Every parliamentary written question tabled by Ben Goldsborough this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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How many people in receipt of Universal Credit while in paid employment are employed (a) in the retail sector and (b) by supermarkets.
The Getting Britain Working: Labour Market Insights Publication contains an estimate of the proportion of people on Universal Credit who work in Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles sector, which can be found at https://www...
What is the annual cost of paying Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
The department publishes figures for expenditure on Universal Credit (UC) Expenditure here: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables - GOV.UK Universal Credit entitlement is calculated on a household basis. The requested breakdown of UC expenditure to peop...
What is the annual cost of paying legacy benefits such as working tax credits and earlier iterations of Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
Precursors to Universal Credit (UC) such as Working Tax Credits (WTC) have now migrated to UC, therefore legacy payments are no longer applicable. As a result, all associated costs are captured within UC payments. For other working age benefits where clai...
How many Child Maintenance Service cases were reviewed by the Independent Case Examiner in each of the last ten years.
There are several ways in which complaints escalated to the Independent Case Examiner (ICE) can be concluded – resolution, settlement or investigation. This table shows the total volumes of Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases ICE concluded in each of the last ten operational years, and comprises of cases concluded by resolution, settlement and investigation. CMS2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25Total3353703133282783555928071253941
How many new applications have been made to the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last ten years.
The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the latest statistics are currently available to June 2025. Table 1 of the latest National tables includes the information on the total applications received by CMS for each of the last five quarters, from quarter ending June 2024 to quarter ending June 2025. Statistics from August 2016 to March 2024 are available in ‘Table 1’ in the ‘National tables’ of previous releases and the resulting annual data, from August 2016 to June 2025, has been provided in the table below. Annual Applications to the Child Maintenance Service, Great Britain, August 2016 to June 2025
What the average length of time was that staff had been employed in the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last 10 years.
The information requested for the average length of time in service is not held at Child Maintenance Service level. It is only available at Department for Work and Pension level.
How many staff working days have been lost to sick leave in the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last 10 years.
The information is not available for the whole period requested. The data is only available from October 2023. This is due to changes in departmental reporting hierarchies.
If her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of Temporary Housing Subsidy rates on local authority budgets.
DWP pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases but this is subject to limits to incentivise local authorities to find settled accommodation for residents and to ensure good value for money for the taxpayer. Local au...
If she will make an estimate of the number of people who will be in receipt of the Winter Fuel Payment by constituency from 1 April 2025; and what the total value of the (a) Winter Fuel Payment and (b)
We cannot estimate the number of people who will be in receipt of the Winter Fuel Payment by constituency from 1 April 2025. The Secretary of State will undertake her annual statutory review of benefits and State Pensions for the next financial year ahead...
What the total uprated value of the State Pension will be from 1 April 2025, by constituency.
The Government is committed to the Triple Lock, which means that in April 2025, the basic and new State pension will increase by the higher of the growth in average earnings, price increases or 2.5%. The relevant percentage increase applied to the State P...