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1461765

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date	11/05/2022
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, with reference to the Child Poverty Action Group's report entitled You have to take it back to the bricks: Reforming emergency support to reduce demand for food banks, published March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the validity of that report's findings; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions does not have any role in their operation. There is no consistent and accurate measure of food bank usage at a constituency or national level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/05/2022 13:36:48 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1461826

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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 she is taking to tackle child poverty in the context of the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty.  Our 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. 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.</p><p /><p>Our multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs, which has been expanded by £500 million, and the new 'Way to Work’ campaign is a national drive to get half a million people who are out of work into jobs by the end of June.</p><p> </p><p>The government has taken action to support and help families with the cost of living worth over £22 billion in 2022-23. We announced a £9.1 billion energy bill rebate package, worth up to £350 each for around 28 million households and are giving 1.7 million families an extra £1,000 a year through our cut to the Universal Credit taper and increase to work allowances. Also, from July 2022, the government are raising the National Insurance threshold to £12,570.</p><p> </p><p>We are also providing 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 billion. In England, £421 million will be provided to extend the existing Household Support Fund, at least a third of the extension funding (£140m) will be spent on families with children. Devolved administrations will receive £79 million through the Barnett formula.</p><p /><p>To support low income families further, we have increased the value of Healthy Start Food Vouchers to £4.25, helping eligible low income households buy basic foods like milk, fruit and vitamins. We are also investing over £200m a year to continue our Holiday Activities and Food programme which is already providing enriching activities and healthy meals to children in all English Local Authorities. The Holiday Activity and Food programme benefitted over 600,000 children last summer.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/05/2022 13:23:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1461827

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to understand the relationship between poverty and mental health.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p><strong>    </strong></p><p>The link between poverty and mental health is well-established in academic research literature and the Department hasn’t specifically assessed or commissioned further research on this issue. There is clear evidence about the important role that work can play in lifting people out of poverty and in improving health and wellbeing for people with health conditions, including mental health. That is why we have undertaken a range of activities to understand how best to support people with mental health conditions find and retain work, for example our Employment Advisors in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies initiative.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/05/2022 13:33:32 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1461829

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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 recent estimate she has made of the number of children living in (a) relative poverty and (b) absolute poverty (i) nationally and (ii) in York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>National statistics on the number and percentage of children in low income are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication, and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2021" target="_blank">Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>In the UK in 2020/21, there were 2.3m children living in absolute poverty, before housing costs (BHC). There were 2.8m children living in relative poverty BHC.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Latest statistics for the levels of children who are in low income in York are published in “Children in Low Income Families”, and can be found at: <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 to2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>In York in 2020/21, there were 3,000 children living in absolute poverty BHC. There were 4,000 children living in relative poverty BHC.</p><p> </p><p>Due to methodological differences, the figures in these two publications are not comparable</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/05/2022 16:29:19 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1461830

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Pensioners: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate has she made of the number of people of pension age living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>Statistics are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. Latest statistics can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1064433/hbai-summary-results.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1064433/hbai-summary-results.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/05/2022 13:00:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1461831

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the average change in income per person that transfers from legacy benefits to university credit.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Around 1.4 million people currently on older ‘legacy’ benefits would see their entitlement increase by an average of £220 a month on moving to Universal Credit and another 300,000 see no change. For the minority of eligible claimants who have a higher entitlement on legacy benefits than on Universal Credit, transitional protection will top up their Universal Credit when they move over.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/05/2022 16:31:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1461832

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Universal Credit: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timetable is for people in York to be transferred from legacy benefits to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently focussed on the discovery phase of managed migration starting with 250 claimants in Bolton and Medway. We are committed to ensuring the final phase of Universal Credit is rolled out safely and is responsibly delivered in York and all remaining locations across Great Britain by the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/05/2022 11:44:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1461857

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Unpaid Work
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 of (a) the average number of hours of unpaid labour carried out in the UK each year as part of trial shifts and (b) the potential benefits of introducing regulations on trial shifts to ensure that jobseekers are not exploited.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data requested.</p><p> </p><p>Existing legislation already bans unpaid work trials that are not part of a legitimate recruitment process. They are not permitted if they are simply for the financial benefit of the employer or are excessive in length.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The DWP Work Trial scheme is a key enabler to help some of our most disadvantaged claimants try work in a risk-free environment. It provides them with a job guarantee providing both they and the employer are satisfied following the trial. It removes the requirement for them to compete with other candidates giving them an opportunity to demonstrate their suitability to the employer whilst having the knowledge that if it doesn’t work out for either party there will be no effect on their current benefit entitlement with no requirement to reclaim benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The requirement for the employer to guarantee that the Work Trial is linked to a genuine vacancy provides an additional safeguard to claimants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/05/2022 16:42:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1461905

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Employment: Long Term Unemployed People and Older People
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 support (a) long-term unemployed and (b) over-50s unemployed people into work.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>For those who are long-term unemployed, the Restart Scheme, which went live in July 2021, is providing support to Universal Credit Intensive Work Search Regime claimants and Income Based Jobseekers Allowance claimants. Claimants are considered for the Restart Scheme after claiming for 9 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Restart Scheme is being delivered across England and Wales using 12 Contract Package Areas with providers working with employers, local government, and other partners to deliver tailored support for individuals, breaking down employment barriers that could be holding claimants back from finding work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises the challenges faced by people aged 50 and over.Therefore, as part of the £500m Plan for Jobs expansion we are funding a new enhanced support package for workers over the age of 50 to help them to stay in or return to work. This offer will ensure that older job seekers receive more intensive, tailored support as part of their Universal Credit claim and will give Work Coaches more time to spend with older job seekers who have recently become unemployed.</p><p> </p><p>The 50PLUS Champions network also provides dedicated support to Work Coaches to enable them to effectively direct suitable support to claimants who are aged 50 and over.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/05/2022 16:47:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1461909

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of local housing allowance was paid to private landlords in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Stockport in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/05/2022 16:39:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra