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909372

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Universal Credit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to restore the automatic eligibility of 18-21 year old people to claim universal credit for housing costs.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	146955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We want to make this change as soon as is practicable. This change needs to be made in regulations and also built into the Universal Credit operating system</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/06/2018 15:25:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

909446

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Universal Credit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals on restoring the automatic eligibility of 18 to 21 year olds to claim universal credit for their housing costs.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	146956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>We want to make this change as soon as is practicable. This change needs to be made in regulations and also built into the Universal Credit operating system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/05/2018 10:50:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

867168

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the savings accrued to the public purse in 2017-18 as a result of the removal of the automatic eligibility of 18 to 21 year-olds to claim universal credit for housing costs.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	133286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>As a result of the removal of the automatic eligibility of 18 to 21 year olds to claim universal credit for housing costs the Department estimates savings of £5 million in welfare spending in 2017/2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/03/2018 14:59:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

867169

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the categories of decisions for turning down applications from 18 to 21 year olds for universal credit claims for housing costs .
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	133287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department holds no record of reasons for claimants being refused housing costs. Eligibility for housing costs is assessed against the exemption criteria for the policy. Claimants which do not meet any of the exemption criteria are not eligible for housing support.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/03/2018 15:08:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

669683

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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	Employment: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the recent trends in the number of women in employment.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	908071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of women in employment has increased by 229,000 over the past year. The female employment rate, at 69.8%, is at a record high.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/01/2017 16:33:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

519372

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Joint Work and Health Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultations the Joint Work and Health Unit has undertaken with external groups on its work since its creation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	37093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Work and Health Unit has been established to lead the drive for improving work and health outcomes for people with disabilities and long term health conditions, as well as improving prevention and support for people absent from work through ill health and those at risk of leaving the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Since Q1 2014 the number of disabled people in employment has increased by around 365,000 people, with a total of 3.3million disabled people now in work as of Q1 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Unit will build on this progress by improving integration across healthcare and employment services as well as supporting employers to recruit and retain more disabled people and people with long term health conditions. We have set up work-streams focused on delivery workforce, fitness for work, culture change and stakeholder engagement, employers and building the evidence base through developing a ‘test and learn’ approach.</p><p> </p><p>We have been seeking and listening to the views of people that use current health, care and employment services, engaging with charities and other stakeholders, to understand what works and what needs to change and will continue to engage at all levels over the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Unit is leading the process for preparing a green paper which will be published later this year that will begin the consultation about how to improve support for people with disabilities and long term health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 37094 37095 question first answered 27/05/2016 13:41:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

519373

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Joint Work and Health Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what workstreams have been established by the Joint Work and Health Unit; and when each such workstream is expected to report.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	37094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Work and Health Unit has been established to lead the drive for improving work and health outcomes for people with disabilities and long term health conditions, as well as improving prevention and support for people absent from work through ill health and those at risk of leaving the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Since Q1 2014 the number of disabled people in employment has increased by around 365,000 people, with a total of 3.3million disabled people now in work as of Q1 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Unit will build on this progress by improving integration across healthcare and employment services as well as supporting employers to recruit and retain more disabled people and people with long term health conditions. We have set up work-streams focused on delivery workforce, fitness for work, culture change and stakeholder engagement, employers and building the evidence base through developing a ‘test and learn’ approach.</p><p> </p><p>We have been seeking and listening to the views of people that use current health, care and employment services, engaging with charities and other stakeholders, to understand what works and what needs to change and will continue to engage at all levels over the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Unit is leading the process for preparing a green paper which will be published later this year that will begin the consultation about how to improve support for people with disabilities and long term health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 37093 37095 question first answered 27/05/2016 13:41:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

519374

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Joint Work and Health Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Joint Work and Health Unit has made on its priority of (a) productivity and growth in the economy, (b) halving the disability employment gap and (c) reducing health inequalities relating to gender, age and geographies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	37095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Work and Health Unit has been established to lead the drive for improving work and health outcomes for people with disabilities and long term health conditions, as well as improving prevention and support for people absent from work through ill health and those at risk of leaving the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Since Q1 2014 the number of disabled people in employment has increased by around 365,000 people, with a total of 3.3million disabled people now in work as of Q1 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Unit will build on this progress by improving integration across healthcare and employment services as well as supporting employers to recruit and retain more disabled people and people with long term health conditions. We have set up work-streams focused on delivery workforce, fitness for work, culture change and stakeholder engagement, employers and building the evidence base through developing a ‘test and learn’ approach.</p><p> </p><p>We have been seeking and listening to the views of people that use current health, care and employment services, engaging with charities and other stakeholders, to understand what works and what needs to change and will continue to engage at all levels over the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Unit is leading the process for preparing a green paper which will be published later this year that will begin the consultation about how to improve support for people with disabilities and long term health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 37093 37094 question first answered 27/05/2016 13:41:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

429325

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Government has made of the benefit to businesses of a healthy workforce.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	16968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>There is a good evidence base for the benefits to business of a healthy workforce, for example, workers who are in good health can be up to three times as productive as those in poor health. Conversely there are high costs to business from ill health: ‘Health at Work – an independent review of sickness absence’ found that the costs to employers of sick pay were £9bn per year.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/11/2015 10:35:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

428228

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
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	Workplace Pensions: LGBT+ People
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 take steps to extend occupational pensions to include widows from same sex married couples in the same way as widows from other married couples are currently included.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	16179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is considering the findings of the statutory review into survivor benefits in occupational pension schemes that was required by section 16 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. The Review provided important information on the benefits, costs and other effects of eliminating or reducing differences in survivor benefit provision.</p><br /><p>The Government will respond to the Review in due course.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/11/2015 11:59:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett