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431557

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of poverty.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text Poverty is complex and affects different people in different ways throughout their lives. As such, the Government does not have one recognised definition, or measure, of poverty which applies to everyone’s stage of someone’s life. Our focus is on ensuring we have measures which drive the right approaches to tackling the root causes of poverty. answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 07/12/2015 11:53:20 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

427476

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Long Term Unemployed People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of their measures to reduce long-term unemployment, and how many people previously classified as long-term unemployed have entered work since 2010, (1) nationally, and (2) in North Lincolnshire.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL3511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 long term unemployment has fallen by over a quarter of a million in the UK, and since the Work Programme began in June 2011, it has helped 459,370 long term unemployed people find sustained work. In North Lincolnshire alone, 1,550 long term unemployed people have found sustained work through the Work Programme.</p><br /><p>The Department is continuing to modernise the way Jobcentre Plus delivers its services and has given responsibility to Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches – trusting them to assess the individual needs of people and offer the support and advice they think is best to get them back into work.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 24/11/2015 16:09:02 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

427515

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the effect on the number of children in poverty of the proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill to (1) freeze certain benefits and tax credit amounts for four years; (2) reduce the level of the benefit cap; and (3) change child tax credits and the child element of universal credit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. These are available on the Parliament website.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 23/11/2015 16:50:53 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

426910

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	Food Poverty and Fuel Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are consulting (1) Barnardos, (2) Save the Children, (3) Oxfam, (4) Citizens UK, (5) the Trussell Trust, (6) Magic Breakfast, (7) FareShare, (8) FoodCycle, (9) Baby Basics, (10) The Children’s Society, and (11) any other organisations, about food and fuel poverty and the relationship between benefit sanctions and food and fuel poverty; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions constantly engages with a wide range of stakeholders, interested parties and other organisations across a wide range of issues that affect those receiving benefits.</p><br /><p>The All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger, and the Church report ‘Time to rethink benefit sanctions’, amongst others, all recognise that the reasons that people use food banks are complex and overlapping. There is no robust evidence that links sanctions and food bank use.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 23/11/2015 15:08:08 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

426427

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the social security benefits budget last had a clean and unqualified audit report from the NAO.
tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
uin	HL3366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>It is the DWP consolidated resource account (not budget) that is audited each year by NAO.</p><br /><p>In his certificate of the 2014/15 accounts the Comptroller and Auditor General stated to the House of Commons that, in his opinion, the Department’s financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Department’s and the Departmental Group’s affairs as at 31 March 2015.</p><br /><p>The consolidated resource account has been given a qualified regularity opinion in each of the years that it has been audited (since 1999-00) because of the level of fraud and error in certain benefits.</p><br /><p>The qualification is due to material amounts of fraud &amp; error in benefit expenditure. In the 14/15 accounts this was estimated at 1.9% of benefit expenditure, the eventual outturn was 1.8%.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 19/11/2015 14:40:21 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

426446

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve social support for unemployed young people, in particular in adapting to changing technology.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>As our Manifesto said, we are committed to abolishing long-term youth unemployment and ensuring that young people are either earning or learning.</p><br /><p>DWP provides a broad range of additional support, over and above the standard Jobcentre Plus offer, to all young people on benefit, which is tailored to their needs. Through the Youth Obligation, from day 1 young people will participate in an intensive support regime equipping them with the skills to not only find a job but build capability to sustain work, and after 6 months they will be supported to apply for an apprenticeship, traineeship, gain work skills or go on a work placement. In addition, if needed, young people already receive support to help them to make and manage their claims on-line and to acquire and improve their digital skills.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 19/11/2015 16:17:03 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

426036

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have to support the statement in the 2012 impact assessment <i>Housing Benefit: Under-occupation of social housing</i> that the introduction of the under-occupancy charge would have no impact on health and well-being.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL3309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>Following on from the 2012 impact assessment an independent two year evaluation was commissioned that looked at the effects of this policy.</p><br /><p>The report is due to be published by the end of the year.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 12/11/2015 13:04:25 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

425831

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of additional hours of employment and jobs available to people wanting to increase their working hours in order to avoid the proposed four-year freeze in working age benefits from 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL3229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. These are available on the Parliament website.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 09/11/2015 16:25:04 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

425832

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many people will work more hours as a result of the proposed four-year freeze in working age benefits from 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL3230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. These are available on the Parliament website.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 09/11/2015 16:06:08 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

425833

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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 Mobility
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what definitions of social mobility are used by the new Social Mobility Commission, and whether they refer to changes in income.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL3231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>Provisions to reform the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission as the Social Mobility Commission are currently under consideration by Parliament as part of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. Until these receive Royal Assent, the Commission will continue to operate under its existing statutory framework. Operating arrangements for the reformed Commission will be set in due course, subject to Royal Assent.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 12/11/2015 13:01:46 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor