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1455062
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2022-03-28
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a strategy to tackle child poverty in Hendon constituency. more like this
tabling member constituency Hendon more like this
tabling member printed
Dr Matthew Offord more like this
uin 148151 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-04-05more like thismore than 2022-04-05
answer text <p>With almost 1.32 million vacancies across the UK, our plan for tackling poverty is firmly focussed on supporting people to move into and progress in work. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment – particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p> </p><p>This plan includes our multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs, which has been expanded by £500 million, and Way to Work, which is a concerted drive across the UK to help half a million currently out of work people into jobs by the end of June 2022. We have recruited around 13,500 additional work coaches who are all trained to develop a detailed knowledge of their local labour market and to offer claimants the tailored support they need to take advantage of new opportunities wherever they live in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some people require additional support and from April, the government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1 billion. Under the first round of funding, the London Borough of Barnet Council was allocated £2,455,182.90 of funding, and they are provisionally allocated the same amount again for the extension of the fund.</p>
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-04-05T16:08:10.553Zmore like thismore than 2022-04-05T16:08:10.553Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4006
label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord more like this
1455110
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2022-03-28
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide details of the Government’s strategy to tackle child poverty. more like this
tabling member constituency East Renfrewshire more like this
tabling member printed
Kirsten Oswald more like this
uin 148246 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-04-05more like thismore than 2022-04-05
answer text <p>With almost 1.32 million vacancies across the UK, our plan for tackling poverty is firmly focussed on supporting people to move into and progress in work. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment, particularly where it is full-time in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p>This plan includes our multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs, which has been expanded by £500 million, and Way to Work, which is a concerted drive across the UK to help half a million currently out of work people into jobs by the end of June 2022. We have recruited around 13,500 additional work coaches who are all trained to develop a detailed knowledge of their local labour market and to offer claimants the tailored support they need to take advantage of new opportunities wherever they live in the UK.</p><p>We recognise that some people require additional support and from April, the government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1 billion. Under the first round of funding, the London Borough of Barnet Council was allocated £2,455,182.90 of funding, and they are provisionally allocated the same amount again for the extension of the fund.</p>
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-04-05T17:02:44.697Zmore like thismore than 2022-04-05T17:02:44.697Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4413
label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald more like this
1455124
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2022-03-28
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has plans to reinstate the cross-departmental Child Poverty Unit. more like this
tabling member constituency Rutherglen and Hamilton West more like this
tabling member printed
Margaret Ferrier more like this
uin 148230 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-04-05more like thismore than 2022-04-05
answer text <p>A key function of the previous Child Poverty Unit was to support the delivery of the child poverty targets that we abolished in 2016, which we have no plans to reintroduce. We believe that an approach to tackling child poverty focused primarily on meeting income-based targets can drive action that focuses primarily on moving the incomes for those ‘just in poverty’ just above a ‘poverty line’ whilst doing nothing to help those on the very lowest incomes or to improve children’s future prospects.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials engage extensively across Government to ensure a coordinated approach to tackling poverty and we will we continue to do so in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics show that in 2020/21 there were 200,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs than in 2009/10.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-04-05T14:29:57.943Zmore like thismore than 2022-04-05T14:29:57.943Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4386
label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier more like this
1455125
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2022-03-28
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of increasing benefits in line with living costs on levels of child poverty. more like this
tabling member constituency Rutherglen and Hamilton West more like this
tabling member printed
Margaret Ferrier more like this
uin 148231 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-04-06more like thismore than 2022-04-06
answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State undertakes an annual review of benefits and pensions, and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the year to September this approach has been in place since 1987 is the latest figure that the Secretary of State can use to allow sufficient time for the required legislative and operational changes before new rates can be introduced at the start of the new financial year.</p><p> </p><p>CPI has been the default inflation measure for the government’s statutory annual review of benefits since 2011.</p><p> </p><p>CPI has a basket of goods and services that is relevant to pensioners and benefit recipients, is the target level of inflation used by the Bank of England and is an internationally recognised measure.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on the number of children in low income are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. Latest statistics, covering up until 2020/21, on the number of children in low income in the UK can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1064433/hbai-summary-results.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1064433/hbai-summary-results.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics show that in the UK in 2020/21 there were 200 thousand fewer children in absolute poverty, before housing costs, than in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting all low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty. With around 1.32 million vacancies across the UK our focus is firmly on supporting people into and to progress. Our multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs, which has been expanded by £500 million, and Way to Work is a concerted drive across the UK to help half a million currently out of work people into jobs by the end of June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We are giving the lowest earners a pay rise by increasing the National Living Wage by 6.6% to £9.50 from April 2022, and making permanent changes to Universal Credit, worth £1000 a year on average, to two million in-work claimants.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some people require additional support and from April, the government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1 billion.</p>
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-04-06T15:38:00.743Zmore like thismore than 2022-04-06T15:38:00.743Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4386
label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier more like this
1452513
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-03-18more like thismore than 2022-03-18
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the levels of child poverty in Bristol North West in the context of the decision to uprate universal credit by 3.1 per cent. more like this
tabling member constituency Bristol North West more like this
tabling member printed
Darren Jones more like this
uin 142503 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-03-23more like thismore than 2022-03-23
answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest statistics on the number and proportion of children who are in low income families by local area, covering the six years, 2014/15 to 2019/20, can be found in the annual publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020" target="_blank">Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting all low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty. In 2019/20, children in households where all adults were in work were around six times less likely to be in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than children in a household where nobody works.</p><p> </p><p>We are giving the lowest earners a pay rise by increasing the National Living Wage by 6.6% to £9.50 from April 2022, and making permanent changes to Universal Credit, worth £1000 a year on average, to two million in-work claimants.</p><p> </p><p>To support low income families further, we have increased the value of Healthy Start Food Vouchers to £4.25, helping eligible low income households buy basic foods like milk, fruit and vitamins. We are also investing over £200m a year from 2022, to continue our Holiday Activities and Food programme which is already providing enriching activities and healthy meals to children in all English Local Authorities. The Chancellor has extended the Household Support Fund to £1 billion to help vulnerable families.</p>
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-03-23T17:36:58.187Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-23T17:36:58.187Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4621
label Biography information for Darren Jones more like this
1436470
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-28more like thismore than 2022-02-28
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fiscal steps she is taking to tackle levels of child poverty in (a) families with three or more children and (b) other families in response to rising costs of living. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 131180 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-03-09more like thismore than 2022-03-09
answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting all low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment - particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children. In 2019/20, children in households where all adults were in work were around six times less likely to be in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than children in a household where nobody works.</p><p> </p><p>Our multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs, which has been expanded by £500 million, and the new 'Way to Work’ campaign is a national drive to get half a million people who are out of work into jobs in the next four months.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing £12 billion of support to ease cost of living pressures, including help for working families, low-income households and the most vulnerable. We are increasing the National Living Wage to £9.50 an hour, cutting the Universal Credit taper rate and increasing the Work Allowance to make sure work pays, freezing fuel duties to keep costs down, and providing targeted support to help households with their energy bills. A further £9 billion has been announced to protect against the impact of rising global energy prices.</p><p> </p><p>To support low income families further, we have increased the value of Healthy Start Food Vouchers to £4.25, helping eligible low income households buy basic foods like milk, fruit and vitamins. We are also investing over £200m a year to continue our Holiday Activities and Food programme which is already providing enriching activities and healthy meals to children in all English Local Authorities.</p><p />
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-03-09T11:00:15.7Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-09T11:00:15.7Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
1420996
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-08more like thismore than 2022-02-08
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government Response to the Concluding Observations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2016, what steps her Department has taken to set up accountability mechanisms for the eradication of child poverty by (a) re-establishing targets with a set time frame, (b) measurable indicators and (c) regular monitoring and reporting on child poverty reduction. more like this
tabling member constituency Westminster North more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Karen Buck more like this
uin 120622 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-14more like thismore than 2022-02-14
answer text <p>The child poverty targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 were abolished in 2016 and we have no plans to reintroduce them. We believe that an approach to tackling child poverty focused primarily on meeting income-based targets, can drive action that focuses primarily on moving the incomes for those ‘just in poverty’ just above a ‘poverty line’ whilst doing nothing to help those on the very lowest incomes or to improve children’s future prospects. In their place, we introduced two new statutory indicators to track progress on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas which can make the biggest difference to children’s long-term outcomes.</p><p>DWP tracks and monitors many different aspects of poverty, including our four statutory measures of relative income, absolute income, combined low income and material deprivation and persistent poverty.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on the number of people in low income and children and pensioners in material deprivation are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2020" target="_blank">Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>We also measure poverty’s root causes and long-term impacts as part of our Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-helping-workless-families-indicators-2021" target="_blank">Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families indicators 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Measures of persistent poverty are published annually in Income Dynamics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-dynamics-2010-to-2019" target="_blank">Income Dynamics: 2010 to 2019 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-14T11:08:26.967Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-14T11:08:26.967Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
199
label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck more like this
1419809
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-04more like thismore than 2022-02-04
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of Action for Children’s Coronavirus during Childhood report, published in October 2020. more like this
tabling member constituency Kilmarnock and Loudoun more like this
tabling member printed
Alan Brown more like this
uin 118561 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-09more like thismore than 2022-02-09
answer text <p>We have not made any specific assessment of the implications of the findings of Action for Children’s report on the Department’s policies.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to a sustainable, long-term approach to tackling child poverty and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions continues to lead cross-Government action to ensure a co-ordinated approach to supporting low-income households. DWP’s published Outcome Delivery Plan, places addressing poverty through enabling progression in the workforce and increasing financial resilience at the heart of its mission.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
grouped question UIN
118563 more like this
118564 more like this
118568 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-09T16:56:58.19Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-09T16:56:58.19Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4470
label Biography information for Alan Brown more like this
1419811
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-04more like thismore than 2022-02-04
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has a strategy for tackling child poverty. more like this
tabling member constituency Kilmarnock and Loudoun more like this
tabling member printed
Alan Brown more like this
uin 118563 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-09more like thismore than 2022-02-09
answer text <p>We have not made any specific assessment of the implications of the findings of Action for Children’s report on the Department’s policies.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to a sustainable, long-term approach to tackling child poverty and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions continues to lead cross-Government action to ensure a co-ordinated approach to supporting low-income households. DWP’s published Outcome Delivery Plan, places addressing poverty through enabling progression in the workforce and increasing financial resilience at the heart of its mission.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
grouped question UIN
118561 more like this
118564 more like this
118568 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-09T16:56:58.26Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-09T16:56:58.26Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4470
label Biography information for Alan Brown more like this
1419812
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-04more like thismore than 2022-02-04
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept id 29 remove filter
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Poverty: Children remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has a cross-departmental strategy to reduce child poverty. more like this
tabling member constituency Kilmarnock and Loudoun more like this
tabling member printed
Alan Brown more like this
uin 118564 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-09more like thismore than 2022-02-09
answer text <p>We have not made any specific assessment of the implications of the findings of Action for Children’s report on the Department’s policies.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to a sustainable, long-term approach to tackling child poverty and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions continues to lead cross-Government action to ensure a co-ordinated approach to supporting low-income households. DWP’s published Outcome Delivery Plan, places addressing poverty through enabling progression in the workforce and increasing financial resilience at the heart of its mission.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
grouped question UIN
118561 more like this
118563 more like this
118568 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-09T16:56:58.307Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-09T16:56:58.307Z
answering member
4033
label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
4470
label Biography information for Alan Brown more like this