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date	15/12/2016
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	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the level of income that a couple with two children where the main earner is working full-time on the national living wage will receive relative to what they would have received in tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	57826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>There is no meaningful way of comparing an unreformed Tax Credit system with Universal Credit. Universal Credit is a fundamentally different benefit to the legacy benefit system and provides people with support into, and to progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>If a family were moved from tax credits onto Universal Credit by the Department for Work and Pensions with unchanged circumstances they would not see their benefit income reduce, due to Transitional Protection. The exact level of entitlement will depend on the circumstances of both people in the couple.</p><p> </p><p>One element of reform cannot be viewed in isolation from all others, including the introduction of the National Living Wage and rises in the Personal Tax Allowance. Universal Credit now provides for up to 85% of childcare costs, giving parents the opportunity to work and earn more so they can support their families and improve the life chances of their children. Eligible parents can now access up to 30 hours free childcare per week for 3 and 4 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work and evidence shows that under Universal Credit claimants move into work significantly faster and stay in work longer than under the old system.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/12/2016 13:16:04 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

422853

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the reduction in household income arising from net tax and benefit reforms in the Summer Budget 2015 will be made up by an increase in household income arising from the new National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is supporting household incomes by introducing a new National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above from April 2016. The NLW will be introduced at a level of £7.20, 50p more than the current NMW which means a £900 p.a. increase in earnings next year for a full-time worker. By 2020 the NLW is expected to be over £9 an hour, meaning a full-time worker will earn £4,800 more than today.</p><br /><p>By 2020 it is expected that the NLW will directly benefit 2¾m workers; while up to 6m could benefit from ripple effect. A number of large employers have already started paying wages at or above the NLW level, these include Ikea, Lidl, and Morrisons.</p><br /> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/11/2015 15:12:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

418858

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the maximum number of people whose income will fall as a result of changes to taxes and benefits introduced by the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will estimate the average fall in annual income for those people.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	10384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The reforms announced at the Summer Budget will ensure that support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/09/2015 13:01:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson