"uri","answering body","answer > is ministerial correction","answer > date of answer","answer > answer text","answer > answering member constituency","answer > answering member printed","answer > question first answered","answer > uri","answer > answering member > label","answer > uri","answer > previous answer version > answering member constituency","answer > previous answer version > answering member printed","answer > previous answer version > uri","answer > previous answer version > answering member > label","answering dept id","answering dept short name","answering dept sort name","date","hansard heading","house id","legislature > pref label","question text","registered interest","tabling member > label","tabling member constituency","tabling member printed","uin" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1519266","Department for Work and Pensions","false","2022-10-18","
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas. For Great Britain in May 2022, 55% of the households on LHA had rents higher than the LHA rates. For these households the average gap was £146 per month.
In April 2020 LHA rates were increased to the 30th percentile of local rents. This significant investment of nearly £1 billion provided 1.5 million claimants with an average £600 more housing support in 2020/21 than they would otherwise have received.
LHA rates have been maintained at their increased levels since then, so that everyone who benefitted from the increase will continue to do so.
For those who require additional support with housing costs, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. Since 2011 we have provided almost over £1.5 billion in DHPs.
","Brentwood and Ongar","Alex Burghart","2022-10-18T13:24:00.113Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1519266/answer","Biography information for Alex Burghart","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1519266/answer",,,,,"29","Work and Pensions","Work and Pensions","2022-10-10","Local Housing Allowance","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the calculation of Local Housing Allowance rates applicable in financial year 2022-23.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","59968" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1603654","Cabinet Office","false","2023-03-21","The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Comprehensive details of Senior Officials’ Business Expenses, encompassing domestic flights are available on GOV.UK.
","Brentwood and Ongar","Alex Burghart","2023-03-21T18:31:47.207Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1603654/answer","Biography information for Alex Burghart","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1603654/answer",,,,,"53","Cabinet Office","Cabinet Office","2023-03-13","Government Departments: Travel","1","House of Commons","To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on helicopter travel in each of the last ten years.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","163989" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1603655","Cabinet Office","false","2023-03-21","The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Comprehensive details of Senior Officials’ Business Expenses, encompassing domestic flights are available on GOV.UK.
","Brentwood and Ongar","Alex Burghart","2023-03-21T18:26:44.697Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1603655/answer","Biography information for Alex Burghart","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1603655/answer",,,,,"53","Cabinet Office","Cabinet Office","2023-03-13","Ministers: Travel","1","House of Commons","To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private flights have been taken by Government Ministers and officials from RAF Northolt in each of the last ten years.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","163990" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380228","Department for Education","false","2021-11-29","The department is supporting the Department for Work and Pensions to develop an adjustments passport that aims to smooth the transition into employment and support people changing jobs including people with special educational needs and disabilities. Twelve-month pilots of the adjustments passport are now underway in higher education and post-16 provider pilot sites. The adjustments passport will capture the in-work support needs of the individual and includes the aim to empower them in having confident discussions about adjustments with employers.
Having an adjustments passport is voluntary and the department will continue to monitor take up alongside communications as to how we might increase visibility and awareness to inform a future approach were the pilots to be successful. Following an evaluation, if the pilots prove successful, the adjustments passport will be made available to support all people with disabilities and health conditions providing a transferable record of adjustments and reduce the need for unnecessary assessments.
The government launched the SEND Review in September 2019, a cross government review being led by the department. The goal of the SEND Review is to substantially improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND, build parental confidence and bring financial sustainability to the system. The government plans to publish proposals for public consultation, in a Green Paper, in the first three months of 2022.
","Brentwood and Ongar","Alex Burghart","2021-11-29T11:24:16.823Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380228/answer","Biography information for Alex Burghart","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380228/answer",,,,,"60","Education","Education","2021-11-19","Special Educational Needs: Reviews","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, subject to the successful piloting of Access to Work adjustment passports, whether he plans to embed passports for children with special educational needs and disabilities support (SEND) in schools and colleges in an updated Code of Practice following his Department's SEND review.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","78483" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380229","Department for Education","false","2021-11-29","In the ‘Skills for Jobs’ White Paper, published in January 2021, we announced the introduction of a three point plan to enforce provider access legislation (the ‘Baker Clause’, commenced in 2018). This requires that all maintained schools and academies provide opportunities for providers of technical education and apprenticeships to visit schools to talk to all year 8-13 pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This plan includes creating clear minimum legal requirements, specifying who is to be given access to which pupils and when. This is an important step towards real choice for every pupil.
Through the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) we support careers leaders in schools and colleges to design and deliver careers education programmes tailored to the needs of young people with SEND. As part of this work, the CEC has worked with the Gatsby Foundation and Disability Rights UK to create support material to help schools and colleges use the Gatsby Benchmarks to deliver high-quality career guidance for students with a wide range of needs and disabilities.
As set out in the National Disability Strategy, we will work to improve supported internships in England, including updating guidance and, through our contract/grant delivery partners in financial year 2020-21, developing a self-assessment quality framework for providers, and helping local authorities to develop local supported employment forums. In addition, the CEC continues to encourage employers to provide work experience and supported internships for young people with SEND.
We are also encouraging more young people to consider apprenticeships through our Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge (ASK) programme which reached over 600,000 students across England in the last academic year. As part of this, we are working with 40 schools through the ASK Development Schools project to support students who have the potential to progress into a traineeship or apprenticeship but who are facing significant personal barriers, including disabilities.
In partnership with Disability Rights UK, we have launched a Disabled Apprentice Network to provide valuable insight and evidence on how to attract and retain disabled people into apprenticeships. We have also improved our ‘Find an Apprenticeship’ and ‘Find a Traineeship’ services to allow people to identify Disability Confident employers offering opportunities.
We are also taking several measures to raise awareness of traineeships and increase uptake. We have created a new online collection of free resources for schools including factsheets, case studies and a guide for teachers. We are also working with the National Careers Service and the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that young people understand the different options available to them and are supported on the right path.
","Brentwood and Ongar","Alex Burghart","2021-11-29T11:55:06.717Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380229/answer","Biography information for Alex Burghart","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380229/answer",,,,,"60","Education","Education","2021-11-19","School Leaving: Disability","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to encourage (a) awareness and (b) uptake of apprenticeships, supported internships and traineeships among young disabled school-leavers.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","78484" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380230","Department for Education","false","2021-11-29","The department is supporting the Department for Work and Pensions to develop an adjustments passport that aims to smooth the transition into employment and support people changing jobs including people with special educational needs and disabilities. Twelve-month pilots of the adjustments passport are now underway in higher education and post-16 provider pilot sites. The adjustments passport will capture the in-work support needs of the individual and includes the aim to empower them in having confident discussions about adjustments with employers.
Having an adjustments passport is voluntary and the department will continue to monitor take up alongside communications as to how we might increase visibility and awareness to inform a future approach were the pilots to be successful. Following an evaluation, if the pilots prove successful, the adjustments passport will be made available to support all people with disabilities and health conditions providing a transferable record of adjustments and reduce the need for unnecessary assessments.
The government launched the SEND Review in September 2019, a cross government review being led by the department. The goal of the SEND Review is to substantially improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND, build parental confidence and bring financial sustainability to the system. The government plans to publish proposals for public consultation, in a Green Paper, in the first three months of 2022.
","Brentwood and Ongar","Alex Burghart","2021-11-29T11:25:05.067Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380230/answer","Biography information for Alex Burghart","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1380230/answer",,,,,"60","Education","Education","2021-11-19","Access to Work Programme","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department is having with the Department of Work and Pensions on the forthcoming trial of Access to Work adjustment passports for students leaving education; and what the planned (a) scale, (b) commencement date and (c) duration is of that pilot.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","78485" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/929337","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","false","2018-06-28","The main purpose of Royal Visits is to strengthen diplomatic, economic and people-to-people relations between the UK and the countries and places visited. Members of the Royal Family undertaking official visits for the UK receive a range of factual briefings in the lead-up to the visits. It would not be appropriate to comment on the specific details of these briefings.
","North East Bedfordshire","Alistair Burt","2018-06-28T13:53:51.813Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/929337/answer","Biography information for Alistair Burt","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/929337/answer","North East Bedfordshire","Alistair Burt","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/929337/answer/previousversion/66217","Biography information for Alistair Burt","16","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","2018-06-22","Duke of Cambridge: Speeches","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department plans to provide on Prince William's response to any questions on recent killings in Gaza which are raised during the five day visit starting on 24 June 2018 to Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","156645" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/943033","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","false","2018-07-23","The Prime Minster stressed the need for Israel to carry out a transparent, independent inquiry into recent protests in Gaza when she met Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in London on 6 June. We have called for this investigation to include international members.
","North East Bedfordshire","Alistair Burt","2018-07-23T16:46:19.45Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/943033/answer","Biography information for Alistair Burt","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/943033/answer",,,,,"16","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","2018-07-17","Israel: Palestinians","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help establish an independent inquiry into the violence in Gaza on 14 May.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","165130" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/943988","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","false","2018-07-23","The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is funding programmes to support building effective and accountable public and judicial institutions in Bahrain.
Any training provided by, or on behalf of, the British Government fully complies with our domestic and international human rights obligations. Only by working with partners can we bring about the changes we would like to see.
The Government monitors events in Bahrain closely if we have concerns on specific issues, we will raise these with the Bahraini authorities.
","North East Bedfordshire","Alistair Burt","2018-07-23T16:49:58.507Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/943988/answer","Biography information for Alistair Burt","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/943988/answer",,,,,"16","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","2018-07-18","Bahrain: Technical Assistance","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the delivery of technical assistance to Bahrain is conditional on that country upholding human rights.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","165677" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984874","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","false","2018-10-17","The British Government monitors events in Bahrain closely. Where we have concerns on specific issues, including prison conditions, we raise these with the Bahraini authorities. We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight bodies.
","North East Bedfordshire","Alistair Burt","2018-10-17T16:14:41.797Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984874/answer","Biography information for Alistair Burt","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984874/answer",,,,,"16","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","2018-10-10","Bahrain: Prisons","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the prison conditions experienced in Bahrain.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","177777"