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795026

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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	Families: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, prior to the Budget Statement, what was their planned expenditure on the Department for Work and Pensions' relationship support work for (1) 2018–19, and (2) 2019–20; and where these figures were published.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL3576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017 where we announced a spend of up to £30m to launch the new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.</p><p>Planned spend in 17/18 is £5.91m. Funding allocations to projects/business areas in future years are decided on an annual basis and are subject to internal prioritisation – the funding that was announced as part of the 2017 Autumn Budget safeguards £15m pa investment on relationship support/parental conflict in 18/19 and 19/20.</p><p>DWP has no plans to fund other projects than those mentioned in the budget statement, however, strengthening families is a cross-government objective and other government departments will be able to confirm their own plans in this area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL3577 HL3578 HL3579 question first answered 30/11/2017 13:10:48 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

795027

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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	Families: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Budget Statement, what is their planned expenditure on the Department for Work and Pensions' relationship support work for (1) 2018–19, and (2) 2019–20.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL3577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017 where we announced a spend of up to £30m to launch the new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.</p><p>Planned spend in 17/18 is £5.91m. Funding allocations to projects/business areas in future years are decided on an annual basis and are subject to internal prioritisation – the funding that was announced as part of the 2017 Autumn Budget safeguards £15m pa investment on relationship support/parental conflict in 18/19 and 19/20.</p><p>DWP has no plans to fund other projects than those mentioned in the budget statement, however, strengthening families is a cross-government objective and other government departments will be able to confirm their own plans in this area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL3576 HL3578 HL3579 question first answered 30/11/2017 13:10:48 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

795028

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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	Families: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the funding announced in the Budget Statement for the Department for Work and Pensions' relationship support work will be spent on the department's Reducing Parental Conflict Programme, to be launched next year.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL3578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017 where we announced a spend of up to £30m to launch the new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.</p><p>Planned spend in 17/18 is £5.91m. Funding allocations to projects/business areas in future years are decided on an annual basis and are subject to internal prioritisation – the funding that was announced as part of the 2017 Autumn Budget safeguards £15m pa investment on relationship support/parental conflict in 18/19 and 19/20.</p><p>DWP has no plans to fund other projects than those mentioned in the budget statement, however, strengthening families is a cross-government objective and other government departments will be able to confirm their own plans in this area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL3576 HL3577 HL3579 question first answered 30/11/2017 13:10:48 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

795029

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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	Families: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in support of their policy objectives to strengthen families, they intend to make available funds for projects other than those specified in the Budget Statement.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL3579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017 where we announced a spend of up to £30m to launch the new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.</p><p>Planned spend in 17/18 is £5.91m. Funding allocations to projects/business areas in future years are decided on an annual basis and are subject to internal prioritisation – the funding that was announced as part of the 2017 Autumn Budget safeguards £15m pa investment on relationship support/parental conflict in 18/19 and 19/20.</p><p>DWP has no plans to fund other projects than those mentioned in the budget statement, however, strengthening families is a cross-government objective and other government departments will be able to confirm their own plans in this area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL3576 HL3577 HL3578 question first answered 30/11/2017 13:10:48 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

792932

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Welfare State: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what equality impact assessments were made before the introduction of each welfare benefits change during the past seven years; and what potential adverse impacts on different groups of people were identified.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/11/2017 15:37:05 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

792933

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Welfare State: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what equality impact analyses have been made following the introduction of each welfare benefit change during the past seven years; and what has been the impact on different groups of people, including the elderly, lone parents, disabled people and ethnic minorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 30/11/2017 12:12:43 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

792938

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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: Uprating
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 16 November (HL Deb, col 2187), whether they plan to revert to uprating working age benefits in line with inflation at the end of the current four-year freeze.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 has frozen the majority of working-age benefits and tax credits for four tax years, from 2016-17 to 2019-20. These rates will therefore remain the same over this period.</p><p> </p><p>Once these provisions cease to have effect, the pre-existing statutory obligations will re-apply, requiring the Government to undertake a review of the rates of tax credits and benefits in light of price inflation in the preceding year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 30/11/2017 12:12:06 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

792939

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to ensure that people with (1) learning disabilities, (2) autism, and (3) other forms of disability, can easily access the online application process for Universal Credit.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL3463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit full service is designed around user needs to be as accessible as possible. Those claimants who lack capability to make their claim via the on-line self-service, or are not able to travel, can call the Universal Credit Service Centre on 0345 600 0723. The UC Service Centre will establish the best means of support available, which could be signposting to Universal Support delivered locally, the local Jobcentre or telephony support. In exceptional circumstances, a home visit can be arranged to support a claimant in making their initial claim and completing any other administrative tasks required to ensure the claimant receives the correct payment.</p><p> </p><p>Should a claimant present at the local Jobcentre, there are staff available to support them to make their UC claim on-line and navigate their on-line account. They aim to provide this there and then. If a disabled claimant or claimant with complex needs does not have all of the information available to complete the on-line claim, or if all the staff are helping other claimants, they will be given a date and time to return.</p><p> </p><p>If a disabled or claimant with complex needs or their advocate phone the Jobcentre, they will provide an appointment with either the Local Authority or the Jobcentre to receive support.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, when a claimant is incapable of managing their own affairs the Secretary of State may appoint a person to act on the claimant’s behalf in all dealings with the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/11/2017 12:32:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

792940

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether people with (1) learning disabilities, (2) autism, and (3) other forms of disability, will have the opportunity to make a claim for Universal Credit in person.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL3464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit full service is designed around user needs to be as accessible as possible. Those claimants who lack capability to make their claim via the on-line self-service, or are not able to travel, can call the Universal Credit Service Centre on 0345 600 0723. The UC Service Centre will establish the best means of support available, which could be signposting to Universal Support delivered locally, the local Jobcentre or telephony support. In exceptional circumstances, a home visit can be arranged to support a claimant in making their initial claim and completing any other administrative tasks required to ensure the claimant receives the correct payment.</p><p> </p><p>Should a claimant present at the local Jobcentre, there are staff available to support them to make their UC claim on-line and navigate their on-line account. They aim to provide this there and then. If a disabled claimant or claimant with complex needs does not have all of the information available to complete the on-line claim, or if all the staff are helping other claimants, they will be given a date and time to return.</p><p> </p><p>If a disabled or claimant with complex needs or their advocate phone the Jobcentre, they will provide an appointment with either the Local Authority or the Jobcentre to receive support.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, when a claimant is incapable of managing their own affairs the Secretary of State may appoint a person to act on the claimant’s behalf in all dealings with the Department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/11/2017 15:24:48 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

788858

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	Employment: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide employers with information and advice on how to support their disabled employees.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>We continue to work with employers to support and encourage them to build healthy, inclusive workplaces where disabled people and people with health conditions can thrive.</p><p>Through Disability Confident we are getting employers to think differently about disability and to take action to improve how they attract, recruit and retain disabled workers. The Department is constantly looking to improve the Disability Confident offer to employers that sign up and to do this we have introduced a specialist themed approach, offering additional advice, guidance and support on a wide range of topics such as Mental Health, Autism and Neuro-diversity and Reasonable adjustments.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working more directly with smaller employers through the new Small Employer Offer, which provides small employers with a personalised package of support including advice from specialist advisers.</p><p>Finally, Access to Work provides practical and financial support for employers and employees with the additional costs faced by individuals whose health or disability affects the way they do their job. The scheme does not replace the duty an employer has under the Equality Act to make reasonable adjustments, instead it provides support that is over and above that.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/11/2017 15:54:19 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool