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1461012

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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	Statutory Sick Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of people unable to claim statutory sick pay from their employer because their earnings are below the lower earnings level; of these, what proportion are (1) male and (2) female; and what plans, if any, they have to remove the lower earnings limit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the 2019 “Health is Everyone’s Business” consultation, it is estimated that there are around 2 million employees who earn below the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) and are therefore ineligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Of those, approximately 30% are male and 70% are female.</p><p> </p><p>SSP reform, including extending SSP eligibility to those earning below the LEL, was part of the “Health is Everyone’s Business” consultation in 2019. In the response to the consultation published in 2021, Government stated the pandemic was not the right time to introduce changes to the rate of SSP or its eligibility criteria as this would have placed an immediate and direct cost on employers at a time where many were struggling.</p><p> </p><p>As we learn to live with Covid-19, the Government is continuing to take a broader look at the role of SSP and is keeping the system under review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/05/2022 16:25:21 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1470902

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Pensioners: Commonwealth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support UK pensioners in Commonwealth countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
	uin	HL1001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, and we continue to up-rate it abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p> </p><p>People move abroad for many reasons and it is their own choice to do so. There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on entitlement to the UK State Pension.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/06/2022 15:55:38 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1249027

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2020
	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	NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have had benefit claims rejected due to receipt of payments from the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
	uin	HL10019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 10/11/2020 17:30:40 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1470903

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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: Canada
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the government of Canada about a reciprocal social security agreement between the UK and Canada; and what response, if any, they received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
	uin	HL1002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>There are two separate social security arrangements in place between the UK and Canada, made in 1995 and 1998. The UK Government is not intending to change the social security relationship with Canada.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/06/2022 15:55:11 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1249810

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 19-year-olds were registered as unemployed in the months of (1) June, (2) July, and (3) August.
	tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
	uin	HL10039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics classify people as unemployed if, in response to the Labour Force Survey / Annual Population Survey, a person states that they are without a job; have been actively seeking work within the last four weeks and are available to start work within the next two weeks. This is not directly related to being in receipt of unemployment-related benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS do not publish data on the number of 19 year olds whom are unemployed</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 23/11/2020 17:19:25 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1249811

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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	Unemployment Benefits: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) 16, (2) 17, (3) 18, and (4) 19, year-olds registered for unemployment-related benefits in the months of (a) September, and (b) October.
	tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
	uin	HL10040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Numbers of people claiming unemployment-related benefits by single year age band are publicly available through the department’s Stat Xplore website.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of people nationally aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old in the Universal Credit (UC) searching for work conditionality group – for people claiming UC whom are closest to the labour market - in September and October 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>September 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>October 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p>861</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p>4630</p></td><td><p>4563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p>49828</p></td><td><p>51602</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p>70483</p></td><td><p>71766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>125795</p></td><td><p>128878</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of people nationally aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old and are claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance – a legacy unemployment-related benefit - are published quarterly by DWP on Stat Xplore. However, the latest data available is May 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p>Negligible or nil number of claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1450</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 23/11/2020 17:14:21 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1249813

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to respond to the report by the University of Glasgow and the Health Foundation, Mental health, welfare conditionality and employment support: Policy recommendations and key findings, published in October.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL10042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The University of Glasgow and the Health Foundation’s report offers useful insights. We take these issues seriously and will consider the recommendations and key findings alongside the work on the forthcoming Health and Disability Support Green Paper, which will explore how the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions. Improving employment support will be a key theme of the Green Paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 18/11/2020 14:40:43 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1249832

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 2 November (HL9276), what estimate they have made of the number of young people aged 16 to 24 who will benefit from the Kickstart Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL10068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions Kickstart Scheme is making £2 billion available to eligible employers and Kickstart gateways. This Government has not set a limit to the number of Kickstart jobs that can be funded.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 23/11/2020 16:30:19 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1249763

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the benefit cap on tenants in the private rented sector.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
	uin	HL10069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Benefit Cap aims to provide fairness for hard-working taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>We introduced £9.3bn of welfare measures that benefit those facing the most financial disruption and, in May 2020, less than five per cent of the two million Housing Benefit and Universal Credit claimants living in the private rented sector, 93,830 tenants, had their benefit capped.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2020 Local Housing Allowance rates were increased to cover the lowest 30th percent of local rents. This £1bn investment will benefit over 1 million households with an average increase of £600 this year. This will help alleviate the pressure on Discretionary Housing Payments that claimants can apply for through their Local Authority if they need additional support to meet rental costs.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided £180m in Discretionary Housing Payments to Local Authorities in England and Wales for 2020/21, which includes an additional £40m to help tackle affordability pressures in the private rented sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/11/2020 17:25:23 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1250573

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2020
	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	Universal Credit: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many mandatory reconsiderations for Universal Credit were made in each month of 2020 so far.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
	uin	HL10188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The information requested on the outcome of UC Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR), that is, where the claimant disagrees with the decision made and disputes it through the MR process, and how much has been paid out following a decision being changed after an MR is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of Universal Credit Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) requested and completed in the relevant months are below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 Universal Credit Mandatory Reconsiderations Requested and Completed</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>MRs requested in month</p></td><td><p>UC MRs completed in this month</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>16,240</p></td><td><p>18,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>15,510</p></td><td><p>17,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>14,630</p></td><td><p>15,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>9,200</p></td><td><p>7,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>11,530</p></td><td><p>12,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>10,670</p></td><td><p>18,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>8,850</p></td><td><p>14,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>6,490</p></td><td><p>9,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>7,660</p></td><td><p>8,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January to September 2020</p></td><td><p>100,780</p></td><td><p>123,070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>GB only, figures rounded to the nearest 10</p><p>UC MRs completed does not include cancelled or withdrawn MRs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL10189 HL10190 question first answered 24/11/2020 17:23:29 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock