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1020263

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/12/2018
	date	05/12/2018
	date tabled	05/12/2018
	ddp created	05/12/2018 21:44:43
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	05/12/2018 21:52:41 11/12/2018 12:40:02
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	199300
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/12/2018 12:08:22
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 199300
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199300
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	400 label Biography information for John Healey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

102224

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	28/10/2014
	date tabled	28/10/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 15:50:10
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:53:26
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	905823
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 17:55:41
	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.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Joan Walley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 905823
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	905823
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

106134

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 23:42:54
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 06:29:02
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	212990
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 14:51:03
	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.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Andrew George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212990
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212990
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	227 label Biography information for Andrew George
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

1122021

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2019
	date	18/04/2019
	date tabled	18/04/2019
	ddp created	18/04/2019 15:39:53
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	18/04/2019 16:00:59 25/04/2019 10:57:05
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	245853
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/04/2019 10:25:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue the removal of the spare room subsidy has generated for the public purse since its introduction.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 245853
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	245853
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) policy has not generated revenue for the public purse. However, this 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><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Total Estimated Housing Benefit RSRS Deductions, 2013/14 to 2017/18 (£m pa)</strong></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>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>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.</p>
	creator	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1135376

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2019
	date	27/06/2019
	date tabled	27/06/2019
	ddp created	27/06/2019 17:21:26
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	27/06/2019 17:30:14 02/07/2019 11:51:02
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	270290
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/07/2019 11:19:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting care leavers under the age of 25 from the under-occupancy penalty in the social rented sector.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 270290
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	270290
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Care leavers up to the age of 22 are exempt from the Local Housing Allowance shared accommodation rate in the Private Rented Sector. There are no plans to extend this exemption or to introduce an exemption for care leavers to the removal of the spare room subsidy policy in the Social Rented Sector.</p><p>For those individuals who may require more support and whose circumstances may make it difficult for them to share accommodation, Discretionary Housing Payments are available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p>
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1138926

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/07/2019
	date	15/07/2019
	date tabled	15/07/2019
	ddp created	15/07/2019 18:44:01
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	17/07/2019 10:15:09 18/07/2019 14:55:02
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	277204
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/07/2019 14:23:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received under-occupancy penalty charges in each year since the introduction of those charges.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 277204
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	277204
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Figures on the number of households receiving Housing Benefit affected by the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy are publically available through the DWP Stat Xplore website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures on DWP Stat Xplore do not include claimants on Universal Credit with a Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy deduction, as this data is not currently available.</p>
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1143364

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/09/2019
	date	02/09/2019
	date tabled	02/09/2019
	ddp created	02/09/2019 18:21:52
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	02/09/2019 18:29:35 09/09/2019 17:08:11
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	284641
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:36:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households in (a) Birkenhead constituency and (b) England that were subject to the under occupancy penalty contained one or more (i) person in employment (ii) child and (iii) person who is disabled in the most recent month for which data is available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 284641
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	284641
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has provided easements to allow an additional bedroom for couples and children who are unable to share a bedroom due to their disability or medical condition and are in receipt of a relevant qualifying benefit, or where a non-resident overnight carer (or group of carers) is required for an adult, child or non-dependant adult on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>As at April 2019, there were:</p><p> </p><p>a) 970 households in Birkenhead constituency who had a deduction made from their Housing Benefit due to the removal of the spare room subsidy. Of these, 130 (13%) had at least one person in employment and 190 (20%) had at least one dependent child. Additionally, in 730 (75%) the claimant or partner was receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Incapacity Benefit (IB), or Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA). It is not possible to ascertain the number of disabled people in each of these households.</p><p> </p><p>b) 240,350 households in England who had a deduction made from their Housing Benefit due to the removal of the spare room subsidy. Of these, 37,350 (16%) had at least one person in employment and 48,350 (20%) had at least one dependent child. Additionally, in 170,360 cases (71%) the claimant or partner was receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Incapacity Benefit (IB), or Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA). It is not possible to ascertain the number of disabled people in each of these households.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p>
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1167537

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 21:27:26
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 21:35:18 05/11/2019 13:36:01
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL545
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 13:04:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in response to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in J.D and A v. the United Kingdom that the under-occupation reduction of housing benefit or the ‘bedroom tax’ unlawfully discriminates against women at serious risk of domestic violence.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL545
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL545
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are carefully considering the European Court of Human Rights Judgment in the case of A.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We welcome the decision in the case of JD which confirmed in this case that the application of the RSRS policy was not discriminatory.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1183654

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/03/2020
	date	09/03/2020
	date tabled	09/03/2020
	ddp created	09/03/2020 22:33:22
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	09/03/2020 22:44:25 12/03/2020 13:08:01
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	26911
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/03/2020 12:36:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money from the public purse was spent on legal fees for cases relating to the classification of panic rooms as spare rooms for the purposes of the spare room subsidy in each of the last five years.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 26911
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26911
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Case “A” a property adapted under the sanctuary scheme, including the installation of a panic room, was heard from the Court of Appeal upwards alongside a number of other cases challenging the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) policy. Therefore, we are unable to apportion the specific costs in relation to case A.</p><p> </p><p>In the majority of the cases it was found that the removal of the RSRS policy was lawful and that Discretionary Housing Payments(DHPs) were an appropriate mitigation.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011 the Government has provided over £1bn in DHPs to local authorities (LAs) to help support vulnerable people affected by different welfare reforms including the RSRS. Additionally, we announced a further £40m for DHPs in 2020/21.</p>
	creator	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1183655

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/03/2020
	date	09/03/2020
	date tabled	09/03/2020
	ddp created	09/03/2020 22:33:26
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	09/03/2020 22:44:29 12/03/2020 18:15:16
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	26912
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/03/2020 17:43:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of benefits claimants that will be affected by the European Court of Human Rights judgement of 24 October 2019 on the classification of panic rooms for the purposes of the spare room subsidy.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 26912
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26912
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are carefully considering the court’s decision.</p>
	creator	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle