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date	20/11/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people over the age of 30 have applied for Jobseeker's Allowance in (1) the United Kingdom, (2) the South West of England, and (3) Bristol.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL3006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is publically available<strong>: </strong><a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on current Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants aged 30 or over and the number of new claims from this age group over the last 12 months, published by the Office for National Statistics, is shown in the table below. New claims do not cover all those who apply for JSA as a minority withdraw or have their claim disallowed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of JSA claimants aged 30 or over</p></td><td><p>Number of new JSA claims from people aged 30 or over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>Year to October 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>545,535</p></td><td><p>1,325,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>26,310</p></td><td><p>87,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>10,585</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 01/12/2014 15:37:19 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

77792

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Children: Day Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the impact of the childcare element of universal credit on maternal employment rates, and the level of income tax paid by working mothers.
tabling member printed	Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
uin	HL1089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is well known that childcare costs can be a significant barrier to maternal employment, which is why the Government is investing in childcare in Universal Credit. Universal Credit will cover childcare costs for families where the lone parent or both parents in a couple work any hours, whereas Tax Credits childcare support is only payable past 16 hours worked per week. At Budget '14 the Government announced an increase in the rate of childcare support in Universal Credit from 70% (as per the current system) to 85% of eligible childcare costs, up to defined limits, from April 2016. These measures combined mean that around 500,000 working families will get more out of the money they earn, including 100,000 families who will get childcare support for the first time under Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect the changes in childcare support under Universal Credit to have a positive impact on work incentives for mothers, affecting maternal employment rates and tax receipts from mothers paying Income Tax and National Insurance.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 28/07/2014 14:38:01 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

76611

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 1 July concerning youth unemployment (WA 254), whether they will take steps to ensure that employment policy remains a national policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Tackling unemployment is essential for sustainable economic growth in the UK and the EU. Where labour market reforms are needed in Member States, these should be encouraged. Opportunities at the EU level to exchange best practice and identify areas for reform exist, in particular through the European Semester process. However, as is recognised in Article 147 of the Lisbon Treaty, responsibility for employment policies rests with the Member States. The Government continues to be firm and vigilant on this principle. It is also very clear that the UK will not take part in any deeper co-operation that may be developed for countries in the Eurozone.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/07/2014 16:19:14 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon