Margaret Greenwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people for whom the funds spent on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) would provide talking therapy for in place of PIP in (a) Wirral, (b) Merseyside and (...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average extra costs that people with less severe mental health conditions face as a result of their conditions compared to the general population.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average extra costs that disabled people face as a result of their disability compared to people who are not disabled.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024, what the evidential basis is for the statement that people with less severe mental health conditions should be expected to enga...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his department's consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what steps he is taking to help en...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what assessment he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentres will be offering face-to-face support for legacy benefit claimants required to transfer to Universal Credit under the Move to Universal Credit programme in (a) Merseyside and (b) Wir...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Jobcentres will be offering face-to-face support for legacy benefit claimants required to transfer to Universal Credit; and which ones will be offering that support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households his Department plans to send migration notices to as part of the Move to Universal Credit in 2024-24 in (a) the UK, (b) Merseyside and (c) Wirral.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of Tax Credit claimants that have received migration notices under Move to Universal Credit and who have had to repay Tax Credit debt i...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department is using to identify vulnerable people receiving legacy benefits during the managed migration process Move to Universal Credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is planning to provide extra staff to support legacy benefit claimants in 2024-25 as part of the Move to Universal Credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which advice agencies the Government is providing funding to in 2024-25; and what level of funding is being provided to those agencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of households awarded transitional protection under the Move to Universal Credit programme have subsequently lost that protection because of a change of circumstances.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the average time from first contact with the NHS specialist mental health services to the commencement of regular talking therapy treatment for someone with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) maximum amount of waiting time when contacting the Carer's Allowance Unit by telephone.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of Carer’s Allowance there have been in relation to the earnings conditions in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many debts of overpayments of Carer's Allowance his Department was seeking to recover in value brackets (a) £0.01 - £500, (b) £500.01 - £1,000, (c) £1,000.01 - £5,000, (d) £5,000.01 - £20,000 and (e...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of carer’s allowance of (a) £0.01 - £500, (b) £500.01 - £1,000, (c) £1,000.01 - £5,000, (d) £5,000.01 - £20,000 and (e) more than £20,000 were made in the (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department provided between 1 September 2023 and 23 February 2024 to people who wished to apply for a lump sum payment under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979...