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43196

registered interest
date	13/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on housing benefit for tenants in (a) council property, (b) housing association and registered social landlord property and (c) private sector housing in (i) Tameside and (ii) Stockport in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	192149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p>The information is in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Table 1: Housing Benefit spending in Tameside by accommodation type.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ million, nominal</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority Accommodation</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Accommodation</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Registered Social Landlord</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td><td><p>54.6</p></td><td><p>55.8</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Rented Sector</p></td><td><p>22.5</p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>29.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Housing Benefit Spend</p></td><td><p>75.8</p></td><td><p>82.4</p></td><td><p>87.7</p></td><td><p>90.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Local authority statistical data and subsidy returns.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Table 2: Housing Benefit spending in Stockport by accommodation type.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ million, nominal</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority Accommodation</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>26.3</p></td><td><p>28.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Accommodation</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Registered Social Landlord</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Rented Sector</p></td><td><p>25.3</p></td><td><p>29.2</p></td><td><p>31.0</p></td><td><p>31.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Housing Benefit Spend</p></td><td><p>64.2</p></td><td><p>69.7</p></td><td><p>74.6</p></td><td><p>78.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Local authority statistical data and subsidy returns.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figures may not sum exactly due to rounding.</p><p>Expenditure is shown for complete financial years. A breakdown of benefit expenditure for Housing Benefit can be found in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277439/hb-ctb-la-tables-04022014.xls" target="_blank">Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit expenditure by local authority </a>tables as per the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277439/hb-ctb-la-tables-04022014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277439/hb-ctb-la-tables-04022014.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

42873

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has for the future use of Post Office card accounts.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Post Office card account (POca) contract expires in March 2015 with the possibility of a 2 year extension beyond that date. </p><p>No decision has been made on the future of the POca but discussions are currently taking place between DWP, Post Office Ltd and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to consider the future needs of customers beyond 2015. </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

42875

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington currently have benefits of which type paid into a Post Office card account.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	191788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available in the format requested as data held relates to payment accounts rather than people. A customer may receive benefits in the form of a separate payment for each benefit to which they are entitled or a single, combined payment. Each of these payments is termed a payment account which would be paid into the same Post Office card account.</p><p> </p><p>The number of payment accounts paid into a Post Office Card Account split by benefit type in Warrington Local Authority as at February 2013 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number of payment accounts paid via a Post Office Card Account by benefit type in Warrington Local Authority: February 2013</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total Benefits paid via Post Office Card Accounts</p></td><td><p> 9,540 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attendance Allowance</p></td><td><p> 390 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Benefit</p></td><td><p> 10 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance</p></td><td><p> 1,260 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance</p></td><td><p> 610 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incapacity Benefit</p></td><td><p> 200 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carer's Allowance</p></td><td><p> 170 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit</p></td><td><p> 190 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Income Support</p></td><td><p> 480 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseeker's Allowance</p></td><td><p> 440 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit</p></td><td><p> 1,730 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension</p></td><td><p> 3,970 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe Disablement Benefit</p></td><td><p> 90 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Widow's Benefit</p></td><td><p> 10 </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Information, Governance &amp; Security Directorate, 100% data</p><p> </p><p>Notes: </p><p>1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2. Figures refer to payment accounts. Claimants with more than one account will be counted for each account. Figures only relate to accounts live and in payment on the specified date.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

42589

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the pension entitlement is of people of pensionable age who served long sentences in prison.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A persons entitlement to the contributory state pension is dependent on the National Insurance contributions they have paid or had credited to them over their working life (from the age of 16 upto the year before they reach State Pension age) which builds up Qualifying Years. This will also be the case for the new single tier pension, but with a requirement to have a minimum number of qualifying years.</p><p>A person who has served a long prison sentence during their working life is likely to have a below average entitlement to contributory state pension. However, Pension Credit is available where the person's (and partner's) income from all sources is inadequate.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

42595

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in housing benefit payments was paid to recipients in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Dundee and (d) Aberdeen in the last year.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	191626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The amount paid in Housing Benefit in 2012/13 can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow City</p></td><td><p>348</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee City</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen City</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Local authority statistical data and subsidy returns.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note: Expenditure is shown for the last complete financial year. Benefit expenditure for Housing Benefit can be found in the Local Authority tables as per link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266828/la-tables-201213.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266828/la-tables-201213.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

42602

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 effect on the housing benefit budget of limiting all rents to local authority rent levels.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	191578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not possible to make a meaningful assessment. Limiting all rents to local authority rent levels would be a dramatic change to the housing market. It is therefore not possible to reliably predict what would happen to the supply and demand for accommodation, especially in the private rented sector, and the impacts on housing benefit expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

42613

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 is taking to prevent married couples from fraudulently claiming council and housing tax-related benefit available only for single people.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	191456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p>There are no social security benefits relating to housing costs or council tax that are available only to single people. There is a reduction of 25% in the council tax payable available to those who live alone, but the administration of this is a matter for local authorities. </p><p> </p><p>Generally, suspicions that claimants may be living together as if they were married or in a civil partnership without informing the relevant benefit payer come from various sources, including members of the public and members of staff. The Department currently does not investigate cases that only involve housing benefit as these are a matter for local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Council tax benefit ceased to exist on 1 April 2013 and has been replaced by the local council tax reduction (LCTR) scheme, the administration of which is a matter for local authorities. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

42615

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the payment of pensions into post office card accounts.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	191485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department pays benefits and pensions by Direct Payment into a bank, building society, credit union or Post Office card account.</p><p>The Post Office card account is a very simple account with limited functionality. Our policy has always been clear that the best option, especially for people of working age, is an account that can accept payments from employers and has transactional facilities such as direct debits for the payment of bills and housing costs.</p><p>The Department is currently in discussions with Post Office Ltd and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills to consider the future needs of customers beyond 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 191484 question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

42617

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the payment of benefits into post office card accounts.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	191484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department pays benefits and pensions by Direct Payment into a bank, building society, credit union or Post Office card account.</p><p>The Post Office card account is a very simple account with limited functionality. Our policy has always been clear that the best option, especially for people of working age, is an account that can accept payments from employers and has transactional facilities such as direct debits for the payment of bills and housing costs.</p><p>The Department is currently in discussions with Post Office Ltd and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills to consider the future needs of customers beyond 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 191485 question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

42623

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people of pensionable age providing unpaid childcare support.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
uin	191512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not available. The Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents estimates that grandparents provided informal childcare for 1.8m children in 1.4m families in 2012/13 with 4% of these families making some form of payment to the grandparent. We are unable to identify the ages of these grandparents; previous studies have shown that around half of grandparents are aged over 65. </p><p>Source for grandparent age distribution: </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220274/eia-ni-credits-changes.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220274/eia-ni-credits-changes.pdf</a></p><p>Source for Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont