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1713527

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2024
	date	24/04/2024
	date tabled	24/04/2024
	ddp created	24/04/2024 18:29:54
	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
	ddp modified	25/04/2024 13:55:13 29/04/2024 15:58:13
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	23477
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	29/04/2024 15:27:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of changes in the level of social security benefits on people living in unsuitable housing.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23477
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23477
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions spends around £30bn a year on housing support for renters in both the private and social rented sectors. Benefit rates and the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) are reviewed annually.</p><p>From April this year the Government is investing £1.2 billion increasing LHA rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This significant investment ensures 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit gain on average, nearly £800 in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25.</p><p>LHA provides a reasonable level of housing support towards rental costs in the private rented sector. LHA rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas.</p><p>The Department works closely with other government departments, stakeholders, jobcentres, and local authorities to understand the impact of its policies.</p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and need further support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion in DHP funding to local authorities.</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1700943

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2024
	date	15/04/2024
	date tabled	15/04/2024
	ddp created	15/04/2024 21:36:54
	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
	ddp modified	15/04/2024 22:03:23 18/04/2024 14:32:06
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Uprating
	house id	1
	identifier	21657
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/04/2024 14:00:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it remains his Department's policy for benefits to continue to be increased in line with inflation.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 21657
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21657
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of State Pensions and benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will commence his 2025/26 up-rating review in the Autumn.</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1693490

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/03/2024
	date	04/03/2024
	date tabled	04/03/2024
	ddp created	04/03/2024 21:52:55
	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
	ddp modified	04/03/2024 22:24:23 12/03/2024 14:30:14
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
	house id	1
	identifier	16765
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/03/2024 14:00:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has received recent representations from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers on safety risks in the offshore helicopter supply chain.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 16765
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16765
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The responsibility for safety risks in the offshore helicopter supply chain lies with the Civil Aviation Authority. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is not aware that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has received recent representations from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers on this matter.</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1689171

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2024
	date	16/02/2024
	date tabled	16/02/2024
	ddp created	16/02/2024 15:09:05
	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
	ddp modified	16/02/2024 15:28:26 21/02/2024 16:25:18
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disqualification
	house id	1
	identifier	14064
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/02/2024 15:53:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 199738 on Universal Credit: Disqualification, for what reason information on the number of children living in households subject to a Universal Credit sanction is not readily available.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 14064
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14064
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department records information on the number of children living in Universal Credit households and these are published every three months as part of the official <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">Universal Credit statistics</a> (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics). The Department also records information on the number of people who have received a sanction on Universal Credit, and these are published every three months as part of the official <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">Benefit Sanctions Statistics</a> (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions). These statistics are produced using different methodologies and it is not possible to provide appropriately quality assured statistics within the disproportionate cost limit.</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1689172

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2024
	date	16/02/2024
	date tabled	16/02/2024
	ddp created	16/02/2024 15:09:10
	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
	ddp modified	16/02/2024 15:28:31 21/02/2024 17:14:15
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disqualification
	house id	1
	identifier	14065
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/02/2024 16:43:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Ministers in his Department last requested information from officials on the (a) number, (b) age and (c) disabilities of children living in households subject to a Universal Credit sanction.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 14065
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14065
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Ministers frequently ask officials for data and information on a wide range of subjects both informally and formally.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics are published regularly showing the number of Universal Credit full-service customers with a payment that has been reduced due to a sanction. These can be found in the Universal Credit sanction rates dataset on Stat-Xplore (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml</a>). Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, they can also access guidance (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>) on how to extract the information required.</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1687006

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/02/2024
	date	02/02/2024
	date tabled	02/02/2024
	ddp created	02/02/2024 14:46:49
	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
	ddp modified	02/02/2024 14:56:32 08/02/2024 17:24:21
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	identifier	12821
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	08/02/2024 16:52:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) tax credits only, (b) income-based jobseekers allowance, (c) employment support allowance and tax credits, (d) income support, (e) housing benefit only, other than people in supported accommodation or temporary accommodation and (f) housing benefit and tax credits only his Department plans to send a migration notice to in the 2024-25 financial year.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 12821
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	12821
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Move to UC Notifications (household) Aut-2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24/25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA income based</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA income based (and Child Tax Credits)</p></td><td><p>90,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Credit &amp; Housing Benefit</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Credit only</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing Benefit only</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>This is the number of households DWP estimated it would notify to move to UC as of Autumn-23 (where households are couples only one member of the couple is counted).</li><li>The benefits are in a hierarchy so we do not double count households claiming multiple benefits. E.g. if a household claims JSA/ESA/IS and Tax Credits or Housing Benefit they only appear in the JSA/IS/ESA line. Households in the Tax Credit and Housing lines do not include households claiming ESA, JSA or IS.</li><li>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10k.</li><li>Over 500,000 Tax Credit only households are scheduled to be notified in 2023/24</li></ul>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1681874

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/01/2024
	date	15/01/2024
	date tabled	15/01/2024
	ddp created	15/01/2024 21:01:27
	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
	ddp modified	15/01/2024 21:15:56 18/01/2024 18:23:17
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disqualification
	house id	1
	identifier	9515
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/01/2024 17:53:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether jobcentres collect data on the (a) number, (b) age and (c) disabilities of children in households subject to Universal Credit sanctions.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 9515
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9515
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department collects information on UC households which includes the number of children by age group and the age of the youngest child. The Department also collects data on UC households with entitlement to the Disabled Child element which is payable where a child is entitled to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP). All this information is published as part of the quarterly <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">Universal Credit statistics</a> (see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>), with further breakdowns available in the <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/opendatabase?id=UC_Households" target="_blank">Households on Universal Credit</a> dataset on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a> (see <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml</a>).</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680863

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/01/2024
	date	09/01/2024
	date tabled	09/01/2024
	ddp created	09/01/2024 19:52:55
	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
	ddp modified	09/01/2024 20:12:16 15/01/2024 18:34:42
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disqualification
	house id	1
	identifier	8735
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	15/01/2024 18:01:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to (a) work coaches and (b) decision makers on, (i) referring for sanctions and (ii) imposing sanctions on, Universal Credit claimants with dependent children.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 8735
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8735
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Comprehensive Universal Credit guidance is provided to Work Coaches when referring cases for a decision, which may lead to a sanction. For example, before referring for or applying a sanction, staff must consider if the claimant is a care leaver, has complex needs, is vulnerable, has a health condition or if there have been previous sanctions recorded in the last 12 months.</p><p>For sanctions imposed on Universal Credit claimants with dependent children; all claimants will have their conditionality tailored to their individual circumstances.</p><p>Relevant guidance for Decision Makers is available on GOV.uk. Specific relevant chapters can be found here:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>K1: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/644a43f8faf4aa0012e12f52/admk1.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/644a43f8faf4aa0012e12f52/admk1.pdf</a></p><p>K2: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61e13d648fa8f5058667834d/adm-k2.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61e13d648fa8f5058667834d/adm-k2.pdf</a></p><p>K3: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6afc961adff000d01b2f9/admk3.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6afc961adff000d01b2f9/admk3.pdf</a></p><p>K4: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c92307840f0b633f71989d7/admk4.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c92307840f0b633f71989d7/admk4.pdf</a></p><p>K5: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64ca5b6421df0f000dab4be6/admk5.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64ca5b6421df0f000dab4be6/admk5.pdf</a></p><p>K6: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d0b94a3e5274a0694afe5c3/admk6.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d0b94a3e5274a0694afe5c3/admk6.pdf</a></p><p>K8: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5aa2811de5274a3e391e37a6/admk8.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5aa2811de5274a3e391e37a6/admk8.pdf</a></p><p>K9: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6afd60ea2cb000d15e546/admk9.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6afd60ea2cb000d15e546/admk9.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
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1680864

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/01/2024
	date	09/01/2024
	date tabled	09/01/2024
	ddp created	09/01/2024 19:52:59
	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
	ddp modified	10/01/2024 10:45:53 15/01/2024 18:29:14
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Childcare
	house id	1
	identifier	8736
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	15/01/2024 17:58:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) single and (b) couple parent households receiving universal credit (i) were eligible for and (ii) received the childcare element in each region in the latest month for which data is available.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 8736
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8736
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Statistics on the number of households in receipt of Universal Credit are published every three months. The latest statistics, to August 2023, are available by family type and if they receive the childcare element, and by region on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households who are eligible for the childcare element are not routinely published, but we are looking to develop the official UC household statistics to include these statistics. Further details will be published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">here</a> in due course.</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680865

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/01/2024
	date	09/01/2024
	date tabled	09/01/2024
	ddp created	09/01/2024 19:53:01
	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
	ddp modified	09/01/2024 20:12:21 15/01/2024 12:09:17
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Childcare
	house id	1
	identifier	8737
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	15/01/2024 11:36:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Universal Credit claimants eligible for and receiving the childcare element between March 2021 to February 2022, published on 29 June 2022, whether he plans to publish an update to these statistics.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 8737
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8737
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We intend to publish proposals on the future release of these statistics in due course at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5b%5d=department-for-work-pensions&amp;order=release-date-oldest" target="_blank">UC Research and Statistics Announcements</a></p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham