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1672769

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2023
	date	23/11/2023
	date tabled	23/11/2023
	ddp created	23/11/2023 20:06:28
	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	23/11/2023 20:15:59 06/12/2023 13:51:14
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Mental Health
	house id	2
	identifier	HL555
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/12/2023 13:20:56
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of removing benefits from, and applying sanctions to, claimants with mental health conditions after 18 months in the context of their ‘Back To Work’ plan launched on 16 November.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL555
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL555
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Claimants must meet certain requirements to receive their UC payment. These will be based on individual and household information and will take account of health, caring responsibilities, ongoing work or volunteering and any earnings. All requirements are set in discussion with the claimant and tailored to their capability and circumstances, making them realistic and achievable.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are given every opportunity to explain why they failed to meet their agreed conditionality requirement before a decision is made. We recognise the importance of understanding how a mental health condition impacts someone’s ability to search for or prepare for work. Claimants with serious mental health conditions are typically placed in the No Work-Related Requirements regime and are exempt from any form of conditionality and sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Back to Work plan, individuals, following their completion of Restart, will have a Claimant Commitment review meeting with their work coach where new requirements will be set according to the claimants’ circumstances. Claimants will be expected to accept this revised Claimant Commitment in order to continue to receive their benefits. Should a claimant fail to accept their commitment within the 7-day period their claim will be closed as per the current process.</p><p> </p><p>Where a claimant in a conditionality regime fails to comply with a mandatory work-related requirement, they have the opportunity to provide good reason before a sanction decision is made. Additionally, a pre-referral quality check is in place to check for any known vulnerabilities before a claimant is referred for a sanction decision and following a referral, cases are reviewed to ensure that the mandatory requirement set was fair, and to check whether a conditionality easement should have been applied.</p><p>If a sanction is applied and the claimant disagrees with the decision, they can ask for this to be looked at again by way of a Mandatory Reconsideration. If they further disagree with the outcome of the Mandatory Reconsideration, they can raise an appeal for the sanction decision to be looked at by an independent tribunal.</p>
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1702345

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/05/2024
	date	18/04/2024
	date tabled	18/04/2024
	ddp created	18/04/2024 18:17:35
	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	18/04/2024 18:26:42 01/05/2024 13:46:06
	hansard heading	Pensioners: Poverty
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3956
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 13:15:12
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Fabian Society report When I'm 64: A strategy to tackle poverty before state pension age, published on 17 April, which found that the number of people aged between 60 and the state pension age living in poverty increased by 140 per cent between 2010 and 2022, how many people currently aged over 60 and not yet eligible for the state pension are living in poverty.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL3956
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3956
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest statistics show that in 2022/23, 20% (0.9m) of individuals aged over 60 and not yet eligible for the state pension were living in absolute poverty after housing costs.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of individuals living in absolute and relative poverty in the UK are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2023" target="_blank">Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a><strong>. </strong>The latest available data with age breakdowns can be found on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. The latest statistics published on 21 March 2024 are for the financial period 2022/23.</p>
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1714008

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/05/2024
	date	25/04/2024
	date tabled	25/04/2024
	ddp created	25/04/2024 19:42:05
	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	25/04/2024 19:46:06 10/05/2024 13:37:04
	hansard heading	Work and Health Programme
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4115
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	10/05/2024 13:36:09
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to undertake an impact assessment of the closure of the Work and Health Programme this autumn and the impact of this on enabling disabled people to enter the job market.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL4115
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4115
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As part of the government’s Back to Work Plan we have launched and plan to deliver a range of other support which will put in place an offer to a broader range of disabled people, for example, Universal Support will support up to 100,000 disabled people, people with health conditions and people with additional barriers to employment per year, once fully rolled out, helping them to find, enter, and remain in work.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Programme (WHP) has supported 300k people since it was introduced in 2017 to the end of November 2023, of whom over 130k have entered employment in this time. More recently WHP Pioneer, which is part of the first phase of Universal Support, aims to support up to 25k people through DWP contracts. The next publication of WHP Statistics on Gov.UK is due at the end of May 2024.</p>
	creator	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1714012

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/05/2024
	date	25/04/2024
	date tabled	25/04/2024
	ddp created	25/04/2024 19:42:11
	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 19:46:16 10/05/2024 13:36:04
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4119
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	10/05/2024 13:35:49
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the transfer to Universal Credit of those with a long-term disability which inhibits them from entering the job market.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL4119
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4119
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>DWP continue to learn and iterate our approach as we progress our Move to Universal Credit activity. We remain committed to ensuring that the transition to Universal Credit works as smoothly as possible for all customers, including enhanced customer support for vulnerable customers.</p><p> </p><p>Our latest insight publication is available on GOV.UK - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit – insight on Tax Credit migrations and initial Discovery activity for wider benefit cohorts</a>.</p>
	creator	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1698026

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/04/2024
	date	21/03/2024
	date tabled	21/03/2024
	ddp created	21/03/2024 20:56:17
	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	22/03/2024 14:45:15 27/03/2024 16:35:09
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3520
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	27/03/2024 16:34:59
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Markham on 11 March (HL Deb col 1802), and taking account of the latest Households Below Average Income data, which shows a 300,000 increase in the number of children living in absolute poverty in the past year, what assessment they have made of the impact on health and well-being of the two-child limit for child benefit; and what assessment they have made of the strengths and weaknesses of using the measure of absolute poverty rather than relative poverty.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leicester
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL3520
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3520
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It is not possible to produce a robust assessment of the impact of the two-child limit.</p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit continues to be paid for all children in eligible families.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Relative poverty sets a threshold as a proportion of the UK median income and moves each year as average income changes.</p><p>Typically, a household is in relative poverty if its income is less than 60 per cent of the median household income.</p><p>Absolute poverty, by our definition, is a threshold as a proportion of the UK average income in a given year (2010/11) and moves each year in line with inflation.</p><p> </p><p>This government prefers to look at Absolute poverty over Relative poverty as relative poverty can provide counter-intuitive results.</p><p>Relative poverty is likely to fall during recessions, due to falling median incomes. Under this measure, poverty can decrease even if people are getting poorer.</p><p>The absolute poverty line is fixed in real terms, so will only ever worsen if people are getting poorer, and only ever improve if people are getting richer.</p>
	creator	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester

1700696

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2024
	date	15/04/2024
	date tabled	15/04/2024
	ddp created	15/04/2024 20:26:52
	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 20:36:40 24/04/2024 16:02:33
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3765
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/04/2024 16:01:52
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 27 March (HL3520), why it is not possible to undertake a robust assessment of the impact of the two-child limit.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leicester
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL3765
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3765
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We do not have the data to fully measure health and well-being behavioural impacts that may have resulted from the two-child limit.</p>
	creator	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester

1713996

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/05/2024
	date	25/04/2024
	date tabled	25/04/2024
	ddp created	25/04/2024 19:41:44
	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 19:45:39 10/05/2024 11:48:04
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4103
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	10/05/2024 11:47:38
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 24 April (HL3765), what plans they have to collect data to evaluate the success of the two-child benefit cap, especially in relation to the statements in the 2015 Impact Assessment which suggest the two-child limit would (1) encourage parents to consider their readiness to support an additional child, (2) help people move into sustained employment, and (3) provide incentives to have fewer children.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leicester
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL4103
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4103
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are no such plans to collect data to evaluate the success of the two-child benefit cap. The Department committed to publishing statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children annually. The latest statistics were published in July 2023 and can be accessed at: Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children, April 2023 - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>DWP is committed to supporting families and helping parents into work. This requires a balanced system that provides strong work incentives and support for those who need it, but that also ensures a sense of fairness to the taxpayer and many working families who do not see their incomes rise when they have more children.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester

1713991

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/05/2024
	date	25/04/2024
	date tabled	25/04/2024
	ddp created	25/04/2024 19:41:33
	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 19:45:26 10/05/2024 13:55:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Tied Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4098
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	10/05/2024 13:54:09
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of transiting from tax credits to Universal Credit on people who live in accommodation tied to their work; and whether they undertook any consultation with ministers of religion or other cohorts particularly affected by these proposed changes.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Hereford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL4098
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4098
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Universal Credit (UC) was legislated for in 2012. We continue to learn and iterate our approach as we progress the Move to UC activity and remain committed to ensuring that the transition works as smoothly as possible for all individuals. Latest findings of the Move to UC process were published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit – insight on Tax Credit migrations and initial Discovery activity for wider benefit cohorts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p>
	creator	5003 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Hereford
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	5003 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Hereford

1713992

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/05/2024
	date	25/04/2024
	date tabled	25/04/2024
	ddp created	25/04/2024 19:41:36
	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 19:45:29 10/05/2024 13:50:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Tied Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4099
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	10/05/2024 13:49:09
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to address the fact that people living in tied accommodation are not eligible to claim Universal Credit if they own more than £16,000 of a property in which they do not live.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Hereford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL4099
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4099
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>People who own a second property that they do not live in, will have the equity value of that property taken into account as part of their capital when assessing their claim for Universal Credit. If this causes the total capital they hold to exceed £16,000 then they will no longer be eligible for Universal Credit support.</p>
	creator	5003 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Hereford
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	5003 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Hereford

1678281

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/01/2024
	date	14/12/2023
	date tabled	14/12/2023
	ddp created	14/12/2023 20:25:56
	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	15/12/2023 16:05:26 20/12/2023 16:55:21
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1205
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/12/2023 16:55:03
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UNICEF report Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth, published on 6 December, and its conclusion that of the 39 OECD and EU countries featured in the report, the UK has seen the largest increase in child poverty since 2014.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL1205
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1205
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The most recent available data, covering 2021/22 shows that relative poverty rates for children remain unchanged since 2009/10. On an absolute basis, which better represents changes to actual living standards, the rate after housing costs has fallen by 5 percentage points across the same period. There were 400,000 fewer children in absolute poverty after housing costs in 2021/22 compared to 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent available OECD data shows that the United Kingdom has a relative poverty rate for 0–17-year-olds comparable to large European countries such as France and Germany and below Australia, the United States and Italy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing poverty, including child poverty, and supporting low-income families. We will spend around £276bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24 including around £124bn on people of working age and children.</p><p> </p><p>Our approach to tackling poverty is based on clear evidence that parental employment, particularly where its full time, reduces the risk of poverty. In the financial year 2021 to 2022, children living in households where all adults work were around 5 times less likely to be in absolute poverty after housing costs than those living in workless households.</p>
	creator	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham