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390679

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants will receive a net reduction in (a) tax credits, (b) disability living allowance and (c) housing support as a result of measures in the 2015 Summer Budget.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	7561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to Tax Credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMT has published distributional analysis information on the impact of the Summer Budget 2015 which includes the effect of tax credit and other welfare measures on households. This information can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/07/2015 16:00:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

390694

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on long-term trends in family size.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	7688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The reforms to Child Tax Credit and Housing Benefit will ensure that in the future, families on benefits will have to make the same financial decisions as families supporting themselves through work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/07/2015 16:06:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

390879

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2015 to Question 5750, when figures for after August 2014 will be available.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	7748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The figures are already available. The response to Question 5750 included links to statistics for periods beyond August 2014.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 09:31:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

389338

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons he has set the benefit cap at the levels stated in Clause 7(2) of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	6709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 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. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 6706 6710 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:20:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

389340

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the draft Welfare Reform and Work Bill, for what reasons the Welfare Reform and Work Bill proposes to repeal section 96(6) to (8) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 on the link between the benefit cap and average earnings.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	6710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 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. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 6706 6709 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:20:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

389372

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy that existing exemptions for (a) disability living allowance, (b) personal independence payments, (c) discretionary housing payments, (d) working tax credit and (e) other benefits that have been specified in regulations under the Welfare Reform Act 2012 will continue to be disregarded from a household's income under the proposed new framework for the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	6704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 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. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 6702 6708 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:12:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

389380

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to section 96A(3)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 which it is proposed will be inserted by Clause 8 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, how he plans to identify the matters which are relevant to setting the level of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	6706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 6709 6710 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:20:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

388027

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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 how many, and what proportion of, households affected by the proposed reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000 per year receive (1) Employment and Support Allowance, and (2) Income Support.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL1153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20<sup>th</sup> July. The impact assessment is now available on Parliament’s website, and a copy is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2015 15:32:41 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud attachment 1 file name Impact Assessment.pdf title Imapct Assessment
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow