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536657

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2016
	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	Social Rented Housing: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of extending the Shared Accommodation Rate to social rented housing on levels of homelessness among people under 35.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	42951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Full impact and equality impact assessments will be undertaken in due course. This measure is not being introduced until April 2018 and only then where new tenancies have been taken out or existing tenancies renewed from 1 April 2016</p><p> </p><p>Discretionary Housing Payments will be available to help single people under 35 (claiming either housing benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit) if they need help transitioning to the Shared Accommodation Rate in April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 42952 question first answered 20/07/2016 10:58:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

536658

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2016
	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	Social Rented Housing: Single People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of extending the Shared Accommodation Rate to social rented housing on the ability of single people under the age 35 to access general needs social rented housing.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	42952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Full impact and equality impact assessments will be undertaken in due course. This measure is not being introduced until April 2018 and only then where new tenancies have been taken out or existing tenancies renewed from 1 April 2016</p><p> </p><p>Discretionary Housing Payments will be available to help single people under 35 (claiming either housing benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit) if they need help transitioning to the Shared Accommodation Rate in April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 42951 question first answered 20/07/2016 10:58:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626727

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Tottenham constituency and (b) the London Borough of Harringey will be affected by the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000; and what the average cut in benefits will be.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	51452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>It is estimated that around 500 households in Tottenham constituency and 800 households in the London Borough of Haringey will be affected by the lower benefit cap in 2016/17.</p><p>It is estimated that the average reduction to benefits for capped households will be £66 per week in Tottenham constituency and £68 per week in the London Borough of Haringey in 2016/17. These represent the overall average reduction from the benefit cap including the impact of both the existing higher benefit cap and the new lower benefit cap.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates assume no behavioural responses - any behavioural responses to the lower cap, such as claimants moving into employment, would cause the number of households affected to reduce.</li><li>The number of capped households has been rounded to the nearest 100 households</li><li>Average amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1 per week.</li><li>The methodology used to estimate the households affected by the cap and the average reduction is consistent with that described in the latest impact assessment published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></li></ol><p>The benefit cap will be lowered from 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it will be lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households). To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide £870m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17. Information about this and other measures to ease the transition for families affected by this policy change is included in the latest impact assessment at the link above.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/11/2016 15:07:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626733

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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: Tottenham
	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 Tottenham constituency (a) are entitled to claim child benefit and (b) have experienced payment arrears due to non-resident parents not paying full or any child maintenance within the last 12 months; and what the total value of these unpaid arrears is.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	51451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>a) The number of people entitled to claim Child Benefit in Tottenham constituency is not available. However, the number of families who received Child Benefit in the constituency can be found in Table 6 from Child Benefit statistics geographical analysis: August 2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-geographical-analysis-august-2015" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-geographical-analysis-august-2015</strong></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) In the 12 months to June 2016, 450 cases with the Child Support Agency in the Tottenham constituency have experienced new payment arrears due to a non-resident parent either not paying any child maintenance or not paying in full.</p><p> </p><p>The total value of arrears on cases in the Tottenham constituency stood at £5,461,264. This is for all cases, and not just those with arrears that have built up in the 12 months to June 2016, and includes arrears from the whole life of the case.</p><p> </p><p>Information on geographical breakdowns on the Child Maintenance Scheme is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><br>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2) Monetary values are rounded to the nearest pound.</p><p>3) Cases have been allocated to a parliamentary constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care or non-resident parent for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems and cases managed off system to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/11/2016 17:11:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

627261

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the net annual savings to the Exchequer of the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000 per year in London and £20,000 per year outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	51691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the benefit cap from April 2013 the annual reduction to Housing benefit due to the cap was £60 million in 2013/14, £80 million in 2014/15 and £65 million in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates are rounded to the nearest £5 million per year</li><li>Estimates are based on the monthly capped caseload and average amount capped available from Stat Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></li><li>This estimate represents the savings from the reduction to Housing Benefit due to the benefit cap. It excludes any impacts and wider benefits of the behavioural changes in response to the cap such as moving into work and also excludes any DEL costs related to the introduction of the policy.</li></ol><p> </p><p>A detailed explanation of the estimated net annual savings to the Exchequer from the new, lower benefit cap of £23,000 per year in London and £20,000 per year outside London can be found in the latest Impact Assessment, published 25<sup>th</sup> August 2016:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 51683 question first answered 10/11/2016 14:34:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

627264

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the net annual savings to the Exchequer since the introduction of the benefit cap in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	51683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the benefit cap from April 2013 the annual reduction to Housing benefit due to the cap was £60 million in 2013/14, £80 million in 2014/15 and £65 million in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates are rounded to the nearest £5 million per year</li><li>Estimates are based on the monthly capped caseload and average amount capped available from Stat Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></li><li>This estimate represents the savings from the reduction to Housing Benefit due to the benefit cap. It excludes any impacts and wider benefits of the behavioural changes in response to the cap such as moving into work and also excludes any DEL costs related to the introduction of the policy.</li></ol><p> </p><p>A detailed explanation of the estimated net annual savings to the Exchequer from the new, lower benefit cap of £23,000 per year in London and £20,000 per year outside London can be found in the latest Impact Assessment, published 25<sup>th</sup> August 2016:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 51691 question first answered 10/11/2016 14:34:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

627281

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to increase funding to local authorities for discretionary housing payments to households affected by the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000 per year in London and £20,000 per year outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	51690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The estimated number of households affected by the new, lower benefit cap is published in the latest impact assessment: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a>. This includes a regional breakdown of the total numbers.</p><p> </p><p>To take account of the welfare reform measures announced at Summer Budget and Autumn Statement 2015, we have committed £870 million in overall Discretionary Housing Payments over the next five years. As part of this, the £150 million allocated for Discretionary Housing Payments in 2016/17 rises to £185 million in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 51689 question first answered 10/11/2016 14:42:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

627470

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000 per year in London and £20,000 per year outside London on the level of spending by local authorities on (a) emergency, (b) temporary and (c) bed and breakfast accommodation for people at risk of homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	51693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The evaluation of the current benefit cap shows very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small numbers of capped households who had been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless. To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable housing benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to reforms, the government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years. Housing Benefit paid for specified accommodation such as refuges is ignored when calculating whether or not the cap applies.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 51684 51688 question first answered 10/11/2016 14:09:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

627471

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000 per year in London and £20,000 per year outside London on the levels of homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	51684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The evaluation of the current benefit cap shows very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small numbers of capped households who had been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless. To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable housing benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to reforms, the government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years. Housing Benefit paid for specified accommodation such as refuges is ignored when calculating whether or not the cap applies.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 51688 51693 question first answered 10/11/2016 14:09:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

627472

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000 per year in London and £20,000 per year outside London on the number of (a) people and (b) children who use food banks.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	51685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>These figures are not available, as the Government does not believe it is possible to keep a record of the potential number of people using food banks or other types of food aid, without placing unnecessary burdens on volunteers trying to help their communities. It is also widely acknowledged that the reasons people use food banks are complex and overlapping. It is misleading to link them to any one cause. For those who need extra support, Discretionary Housing Payments are available from Local Authorities, as well as budgeting support, hardship payments and additional employment support.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/11/2016 14:29:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy