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833802

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Visas.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	125560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route demonstrates our commitment to continuing to attract top international talent in the digital technology, science and arts sectors. On 11 January we doubled the number of places available to applicants from 1000, to 2000, and are confident that this is sufficient to meet demand at this time. We will continue to monitor take up of the route.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:33:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

808895

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people who were Conservative Members of Parliament in the 2015-2017 Parliament and lost their seats at the 2017 General Election are employed by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	120004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Information about employees of individual departments is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2017 11:19:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709424

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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: Young People
	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 additional processing and administration costs related to the implementation of the proposed new housing benefit rules for 18 to 21 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	67018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>We estimate these costs for the removal of the automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in UC from 18-21 year olds who are out of work to be £3m over the 2015 Spending Review period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/03/2017 16:01:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709425

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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: Young People
	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 with claimants aged 18 to 21 were in receipt of housing benefit in (a) 2010-11 and (b) the most recent period for which figures are available; and, of those households, how many received income derived from benefits only in each of those periods.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	67019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on housing benefit claims aged 18 to 21 for the requested periods and by whether in work or not is available on <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">DWP Stat-Xplore</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:35:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709430

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology his Department used to estimate how many new claimants will be exempt from the proposed new housing benefit policy for 18 to 21 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	67003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department has modelled the number of claimants potentially in scope for the policy in Universal Credit based on DWP administrative data on caseload of single 18-21 year olds claimants with no children and no caring responsibilities claiming Housing Benefit and Jobseeker’s Allowance. The proportion of these exempt through being in work for at least the last six months has been estimated using the Family Resources Survey. The proportion exempt because they are vulnerable and/or unable to return to the parental home has been estimated using DWP administrative data on the proportion living in the Social Rented Sector.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:39:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709432

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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 and Jobseeker's Allowance: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 21 year olds jointly claimed jobseekers support allowance and housing benefit in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each financial year from 2010-11 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	67128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on the caseload of 18-21 year olds claiming Housing Benefit and Jobseeker’s Allowance in the requested areas is available on <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">DWP Stat-Xplore</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:15:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709433

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of housing benefit expenditure on 18 to 21 year olds for (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each financial year from 2010-11 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	67125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on Housing Benefit caseloads and average awards for 18-21 year olds for the requested areas and periods is available on <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">DWP Stat-Xplore</a>, which multiplied together give expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:10:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709434

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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 and Support Allowance and Housing Benefit: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 21 year olds jointly claimed employment and support allowance and housing benefit in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each financial year from 2010-11 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	67126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on the caseload of 18-21 year olds claiming Housing Benefit and Employment and Support Allowance in the requested areas is available on <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">DWP Stat-Xplore</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:12:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709435

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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
	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 claimed housing benefit in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each financial year from 2010-11 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	67127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The available information for Housing Benefit claims in Great Britain is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:22:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

709436

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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: Young People
	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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery of 7 March 2017, Official Report, column 684, on housing benefits, 18 to 21 year olds, how much of the projected savings of £105 million will accrue to the public purse in each region and constituent part of the UK by year.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	67124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>No such estimates have been made. Latest information on the savings from this policy is available in Table 2.2 of Spring Budget 2017 documentation.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:07:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown