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76543

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	08/07/2014
	date tabled	08/07/2014
	ddp created	08/07/2014 22:43:26
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:33:41
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	2
	identifier	HL887
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/07/2014 14:34:55
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have taken place between government departments on the promotion of Access to Work, including the Mental Health Support Service, to apprentices and skills providers, and to National Health Service staff.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL887
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL887
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Access to Work offers Mental Health Support Service from contracted provision delivered by Remploy. Remploy promotes that provision to employers, providers and the National Health Service. Access to Work has been extended to support people on Supported Internships, Traineeships and Work experience under the Youth Contract and has made information about Access to Work available to these providers through Department for Education and Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills.</p> question first answered 17/07/2014 14:34:55 answering member 3893
	creator	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

76544

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	08/07/2014
	date tabled	08/07/2014
	ddp created	08/07/2014 22:43:26
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:33:43
	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
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	2
	identifier	HL888
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	15/07/2014 12:36:28
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when their forthcoming review of Access to Work will be completed; and what its purpose is.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL888
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL888
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>Access to Work is an important part of the employment support we provide for disabled people who need additional help to take up and remain in employment. I want to build on the success of this programme, which is why the Minister of State for Disabled People has said that we will look into Access to Work to focus on how we can support more disabled people within the resources available and further improve the service we offer to customers. We will set out further details shortly, which will include timescales for taking this work forward.</p> question first answered 15/07/2014 12:36:28 answering member 3893
	creator	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

76545

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	08/07/2014
	date tabled	08/07/2014
	ddp created	08/07/2014 22:43:26
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:33:44
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	2
	identifier	HL889
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 14:51:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor uptake of the Flexible Support Fund available to Jobcentre Plus managers.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL889
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL889
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Flexible Support Fund (FSF) provides additional support to Jobcentre Plus Districts to address local issues. In monitoring this, FSF spend is broken down nationally by claimant groups and Districts may further break this down if they determine this is a local priority.</p><p> </p><p>All spending decisions are assessed against established criteria including value for money. Payments are encouraged on an outcome basis linked to employment.</p> question first answered 14/07/2014 14:51:47 answering member 3893
	creator	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

76611

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	08/07/2014
	date tabled	08/07/2014
	ddp created	08/07/2014 22:43:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:35:50
	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	Employment
	house id	2
	identifier	HL955
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 16:19:14
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 1 July concerning youth unemployment (WA 254), whether they will take steps to ensure that employment policy remains a national policy.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL955
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL955
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>Tackling unemployment is essential for sustainable economic growth in the UK and the EU. Where labour market reforms are needed in Member States, these should be encouraged. Opportunities at the EU level to exchange best practice and identify areas for reform exist, in particular through the European Semester process. However, as is recognised in Article 147 of the Lisbon Treaty, responsibility for employment policies rests with the Member States. The Government continues to be firm and vigilant on this principle. It is also very clear that the UK will not take part in any deeper co-operation that may be developed for countries in the Eurozone.</p> question first answered 14/07/2014 16:19:14 answering member 3893
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

76638

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/07/2014
	date	09/07/2014
	date tabled	09/07/2014
	ddp created	09/07/2014 21:19:43
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:36:26
	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	Pension Funds
	house id	2
	identifier	HL980
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	15/07/2014 12:34:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total value of United Kingdom pension funds.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL980
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL980
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>All information is published within the TPR Corporate Plan 2014-2017, on page 18.</p><p><a href="http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/corporate-plan-2014-2017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/corporate-plan-2014-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This table shows the total assets held within pension funds governed by The Pensions Regulator (TPR), broken down by the four main types of private work-based pension products where TPR's powers apply.</p> question first answered 15/07/2014 12:34:43 answering member 3893
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

77314

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2014
	date	10/07/2014
	date tabled	10/07/2014
	ddp created	10/07/2014 21:30:04
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:38:24
	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	Prisoners: Carer's Allowance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1048
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/07/2014 15:10:25
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the current prison population were in receipt of Carer's Allowance on entering prison.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1048
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1048
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 21/07/2014 15:10:25 answering member 3893
	creator	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

77778

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/07/2014
	date	14/07/2014
	date tabled	14/07/2014
	ddp created	14/07/2014 21:34:08
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:39:13
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1075
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/07/2014 14:30:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Freud on 9 July (HL Deb, col 223), how many people have made use of the "system of advances", and how many have been helped by "local support frameworks" through local authorities, in the last two years for which figures are available; and whether they consider that those methods have reduced numbers resorting to food banks and loan sharks.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1075
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1075
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on how many people have made use of the &quot;system of advances&quot; is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how many people have been helped by &quot;local support frameworks&quot; is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Our Local Authority partners are supporting claimants through our local delivery partnerships, and feedback from claimant surveys suggests there is no significant difference between the proportion of UC and JSA claimants accessing funding from third party lenders.</p><p> </p><p>Information on whether these methods have reduced numbers resorting to food banks and loan sharks is not collected by the Department.</p> question first answered 24/07/2014 14:30:57 answering member 3893
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

77792

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/07/2014
	date	14/07/2014
	date tabled	14/07/2014
	ddp created	14/07/2014 21:34:11
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:39:32
	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	Children: Day Care
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1089
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/07/2014 14:38:01
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the impact of the childcare element of universal credit on maternal employment rates, and the level of income tax paid by working mothers.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1089
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1089
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is well known that childcare costs can be a significant barrier to maternal employment, which is why the Government is investing in childcare in Universal Credit. Universal Credit will cover childcare costs for families where the lone parent or both parents in a couple work any hours, whereas Tax Credits childcare support is only payable past 16 hours worked per week. At Budget '14 the Government announced an increase in the rate of childcare support in Universal Credit from 70% (as per the current system) to 85% of eligible childcare costs, up to defined limits, from April 2016. These measures combined mean that around 500,000 working families will get more out of the money they earn, including 100,000 families who will get childcare support for the first time under Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect the changes in childcare support under Universal Credit to have a positive impact on work incentives for mothers, affecting maternal employment rates and tax receipts from mothers paying Income Tax and National Insurance.</p> question first answered 28/07/2014 14:38:01 answering member 3893
	creator	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

78230

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:45:23
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:40:35
	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	Social Security Benefits: Voluntary Work
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1125
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/07/2014 15:59:46
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent Joseph Rowntree Foundation study of neighbourhood approaches to loneliness, whether they will set out, and if necessary reconsider, the rules governing volunteering while on benefits.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1125
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1125
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that volunteering in the local community can be invaluable in helping benefit claimants, including inactive people, gain new skills and experience that will help them back into work.</p><p> </p><p>In Jobseekers Allowance, claimants are able to volunteer so long as they meet the conditions of claiming, namely looking for and being available for work.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants can do unlimited, voluntary work, it will not affect ESA.</p><p> </p><p>For Universal Credit claimants, advisers will be able to reduce a claimant’s expected hours of worksearch and work preparation activities by up to 50 per cent in order to accommodate voluntary work. However the claimant can continue to do as much voluntary work as they feel they are able to, as long as they continue to meet their other work-related requirements.</p> question first answered 28/07/2014 15:59:46 answering member 3893
	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

78231

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:45:23
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:40:36
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1126
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/07/2014 14:32:29
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on reaching a final decision on the proposal to increase the rent arrears deduction rate under Universal Credit.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1126
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1126
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We recently consulted on the proposal to increase the rate of rent arrears deductions in Universal Credit. We are currently considering the consultation responses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Deductions from Universal Credit are made after considering the claimant’s individual circumstances and ability to afford the deductions. The maximum that can be deducted for all deductions, including rent arrears, is an amount equivalent to 40 per cent of the claimant’s Universal Credit Standard Allowance. The government will ensure that appropriate support is available to help claimants manage moving to a single monthly household payment, including budgeting and debt management advice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> question first answered 24/07/2014 14:32:29 answering member 3893
	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