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1672844

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
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: Armed Forces
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 make n assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to disregard compensation offered to wounded (a) service people and (b) veterans under the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation schemes as income from (i) Income Support, (ii) Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, (iii) Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, (iv) Working Tax Credit, and (v) Pension Credit.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	3641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>Universal Credit replaced a number of benefits and tax credits. It was decided that War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Payments would not be taken into account in Universal Credit. Guaranteed Income Payments, Service Attributable Pensions and service-attributable, non-taxable Service Invalidity Pensions are also not taken into account. However, it has never been the intention that the rules around the treatment of income and indeed other rules - should be changed across the legacy and other benefits to align them with Universal Credit.</p><p>Social care payments are the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 3642 question first answered 29/11/2023 16:44:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1672845

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
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: Armed Forces
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to disregard compensation offered to wounded (a) service people and (b) veterans under the (i) Service Invaliding Pensions and (ii) Service Attributable Pensions scheme as income from (A) Universal Credit, (B) Child Tax Credit, (C) Income Support, (D) Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, (E) Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, (F) Working Tax Credit, (G) Social Care payments and (H) Pension Credit.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	3642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>Universal Credit replaced a number of benefits and tax credits. It was decided that War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Payments would not be taken into account in Universal Credit. Guaranteed Income Payments, Service Attributable Pensions and service-attributable, non-taxable Service Invalidity Pensions are also not taken into account. However, it has never been the intention that the rules around the treatment of income and indeed other rules - should be changed across the legacy and other benefits to align them with Universal Credit.</p><p>Social care payments are the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 3641 question first answered 29/11/2023 16:44:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1672846

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
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: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to incorporate the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant into welfare and benefits policy making.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	3643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The department takes its responsibilities under the Armed Forces Covenant very seriously. It has an Armed Forces Advocate in place at Director level who is responsible for ensuring that members of the armed forces community do not suffer any disadvantage as a result of service. This covers both the development of policy and the way the department delivers its services. The advocate is supported by officials who provide expert advice to policy makers and others on the application of the covenant.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has a range of special provisions in place to take account of the particular needs and circumstances of the armed forces community, ranging from delivering the Armed Forces Independence Payment to providing for special National Insurance Credits for spouses.</p><p> </p><p>Some armed forces compensation payments also receive special treatment compared to similar payments and replies to the hon. Member’s other questions set this out in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 3645 question first answered 29/11/2023 16:48:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1672847

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
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: Armed Forces
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require local authorities to disregard compensation offered to wounded (a) service people and (b) veterans under the (i) War Pensions and (ii) Armed Forces Compensation scheme as income from (A) Housing Benefit, (B) Council Tax Support, (C) Discretionary Housing Payments and (D) Disabled Facilities Grants.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	3644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>Housing Benefit regulations permit local authorities to disregard beyond the standard disregard of £10 a week for the whole or part of any War Pensions and guaranteed income payments under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) can be paid to those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs. Local authorities (LAs) administer the scheme as they are best placed to make informed judgements about relative priorities and needs in their area to ensure that the most vulnerable are supported and the funds are targeted effectively. There are no prescribed resource tests and payments are entirely at LA discretion. LAs simply have to be satisfied that the person concerned is in receipt of housing support (through HB or housing element of UC) and needs further financial assistance towards housing costs.</p><p> </p><p>This Department is not responsible for the policies concerning Council Tax Support and Disabled Facilities Grants.</p><p /> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/11/2023 16:47:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1672848

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
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: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that (a) serving members of the Armed Forces and (b)veterans in receipt of compensation for a service-related injury are not disadvantaged compared to their civilian counterparts in the receipt of welfare benefits.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	3645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The department takes its responsibilities under the Armed Forces Covenant very seriously. It has an Armed Forces Advocate in place at Director level who is responsible for ensuring that members of the armed forces community do not suffer any disadvantage as a result of service. This covers both the development of policy and the way the department delivers its services. The advocate is supported by officials who provide expert advice to policy makers and others on the application of the covenant.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has a range of special provisions in place to take account of the particular needs and circumstances of the armed forces community, ranging from delivering the Armed Forces Independence Payment to providing for special National Insurance Credits for spouses.</p><p> </p><p>Some armed forces compensation payments also receive special treatment compared to similar payments and replies to the hon. Member’s other questions set this out in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 3643 question first answered 29/11/2023 16:48:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1644087

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Carers
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 make an estimate of the number of kinship carers who have (a) temporarily and (b) permanently withdrawn from the labour market as a result of their caring responsibilities in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	189305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/06/2023 14:45:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1255335

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Access to Work Programme: Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to integrate the Access to Work fast track scheme into the Kickstart scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	120974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Job placements created through the DWP’s Kickstart Scheme are normal jobs, and so young people finding work through the Kickstart Scheme can get advice from their Work Coach about making the transition into employment. This may include support with the Access to Work process.</p><p>Young people who are successful in securing a job offer through Kickstart, and submit their application to Access to Work within 4 weeks of their start date, will have their application automatically prioritised by Access to Work.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 120929 question first answered 01/12/2020 17:21:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 65323 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1088728

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Lotteries: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of unrestricted funding grants delivered to charities by charity lotteries.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	232632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding from lotteries represents a relatively small proportion of overall charity sector income. However, for some charities, lottery funding can be a vital source of income. In 2017/18 good cause returns from the National Lottery were £1.6 billion and large society lotteries raised £296 million for good causes. Many charities are licensed to run their own lotteries as a fundraising tool, which directly supports their charitable initiatives.</p><p><br> Society Lotteries usually provide unrestricted funding which can be particularly beneficial for charities as it enables the charity to determine how to use the funding to best deliver its aims and support its beneficiaries. Society lotteries and the National Lottery complement each other as they have different strategic priorities and support a range of different charities within the sector.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 232633 232634 question first answered 21/03/2019 14:25:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1088729

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Lotteries: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the complementary benefits of funding from both charity lotteries and the National Lottery to charities.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	232633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding from lotteries represents a relatively small proportion of overall charity sector income. However, for some charities, lottery funding can be a vital source of income. In 2017/18 good cause returns from the National Lottery were £1.6 billion and large society lotteries raised £296 million for good causes. Many charities are licensed to run their own lotteries as a fundraising tool, which directly supports their charitable initiatives.</p><p><br> Society Lotteries usually provide unrestricted funding which can be particularly beneficial for charities as it enables the charity to determine how to use the funding to best deliver its aims and support its beneficiaries. Society lotteries and the National Lottery complement each other as they have different strategic priorities and support a range of different charities within the sector.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 232632 232634 question first answered 21/03/2019 14:25:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1088730

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Lotteries: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the benefits delivered to local charities by charity lotteries.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	232634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding from lotteries represents a relatively small proportion of overall charity sector income. However, for some charities, lottery funding can be a vital source of income. In 2017/18 good cause returns from the National Lottery were £1.6 billion and large society lotteries raised £296 million for good causes. Many charities are licensed to run their own lotteries as a fundraising tool, which directly supports their charitable initiatives.</p><p><br> Society Lotteries usually provide unrestricted funding which can be particularly beneficial for charities as it enables the charity to determine how to use the funding to best deliver its aims and support its beneficiaries. Society lotteries and the National Lottery complement each other as they have different strategic priorities and support a range of different charities within the sector.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 232632 232633 question first answered 21/03/2019 14:25:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake