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386981

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the benefit cap on levels of homelessness in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In December 2014 DWP published a suite of evaluation reports available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a>. These found very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small number of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons (beyond the cap) for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 13:44:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386198

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable people who have been infected by contaminated blood products to have automatic access to disability benefits.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	4570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have no plans to enable people who have been infected by contaminated blood products to gain automatic access to disability benefits. Disability benefits are primarily based on the daily living, care or, where applicable, mobility needs arising from a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability rather than a diagnosis, specific medical condition or disability. This means that those who have been infected by contaminated blood products have access to disability benefits on the same terms as other people with physical or mental health conditions or disabilities.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 13:26:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

386339

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Enfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged between 18 and 21 in the London Borough of Enfield were in receipt of housing benefit in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	4680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Housing Benefit claims data, including details of claims from people aged between 18 and 21 and the numbers affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Please note the data relating to the removal of the spare room policy only shows the impact for those who remain entitled to Housing Benefit. The effect upon those who are no longer entitled to Housing Benefit is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4679 4700 question first answered 03/07/2015 12:09:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

386341

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in work were claiming housing benefit in May (a) 2010 and (b) 2015 in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) Enfield and (iv) Enfield North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	4679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Housing Benefit claims data, including details of claims from people aged between 18 and 21 and the numbers affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Please note the data relating to the removal of the spare room policy only shows the impact for those who remain entitled to Housing Benefit. The effect upon those who are no longer entitled to Housing Benefit is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4680 4700 question first answered 03/07/2015 12:09:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

386344

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to limit the benefit cap to £23,000 per year through (a) primary legislation, (b) secondary legislation and (c) other methods.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy and impact assessment will be announced in due course. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4594 4652 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:50:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

386347

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to invite disability living allowance claimants in Birmingham to apply for personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	4540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have been inviting some existing DLA claimants to make claims for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in the Birmingham area since October 2013 as part of natural reassessment. We are preparing detailed plans for later phases of full PIP rollout, ensuring Assessment Provider capacity is in place before claimant selection is made. Postcodes to be included in the continued rollout are not fully confirmed at this stage. The announcement regarding full PIP rollout can be found in my written statement, Official Report 25 June 2015, column. <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150625/wmstext/150625m0001.htm#15062545000009" target="_blank">33WS to 34WS</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/07/2015 13:41:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

386350

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the amount of discretionary housing payment funding to local authorities after the reduction of the household benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-15/2538/" target="_blank">UIN2538</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 14:47:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386353

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many people who are not subject to the work-search requirements as set out in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics on the composition of benefits claimed by households subject to the benefit cap are not available.</p><p> </p><p>A suite of evaluation was published on 15 December 2014. This evaluation made estimates of the proportion of capped households in scope for the cap who were in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Income Support (IS), Employment Support Allowance (ESA) or other benefit types over time. The evaluation uses a different methodology to the Official Statistics and does not provide a cumulative count of numbers which is in line with Official Statistics. In July 2014 (the most recent data used in the evaluation), estimates found 23 per cent of capped claimants were in receipt of ESA; 45 per cent of capped claimants were in receipt of IS; and 9 per cent were in receipt of another benefit type.</p><p>Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-review-of-the-first-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-review-of-the-first-year</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4591 4603 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:57:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

386355

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 21015 to Question 1695, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to lower the benefit cap before his Department's impact assessment is published.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Details of the policy and impact assessment will be announced in due course. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4594 4598 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:50:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

386358

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the amount spent by local authorities on providing advice and assistance, including temporary accommodation to families who have presented as homeless, following the introduction of the benefit cap in April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>We published analysis on end of year returns for Discretionary Housing Payments on 25 June 2015, further information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-financial-year-201415" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-financial-year-201415</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/07/2015 14:00:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry