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1668847

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	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: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision his Department makes for Winter Fuel Payments in cases where Ukrainian refugees receiving Universal Credit payments are not paying bills in the homes of their host families.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	1005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Winter fuel payments are an age-related payment payable this winter to all people who have reached State Pension age on or before 24 September <del class="ministerial">1957</del> <ins class="ministerial">2023</ins> and who are ordinarily resident in the UK, including Ukrainian refugees. There is no need to be in receipt of a social security benefit in order to qualify.</p><p> </p><p>Winter fuel payments are made on a household basis. If there is more than one eligible person in a household, the payment will be divided between them. The sharing of bills is a matter for the house owner and any guests they may be hosting.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the cost-of-living pressures people are currently facing which is why we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022/23 and 2023/24 to help households and individuals with their bills.</p><p> </p><p>Pensioners who are entitled to a winter fuel payment this winter will receive a pensioner Cost of Living Payment of £300 per household paid with their normal payment, meaning over 8 million pensioner households across the UK will receive an increased winter fuel payment of £500/£600 depending on age.</p><p> </p><p>Over 8 million UK households on eligible means tested benefits will receive additional Cost of Living Payments totalling up to £900 in the 2023/24 financial year and over 6 million individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits will have received a £150 payment to help with the additional costs they face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/11/2023 15:47:31 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2023 16:28:29 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 527 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1350825

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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: Deductions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants had deductions made to their monthly payment (a) in March 2020 and (b) in the most recent month for which figures are available, by (i) categories of third party debt deductions, (ii) advance payments and (iii) benefit overpayments and (iv) other types of deductions.
	tabling member constituency	Waveney
	tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
	uin	40869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>We carefully balance our duty to the taxpayer to recover overpayments, with support for claimants. Safeguards are in place to ensure deductions are manageable. From 12 April 2021, we further reduced the cap on deductions from Universal Credit awards to 25 per cent and lengthened the period from 12 to 24 months, meaning in effect someone can receive 25 payments over 24 months, giving them more flexibility over the payments of their Universal Credit award. This will also allow claimants to retain more of their award, giving additional financial security, and follows a previous change in October 2019 that reduced the cap from 40% to 30%.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can contact the Department if they are experiencing financial hardship to discuss a reduction in their rate of repayment, depending on their financial circumstances, whilst work coaches can also signpost claimants to other financial support.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/09/2021 12:50:22 question first ministerially corrected 15/10/2021 12:33:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name Spreadsheet 40869.xlsx title Spreadsheet previous answer version 20231 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1170672

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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	Local Housing Allowance: 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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing secondary legislation to include people aged under 25 in the shared accommodation rate exemption for homeless people.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	3266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>There is an exemption from the shared accommodation rate for those aged 25-34 who have previously spent 3 months<ins class="ministerial">,</ins> <del class="ministerial">(</del>which doesn’t have to be continuous<del class="ministerial">)</del> <ins class="ministerial">,</ins> in a homeless hostel/hostels specialising in rehabilitation and resettlement. There are no current plans to make legislative changes to extend this exemption to those under the age of 25 but as with all our policies, this will continue to be kept under review.</p><p> </p><p>For individuals who may require more support and whose circumstances may make it difficult for them to share accommodation, Discretionary Housing Payments are available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/01/2020 15:06:33 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2020 15:57:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 1620 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1484717

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2022
	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, when she last reviewed the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	27503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>There is a statutory duty to review the levels every <ins class="ministerial">5 years</ins> <del class="ministerial">Parliament</del>. The last time the Benefit cap was reviewed was November 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/07/2022 16:01:45 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2022 08:27:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 10671 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1359711

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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 Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches by (a) full time equivalent and (b) headcount were employed by her Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	57102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The staffing resource assigned to Work Coach and Disability Employment Adviser activities is given below, measured as Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) based on activity-based management (ABM) activities and Staff in Post (SiP).</p><p>Disability Employment Adviser is one of several activities that are counted as Work Coach activities. As such, Disability Employment Advisers are shown as a subset of Work Coaches.</p><p>It is shown as at the end of each financial year since 2018-19, when Work Coach activity was first recorded as a discrete role within our data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Staff in Post</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Coaches</p></td><td><p>16,315</p></td><td><p>16,191</p></td><td><p>27,286</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Employment Advisers<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>585</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Full Time Equivalent (ABM activities)<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Coaches</p></td><td><p>13,287</p></td><td><p>12,938</p></td><td><p>23,833</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Employment Advisers</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Central Scotland<sup>3</sup></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-19</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-20</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-21</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Staff in Post</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Work Coaches</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">479</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">290</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">403</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>of which</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Disability Employment Advisers<sup>1</sup></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Full Time Equivalent (ABM activities)<sup>2</sup></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Work Coaches</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">355</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">204</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">338</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>of which</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Disability Employment Advisers</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> Notes to the tables</ins></p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">Those carrying out Disability Employment Adviser activities may have this as their only activity, or may split their time between this and other Work Coach activities.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">FTE (ABM activities) is from Departmental Management Information which records how much of each persons’ role is spent doing certain types of work activity. This is then aggregated and rounded to the nearest whole number. The FTE (ABM activities) is therefore lower than the total Staff in Post.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">The main Glasgow conurbation falls within the Central Scotland Jobcentre District.</ins></li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies previous answer version 25573 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies 30929 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies question first answered 08/11/2021 17:45:19 question first ministerially corrected 09/11/2021 14:48:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1359712

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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 Schemes: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Disability Employment Advisors by (a) full time equivalent and (b) headcount have been employed by her Department in each year since that role was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	57103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The staffing resource assigned to Work Coach and Disability Employment Adviser activities is given below, measured as Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) based on activity-based management (ABM) activities and Staff in Post (SiP).</p><p>Disability Employment Adviser is one of several activities that are counted as Work Coach activities. As such, Disability Employment Advisers are shown as a subset of Work Coaches.</p><p>It is shown as at the end of each financial year since 2018-19, when Work Coach activity was first recorded as a discrete role within our data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Staff in Post</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Coaches</p></td><td><p>16,315</p></td><td><p>16,191</p></td><td><p>27,286</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Employment Advisers<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>585</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Full Time Equivalent (ABM activities)<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Coaches</p></td><td><p>13,287</p></td><td><p>12,938</p></td><td><p>23,833</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Employment Advisers</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Central Scotland<sup>3</sup></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-19</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-20</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-21</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Staff in Post</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Work Coaches</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">479</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">290</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">403</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>of which</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Disability Employment Advisers<sup>1</sup></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Full Time Equivalent (ABM activities)<sup>2</sup></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Work Coaches</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">355</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">204</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">338</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>of which</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Disability Employment Advisers</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Notes to the tables</ins></p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">Those carrying out Disability Employment Adviser activities may have this as their only activity, or may split their time between this and other Work Coach activities.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">FTE (ABM activities) is from Departmental Management Information which records how much of each persons’ role is spent doing certain types of work activity. This is then aggregated and rounded to the nearest whole number. The FTE (ABM activities) is therefore lower than the total Staff in Post.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">The main Glasgow conurbation falls within the Central Scotland Jobcentre District.</ins></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies previous answer version 25574 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies 30930 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies question first answered 08/11/2021 17:45:19 question first ministerially corrected 09/11/2021 15:21:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1359714

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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 Schemes: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) work coaches and (b) Disability Employment Advisors by (i) full time equivalent and (ii) headcount her Department has employed in Glasgow in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	57104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The staffing resource assigned to Work Coach and Disability Employment Adviser activities is given below, measured as Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) based on activity-based management (ABM) activities and Staff in Post (SiP).</p><p>Disability Employment Adviser is one of several activities that are counted as Work Coach activities. As such, Disability Employment Advisers are shown as a subset of Work Coaches.</p><p>It is shown as at the end of each financial year since 2018-19, when Work Coach activity was first recorded as a discrete role within our data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Staff in Post</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Coaches</p></td><td><p>16,315</p></td><td><p>16,191</p></td><td><p>27,286</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Employment Advisers<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>585</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Full Time Equivalent (ABM activities)<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Coaches</p></td><td><p>13,287</p></td><td><p>12,938</p></td><td><p>23,833</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Employment Advisers</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Central Scotland<sup>3</sup></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-19</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-20</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-21</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Staff in Post</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Work Coaches</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">479</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">290</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">403</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>of which</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Disability Employment Advisers<sup>1</sup></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Full Time Equivalent (ABM activities)<sup>2</sup></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Work Coaches</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">355</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">204</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">338</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>of which</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Disability Employment Advisers</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Notes to the tables</ins></p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">Those carrying out Disability Employment Adviser activities may have this as their only activity, or may split their time between this and other Work Coach activities.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">FTE (ABM activities) is from Departmental Management Information which records how much of each persons’ role is spent doing certain types of work activity. This is then aggregated and rounded to the nearest whole number. The FTE (ABM activities) is therefore lower than the total Staff in Post.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">The main Glasgow conurbation falls within the Central Scotland Jobcentre District.</ins></li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies previous answer version 25588 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies 30931 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies question first answered 08/11/2021 17:45:19 question first ministerially corrected 09/11/2021 15:21:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1489008

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	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, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the 7,300 children reported to be living in poverty in Stockton North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	35933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The latest statistics on the number and proportion of children who are in low income families by local area, covering the seven years, 2014/15 to 2020/21, can be found in the annual publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2021" target="_blank">Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty.  With a record 1.3 million vacancies across the UK, our focus is firmly on supporting people to move into and progress in work. This approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment - particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on in-work poverty shows that in 2019/20, children in households where all adults were in work were around six times less likely to be in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than children in a household where nobody works.  Compared with 2010, there are nearly 1 million fewer workless households and almost 540,000 fewer children living in workless households in the UK. In 2020/21, there were 200,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs than in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help parents into work, our Plan for Jobs is providing broad ranging support for all jobseekers with our Sector Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAP), Job Entry Targeted Support and Restart scheme. Our plan for jobs is providing results. As of 6 July, we estimate that at least 520,400 unemployed Universal Credit claimants and Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants have moved into work during the Way to Work Campaign between 31 January and the end of 30 June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We are also extending the support Jobcentres provide to people in work and on low incomes. Through a staged roll-out, which started in April 2022, around 2.1m low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work. This is on top of the support we have already provided by increasing the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour and giving nearly 1.7 million families an extra £1,000 (on average) a year through our changes to the Universal Credit taper and work allowances.</p><p> </p><p>To further support parents to move into and progress in work, eligible UC claimants can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month up to a maximum of £646.35 per month for one child and £1,108.04 per month for two or more children. This is on top of the free childcare offer in England which provides 15 hours a week of free childcare for all 3- and 4-year-olds and disadvantaged 2-year-olds, doubling for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds to 30 hours a week.</p><p> </p><p>Around <ins class="ministerial">1.</ins>9 million of the most disadvantaged pupils are eligible for and claiming a free school meal, saving families around £450 per year. In addition, around 1.25 million more infants enjoy a free, healthy and nutritious meal at lunchtime as well as over 90,000 disadvantaged further education students. We are also investing £200 million a year to continue the Holiday Activities and Food Programme, which benefitted over 600,000 children last summer, and we have increased the value of the Healthy Start Vouchers by a third to £4.25 a week.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, the government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. These are global challenges, that is why the government is providing over £15bn in further support, targeted particularly on those with the greatest need. This package is in addition to the over £22bn announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37bn this year.</p><p> </p><p>This includes an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England, the current Household Support Fund is already providing £421m of support for the period 1 April – 30 September 2022, at least a third (£140m) will be spent on families with children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/07/2022 15:34:00 question first ministerially corrected 22/07/2022 10:07:13 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 13623 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1489009

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	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, what assessment her department has made on the level of child poverty in Stockton North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	35934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The latest statistics on the number and proportion of children who are in low income families by local area, covering the seven years, 2014/15 to 2020/21, can be found in the annual publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2021" target="_blank">Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty.  With a record 1.3 million vacancies across the UK, our focus is firmly on supporting people to move into and progress in work. This approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment - particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on in-work poverty shows that in 2019/20, children in households where all adults were in work were around six times less likely to be in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than children in a household where nobody works.  Compared with 2010, there are nearly 1 million fewer workless households and almost 540,000 fewer children living in workless households in the UK. In 2020/21, there were 200,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs than in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help parents into work, our Plan for Jobs is providing broad ranging support for all jobseekers with our Sector Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAP), Job Entry Targeted Support and Restart scheme. Our plan for jobs is providing results. As of 6 July, we estimate that at least 520,400 unemployed Universal Credit claimants and Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants have moved into work during the Way to Work Campaign between 31 January and the end of 30 June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We are also extending the support Jobcentres provide to people in work and on low incomes. Through a staged roll-out, which started in April 2022, around 2.1m low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work. This is on top of the support we have already provided by increasing the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour and giving nearly 1.7 million families an extra £1,000 (on average) a year through our changes to the Universal Credit taper and work allowances.</p><p> </p><p>To further support parents to move into and progress in work, eligible UC claimants can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month up to a maximum of £646.35 per month for one child and £1,108.04 per month for two or more children. This is on top of the free childcare offer in England which provides 15 hours a week of free childcare for all 3- and 4-year-olds and disadvantaged 2-year-olds, doubling for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds to 30 hours a week.</p><p> </p><p>Around <ins class="ministerial">1.</ins>9 million of the most disadvantaged pupils are eligible for and claiming a free school meal, saving families around £450 per year. In addition, around 1.25 million more infants enjoy a free, healthy and nutritious meal at lunchtime as well as over 90,000 disadvantaged further education students. We are also investing £200 million a year to continue the Holiday Activities and Food Programme, which benefitted over 600,000 children last summer, and we have increased the value of the Healthy Start Vouchers by a third to £4.25 a week.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, the government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. These are global challenges, that is why the government is providing over £15bn in further support, targeted particularly on those with the greatest need. This package is in addition to the over £22bn announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37bn this year.</p><p> </p><p>This includes an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England, the current Household Support Fund is already providing £421m of support for the period 1 April – 30 September 2022, at least a third (£140m) will be spent on families with children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/07/2022 15:34:00 question first ministerially corrected 22/07/2022 10:06:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 13624 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1489010

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	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, what steps her Department is taking to help families with children in poverty in Stockton North.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	35935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The latest statistics on the number and proportion of children who are in low income families by local area, covering the seven years, 2014/15 to 2020/21, can be found in the annual publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2021" target="_blank">Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty.  With a record 1.3 million vacancies across the UK, our focus is firmly on supporting people to move into and progress in work. This approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment - particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data on in-work poverty shows that in 2019/20, children in households where all adults were in work were around six times less likely to be in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than children in a household where nobody works.  Compared with 2010, there are nearly 1 million fewer workless households and almost 540,000 fewer children living in workless households in the UK. In 2020/21, there were 200,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs than in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help parents into work, our Plan for Jobs is providing broad ranging support for all jobseekers with our Sector Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAP), Job Entry Targeted Support and Restart scheme. Our plan for jobs is providing results. As of 6 July, we estimate that at least 520,400 unemployed Universal Credit claimants and Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants have moved into work during the Way to Work Campaign between 31 January and the end of 30 June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We are also extending the support Jobcentres provide to people in work and on low incomes. Through a staged roll-out, which started in April 2022, around 2.1m low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work. This is on top of the support we have already provided by increasing the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour and giving nearly 1.7 million families an extra £1,000 (on average) a year through our changes to the Universal Credit taper and work allowances.</p><p> </p><p>To further support parents to move into and progress in work, eligible UC claimants can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month up to a maximum of £646.35 per month for one child and £1,108.04 per month for two or more children. This is on top of the free childcare offer in England which provides 15 hours a week of free childcare for all 3- and 4-year-olds and disadvantaged 2-year-olds, doubling for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds to 30 hours a week.</p><p> </p><p>Around <ins class="ministerial">1.</ins>9 million of the most disadvantaged pupils are eligible for and claiming a free school meal, saving families around £450 per year. In addition, around 1.25 million more infants enjoy a free, healthy and nutritious meal at lunchtime as well as over 90,000 disadvantaged further education students. We are also investing £200 million a year to continue the Holiday Activities and Food Programme, which benefitted over 600,000 children last summer, and we have increased the value of the Healthy Start Vouchers by a third to £4.25 a week.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, the government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. These are global challenges, that is why the government is providing over £15bn in further support, targeted particularly on those with the greatest need. This package is in addition to the over £22bn announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37bn this year.</p><p> </p><p>This includes an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England, the current Household Support Fund is already providing £421m of support for the period 1 April – 30 September 2022, at least a third (£140m) will be spent on families with children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/07/2022 15:34:00 question first ministerially corrected 22/07/2022 10:06:13 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 13625 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham