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992741

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people in receipt of back-payments for ESA are also entitled to receive back-payments for tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	182260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>As with other legacy benefits, the government is considering the position of tax credit claimants who receive historical ESA payments from DWP.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/10/2018 14:53:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

773901

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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 steps he is taking to reduce couple penalties for people on universal credit or in receipt of tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	108671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to making the welfare system fair for those who pay for it as well as those who benefit from it. This means ensuring that it is appropriately targeted to those that most need support.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/10/2017 11:28:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

647076

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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 future effect on households in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK of the freeze on working age benefits consequential on the upward revision by the Office of Budget Responsibility of CPI inflation in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook of November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	55221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The freeze on working-age benefits came into effect in April 2016. The Government does not hold a costing of this measure based on the Autumn Statement inflation assumptions, as neither it nor the OBR updates costings of previously announced measures that have already come into force. At the Autumn Statement the Government published analysis showing the cumulative impact of taxation, welfare and public spending measures implemented over this Parliament, in 2019-20, on UK households. This analysis included the freeze on working age benefits and the latest OBR economic forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>This analysis can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2016-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2016-documents</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 55222 question first answered 01/12/2016 15:45:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

647077

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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, if he will publish updated costings of the effect on households in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK of the freeze on working age benefits consequential on the upward revision by the Office of Budget Responsibility of CPI inflation in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook of November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	55222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The freeze on working-age benefits came into effect in April 2016. The Government does not hold a costing of this measure based on the Autumn Statement inflation assumptions, as neither it nor the OBR updates costings of previously announced measures that have already come into force. At the Autumn Statement the Government published analysis showing the cumulative impact of taxation, welfare and public spending measures implemented over this Parliament, in 2019-20, on UK households. This analysis included the freeze on working age benefits and the latest OBR economic forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>This analysis can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2016-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2016-documents</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 55221 question first answered 01/12/2016 15:45:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

432196

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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 government employees are in receipt of in-work benefits.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	17712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/12/2015 13:53:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

424237

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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 financial effect on the average working household of welfare and tax credit changes proposed since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	13527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to moving from a high welfare, high tax, low wage economy to a lower welfare, lower tax, higher wage society. As the Chancellor made clear on [Monday / 26 October], the Government will set out at Autumn Statement how we plan to achieve the same goal of reforming tax credits, saving the money we need to save to secure our economy, while at the same time helping in the transition.</p><br /><p>The Summer Budget offered a new deal for working people. A new National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and above, initially set at £7.20 per hour from April 2016, will directly benefit 2.7 million low wage workers, and up to 6 million could see a pay rise as a result of a ripple effect up the earnings distribution. The new National Living Wage will boost pay for those currently earning the National Minimum Wage by £4,800 a year by 2020 when the National Living Wage is expected to rise to over £9 per hour.</p><br /><p>To help working families keep more of what they earn, the personal allowance will increase to £11,000 in 2016-17 and £11,200 in 2017-18. The government has committed to increase the personal allowance to £12,500 by 2020 which will mean that a typical basic rate taxpayer will see their income tax cut by £1,205 a year compared to 2010.</p><br /><p>The government set out its assessment of the impacts of the Summer Budget policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July 2015.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 13610 13719 question first answered 30/10/2015 14:20:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

422867

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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 estimate he has made of the effect of reductions in tax credits on levels of housing benefit paid out in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	12892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The impact of all the government’s policies on housing benefit is accounted for in the housing benefit forecast, which has been certified by the OBR.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2015 15:36:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

418642

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2015 to Question 8088, if he will make it his policy to conduct an assessment of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of abortions in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my answer of 11 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of abortions in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/09/2015 13:17:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

391318

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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, if he will conduct an assessment of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of abortions in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	8088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of abortions in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2015 10:37:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

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