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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Department of not reducing state pensions of pensioners who are hospital in-patients.

Asked by

Andrew Selous (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2005

Reference

431 c1719W;431 c1715W; 220584

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January, 429 c773W, on benefit rates, if he will make it his policy to collect figures for the number of people in hospital for more than a year living on the weekly benefit rate...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 February 2005

Reference

211954; 430 c942W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been in hospital for more than a year live on the weekly benefit rate of £15.90; and what proportion suffer from mental ill-health. - Inc table. (Further information on 02.02.2005 at 430 c942w)

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 January 2005

For answer on

17 January 2005

Answered on

17 January 2005

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who have been in hospital for more than a year live on the weekly benefit rate of £15.90; and what proportion suffer from mental ill-health. [207736] Malcolm Wicks: The information is not available in the format requested. However, such information as is available is set out in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit type Number of people on adjusted personal benefit rate State pension and bereavement benefits 17,030 Severe disablement allowance 8,000 Income support 3,500 Incapacity benefit 3,500 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 This figure is an average of the September 2003 and March 2004 figures and includes approximately 2,100 recipients of pension credit. Notes: 1. Figures for the number of people receiving state pension, in hospital over 52 weeks are from a 5 per cent. sample from the pensions strategy computer system at 30 September 2003 and 31 March 2004. pension credit figures are based on the proportion of the pensioner population who receive pension credit, as no data are currently available for those in hospital longer than one year. 2. Disability living allowance and attendance allowance are not paid if the benefit recipient is in hospital over four weeks, so have not been included. The unemployment supplement in industrial injuries disablement benefit is downrated but there are few cases where this applies and no cases where hospital downrating has been recorded. 3. The incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance admin data are from the Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance Quarterly Summary Statistics (four quarterly averages have been used) and the income support data are from the Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry.

Date

17 January 2005

Reference

207736; 429 c773W;429 c777-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people disqualified from receiving a 2004-05 winter fuel payment on the grounds that during the qualifying week they were in hospital receiving free in-patient treatment and had been receiving such treatment for more...

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 2004

Reference

204053; 428 c865W

House

House of Commons

Untitled Opposition day

Older Women. Seventeenth opposition day debate (part 2). Motion negatived on division (250 to 182). Amendment agreed on division (248 to 175).

Lead member

Steve Webb

Answering member

Malcolm Wicks

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Opposition days

Date

14 September 2004

Reference

424 c1190-238;424 c1191-239

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to change the rules allowing for the state pension to be reduced after 52 weeks in hospital. - No plans at present to change these rules.

Asked by

Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 September 2004

Reference

424 c1109-10W;424 c1109W; 186565

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why the level of benefit payable to in-patients who have been in hospital for more than a year is set at 20 per cent. of the basic state pension; what reviews of the level of benefit payable to long-term in-patients...

Asked by

David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 July 2004

For answer on

14 July 2004

Answered on

14 July 2004

David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) why the level of benefit payable to in- patients who have been in hospital for more than a year is set at 20 per cent. of the basic state pension; [183162] (2) what reviews of the level of benefit payable to long- term in-patients have been conducted since it was first set at 20 per cent. of the basic state pension; and what the findings were; [183190] (3) what assessment was made of the (a) therapeutic and (b) financial needs of in-patients who have been in hospital over a year when the decision to maintain the level of benefit entitlement at 20 per cent. of the basic state pension was taken; and if he will make a statement; [183191] (4) what research he has commissioned on the (a) economic and (b) therapeutic effects of setting the level of benefit payable to long-term in-patients at 20 per cent. of the basic state pension. [183245] Malcolm Wicks: The National Insurance Advisory Committee (NIAC) originally considered the amount of benefit that should be paid to long-term in-patients in 1949. Although they said that there would be grounds for withholding the whole of benefit because no allowance should be paid for outside commitments, they thought it desirable that benefit should not be reduced below "a reasonable amount for personal needs in hospital". They recommended an amount which was roughly 20 per cent. of the standard rate of state pension. (A higher rate was set for long-term in-patients with respiratory tuberculosis.) When asked to review the amount of benefit paid to in-patients in 1952, the NIAC recommended that the amount paid to long-term in-patients should be increased to reflect increases in the cost of living. This increased amount continued to represent 20 per cent. of the prevailing rate of state pension. Changes were introduced in 1988 to abolish the resettlement benefit payable to long-term in-patients without a dependant on discharge, and to reduce the amount payable to dependants of long-term in-patients. The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC), when considering those changes, said that they had received several representations that the level of benefit paid to long-term in-patients (that is, the 20 per cent. of basic state pension) was too low to meet their needs. SSAC said that they had seen no evidence to convince them that the level of benefit should be raised. The benefit paid to long-term in-patients is to meet their personal day-to-day requirements, such as newspapers, magazines, and toiletry items. It is not intended to cover the purchase of more expensive items such as clothing. That is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. We have seen no convincing evidence that the current level of benefit is causing long-term in-patients either therapeutic or economic harm.

Date

14 July 2004

Reference

423 c1207-8W; 183162;183190;183191;183245

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how and when the present level of benefit payable to long-term hospital in-patients to meet day-to-day personal requirements was set.

Asked by

David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 2004

Reference

179021; 423 c955-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the abolition of benefit cuts for patients in the first 52 weeks of a hospital stay has cost his Department. - Including figures.

Asked by

Brian Iddon (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

138622; 413 c487W;413 c487-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

Answered by

Malcolm Wicks (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

13 November 2003

Reference

413 c143-4WH

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

Answered by

Malcolm Wicks (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

13 November 2003

Reference

413 c143-4WH

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask what proposals the government have to reduce age discrimination against older people in England. 1st Westminster Hall supplementary on age discrimination towards NHS patients.

Asked by

Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

13 November 2003

Reference

413 c143-4WH; 137440

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had (a) their state pension and (b) other benefits incorrectly deducted after a hospital stay lasting more than six weeks since 9th March. - Not available.

Asked by

John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 July 2003

Reference

126851; 409 c522W;409 c523W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of pensioners who will benefit from changes to pension payments for long term hospital patients in 2003. - Includes figures and fact that not available in format requested.

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2003

Reference

109930; 404 c492W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to provide an alternative method to people to drawing their pension in person, when they suffer from sudden illness, from April.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 March 2003

Reference

100564; 400 c897W;400 c889W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps will be taken to assist people in hospitals or otherwise unable to get to banks because of illness to collect pensions from source after January 2003.

Asked by

Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 November 2002

Reference

77095; 392 c82-3W;392 c82W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the lengths of time which elapse before benefits are reduced for a pensioner resident in hospital.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2002

Reference

77852; 391 c790W;391 c786W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if it is his policy to treat persons sent abroad for hospital or other medical treatment under the National Health Service as having uninterrupted residence in the United Kingdom as regards their entitlement to benefits; and in what circumstances in...

Asked by

Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 June 2002

Reference

61909; 387 c288-9W;387 c288W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of Housing Benefit Regulation 5 on the receipt of housing benefit for a period of notice required by a landlord by a hospitalised claimant who is too unwell to return to their...

Asked by

Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 May 2002

Reference

386 c300W;386 c299W; 57148;57149

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many grants were made to assist with the cost of travel to hospital, and of what mean and upper and lower decile values, in each (a) county, (b) health authority and (b) travel-to-work area in the last 12 months.

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 April 2002

Reference

43243; 383 c1111-2W;383 c1111W

House

House of Commons

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