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1202800

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date	11/06/2020
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of support for (a) families of BAME children and (b) single mothers of BAME children living in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	58836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2020 answer text <p>This Government provides a strong welfare safety net, and continues to spend over £95 billion a year on working age welfare benefits for those who need them.</p><p>We do not assess adequacy of benefits on the grounds of race.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/07/2020 14:08:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1202902

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
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: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer (a) Questions 49012 and 49013 tables on 19 May 2020 tabled by the hon Member for Middlesbrough and (b) Question 52074 tabled on 1 June 2020 by the hon Member for Bradford East.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	58711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay and refer the hon. Member to my responses to questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=49012" target="_blank"><strong>49012/49013</strong></a> answered on 1st July and question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=52074" target="_blank"><strong>52074</strong></a> answered on 7th July.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/07/2020 16:36:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 29527 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1202969

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
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: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of her Department's staff have been seconded to other Government departments during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	58734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>As the Department for Work and Pensions is a critical department during the COVID-19 outbreak, and has experienced a significant increase in demand for our services, it has undertaken a small number of secondments and loans of members of staff to other Government departments.</p><p> </p><p>As at April 2020, the Department had 78,138 staff and we have seconded or loaned out only a very low number of individuals.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/07/2020 16:27:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 29529 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1203074

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
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	Basic Income: Scotland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Citizens’ Basic Income Feasibility Study Steering Group Assessing the Feasibility of Citizens’ Basic Income Pilots in Scotland: Final Report, published on 10 June.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The Citizens’ Basic Income does not target those most in need of support; it also has high costs and reduces work incentives. The Department for Work and Pensions believes the future lies in support that is increasingly tailored to the needs of the individual which Universal Credit underpins.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 02/07/2020 15:23:29 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle