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registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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	Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proposed green paper on Social Justice will give consideration to the enactment of section 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL4234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is clear that tackling poverty and disadvantage, and delivering real social reform, is a priority for this Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is leading work across Government to bring forward a social justice green paper in the New Year. This will identify and address the root causes of poverty, building upon the two statutory indicators set out in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/12/2016 13:54:12 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

654261

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Universal Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in reducing the universal credit decision backlog referred to in paragraph 2.27 of the NAO report <i>Benefit Sanctions</i>, and what proportion of universal credit decisions took longer than (1) 28 working days, and (2) three working days, in the latest month for which statistics are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Universal Credit Decision position is significantly improved and by January, it is anticipated the volume of outstanding sanction decisions would take 5 working days to clear.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not currently have data to indicate performance by time band for Universal Credit Full Service or for 3 days. The information below relates to Universal Credit Live Service only as a result.</p><p>Of the 25,154 decisions made in October 2016, 7789 (31.0%) were made in 0-5 working days. 14,705 (58.5%) were made in a timeframe exceeding 28 working days.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/12/2016 17:54:52 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

654262

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Universal Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average time taken to make a decision on (1) all universal credit claims, and (2) UK claims relating to individuals who have been granted leave to remain as a refugee.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not track individual claims made by refugees. However, where people have problems getting a bank account, they are not prevented from making a claim for Universal Credit. Furthermore, DWP in conjunction with the Home Office, are currently piloting a new process to assist asylum seekers granted refugee status and needing support to make a claim to benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently assessing the data for Universal Credit and will only release information once the necessary quality assurance work has taken place. These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics. The Department does not track individual claims made by refugees and therefore this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3928 question first answered 14/12/2016 16:32:33 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

654263

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Universal Credit: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence, if any, they have of people who have been granted refugee status facing problems claiming universal credit because they do not have a bank account.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not track individual claims made by refugees. However, where people have problems getting a bank account, they are not prevented from making a claim for Universal Credit. Furthermore, DWP in conjunction with the Home Office, are currently piloting a new process to assist asylum seekers granted refugee status and needing support to make a claim to benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently assessing the data for Universal Credit and will only release information once the necessary quality assurance work has taken place. These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics. The Department does not track individual claims made by refugees and therefore this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3927 question first answered 14/12/2016 16:32:33 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

638257

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many provisional benefit payments have been made by (1) HMRC and (2) DWP pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 since 1 May 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Regulation (EC) 883/2004 co-ordinates social security systems across the EU, EEA and Switzerland. Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 is the implementation regulation which provides for administrative co-operation between Member States to implement the co-ordination regulation.</p><p> </p><p>Article 6 provides for a Member State to make benefit payments on a provisional basis as the Member State of residence if there is a dispute with another Member State as to who is responsible for the payment of benefits. Article 7 provides for a Member State to make a provisional award of benefit if another Member State has not provided all the evidence requested from them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collect information on the number of provisional benefit payments made on the basis of either Article 6 or 7 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009.</p><p> </p><p>There is published guidance on how to determine an award of benefit through the application of Article 6 (Annex A DWP Annex B HMRC). This is part of the Decision Makers Guidance which is made available to the public.</p><p> </p><p>In domestic guidance there is the facility for a decision maker to make an award of benefit where the evidence required is incomplete, with a revision of that award undertaken, if appropriate, once the required evidence is received. This would cover claims made under Article 7. Each claim to benefit is assessed on a case by case basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3328 HL3329 question first answered 01/12/2016 16:30:04 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

638258

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many benefit payments based on provisional calculations have been made by (1) HMRC and (2) DWP pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 since 1 May 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Regulation (EC) 883/2004 co-ordinates social security systems across the EU, EEA and Switzerland. Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 is the implementation regulation which provides for administrative co-operation between Member States to implement the co-ordination regulation.</p><p> </p><p>Article 6 provides for a Member State to make benefit payments on a provisional basis as the Member State of residence if there is a dispute with another Member State as to who is responsible for the payment of benefits. Article 7 provides for a Member State to make a provisional award of benefit if another Member State has not provided all the evidence requested from them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collect information on the number of provisional benefit payments made on the basis of either Article 6 or 7 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009.</p><p> </p><p>There is published guidance on how to determine an award of benefit through the application of Article 6 (Annex A DWP Annex B HMRC). This is part of the Decision Makers Guidance which is made available to the public.</p><p> </p><p>In domestic guidance there is the facility for a decision maker to make an award of benefit where the evidence required is incomplete, with a revision of that award undertaken, if appropriate, once the required evidence is received. This would cover claims made under Article 7. Each claim to benefit is assessed on a case by case basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3327 HL3329 question first answered 01/12/2016 16:30:04 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

638259

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance HMRC and DWP have (1) published, or (2) issued to their staff, about the application of the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 concerning provisional benefit payments and calculations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Regulation (EC) 883/2004 co-ordinates social security systems across the EU, EEA and Switzerland. Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 is the implementation regulation which provides for administrative co-operation between Member States to implement the co-ordination regulation.</p><p> </p><p>Article 6 provides for a Member State to make benefit payments on a provisional basis as the Member State of residence if there is a dispute with another Member State as to who is responsible for the payment of benefits. Article 7 provides for a Member State to make a provisional award of benefit if another Member State has not provided all the evidence requested from them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collect information on the number of provisional benefit payments made on the basis of either Article 6 or 7 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009.</p><p> </p><p>There is published guidance on how to determine an award of benefit through the application of Article 6 (Annex A DWP Annex B HMRC). This is part of the Decision Makers Guidance which is made available to the public.</p><p> </p><p>In domestic guidance there is the facility for a decision maker to make an award of benefit where the evidence required is incomplete, with a revision of that award undertaken, if appropriate, once the required evidence is received. This would cover claims made under Article 7. Each claim to benefit is assessed on a case by case basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3327 HL3328 question first answered 01/12/2016 16:30:05 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

632749

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Universal Credit: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have of problems faced by asylum seekers granted refugee status when they first claim universal credit; and what steps they are taking to address such problems.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>People who have been granted limited or indefinite leave to remain as a refugee, or have discretionary leave to remain or humanitarian protection, are entitled to claim Universal Credit in the areas of the country where the full service for all claimant types is available, whilst their leave to remain in the country is valid.</p><p> </p><p>Outside these areas they are entitled to claim other benefits such Job Seekers Allowance.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/11/2016 15:01:12 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

539220

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Low Incomes: Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Department for Work and Pensions report of the Household Below Average Income Statistics was over 100 pages in length in previous years and this year is 13 pages in length; and why this year's report contains details published in Excel tables only.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL1296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The change in publication format for the 2014/15 Households Below Average Income (HBAI) National Statistics release was made to bring this report into line with the new standard DWP Statistics template, with the aim of giving more focussed and accessible publications, without sacrificing the breadth of statistical analysis previously published.</p><p> </p><p>No information has been lost from this publication, rather this restructuring is intended to allow the lay user to better understand these important statistics.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is in line with the UK Statistics Authority’s “Better Statistics, Better Decisions” strategy and the specific change in format for HBAI was trailed in a Statistical Notice released in April 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2016 14:07:37 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

436051

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
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: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the documentation for the application of the family test to the policy to limit means-tested financial support to the first two children in the family, in line with the Department for Work and Pensions' guidance on the family test; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL4347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government has fully considered the family test criteria as an integral part of the policy development process. The published assessment of impacts of the measures in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill incorporates these considerations.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 22/12/2015 17:18:06 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett