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789316

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Rents: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 18 to 21 currently receive help with rent in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	113053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Data will become available as this policy area matures.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/11/2017 12:16:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

789317

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families currently receiving benefits have three children or more in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	113052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Data for Liverpool, Walton constituency are not available.</p><p><strong>Table 1. Families currently in receipt of one or more benefit</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Families in millions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>NorthWest</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Families with 3 or more children</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>Source: Family Resources Survey 2015/16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The figures in Table 1 are estimates derived from the Family Resources Survey. The Family Resources Survey is designed to provide robust information at former Government Office Region level. Therefore data for Liverpool, Walton constituency are not available. Estimates are rounded to the nearest 100,000.</li><li>The Family Resources Survey is a nationally representative sample of UK households. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-201516" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-201516</a></li><li>The figures from the Family Resources Survey are based on a sample of households which have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors which align the Family Resources Survey to former Government Office Region populations by age and sex. Estimates based on survey data are subject to uncertainty due to sampling error and remaining non-response error.</li><li>Figures presented here are for 2015/16 – this is the most recent year that data are currently available.</li><li>Relative to administrative records, the FRS under-reports benefit receipt – see Methodology Table M.6 in the Family Resources Survey publication.</li><li>In this analysis a family is defined as ‘a single adult or couple living as married and any dependent children’. A dependent child is aged 16 or under, or is 16 to 19 years old, unmarried and in full-time non-advanced education.</li><li>The following benefits have been including in this analysis; Disability Living Allowance, Child Benefit, Pension Credit, State Pension, Widow's Pension/Bereavement Allowance/Widowed Mothers Allowance, Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, War Widow's/Widower's Pension, Severe Disability Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Jobseeker's Allowance, Industrial Injury Disablement Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Income Support, Maternity Allowance, Government Training Allowances, Guardians Allowance, Widow's Payment, Winter Fuel Payments, Extended Housing Benefit, Housing Benefit, Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit.</li><li>Note the inclusion of Child Benefit. <strong>The vast majority of families with three or more children are in receipt of Child Benefit. Therefore these figures are very close to population figures for the number of families with 3 or more children. </strong></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/11/2017 17:26:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

798043

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Liverpool Walton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what property his Department (a) leases and (b) owns in Liverpool Walton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	116950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not lease any properties within the Walton constituency. There are three leased Jobcentre properties that cover postcodes within the Walton constituency:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Everton Jobcentre, Premier House 95 Breckfield Road, North Liverpool, L5 4NQ</li><li>Kirby Jobcentre, St Chad’s House, St Chad’s Drive, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 8RW</li><li>West Derby Jobcentre, Springfield House, 416 Eaton Road, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 3HT</li></ol><p> </p><p>The Department does not own any properties nationally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/12/2017 16:02:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

798045

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Liverpool Walton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people his Department employs in Liverpool Walton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	116952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions employs 168 people in Liverpool Walton Constituency.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/12/2017 16:08:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

599634

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	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: EU Nationals
	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 safeguard the jobs of EU nationals living in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	48139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Our country remains open for business. Employment is at a record high with a almost a million new businesses in our country since 2010 and we will always welcome those with the skills, the drive and the expertise to make our nation better still. The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living here, and the only circumstances in which that wouldn’t be possible is if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/10/2016 16:39:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

172294

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	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: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Liverpool and (b) England were subject to sanctions in the week commencing 22 December 2014; and how many of those people had benefits withheld for that period.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	219936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department publishes Official Statistics on Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) and Employment Support Allowance (ESA) sanction decisions and information on these statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest set of Official Statistics was released on 12 November 2014 and covers all decisions made to 30 June 2014. A summary of this data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics contain a wide set of geographical areas, sanction reason, sanctions appeals and outcomes and if required this information can be extracted using Stat-Xplore via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required from Stat-Xplore can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not yet available. The latest data available can be found at the links above.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/01/2015 14:06:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 37793 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

422718

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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	Disability: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to close the pay gap between disabled workers and other workers.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	12631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all disabled people have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. Work is an important part of this, which is why we committed to halving the disability employment gap in our manifesto – we want to ensure that many more disabled people who can and want to work have that opportunity.</p><p>Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people (and other groups) from discrimination at work, including unequal pay (in relation to the disabled person's gender) and less favourable treatment, which may require the employer to provide a reasonable adjustment.</p><p>The National Living Wage - which will ensure that all low wage workers, including those with disabilities, can take a greater share of the gains from growth - will come into force from 1 April 2016.</p><p>Disability Confident works with an increasing number of employers to promote the benefits of employing disabled people, encouraging good practice, challenging prejudicial attitudes, increasing understanding of disability, removing barriers, and helping to ensure that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.</p><p>Access to Work provides support above and beyond employers’ reasonable adjustments. Every year, Access to Work supports tens of thousands of disabled workers to enter or retain employment and progress in their careers.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/10/2015 14:00:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

457629

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2016
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on legal costs related to the under-occupancy penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	29705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has incurred approximately £387,155 to date on legal costs associated with judicial review challenges to the under-occupancy penalty.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that this figure includes VAT where this is payable (e.g. on Counsel’s fees) and disbursements but does not include costs attributable to the time spent by Government advisory lawyers, as time spent by such advisory lawyers is not recorded in a manner that allows it to be attributed to individual cases. This figure does not include all of Counsel’s fees incurred in relation to the Supreme Court hearing of MA &amp; Others/A and Rutherford v the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (29 February to 2 March) which have not yet been billed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/03/2016 17:24:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

515019

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will receive a lower state pension under the single-tier pension system.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	35166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the <em>Impact of the New State Pension (nSP) on an Individual’s Pension Entitlement – Longer Term Effects of nSP</em> published in January 2016. The link can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Figure 1 of the assessment shows the proportion of all pensioners from 2016 until 2060 at each time point with changed notional State Pension outcomes under the new State Pension.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/05/2016 12:01:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

858567

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been affected by the under-occupancy penalty in Liverpool Walton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	131822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Figures on the number of households receiving Housing Benefit (HB) affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) by parliamentary constituency are publically available through the DWP Stat Xplore website:</p><p><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></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures on DWP Stat Xplore do not include claimants on Universal Credit (UC) with a removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) deduction, as this data is not currently available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/03/2018 14:15:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden