Sep. 12 2024
Source Page: Independent investigation of the NHS in EnglandFound: Aside from pensions and nuclear decommissioning, NHS clinical negligence claims are the largest liability
Asked by: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour - Poole)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) claimed and (b) were eligible to claim Pension Credit in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain 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 were suspended for financial year ending (FYE) 2021 due to data issues following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. More recent caseload statistics are made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. These are published quarterly. It should be noted that any numbers regarding eligibility are estimates based on the number of Pension Credit recipients in each of the last three financial years and the estimated number of Pension Credit entitled non-recipients in each of the last three financial years).
FYE | Number of recipients (millions) |
2020 | 1.49 |
2021 | 1.41 |
2022 | 1.35 |
FYE | Estimated number of people eligible (millions) |
2020 | 2.26 |
2021 | Not available |
2022 | 2.15 |
Sep. 10 2024
Source Page: Labour Market Trends: September 2024Found: employees has generally been increasing since December 2020 and has continued to be above the pre - coronavirus
Found: This was because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and to allow businesses to focus on preparing
Sep. 09 2024
Source Page: Service Design Payments: FOI ReviewFound: is no nationally provided advocacy s upport for those who interact with the Department of Work and Pensions
Sep. 09 2024
Source Page: Communications regarding Long Covid: FOI releaseFound: This includes the guidance provided by the D epartment for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Employing disabled
Asked by: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour - Poole)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much pension credit was unclaimed in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
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 were suspended for financial year ending 2021 due to data issues following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In the financial year ending 2022, the estimated amount of unclaimed Pension Credit was £1.72 billion.
Sep. 05 2024
Source Page: DVSA annual report and accounts, 2023 to 2024Found: This includes the terms and conditions relating to the remuneration (excluding pensions) and the payment
Aug. 30 2024
Source Page: Meetings with North East Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (NECCUS), Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) and Equinor: EIR releaseFound: international climate finance issues at the UN level and supported cities across the world to invest their pensions
Aug. 29 2024
Source Page: Heat in Buildings Impact Assessments: EIR releaseFound: households in need are not always eligible for support, for instance older people with small occupational pensions