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Written Question
Sudan: Development Aid
Tuesday 19th November 2024

Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6251 on Sudan: Development Aid, if he will break down the £97 million allocated to Sudan by funding to (a) multilaterals, (b) NGOs and (c) national and local organisations.

Answered by Anneliese Dodds - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

In addition to the £97 million of UK ODA to Sudan so far this year, and £16.5 million to support neighbouring countries hosting people displaced by the conflict, on 17 November, the UK announced a further £113 million of aid to support over a million people affected by the violence in Sudan, and displaced across the region including to South Sudan, Chad and Uganda. With this announcement, the UK has doubled our aid in response to the conflict in Sudan this year to £226.5 million. Our funding supports UN and NGO partners, providing food, cash, shelter, medical assistance, water and sanitation. Education Cannot Wait will also receive £10 million of this funding to provide safe learning spaces and psychosocial for 200,000 vulnerable children in refugee and host communities in Chad, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Uganda. UK ODA continues to support the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) which is supporting local and national responders, including Emergency Response Rooms and a consortium of INGOs.

Division Vote (Commons)
13 Nov 2024 - Exiting the European Union - View Vote Context
Sarah Champion (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 338 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 412 Noes - 16
Division Vote (Commons)
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Champion (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 342 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 41 Noes - 378
Division Vote (Commons)
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Champion (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 376
Division Vote (Commons)
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Champion (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 343 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 93 Noes - 355
Division Vote (Commons)
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Champion (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 375
Division Vote (Commons)
12 Nov 2024 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Champion (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 340 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 435 Noes - 73
Written Question
Pension Credit
Monday 11th November 2024

Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average processing time is for a new claim for Pension Credit from initial application to determination.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The table below shows Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) from the end of week commencing 2nd September to the end of week commencing 21st October, in working days.

DWP currently works to a planned timescale of 50 working days to clear Pension Credit claims.

  

02/09/24 

09/09/24 

16/09/24 

23/09/24 

30/09/24 

07/10/24 

14/10/24

21/10/24

Pension Credit Claims AACT 

26

26

26

25

33

37

44

52

Please note.

  • The data shown is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.
  • These figures will not align to previous PQ responses due to retrospective updates as the data is sourced from live systems.

If a claim is made by 21 December, Pension Credit can be backdated for three months if the entitlement conditions have been met throughout that period, and if the claimant was eligible, they would also receive a Winter Fuel Payment.

Division Vote (Commons)
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Sarah Champion (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 367 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 400 Noes - 122
Division Vote (Commons)
6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context
Sarah Champion (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 368 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 400 Noes - 120