Asked by: Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat - Brecon and Radnorshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the criteria for awarding cold weather payments have changed since May 2010.
Answered by Steve Webb
In April 2013 Universal Credit was added as a qualifying benefit and Council Tax Benefit was removed as a qualifying benefit as it ceased to exist. Otherwise, the criteria for awarding Cold Weather Payments have remained the same.
This Government have also, from 2010, permanently increased the value of a Cold Weather Payment from £8.50 to £25.
Asked by: Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat - Brecon and Radnorshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with movement disorders have applied for personal independence payment.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
Information on claims made to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) broken down by condition is not available.
Asked by: Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat - Brecon and Radnorshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving personal independence payments have undergone an intervention to review their entitlement.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
The information requested is not available at this time. We will make the statistics on PIP interventions available when they meet the standards required for them to be released in official statistics.