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1020263

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	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: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to the Exchequer as a result of reducing housing benefit entitlement for those deemed to be under-occupying social housing, in each financial year since 2012/13.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	199300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) policy has saved over £1.7bn since its introduction in April 2013. A breakdown by financial year is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Total Estimated Housing Benefit RSRS Deductions, 2013/14 to 2017/18 (£m pa)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Deductions figures do not take into account any additional savings due to behavioural change before/after the policy has been introduced, for example moving to a smaller property to avoid a deduction.</p><p /><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures do not include claimants on Universal Credit (UC) with a removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) deduction, as these data are not currently available.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has been looking at the savings realised from the RSRS policy and may publish something in future.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/12/2018 12:08:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

348091

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	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 Neath constituency have been affected by the under-occupancy penalty in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Neath
	tabling member printed	Christina Rees
	uin	859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Information requested, for those subject to the removal of spare room subsidy, is not readily available at constituency level (Neath); and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 14:14:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

348147

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many (a) single-parent households, (b) households with dependent children, (c) households with a disabled member, (d) pensioner households and (e) households with one or more person employed in Camberwell and Peckham constituency are subject to the under-occupancy penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested, for those subject to the removal of the spare room subsidy, is not readily available at constituency level (Camden, Peckham, and Southwark); and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 909 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:40:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

348148

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many households in the London Borough of Southwark have downsized as a result of the under-occupancy penalty since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 12:04:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

348149

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) single-parent households, (b) households with dependent children, (c) households with a disabled member, (d) pensioner households and (e) households with one or more person employed in the London Borough of Southwark are subject to the under-occupancy penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested, for those subject to the removal of the spare room subsidy, is not readily available at constituency level (Camden, Peckham, and Southwark); and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 907 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:40:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

348176

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be affected by the under-occupancy penalty between 2015 and 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Our forecasts of Housing Benefit caseload and expenditure do not take an explicit view of the number of people who will be subject to the removal of spare room subsidy.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasts are based on the assumption that future expenditure will be in line with what would happen if the proportion of social tenants who have a reduction remains constant, but do not take a view as to whether the associated savings will manifest as actual under-occupancy reductions, or through behavioural change (e.g. moving into work, or into a smaller property).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:43:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

349308

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claimants have been subject to the under-occupancy penalty in each month since the introduction of that penalty in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Enfield since that legislation was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	1643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested 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> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:13:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

349900

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	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 households affected by the under-occupancy penalty have received payments to mitigate in full deductions from claims for (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance in (i) England, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	2237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No information is held on the proportion of households affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy that have received payments to mitigate in full the deductions from their housing benefit.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/06/2015 13:01:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

349903

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	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 take steps to ensure planned changes to entitlements to housing benefit and local housing allowance do not adversely affect (a) young adults, (b) formerly looked after children, (c) pregnant women, (d) couples with children, (e) veterans and (f) disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	2235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Any changes to Housing Benefit policy will be subject to a full policy equality assessment to ascertain the impacts on protected groups and ensure compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 11:50:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

349934

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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: Social Rented Housing
	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 how many people have commenced paying the under-occupancy penalty following the death of (a) a spouse, civil partner or partner, (b) sibling, (c) parent and (d) child.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	2181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This type of information is not collected. With regards to the removal of the spare room subsidy a 12 month grace period exists which allows people the time to adjust to bereavement.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 15:26:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell