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1191899

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Zero Hours Contracts: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the benefits being made available to employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are available to those who were on zero-hours contracts and whose employment has ceased.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people through this unprecedented time. We have introduced a number of measures, including the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), as well as ensuring Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is payable from day 1, to ensure people are supported.</p><p> </p><p>Unemployed people who are not eligible for SSP or CJRS, may be able to claim Universal Credit (UC), ‘new style’ Jobseeker’s Allowance, or ‘new style’ Employment and Support Allowance, and this will include those people who are self-isolating in accordance with government guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>People on zero hour contracts who are already claiming UC do not need to take any actions, as UC will auto adjust to represent the income received within that assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>More information about the support available during the Covid-19 outbreak is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/coronavirus" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/coronavirus</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 18/05/2020 11:13:19 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

856346

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the child population in the UK is below the poverty line.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Low income statistics are the indicators most often used as a proxy for estimating poverty. However we recognise the need to understand the complex issues that some families face and to develop a new approach to tackling poverty and engrained disadvantage. Because the root causes are not financial, our approach goes beyond the safety net our welfare system provides.</p><p>Estimates for the percentage of children in low income are set out in the annual “Households Below Average Income” (HBAI) publication. Latest estimates for the United Kingdom (2015/16) show the percentage of children in relative low income on a Before Housing Costs basis was 20%</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 19/03/2018 14:04:12 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

797292

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which ten local authorities in Wales had (1) the lowest number, (2) the lowest percentage, (3) the highest number, and (4) the highest percentage, of individuals in receipt of social security payments, in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Such information that is available for Wales is published by the Welsh Government on gov.wales</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/12/2017 12:14:07 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

436055

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
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	Diabetes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether diabetes is defined as a disability, and if so, what assessment they have made of the impact of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on diabetics in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010 a person has a disability if he or she has a physical or mental impairment and the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Diabetes is a long term health condition and how disabling it is for people will vary depending on, amongst other things, severity and how well it is managed. The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. These are available on the Parliament website.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 22/12/2015 12:04:36 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

100009

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	Unemployed People: Travel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial assistance is given to help young people on benefits with the travel costs associated with attending job interviews.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>All Jobcentre Plus District Managers have access to the Flexible Support Fund, that they can use to supplement mainstream services and to tailor support to the needs of individuals and the local area. A proportion of this fund will be spent by their Work Services Teams on discretionary awards to individual claimants, which could include helping with travel costs to attend job interviews.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 23/10/2014 15:06:09 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno