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registered interest
date	10/07/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of the findings of the End Child Poverty Group's report, Local indicators of child poverty, 2017-18, published in May 2019 on child poverty levels in (a) Kettering constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	275715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>This study is based on estimates rather than actual measurements of income. National statistics on the number of people in low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The number and proportion of children in low income is not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p> </p><p>In the 3-year estimate leading to 2017/18 absolute child poverty is 2 percentage points lower than in the 3-year estimates leading to 2009/10 for the East Midlands. For England as a whole, absolute child poverty is 4 percentage points lower before housing costs, and 3 percentage points lower after housing costs for the 3-year estimates leading to 2017/18 compared with three year estimates leading to 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>Children growing up in working households are five times less likely to be in poverty, which is why we are supporting families to improve their lives through work. Since 2010 there are over 3.6 million more people in work, and 667,000 fewer children growing up in workless households.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/07/2019 13:29:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1006897

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Job Creation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs created in (a) Kettering, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	191356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics use the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey to provide estimates of employment nationally and at a sub-national level.</p><p> </p><p>For July-September 2018, there were 27.45 million people employed in England. The employment rate was 75.8%, an increase of 5.2 percentage points since the 2010 election.</p><p> </p><p>However, trends in employment in Kettering and Northamptonshire are not possible to ascertain robustly, due to small numbers of the people with these characteristics in these survey samples.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the East Midlands region are available. For July-September 2018, there were 2.27 million people employed in the East Midlands region. The employment rate was 75.0%, an increase of 4.1 percentage points since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/11/2018 12:32:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

984555

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants she estimates will be migrated to universal credit when the new arrangements are rolled out this week in (a) Kettering and (b) other parts of England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	177233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not available for publication by constituency or region.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/10/2018 11:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

806052

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: Disability
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 help young disabled people into work in (a) Northamptonshire (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	119261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to enabling young disabled people to fulfil their potential and achieve their aspirations through a number of programmes and initiatives. For example:</p><p> </p><p>a. In Northamptonshire the employment support available for young disabled people includes:</p><ul><li>Jobcentre Plus support for schools targets young people that schools identify as at risk of becoming NEET (not in employment, education or training), or who may otherwise be disadvantaged in the labour market, such as those with a health or disability issue.</li><li>Supported Internships, which all qualified post-16 education providers in England have delivered since September 2013, are personalised study programmes, based primarily at a prospective employer, for those with complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</li><li>Access to Work, which offers support to disabled people aged 16+ who are in or about to enter paid employment, or engaged in pre-work activities including work experience, apprenticeships, supported internships and traineeships.</li><li>The Work and Health Programme, which will provide innovative support through local organisations for around 200,000 disabled people over the course of the programme.</li><li>Specialist Employability Support (SES), which offers support to those with greatest needs and most complex situations, We are currently exploring the best policy options for continuing such support after the SES contracts come to an end in October 2018</li><li>Community Partners, who are working in partnership with work coaches to build disability understanding within Jobcentres and provide insight into the effect disability can have on employment.</li></ul><p> </p><p>b. In addition, in other parts of England the support outlined above is available plus some relevant test and learn initiatives which if successful may be extended further:</p><ul><li>Two proofs of concept offer voluntary supported work experience, with the aim of improving confidence, motivation and understanding of the labour market:</li></ul><p>o Tri-Work, an initiative for disabled young people in years 10/11 in schools and special schools, which targets those most in need of support.</p><p>o Young Persons Supported Work experience (YPSWE), for which 18-24 year olds in the Employment Support Allowance (Work Related Activity Group) in five JCP districts are eligible.</p><ul><li>The Local Supported Employment (LSE) proof of concept ‘place and train’ model, which aims to move disabled people, notably those with learning disability and autism, into real jobs at the going rate of pay, with support for both individual and employer.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/12/2017 17:34:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

713578

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Jobcentres
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 Jobcentre Plus has assisted in finding employment in (a) Kettering and (b) England since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	68827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. However, such information that is available is in the tables and provides a) the claimant count for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit (required to seek work) claimants; plus (b) the numbers of unemployed people in Kettering and England</p><p> </p><p>Table (a) The claimant count for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit (required to seek work) claimants in England; and those required to attend Kettering Jobcentre</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Position at March for each year since 2010</p></td><td><p>Claimant Count for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit claimants required to attend Kettering Jobcentre</p></td><td><p>Claimant Count for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit claimants in England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2010</p></td><td><p>2,299</p></td><td><p>1,333,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>2,092</p></td><td><p>1,246,554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>2,413</p></td><td><p>1,370,504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>2,487</p></td><td><p>1,295,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>966,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>676,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td><td><p>639,925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017 (latest available)</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td><td><p>646,370</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table (b) The numbers of unemployed people in Kettering and England</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Position at March for each year since 2010</p></td><td><p>Number of unemployed people in Kettering</p></td><td><p>Number of unemployed people in England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2010</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td><td><p>2,106,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>2,072,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>2,206,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>2,139,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>1,824,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td><td><p>1,505,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1,386,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017 (latest available)</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1,339,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 13:51:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 42683 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

447808

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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	Pensioners: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to protect pensioners' incomes in (a) Kettering and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	24226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>This Government wants all pensioners to have a decent and secure income in retirement. We are committed to the ‘triple lock’, the guarantee that the basic and new State Pension will increase by the highest of the growth in average earnings, price increases or 2.5%. From April 2016, the full basic State Pension will rise to £119.30 a week, an increase of £3.35 and the biggest real terms increase to the basic State Pension since 2001. This will benefit many of the 18000 recipients of State Pension in Kettering and the 10 million recipients in England.</p><p>For the poorest pensioners, from April 2016 Pension Credit will top up income to a guaranteed minimum level of £155.60 for a single person and £237.55 for couples. We are protecting key benefits for older people including Winter Fuel Payments, free eye tests, free NHS prescriptions, free bus passes and free television licences for those aged 75 and over.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/01/2016 09:52:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

65595

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 effects of the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty on (a) the total housing benefit bill, (b) overcrowding, (c) homelessness and (d) housing mobility.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	203739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>(a) The housing benefit bill was expected to rise above £25 billion in 2014/15 (£15 billion for the social rented sector alone) prior to the introduction of the removal of the spare room subsidy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department estimated the policy would achieve savings of £490 million in 2013/14, £525 million in 2014/15 and £560 million in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>(b) to (d)</p><p> </p><p>The policy to remove the spare room subsidy introduces not only parity of treatment between the private and social rented sectors, but encourages more effective use of social housing stock. It has reduced the number of households who under-occupy their properties, which has freed up larger homes for those currently on the social housing waiting list who are living in overcrowded conditions. It also encourages social providers to take account of local needs and demographic trends when allocating properties and developing their building programmes. Levels of homelessness acceptances in England have reduced 7 per cent in the last quarter compared to the same period in the previous year. This is 65 per cent lower than the peak in 2003.</p><p>The effects of the policy are being monitored and evaluated over a two-year period from April 2013. Initial findings will be published before recess and the final report in late 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 16:14:44 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone