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102224

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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	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 recent estimate he has made of the number of people subject to the under-occupancy penalty who have moved into a smaller home since the introduction of that penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Joan Walley
	uin	905823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The last published figures for May 2014 showed that, as a result of various actions, the number of people affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy had fallen by 65,000 over the last year.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of off-flows indicated that up to December 2013, around 22,000 people had downsized or moved.</p><p> </p><p>New figures are not yet available and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 17:55:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

106134

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014 to Question 211139, if he will place in the Library the administrative data (Single Housing Benefit Extract) calculation used to estimate the figure of £1 billion pounds; and what estimate he has made of the cost of exempting from the under-occupancy penalty people who would be exempt for reasons set out in sub-clauses 2(1)(a) to (c) of the Affordable Homes Bill.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Andrew George
	uin	212990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The calculation of the cost of about £1 billion pounds for the Affordable Homes is solely in relation to Clause 2 (1) (a), (b) and (c). This was estimated using both the administrative data (Single Housing Benefit Extract) and the department’s policy simulation model.</p><p> </p><p>As the estimate was made in this way, it is not possible to place the base data in the Library for this estimate.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/11/2014 14:51:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

142370

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	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	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 with disabilities have moved home since becoming subject to the under-occupancy penalty; and what proportion such people are of all those who have moved house since becoming subject to that penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	213812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Information requested is not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support vulnerable people who require extra help we have provided increased Discretionary Housing Payment funding of £345 million since April 2013 to the end of the spending review period.</p><p> </p><p>This includes £25 million per annum intended to help support disabled people to continue to live in homes that have been significantly adapted, and which are larger than they need but where it makes no sense for them to move to alternative accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/11/2014 14:11:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167859

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	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	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 proportion of people affected by the under-occupancy penalty who have subsequently moved into a smaller home.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	217111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to calculate the proportion of those affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy policy to date due to the dynamic nature of the caseload (i.e. every month there are on-flows as well as off-flows). However a recent DWP ad hoc publication did show that between May and December 2013 around 19,000 of the caseload downsized within the social rented sector over this period. This is likely to be an understatement and it does not include those who have downsized to the private rented sector.</p><p> </p><p>This represents around 10% of all those who during this period were no longer subject to a reduction in their housing benefit award due to the policy.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/12/2014 14:59:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

168395

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	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 and what proportion of people who have been subject to the under-occupancy penalty at the latest date for which figures are available were identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available, and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/12/2014 13:17:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168424

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	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 affected by the under-occupancy penalty in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	uin	217509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>As of August 2014 the number of Housing Benefit recipients with a reduction for under-occupancy in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (C) the UK is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Barnsley East constituency</p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>16,577</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK figures are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Statistical disclosure control has been applied to these figures to avoid the release of confidential data. August 2014 data is the latest available month.</p><p> </p><p>2. This information is published at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/12/2014 16:20:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

65595

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	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 assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty on (a) the total housing benefit bill, (b) overcrowding, (c) homelessness and (d) housing mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	203739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>(a) The housing benefit bill was expected to rise above £25 billion in 2014/15 (£15 billion for the social rented sector alone) prior to the introduction of the removal of the spare room subsidy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department estimated the policy would achieve savings of £490 million in 2013/14, £525 million in 2014/15 and £560 million in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>(b) to (d)</p><p> </p><p>The policy to remove the spare room subsidy introduces not only parity of treatment between the private and social rented sectors, but encourages more effective use of social housing stock. It has reduced the number of households who under-occupy their properties, which has freed up larger homes for those currently on the social housing waiting list who are living in overcrowded conditions. It also encourages social providers to take account of local needs and demographic trends when allocating properties and developing their building programmes. Levels of homelessness acceptances in England have reduced 7 per cent in the last quarter compared to the same period in the previous year. This is 65 per cent lower than the peak in 2003.</p><p>The effects of the policy are being monitored and evaluated over a two-year period from April 2013. Initial findings will be published before recess and the final report in late 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 16:14:44 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

76947

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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	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 receipt of housing benefit have moved to smaller properties since the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty in (a) 2014 to date and (b) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	204813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested as to how many people have moved to smaller properties is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However this week the Department will be publishing a statistical analysis of changes in numbers subject to a reduction in Housing Benefit award as a result of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/07/2014 15:48:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

78826

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	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	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 benefit claimants have declined to move into a property with fewer bedrooms, having been offered that option of doing so under the Government's under-occupancy penalty policy.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	206492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/07/2014 16:51:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

89869

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	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 financial information is sent to his Department from individual local authorities on the administrative costs incurred in the preparation for, and the processing of, the under-occupancy penalty; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Kennedy
	uin	207327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has provided funding to each local authority to meet the additional costs resulting from our reforms to Housing Benefit. Local Authority Associations were fully consulted when determining these new costs.</p><p>The Department does not collect details of expenditure on Housing Benefit administration from individual local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/09/2014 13:50:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	634 label Biography information for Mr Charles Kennedy