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420374

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the representations made by Shelter and the Money Advice Trust on the effect on tenant choice of the removal of a tenant's ability to have payment of the housing element of the universal credit paid directly to their landlord.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	11095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The independent evaluation of the Universal Credit (UC) Direct Payment Demonstration Projects report showed that asking claimants to take responsibility for paying their rent did not lead to big increases in rent arrears. We are drawing on the findings from these Projects as part of our approach to continually improving the service. The reports can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-payment-demonstration-projects-final-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-payment-demonstration-projects-final-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 11208 question first answered 14/10/2015 15:57:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

420363

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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: Housing
	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 effect of the removal of a tenant's right to choose whether to have a payment of the housing element of the universal credit paid directly to their landlord on (a) private sector and (b) social sector landlords.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	11208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The independent evaluation of the Universal Credit (UC) Direct Payment Demonstration Projects report showed that asking claimants to take responsibility for paying their rent did not lead to big increases in rent arrears. We are drawing on the findings from these Projects as part of our approach to continually improving the service. The reports can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-payment-demonstration-projects-final-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-payment-demonstration-projects-final-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 11095 question first answered 14/10/2015 15:57:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

421482

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2015
	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: Poverty
	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 Answer of 11 September 2015 to Question 8870, whether the new life chances measures will monitor households where an adult is in work; and what steps he plans to take to measure the effects of welfare changes on child poverty for children in working households with low incomes.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	11922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improving life chances for children.</p><br /><p>We are clear that the existing low-income measures do not drive the right action to tackle the root causes of child poverty. They simply deal with the symptoms.</p><br /><p>We are now setting out a new way to drive effective action and make a real difference in the lives of disadvantaged children. Our proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill introduce new statutory measures of worklessness and educational attainment. For the first time, we are ensuring through legislation that Government action will be focused on these areas, where the evidence tells us we can make the biggest difference for our children – now and in the future.</p><br /><p>These measures will be reported annually, which means progress will be clearly visible for all to see. My Department will also continue to publish low-income statistics as part of the ‘Households Below Average Income’ publication.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/10/2015 11:46:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1199030

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of potential delay in issuing payments under the Windrush Compensation Scheme as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps she is taking to ensure that applications to that scheme continue to progress during the covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	52275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>We are processing claims as quickly as possible, but all claims are different, and the time taken will depend on many factors, including the complexity of the case. We are committed to working with the claimant to ensure all possible information is taken into account and this will have an impact on the length of time it takes to process the claim. Wherever possible, we will make interim payments on parts of the claim that are straightforward to determine, such as immigration fees, thereby speeding up the provision of compensation. We recently published statistics on the payments made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-may-2020. These show a clear increasing trajectory of payments: £362,997 paid in the first 12 months of the scheme, of which £300,799 was paid in the most recent three months of that period, which includes the initial period of the covid-19 lockdown. The Windrush Compensation Scheme continues to operate throughout the covid-19 lockdown. Business continuity measures are in place which allow claims to continue to be processed. Payments continue to be made.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/06/2020 09:01:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1204782

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) scope and (b) purpose are of the community grant fund established to promote access to the Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme with regard to (i) when that scheme will be launched (ii) who will be eligible to bid and (iii) which activities will be eligible for funding from that grant fund.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	60832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the £500,000 Windrush Schemes Community Fund will be to provide community organisations with funding to run outreach, promotional and support activity to raise awareness of the Windrush Compensation Scheme and the Windrush Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office will be working with stakeholders to co-design and deliver the Fund. Further details, including eligibility criteria and when the Fund will be open for bids, will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/07/2020 09:38:23 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes