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449302

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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: Warrington
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 make an assessment of the proportion of the actual cost of living in supported accommodation that will be met by discretionary housing payments in Warrington when housing benefit us capped at the rate of local housing allowance.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	25058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/02/2016 12:10:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

449524

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's legal costs were in the case Susan Rutherford, Paul Rutherford and Warren Todd and Appellant A v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	25249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government has incurred approximately £50,626 in legal costs in the Court of Appeal proceedings in the case of <em>Rutherford and others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and A v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions</em> [2016] EWCA CIV 29.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that this figure includes VAT where this is payable (e.g. on Counsel’s fees) but does not include costs attributable to the time spent by Government advisory lawyers on this case, as time spent by such advisory lawyers is not recorded in a manner that allows it to be attributed to individual cases.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/02/2016 16:59:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

449525

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Supported Housing: Local Housing Allowance
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 Answers of 28 January 2016 to Questions 24029 and 24048, what (a) financial assessment, (b) cost-benefit assessment and (c) impact assessment his Department has carried out on the proposal to cap the cost of local housing allowance for people living in sheltered and supported housing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	25127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The policy is still under development and full impact and equality assessments will be undertaken in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/02/2016 11:53:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

449526

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the cost resulting from the reduction in the work allowance of universal credit relates to (a) new claimants to universal credit, (b) current recipients of universal credit and (c) current tax credit recipients naturally migrated onto universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	25154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/02/2016 15:58:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

449528

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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: Transitional Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to provide transitional protection for tax credit recipients who have been naturally migrated onto universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	25155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Natural migration occurs where people have had a significant change of circumstances that would previously have triggered a new claim to benefits or tax credits. They would always have had their entitlement recalculated based on a new set of rules. That principle is maintained in Universal Credit, and therefore transitional protection is not appropriate. Universal Credit is already proving better than the system it replaces with claimants moving into work faster and earning more. It also provides a seamless taper as well as better support for childcare.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/02/2016 15:57:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

449529

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Carer's Allowance
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 oral contribution of 7 December 2015, Official Report, column 699, if he will place in the Library summary information on (a) earnings limits for recipients of carer's allowance and (b) the means by which claimants of that allowance are advised of those limits.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	25143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Claimants who go online can find a summary of the Carer’s Allowance earnings rules on GOV.UK - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility</a>. Those people who want to make their claim in writing are sent similar information on earnings with their claim pack. In addition, the letter claimants get when they are awarded Carer’s Allowance informs them of the need to report employment to the department and they are reminded of the need to report earnings and the relevant limits in the annual “uprating” letter.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/02/2016 13:16:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

449530

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what change of circumstances a tax credit claimant will naturally be migrated onto universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	25156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The events that can trigger a change of circumstances depend on many factors. They are similar to the circumstances that would trigger a new claim to existing benefits or tax credits, which would also lead to a recalculation of entitlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/02/2016 16:06:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

449531

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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: Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of times a universal credit claimant has been paid housing benefit and housing costs at the same time resulting in an overpayment of housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	25157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/02/2016 16:06:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

449534

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants his Department estimates will have moved on to universal credit by the end of 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	25173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of people on benefits is driven by a range of factors. Because of this, the programme measures progress by the successful achievement of milestones of its delivery plan rather than targets for numbers of claimants.</p><p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/02/2016 16:02:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

449535

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, following changes to universal credit taking effect in April 2016, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the number of children in poverty of the introduction of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	25174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improve life chances for children. Work remains the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work. Evidence shows claimants move into work significantly faster and earn more than under the current system. In addition, from April 2016 Universal Credit provides for 85% of childcare costs meaning more support for hardworking families.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/02/2016 16:02:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms