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1344372

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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 and Income: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of (a) employment and (b) income of young people.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	28283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>(a) Employment levels of young people are published and available in Office for National Statistics Table A06 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/educationalstatusandlabourmarketstatusforpeopleagedfrom16to24seasonallyadjusteda06sa" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/educationalstatusandlabourmarketstatusforpeopleagedfrom16to24seasonallyadjusteda06sa</a></p><p> </p><p>(b) Family Resources Survey based data on incomes is only available up to financial year 2019/20. More recent trends in median earnings for younger people are published and available from ONS Real Time Information at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/realtimeinformationstatisticsreferencetableseasonallyadjusted" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/realtimeinformationstatisticsreferencetableseasonallyadjusted</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/07/2021 14:00:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1568080

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	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	Household Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Household Support Fund for families unable to pay energy bills after March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	126746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022, the Government announced an additional £1 billion of funding, including Barnett consequentials, to enable the extension of the Household Support Fund in England in the next financial year.</p><p> </p><p>In England this will be delivered through an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £842 million, running from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, which local authorities use to help households with the cost of essentials including energy.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the new HSF 23/24 scheme will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We will also continue to provide support to all households through the Energy Price Guarantee, which will save the average GB household £500 in 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/01/2023 16:01:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1238297

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	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	National Insurance: Coronavirus
	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 16 September to Question 86679 on National Insurance, what progress the Government has made on implementing a digital solution to the process of issuing National Insurance numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	96140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>DWP is continuing with the development of a digital solution to support the process of issuing National Insurance Numbers.</p><p> </p><p>A minimum viable product will be entering the Private Beta stage by mid-October and will initially be available to a limited number of applicants each day.</p><p /> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/10/2020 12:15:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1700327

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure carers are made aware when they have exceeded the threshold for claiming carer's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	21170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP remains focussed and passionate about ensuring that the experience for our DWP customers is at the forefront of the decisions that we make, the processes we deliver, and the improvements that we design.</p><p> </p><p>We have made it easier for customers to contact DWP via the channel that makes the most sense for them. DWP customers can report change of circumstances by telephone, letter, and online via GOV.UK which outlines the routeway of how a customer should notify DWP for each benefit where changes occur. This includes the use of Universal Credit Journal to report changes directly to the appropriate benefit affected where earnings increase or decrease accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>For customers seeking advice on Carer’s Allowance (CA) entitlement, GOV.UK provides detail on eligibility. The CA threshold for earnings is £151 a week from April 2024, after tax, National Insurance, and expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Following a successful claim to CA customers are issued with an ‘award letter’ which includes a reminder that ‘You <strong>must</strong> tell us if your earnings or expenses change.” This helps to ensure that their CA claim runs smoothly, and the earnings threshold for claiming Carer's Allowance is not exceeded.</p><p> </p><p>As benefit and pension rates are uprated, CA customers are further issued with new benefit rate ‘uprating letters’ which also include reminders to report changes in circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>For irregular earners, CA work closely with our customers to ensure CA is only paid for the periods when the customer’s earnings fluctuate and are below the earnings limit. In this way, this should ensure that CA is not overpaid, as information is obtained from the customer for set periods of time to ensure CA is paid correctly for that period.</p><p> </p><p>As our customers rightly expect, DWP is committed to continuous improvement, and we have many mechanisms in place to measure, and analyse the experience of our customers, providing DWP with a rich source of feedback that helps us to review and improve our services.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/04/2024 14:19:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1677431

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of levels of youth unemployment in Hornsey & Wood Green constituency in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	6574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Due to small samples, reliable estimates of youth unemployment for Hornsey and Wood Green cannot be produced from the available survey data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The claimant count for various age groups is published and available <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>Guidance for users can be found <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/12/2023 15:00:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1362167

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	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: Self-employed
	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 utilise the twelve month discretion to delay a determination of gainful self-employment until 31 July 2022, as contained in Regulation 2(1)(b) of the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020, and continued by Regulation 2 (1) of the Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Restoration of the Minimum Income Floor) Regulations 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	60483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Due to the significant increase of self-employed people claiming Universal Credit during the pandemic, it will take the Department up to 12 months to meet with each of these claimants, consider their circumstances and determine if they are gainfully self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2021 13:26:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1624156

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	Local Housing Allowance: Hornsey and Wood Green
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of whether the Local Housing Allowance rates meet the thirtieth percentile of local rents in the broad rental market area covering Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	182914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Hornsey and Wood Green constituency spans two Broad Rental Market Areas: Inner North London; and, Outer North London. The Local Housing Allowance rates for these areas as well as the latest 30<sup>th</sup> percentile data for England is published by the Valuation Office Agency <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2023-to-march-2024" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/05/2023 16:17:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1642268

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	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, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of children living in poverty in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	188080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>Latest statistics for the levels of children who are in low income in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency are published “Children in Low Income Families”, and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2022/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>National and regional statistics on the number and percentage of children in low income are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication, and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2022" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>Due to methodological differences, the figures in these two publications are not comparable.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/06/2023 12:56:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1624153

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	Local Housing Allowance: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of supply of housing to rent at local housing allowance rates in (a) Haringey and (b) neighbouring boroughs.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	182913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made of adequacy of supply of housing to rent at local housing allowance rates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government recognises that demand is currently outstripping the supply of private rented properties available to let.</p><p> </p><p>Housebuilding is a priority for this Government. The Government has committed to continue working towards its ambition of delivering 300,000 homes per year to help create a more sustainable and affordable housing market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is driving up the supply of new homes by diversifying the market, investing in affordable housing, and increasing land supply for new homes by investing in infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/05/2023 16:22:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1550032

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	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	Cost of Living Payments: Means-tested Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing part of the cost of living payment to people on means tested benefits in winter 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	106506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. We will be bringing forward legislation for the 23/24 Cost of Living Payments in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 107088 108081 108236 question first answered 14/12/2022 10:58:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West