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724569

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	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: Bolsover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of housing benefit claimed was in Bolsover constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolsover
	tabling member printed	Mr Dennis Skinner
	uin	72003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	325 label Biography information for Mr Dennis Skinner

724568

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representations he has received from whom on improving benefit assessments for pupils with severe disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Bolsover
	tabling member printed	Mr Dennis Skinner
	uin	72007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	325 label Biography information for Mr Dennis Skinner

1523874

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the North East Child Poverty Commission entitled Getting the building blocks wrong: Early childhood poverty in the North East, published in September 2022, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the conclusions on the risk of poverty faced by (a) families where someone has a disability, (b) lone parent families, (c) families with parents aged under 25 and (d) families in rented homes.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	65755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Projecting the impacts of policies on income poverty is very difficult to do accurately – as poverty is dependent on changes for every type of income for the whole population. It is very difficult to isolate the specific impact of one policy and how many people might be moving slightly above or below a threshold that changes over time. Many policies will lead to changes in behaviour (e.g. being incentivised into employment) which can also be very difficult to predict.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of people in poverty are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. Statistics, covering up until 2019/20, can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2020</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families. In 2022/23 we will spend over £242 billion through the welfare system in Great Britain including £108 billion on people of working age.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the support we have already provided by increasing the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour and giving nearly 1.7 million families an extra £1,000 a year, on average, through our changes to the Universal Credit taper and work allowances. To further support parents to move into and progress in work, the government provides a range of childcare offers. For more information on what childcare support may be available, we encourage parents to us the helpful Childcare Choices website.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/10/2022 17:01:04 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1523876

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the North East Child Poverty Commission entitled Getting the building blocks wrong: Early childhood poverty in the North East, published in September 2022, if he will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings on the level of in-work child poverty in (a) the North East and (b) other regions; and if her Department will take steps to help tackle in-work child poverty in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	65756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Projecting the impacts of policies on child poverty is very difficult to do accurately – as poverty is dependent on changes for every type of income for the whole population. It is very difficult to isolate the specific impact of one policy and how many people might be moving slightly above or below a threshold that changes over time. Many policies will lead to changes in behaviour (e.g., being incentivised into increasing their earnings) which can also be very difficult to predict.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics covering up until financial year ending 2021 on the number of children who are in low-income in the North East and other regions can be found in the annual publication: Children in low income families: local area statistics.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2021" target="_blank">Childrenin low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families. In 2022/23 we will spend over £242 billion through the welfare system in Great Britain including £108 billion on people of working age.</p><p> </p><p>To support parents to progress in work, we are extending the support jobcentres provide to people in work and on low incomes to help them to increase their earnings and move into better paid quality jobs. This new in-work progression offer started to roll-out from April 2022. Once fully rolled out, we estimate that around 2.1m low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support. This will be provided by work coaches and focus on removing barriers to progression such as support with childcare or addressing skills gaps. This new progression offer is in addition to a change the government made last month to the Administrative Earnings Threshold in Universal Credit. By raising the threshold on 26<sup>th</sup> September 2022, approximately 114,000 more UC claimants on the lowest incomes will benefit from regular work coach support. The Chancellor announced that we would go further and raise the threshold again from January 2023 to expand this support to approximately 120,000 more people.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/10/2022 17:04:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1519163

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister announcement on Right to buy scheme extension on 9 June, what assessments he has made of the potential merits of allowing Housing Benefit to be counted towards mortgage costs.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	59139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the announcement on the 9 June, the department has begun looking at changing welfare rules so that people who receive housing support can use their benefit towards mortgage payments for a new mortgage instead of on rent.</p><p> </p><p>Further consideration of the merits of changing welfare rules to support homeownership will be completed as the policy is developed in line with steers from the new administration.</p><p> </p><p>A full equalities impact assessment will also be carried out in due course, and before any legislation is laid with the House.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/10/2022 13:12:16 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1523062

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Chancellor's statement on 17 October 2022, whether she plans to maintain the triple lock on pensions.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	64195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to implementing the Triple Lock for the remainder of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Under this Government, the full yearly amount of the basic State Pension has risen by over £2,300, in cash terms. That’s £720 more than if it had been uprated by Prices, and £570 more than if it had been uprated by earnings since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/10/2022 13:28:48 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1522755

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 71 of her Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, HC 193, what recent progress her Department made on the investigation into errors in records relating to home responsibilities protection; what estimate she has made of when the investigations will be complete; how she plans to inform the House of the results of the investigation; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	uin	64291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>We are continuing to support HM Revenue and Customs to investigate incorrect National Insurance records relating to Home Responsibilities Protection. Although a small number of cases have been identified, the vast majority of customers will not be affected.</p><p> </p><p>Most customers can check their National Insurance record online which will show their qualifying year status, or they can visit GOV.UK for more information. We will provide an update to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:52:53 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1523889

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to National Audit Office's Department for Work & Pensions Departmental Overview 2021-22, for what reason her Department spent less on Pension Credit in the 2021-22 financial year than the previous financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	65794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Pension Credit caseload continues to decrease year-on-year. This trend is reflected in the decrease in expenditure between 2020/21 and 2021/22 (from around £5bn to £4.8bn). <br></p><p>The falling caseload is due to a number of factors, including, since 2010, the increase in the Pension Credit qualifying age, which is linked to women’s State Pension age; the introduction of the new State Pension on 6 April 2016, and the abolition of the savings credit component for those reaching State Pension on or after that date.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/10/2022 13:27:11 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1523856

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	Employment: Menopause
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government is taking steps to help reduce the number of people leaving the workforce as a result of the menopause.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
	uin	66066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>With women over 50 representing the fastest growing segment of the workforce, there are few workplaces where the menopause is not being experienced by staff.</p><p>The Minister for Employment commissioned the roundtable on older workers to look at the menopause and employment as an issue, emphasising the importance of the support and understanding by employers. An independent <a href="https://www.thephoenixgroup.com/sites/phoenix-group/files/phoenix-group/views-and-insights/Menopause%20Report/Menopause%20and%20Employment.pdf" target="_blank">menopause and the workplace report</a> was published and the Government’s response was outlined in July.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect such data on the impact of the menopause on employees leaving the workforce or reducing their hours.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 66081 66082 66084 question first answered 26/10/2022 16:54:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1523825

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to vary the nature of Support for Mortgage Interest, in the context of rises to the Bank of England base rate.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	65662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to amend the calculation of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI).</p><p> </p><p>SMI is calculated by applying a standard rate of interest to the outstanding capital balance. The rate is set at a level equal to the Bank of England's published monthly average mortgage interest rate. A change to the standard interest rate will occur when the Bank of England’s average mortgage rate differs by 0.5 percentage points or more from the rate in payment.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/10/2022 13:06:04 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson