills introduced by Mel Stride
A Bill to make provision about additional payments to recipients of means-tested benefits, tax credits and disability benefits.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 23rd March 2023 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to extend the protection from seizure or forfeiture given to cultural objects.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th April 2022 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 12th February 2019 and was enacted into law.
To authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2018, 31 March 2019 and 31 March 2020; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th March 2019 and was enacted into law.
To authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2017, 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2017 and 31 March 2018.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th March 2018 and was enacted into law.
To authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2019; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2018.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 19th July 2018 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th March 2018 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 16th November 2017 and was enacted into law.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 19th July 2017 and was enacted into law.
Mel Stride has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 7 Written Questions
(View all written questions)There have been five separate iterations of the Household Support Fund (HSF). Since the first iteration was introduced, over £2.5 billion has been allocated to Local Authorities in England to support those most in need through the HSF (October 2021- September 2024).
The Government has announced funding to extend the HSF for a further 6 months, from 1 October 2024 until 31 March 2025.
DWP requires that Local Authorities provide Management Information (MI) returns to the Department, which demonstrate that they are delivering the scheme in accordance with the guidance and grant determination that the Department have set out for the scheme. This includes information on the type of household supported, category of spending, types of support and how support has been accessed.
MI has been published for the first three iterations of HSF following their completion. For HSF2 and HSF3, the information shows the proportion of each round spent on energy and water, essentials linked to energy and water and households with pensioners. This information is not available for HSF1. It is not possible to determine the proportion spent on energy support for households with pensioners or the total amount spent in any category for any round of the fund due to data limitations.
The information can be found at the following links:
MI for HSF4 is due to be released later this year. MI for HSF5 and HSF6 will be published once the schemes conclude and subject to the usual quality assurance process.
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Department for Work and Pensions has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Department for Work and Pensions has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Department for Work and Pensions has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government estimates that linking entitlement to receipt of Pension Credit and other relevant DWP income-related benefits will reduce expenditure by around £1.4 billion in 2024/25 and £1.5 billion in 2025/26, based on the assumption of a 5% increase of Pension Credit take-up.
Winter Fuel Payments are classified as Annual Managed Expenditure (AME). The estimated savings are sensitive to forecasted take up of Pension Credit. The final savings will be certified and published by the Office for Budget responsibility at the Autumn Budget on the 30th October, taking account of any behavioural response.
With regards to the associated passported benefits in this financial year and each of the next four financial years, the DWP does not hold this information.
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Chancellor’s statement of 29 July made hard choices to reduce immediate spending pressures . It was not a fiscal event and was not accompanied by an economic and fiscal forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Chancellor commissioned a forecast from the OBR in her statement of 29 July, to be published alongside a Budget on 30 October. The OBR will certify the methodology behind the costings of measures announced on 29 July, including the targeting of Winter Fuel Payments at recipients of Pension Credit and certain other means-tested benefits, in the usual way at the Budget.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury