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registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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, with reference to his Department's impact assessment of 25 August 2016 on the lower benefit cap, if he will publish the refined estimates of the operational costs of implementing that cap and of providing support to capped claimants.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	71255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not plan to publish estimates of the operational costs of implementing the benefit cap policy, nor the costs of providing support to capped claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The benefit cap was lowered on the 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it was lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households).</p><p> </p><p>To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide over £800m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17. Information about this and other measures to ease the transition for families affected by this policy change is included in the latest impact assessment at the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 13:15:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

715176

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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, with reference to his Department's impact assessment of 25 August 2016 on the lower benefit cap, if he will publish the referred estimates of the operational costs of implementing that cap and of providing support to capped claimants.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	69691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The benefit cap was lowered on the 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it was lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households).</p><p> </p><p>To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide over £800m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17. Information about this and other measures to ease the transition for families affected by this policy change is included in the latest impact assessment at the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/04/2017 14:11:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

687137

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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, what estimate he has made of the effect of changes in the level of inflation on working age benefit claimants in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	63631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty. That is why the Government has introduced welfare reforms – such as those included in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 to increase work incentives and reduce welfare dependency. These reforms are working.</p><p> </p><p>We now have the lowest rate of unemployment in over a decade, and the lowest number of workless households since records began. Millions of people are taking home more of what they earn thanks to this Government’s actions to lower taxes and introduce the National Living Wage. This has helped give lower earners their fastest pay rise in 20 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 63632 question first answered 20/02/2017 15:47:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

687138

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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, what estimate he has made of the effect of changes in the level of inflation on the value of social security benefits in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	63632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty. That is why the Government has introduced welfare reforms – such as those included in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 to increase work incentives and reduce welfare dependency. These reforms are working.</p><p> </p><p>We now have the lowest rate of unemployment in over a decade, and the lowest number of workless households since records began. Millions of people are taking home more of what they earn thanks to this Government’s actions to lower taxes and introduce the National Living Wage. This has helped give lower earners their fastest pay rise in 20 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 63631 question first answered 20/02/2017 15:47:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

673628

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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 and what proportion of households in receipt of out-of-work benefits who were (a) covered and (b) not covered by the household benefit cap moved into work between April 2013 and August 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	60030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We publish official statistics on the number and proportion of households that have previously had their Housing Benefit capped and have moved into work. The latest available figures as at August 2016 are published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Please note, not all households that have had their Housing Benefit capped are in receipt of an out-of-work benefit.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/01/2017 15:06:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

657998

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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	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, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect on recipients of working age benefits of the benefits freeze; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	57364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I previously provided on 6 December 2016 - <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-12-01/55848/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-12-01/55848/</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/12/2016 13:43:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

654517

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	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, what estimate he has made of the (a) lowest, (b) average and (c) largest loss of household income under the lower benefit cap for families (i) in receipt of universal credit and (ii) in receipt of legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	56569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The average reduction to Housing Benefit under the lower cap is estimated to be £60 per week in 2016/17 with around 500 households losing less than 50p per week and around 30 households losing more than £500 per week. This represents the overall reduction due to the benefit cap rather than the additional reduction due to the lower cap.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates focus on the benefit cap continuing to be applied under Housing Benefit, information on Universal Credit is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates assume no behavioural responses - any behavioural responses to the lower cap, such as claimants moving into employment, may cause estimates to change.</li><li>The methodology used to estimate the reduction due to the cap is consistent with that described in the latest impact assessment published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></li></ol> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/12/2016 17:11:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

649541

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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	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, if he will estimate the effect of the forecasts in the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2016, on his Department's estimates of the financial effect on recipients of working age benefits of the freeze on those benefits.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	55848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 has frozen the majority of working-age benefits for four tax years, from 2016-17 to 2019-20. These benefit rates will therefore remain the same.</p><p> </p><p>These reforms to working-age benefits are part of the Government’s commitment to incentivise work for those who can in a high-wage, low-tax economy. This includes increasing the National Living Wage to £9 an hour by 2020, cutting income tax for over 30 million people and the roll-out of UC. These reforms are working, with employment at historic high levels.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to supporting those who cannot work, and those with additional needs. Our triple lock guarantee has meant that the basic State Pension is now over £1,100 a year higher than in 2010. Benefits for the additional costs of disability, and for carers, are exempt from the benefit freeze and will continue to be up-rated in line with the rise in prices.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/12/2016 14:14:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

642414

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants affected by the recent reduction in the benefit cap in (a) the constituency of Tottenham, (b) the London Borough of Haringey and (c) in total are in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) employment support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) housing benefit and (v) another benefit.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	54393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The information is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated breakdown of households affected by the lower cap levels by benefit receipt, 2016/17, GB</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Benefit Received</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Proportion of Capped Households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tottenham constituency</p></td><td><p>London Borough of Haringey</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseeker's Allowance</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (Housing Benefit)</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates focus on the benefit cap continuing to be applied under Housing Benefit and therefore all households affected will be in receipt of Housing Benefit. The benefit cap will increasingly be applied under Universal Credit as it gradually rolls out. Universal Credit will replace Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income-based Employment and Support Allowance and Housing Benefit, along with Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Estimates assume no behavioural responses - any behavioural responses to the lower cap, such as claimants moving into employment, would cause the number of households affected to reduce and may change the proportional split.</li><li>The methodology used to estimate the households affected by the cap is consistent with that described in the latest impact assessment published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/11/2016 15:09:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

631970

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans there are to monitor the effect of the lowered benefit cap on the well-being of children affected by the lowering of that cap.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	52246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to monitoring the impacts of our policies and to establishing the extent to which they have met their objectives and are therefore developing plans to commission an independent external evaluation of the impact of the new, lower, tiered benefit cap and the new exemptions. The evaluation will aim to better understand claimants’ behaviours and attitudes to looking for work; how local services have been affected by the change in the cap and how organisations such as local authorities are working with capped claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will also continue to produce Official Statistics on the benefit cap on a quarterly basis allowing frequent monitoring on the number of households affected by the policy. The statistics cover:</p><ul><li>Cumulative and point-in-time statistics on the number of households capped in Great Britain, regional and local authority level by household type, number of children and amount of the benefit cap.</li><li>Great Britain and regional level off-flow statistics from the benefit and by reason of the off-flow.</li><li>Further breakdowns are also available by local authority and Parliamentary Constituency.</li></ul> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2016 16:43:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams