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944730

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were eligible for the disabled worker element of Working Tax Credit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	166273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of families and workers in receipt of disabled worker element and the number of in-work families in receipt of the disabled child element are published in our yearly finalised annual awards statistics publication at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a></p><p>The numbers of families who are eligible for, but not claiming these elements is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the average number of families benefitting from these elements of the Child and Working Tax Credits in the last five years for which we have finalised awards data is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 166274 166275 166276 question first answered 24/07/2018 13:59:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss attachment 1 file name Average number of recipient families and individuals benefitting from selected elements of Child Tax Credit.docx title Attachment to PQ UIN 166273
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

988715

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of over-payments by HMRC to claimants in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	180154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The estimated number of overpaid tax credits awards in the 2016-17 tax year, as at 5 April 2017, was 1.57 million.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers of overpaid awards for each tax year are published annually in the publication <em>“Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments” </em> the most recent publication is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 14:19:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

944732

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households received both the disabled worker element of Working Tax Credit and Disabled Child element of Child Tax Credit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	166275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of families and workers in receipt of disabled worker element and the number of in-work families in receipt of the disabled child element are published in our yearly finalised annual awards statistics publication at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a></p><p>The numbers of families who are eligible for, but not claiming these elements is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the average number of families benefitting from these elements of the Child and Working Tax Credits in the last five years for which we have finalised awards data is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 166273 166274 166276 question first answered 24/07/2018 13:59:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss attachment 1 file name Average number of recipient families and individuals benefitting from selected elements of Child Tax Credit.docx title Attachment to PQ UIN 166273
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

944733

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of the disabled worker element of Working Tax Credit also received Child Tax Credit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	166276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of families and workers in receipt of disabled worker element and the number of in-work families in receipt of the disabled child element are published in our yearly finalised annual awards statistics publication at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a></p><p>The numbers of families who are eligible for, but not claiming these elements is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the average number of families benefitting from these elements of the Child and Working Tax Credits in the last five years for which we have finalised awards data is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 166273 166274 166275 question first answered 24/07/2018 13:59:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss attachment 1 file name Average number of recipient families and individuals benefitting from selected elements of Child Tax Credit.docx title Attachment to PQ UIN 166273
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

989529

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to lay legislative proposals before the House to change the tax credit sequencing rules applied to non-parental carers.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	180796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury continues to work closely with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to bring these regulations into force as soon as possible. On 25 July, HMRC and DWP consulted with the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) on draft regulations to bring this change into force. The minutes of that meeting have been published online and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735203/ssac-minutes-july-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735203/ssac-minutes-july-2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The government intends to lay these regulations before parliament as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/10/2018 11:10:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

982609

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare State: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government’s response to recommendation 59(b) in its follow up report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ Concluding Observations, what supporting evidence the Government has that a cumulative impact assessment of its welfare reforms cannot be reliably modelled.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	176673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing protected characteristics, in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to promoting fairness. The government supports people with disabilities through both the welfare system and through public services. We spend over £50bn on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions which accounts for over 6% of Government spending. Spending on disability benefits will be higher every year to 2022 than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Treasury has regularly published cumulative analysis of the impacts of tax, welfare and public spending policies on households according to their income. However, this analysis has not been produced specifically for those with disabilities as the full impacts on these households of all public spending such as on health, transport and other non-financial support cannot be reliably modelled with the data which is currently available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2018 09:59:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

999378

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to line 15 of table 2.1 on page 36 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, for what reasons he estimates that the revised implementation schedule for universal credit will result in increased revenue for the Exchequer between 2020-21 and 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	186343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The explanation for the costing associated with the revised Universal Credit implementation schedule is set out on page 11 of the Budget 2018 Policy Costings document.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/11/2018 15:40:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

999386

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to row 15 of table 2.1 of Budget 2018, what methodology his Department used to calculate the cost savings arising from the revised implementation schedule for universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	186155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The methodology underlying the costing of the revised Universal Credit implementation schedule is set out on page 11 of the Budget 2018 Policy Costings document.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/11/2018 15:58:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

983299

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people are not better off out of work than in work.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	176066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Work is the best route out of poverty and the government is ensuring that work always pays. Increases in the National Living Wage (NLW) have handed full-time minimum wage workers a pay rise of over £2,000 since the introduction of the NLW, and changes to the personal allowance will see 1.2m individuals taken out of income tax altogether by 2018-19 (compared to 2015-16).</p><p> </p><p>We have also made sure the welfare system is fairer and rewards work. Universal Credit (UC) replaces six benefits with one and applies a single taper to claimants’ benefit awards, removing the poor incentives of the old system to ensure that it always pays more to be in work than out of work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s childcare offer is also ensuring parents are supported into work. UC provides support for childcare costs worth up to £1108 per month for two or more children. Eligible working families in England are also entitled to 30 hours free childcare for three and four-year olds, worth up to £5000 per year. A lone parent only has to earn around £6,500 a year to be able to access this entitlement and a couple just over £13,000, making work pay for parents.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/10/2018 15:40:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

993701

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to reduce unemployment in constituencies with high levels of unemployment.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	182762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Our economic plan, reducing the deficit whilst investing in infrastructure and supporting businesses to grow, has delivered growth in the economy, growth in employment and growth in wages. The unemployment rate currently stands at 4.0%, down from 8% in 2010 and the lowest rate since the 1970s. The jobs recovery has benefitted the whole of the UK, and more than 70% of the increase to employment since 2010 has been outside of London.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/10/2018 11:58:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds