Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rupert Lowe 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 used Access to Work support at what cost and for what reasons in the last financial year.
The most recent complete financial year of data available in the published Access to Work official statistics is 2023/24: Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2024 - GOV.UK. In 2023/24, around 61,630 people received a payment for any Access to W...
How many claimants are in receipt of Universal Credit after passing a habitual residency test.
The information is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. The Department is exploring the feasibility of developing suitable official statistics related to the immigration status of non-UK / Irish Universal Cre...
Pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12868 on Habitual Residence Test, how many habitual residency tests for Universal Credit there were, excluding factual habitual residency tests, in
Habitual Residence Tests (HRT) always assess whether individuals are factually habitually resident. For an individual to be factually habitually resident they must have been living here for a significant period of time and have a settled intention to rema...
How much was paid by her Department to Serco in each of the last 10 years.
This information you seek can be found on the Government website here DWP: departmental spending over £25,000 - GOV.UK
How many National Insurance numbers were issued to foreign nationals in each year since 2010.
The Department publishes quarterly statistics on National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK on Stat-Xplore. The latest statistics, for January 2002 to June 2024, can be compiled by rolling year end to June and nation...
How many National Insurance numbers were issued to (a) Bulgarian and (b) Romanian nationals resident in Great Yarmouth constituency in each year since 2016.
The Department publishes quarterly statistics on National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK on Stat-Xplore. The latest statistics, for January 2002 to June 2024, can be compiled by rolling year end to June and nation...
How much her Department has attributed to fraud and error in each of the last ten years.
The Department publishes estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system by financial year. These statistics are available for the past ten financial years and can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK
Pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2024 to Question 11207 on Habitual Residence Test, how many habitual residence tests related to Universal Credit assessments have been granted in each of the last fi
The table below gives the number of Universal Credit (UC) Habitual Residence Test (HRT) assessments that resulted in a ‘pass’ decision in the past five years. Date Decision Entered on Admin SystemNumber of UC HRT 'Pass' DecisionsApril 2019 to March 202038...
How many recipients of Universal Credit were born outside the UK in each of the last five years.
The Department does not collect data on the country of birth of individuals claiming Universal Credit. DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer's eligibility to claim benefits. An individual's specific country of birth does not play a rol...
What the total number of staff employed to review Personal Independence Payment claims is; and how many fraudulent claims were made in each of the last five years.
DWP currently has 2,700 FTE employed to review Personal Independence Payment Claims. Staff RoleFTEDS PIP New Claims and Award Reviews2700 Notes:Data is correct as of 04th November 2024.Data for PIP New Claims and Award Reviews staff has been derived from ...
What the average (a) waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for (i) Job Centre Plus, (ii) the Universal Credit helpline and (iii) the Personal Independence Payment helpline wa
The table below shows the Average Speed of Answer and Average Hold Time for all people calling (i) Job Centre Plus, (ii) the Universal Credit helpline and (iii) the Personal Independence Payment helpline in each of the last 4 business years, with 2024 to ...
How many staff in their Departmental work outside of the UK; where these staff work; and what the cost is of salaries for these staff.
None of the DWP’s employees work outside the UK.
How many individuals claiming Universal Credit have received fit notes for each of the last three financial years.
The number of people on Universal Credit in Great Britain who submitted an accepted fit note to the Department for each of the last three financial years is shown in the table below: 2021 to 20222022 to 20232023 to 2024854,390896,790908,740 Notes:Numbers...
What estimate her Department has made of the total number of people of working age currently out of work.
Official statistics for the number of people unemployed and economically inactive are published each month by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS), estimated using the Labour Force Survey. The ONS headline labour market statistics define w...
How many habitual residence tests have been granted in each year of the last five years.
With the exception of Universal Credit, the information requested is not held centrally for the relevant DWP benefits and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. DWP uses the habitual residence test for income-related benefits (Universal Credit,...
What discussions she has had with local authorities on tackling youth unemployment in Great Yarmouth constituency.
Our plan to Get Britain Working includes a new Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work in their local area. This will sit alongside; a new nation...
How many people are claiming the enhanced mobility component of the personal independence payment by each eligible health condition.
The Department regularly publishes Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistics. The 'PIP Cases with Entitlement' dataset on Stat-Xplore, which contains the number of people entitled to PIP by mobility award status and health condition, has been suspend...
How often her Department reviews the eligibility of foreign nationals for (a) Universal Credit and (b) other benefits.
In order to receive taxpayer-funded benefits (public funds benefits) such as Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payments, an individual must either be a British or Irish citizen or hold a valid UK immigration status that allows them to access such ...
What the (a) average waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for her Department was in each of the last five years.
The table below shows the Average Speed of Answer and Total Hold Time for all people calling DWP for the last 5 business years, with 2024 to 2025 being to 20th Oct’ 2024* only, that being the last date for which data is available. Average Speed of Answe...
How much has been spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for individuals contacting her Department in each of the last five years.
Translation CostInterpretation Costs2019/20£ 472,539£ 2,219,6132020/21£ 398,270£ 3,537,8722021/22£ 518,927£ 6,823,1402022/23£ 641,747£ 5,668,8222023/24£ 677,614£ 6,195,053