Every parliamentary written question tabled by James McMurdock this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Showing 1–20 of 199 · Department for Work and Pensions
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Britain is undersaving for retirement warns Pensions Commission, published on 19 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current pension engagement and financial education initiatives.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Britain is undersaving for retirement warns Pensions Commission, published on 19 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the principal causes of retirement undersaving among (a) low and (b) middle earners.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Britain is undersaving for retirement warns Pensions Commission, published on 19 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the implications of lower rates of home ownership for future retirement security.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Britain is undersaving for retirement warns Pensions Commission, published on 19 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current minimum automatic enrolment contribution rates to provide sufficient retirement income.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Britain is undersaving for retirement warns Pensions Commission, published on 19 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential barriers preventing self-employed people from saving adequately for retirement.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Britain is undersaving for retirement warns Pensions Commission, published on 19 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the long-term fiscal implications of increased retirement undersaving for future welfare spending.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the time required to eliminate the backlog of Access to Work applications.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what the average number of claims processed per day is by an individual caseworker.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what preventative steps his Department is taking to avoid future backlogs in the Access to Work scheme.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the number of employers affected by delays in Access to Work decisions.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for non-urgent Access to Work application decisions in (a) Essex and (b) the UK as of May 2026.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what analysis he has undertaken of the causes of the increase in Access to Work claims since 2018-19.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the proportion of non-urgent Access to Work applications awaiting decisions for more than 28 days.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, whether his Department plans to publish regular progress updates on reducing the Access to Work backlog.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what performance targets his Department has established for processing Access to Work applications.
Awaiting answer.
What proportion of overpayments to deceased welfare claimants have been recovered in each year since 2020.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) timeliness and (b) accuracy of death notifications across Government systems.
Awaiting answer.
How many instances of benefit overpayments to deceased claimants have been recorded in each year since 2020.
Awaiting answer.
What proportion of overpayments to deceased welfare claimants have been recovered since 2020.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
What steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) timeliness and (b) accuracy of death notifications across Government systems.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.