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1111033

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the 192 shared accommodation rates of local housing allowance have been uprated as a result of the targeted affordability fund in each year since this was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	243316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p><strong>The information requested is in the table below.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Shared Accommodation Rates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/04/2019 14:47:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1092277

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 2,229 employment support allowance appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2018 that were cleared without a hearing were (i) withdrawn by the appellant, (ii) conceded by the Department for Work and Pensions, (iii) struck out and (iv) superseded.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	234667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Information about outcomes for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures for ESA (Between April 2014 – September 2018) indicate that 3.9m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made, of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested which are available (HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record a “conceded” outcome) are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct 18 <sup>p</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 18 <sup>p</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec 18 <sup>p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Employment and Support Allowance<sup> 1</sup></p></td><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck out</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Superseded</p></td><td><p>632</p></td><td><p>651</p></td><td><p>419</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Data includes Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. ESA was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>p</sup></strong> Provisional data subject to change.</p><p><em>An SSCS appeal may be captured more than once as a hearing or non-hearing should the original decision be overturned, set aside or an Upper Tribunal re-hearing is granted.</em></p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</em></p><p><em>The data provided are the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information. </em></p><p><em>Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time. Data provided are internal Management Information and are not published.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/03/2019 17:49:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1111029

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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, for what reason the shared accommodation rate in the central London broad rental market area will not receive the three per cent uplift through targeted affordability funding in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	243314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Targeted affordability funding is allocated to those rates that have diverged the furthest from local rents. All 960 Local Housing Allowance rates are ranked according to the share of the market they afford, starting with the most divergent and the funding is then applied.</p><p> </p><p>The shared accommodation rate in the central London Broad Rental Market Area was increased via targeted affordability funding in both 2017/18 and 2018/19. In 2019/20 this rate was not eligible for targeted affordability funding as it no longer fell within the range of rates that have diverged the most from local rents.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/04/2019 14:33:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1092276

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 5,238 personal independence payment appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2018 that were cleared without a hearing were (i) withdrawn by the appellant, (ii) conceded by the Department for Work and Pensions, (iii) struck out and (iv) superseded.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	234666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Information about outcomes for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to December 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made, and of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested which are available (HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record a “conceded” outcome) are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct 18 <sup>p</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 18 <sup>p</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec 18 <sup>p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck out</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Superseded</p></td><td><p>1647</p></td><td><p>1501</p></td><td><p>1154</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Payment Claims (Reassessments).</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>p</sup></strong> Provisional data subject to change.</p><p><em>An SSCS appeal may be captured more than once as a hearing or non-hearing should the original decision be overturned, set aside or an Upper Tribunal re-hearing is granted.</em></p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</em></p><p><em>The data provided are the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information. </em></p><p><em>Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time. Data provided are internal Management Information and are not published</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/03/2019 17:47:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1092274

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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
	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 the number of universal credit claimants affected by the benefit cap who will face over payment recovery action because of a delay in applying the cap to their initial monthly payments.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	234664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The department does not readily hold the data requested.</p><p> </p><p>As Universal Credit simplifies the benefits system, all of the necessary information to decide whether or not to apply the benefit cap is held in one place. Therefore, the benefit cap calculation is not in practice being backdated, rather it is encompassed in the overall Universal Credit assessment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 234665 question first answered 26/03/2019 14:25:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1092275

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the benefit cap for universal credit claimants is backdated to the date of the original claim rather than applied from the date of notification as with people whose housing benefit is subject to the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	234665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The department does not readily hold the data requested.</p><p> </p><p>As Universal Credit simplifies the benefits system, all of the necessary information to decide whether or not to apply the benefit cap is held in one place. Therefore, the benefit cap calculation is not in practice being backdated, rather it is encompassed in the overall Universal Credit assessment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 234664 question first answered 26/03/2019 14:25:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck