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381627

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many victims of trafficking with positive conclusive grounds decisions under the National Referral Mechanism have had applications for (1) Jobseeker's Allowance, and (2) Housing Benefit, refused since 1 January 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not collected by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 23/06/2015 14:54:43 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

349531

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have incurred three-year Jobseeker Allowance sanctions; and whether they will provide a breakdown of three-year sanctions imposed by (1) gender, (2) age group, (3) disability status, (4) lone parent status, (5) ethnicity, and (6) region.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested regarding the length of a sanction is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL401 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:24:35 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

349532

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information is available on the number and proportion of sanctioned Jobseeker Allowance claimants who have challenged their sanctions, broken down according to the length of the sanction.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested regarding the length of a sanction is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL400 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:24:36 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

349533

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to publish statistics on sanctions imposed under the universal credit scheme as it is brought into effect.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are quality assuring data for Universal Credit and formulating a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 16/06/2015 13:52:42 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

348497

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Personal Independence Payments and Employment Support Allowance will be exempted from the proposed new benefit cap.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course. <strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 10/06/2015 14:36:17 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

348498

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce flexibility into the benefit cap regime to take account of family size and regional housing costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 10/06/2015 14:54:37 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

348434

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Welfare State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish details of the proposal in the Conservative party's manifesto to reduce the welfare budget by £12 billion by the 2017–18 financial year, and in particular their assessment of how it will affect pensions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 08/06/2015 16:08:41 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

348440

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Ministerial Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the ministerial brief of the Minister for disabled people will change in the light of the fact that the position is now at the level of Parliamentary under-Secretary of State; and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
uin	HL252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The status of the office for the Minister for Disabled People remains unchanged. Previously, where the role has been held by a Minister of State, the portfolio has included other responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Disabled People's portfolio is now available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial brief for the Minister for Disabled People is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Cross-government disability issues and strategy; disability benefits (Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance); mental health matters; carers; appeals reform; Health and Safety Executive and Access to Work.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 15/06/2015 11:42:18 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3831 label Biography information for Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

347231

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define "full employment", as used in the Gracious Speech.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL95
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Prime Minister set out his bold aim of achieving full employment in the Conservative Manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>We are preparing the Full Employment and Welfare Benefits Bill for Introduction. That Bill creates a duty to report on progress towards achieving full employment and the Government will set out the definition when the first report on progress is published.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 08/06/2015 14:23:26 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

346781

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Terrorism: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many United Kingdom nationals who have returned from fighting for Islamic State in either Iraq, Syria, or both, or are currently believed to be fighting for Islamic State in those countries, were or are in receipt of state benefits whilst abroad.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL19
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available. In order to be eligible to receive state benefits, eligibility conditions usually require a claimant to be resident in the United Kingdom. We have strict rules that are designed to prevent people taking inappropriate advantage of our benefit system to protect the taxpayer and the benefit system from possible abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are required to tell DWP if they leave the country to travel abroad. If they move overseas without informing the Department then we investigate and can stop benefit payments.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 02/06/2015 11:26:07 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra