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513551

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of parents with children who will be claiming housing benefit in April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	34257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text The information requested is not available. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/04/2016 15:56:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

93670

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a housing benefit claimant who undertakes permitted work on a self-employment basis is required to complete a self employment declaration form.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
	uin	210730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Whilst it is for the DWP to set Housing Benefit policy, local authorities have a statutory duty to undertake day-to-day administration and pay claimants.</p><p> </p><p>It would be for local authorities to determine how they obtain the information they need from claimants who undertake permitted work on a self-employed basis or who have started self-employment.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 210729 question first answered 21/10/2014 13:18:21 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

424391

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	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	Housing Benefit
	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 increase the uptake of housing benefits by people who are eligible.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	13607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring people are able to claim the correct benefits to which they are entitled. The availability of benefits is widely known, advice is available in different languages, different formats, and different locations. In addition to local authorities, Jobcentre Plus offices, law centres, Citizens Advice, post offices, doctors’ surgeries, libraries, the internet, community groups, welfare rights groups, advice centres, and various voluntary organisations all offer advice and information. Furthermore, many benefit claim forms will offer advice on other forms of assistance that may be available.</p><p>Claimants to DWP benefits are routinely asked during the claim process if they want to claim Housing Benefit. If they do, we take the claim and share the data with the local authority.</p><p>In future working age customers who are receiving Universal Credit will receive housing costs as part of an individual or a couple’s claim, thus removing the need to make a separate application to the local authority.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/11/2015 12:58:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

429462

	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	Housing Benefit
	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 reasons for the increase in the number of in-work recipients of housing benefits in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	17064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government the number of out-of-work Housing Benefit claimants has fallen and one key reason for this is that they have made the positive move into work. In this way it is unsurprising, therefore, that the number of in-work recipients of Housing Benefit should rise.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/11/2015 16:41:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

439053

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the notional average weekly change in benefit which working families currently claiming housing benefit would face as a result of removing the family premium from the calculation of their housing benefit entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	20480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>This policy only applies to new claims to Housing Benefit (HB), or those who have a first child while claiming HB. The impact for working families will not be as much as the premium itself because of the income taper, which reduces the impact on average to around £10.63 per week.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/01/2016 13:26:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

439050

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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	Housing Benefit
	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 effect removing the family premium from new claims for housing benefit the ability of claimants affected to move outside their local authority area in order to take up better paid work.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	20488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>This policy alters just one premium added to Housing Benefit for working families: support continues through the Child Benefit disregard and for families in receipt of Child Tax Credits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/01/2016 12:47:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

439051

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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	Housing Benefit
	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 effect of limiting the backdating of housing benefit to a maximum of one month on (a) the ability of tenants to pay any rent arrears accrued after a delay in applying for housing benefit and (b) the willingness of landlords in the private rented sector to let properties to people claiming housing benefit.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	20489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>There is no evidence to indicate that limiting the permitted backdating of housing benefit to a month will either increase rent arrears, or affect private landlords’ willingness to let properties to people claiming housing benefit.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/01/2016 12:53:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

446757

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	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	Housing Benefit
	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 it his policy to enable special circumstances to be taken into account when making the decision to withhold housing benefit from people who are away from their homes for a period of more than four weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
	tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
	uin	23519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The temporary absence rules allow Housing Benefit to continue where under the normal conditions of entitlement it would not do so. They are therefore extensions of entitlement rather than withdrawals of it.</p><br /><p>It is the intention from April 2016, that Housing Benefit claimants who leave Great Britain for longer than 4 weeks will no longer be able to get Housing Benefit while they are away. This aligns the Housing Benefit rules with other benefits including Universal Credit.</p><br /><p>We intend that the period of 4 weeks could be extended in exceptional circumstances (for example, if their reason for being abroad is due to the death of a family member).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/01/2016 13:31:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

636288

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working households in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) the East Midlands and (c) the UK were in receipt of housing benefit in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	52762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The requested figures are not available for UK. This response includes estimates for Great Britain.</p><p><strong>Table 1. Estimates for the number of In-Work Families in receipt of Housing Benefit for East-Midlands and Great Britain</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Millions</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>In-Work Families in receipt of Housing Benefit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>East Midlands</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Family Resources Survey 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Estimates have been rounded to nearest 100,000</li></ol> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/11/2016 17:25:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

636291

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	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	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the recent reduction in the benefit cap on the affordability of housing for claimants who have recently left refuge or temporary accommodation in the (a) social rented sector and (b) private rented sector.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	52804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The lower benefit cap aims to build on the successful outcomes of the existing benefit cap and to strengthen work incentives. It also aims to impose a reasonable limit on the total amount of benefits that a household can receive, with the aim of promoting fairness for taxpayers and fairness between those on benefits and those in working households. The Government believes that those who are on benefits and not in work should have to make the same choices as those in work about the size of their family and where they can afford to live.</p><p> </p><p>To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable housing benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to reforms, the government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years from 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/11/2016 17:25:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy