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687137

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of changes in the level of inflation on working age benefit claimants in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	63631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty. That is why the Government has introduced welfare reforms – such as those included in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 to increase work incentives and reduce welfare dependency. These reforms are working.</p><p> </p><p>We now have the lowest rate of unemployment in over a decade, and the lowest number of workless households since records began. Millions of people are taking home more of what they earn thanks to this Government’s actions to lower taxes and introduce the National Living Wage. This has helped give lower earners their fastest pay rise in 20 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 63632 question first answered 20/02/2017 15:47:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

687138

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of changes in the level of inflation on the value of social security benefits in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	63632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty. That is why the Government has introduced welfare reforms – such as those included in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 to increase work incentives and reduce welfare dependency. These reforms are working.</p><p> </p><p>We now have the lowest rate of unemployment in over a decade, and the lowest number of workless households since records began. Millions of people are taking home more of what they earn thanks to this Government’s actions to lower taxes and introduce the National Living Wage. This has helped give lower earners their fastest pay rise in 20 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 63631 question first answered 20/02/2017 15:47:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

686256

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much will accrue to the Exchequer from the decision not to increase benefit payments for four years.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	63491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Member for Banff and Buchan to the impact assessment of the benefit rate freeze that was published alongside the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 - <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/02/2017 10:52:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

672201

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	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 support and assistance the Government provides to families which experience reductions in their income as a result of the six-week waiting period for receipt of their first universal credit payment.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	59862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Advances of Universal Credit are available if claimants need financial support before they receive their first payment. Advances can be up to 50% of the household’s monthly entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are various forms of Alternative Payment Arrangement available. These are designed to address various aspects of financial difficulty, including a direct payment of housing costs to the landlord, more frequent than monthly payments and split payments within a household in certain circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>At the initial meeting with a new claimant, the Department’s Work Coaches will assess the claimant’s financial situation and determine if there is a need for Personal Budgeting Support. If there is, the claimant can be referred to a range of free services including the Money Advice Service and locally provided support. The Work Coach can also consider whether the criteria for an Alternative Payment Arrangement are met.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/01/2017 16:08:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

658624

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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: 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 estimate he has made of the number of people aged under 21 who will be affected by the proposed removal of the housing benefit element of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	57619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Current estimates suggest that 10,000 people will be affected by the policy by 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2016 11:12:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

658010

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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	Universal Credit: 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 the estimated average annual cost to the public purse will be of removing the housing benefit element of universal credit from 18 to 21 year-olds.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	57413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Current estimates suggest that the removal of the housing costs element of universal credit from 18 to 21 year olds will save £95 million over the course of the current Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2016 10:37:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

658011

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish legislative proposals on removing the housing benefit element of universal credit for 18 to 21 year-olds.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	57414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Details of the regulations will be published when they are laid in early 2017.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2016 10:42:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

658012

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on housing benefit for people aged under 21 in each local authority area in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	57415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The requested age breakdown of Housing Benefit expenditure is only available for financial years from 2011/12 onwards. The available information is in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2016 11:06:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name 57415_Housing Benefit Expenditure.pdf title Housing Benefit Expenditure
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

606005

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in each constituency in Scotland have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) five years.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	49435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The information available for the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants by Parliamentary Constituency and duration is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2016 11:05:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

576530

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to increase awareness of the Disability Confident campaign; and how his Department plans to measure the effectiveness of that campaign.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	44951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We have developed a new Disability Confident employer accreditation scheme. This went live in July.</p><p>This will be core to our engagement with employers to raise awareness, improve performance and drive up engagement on the disability employment agenda.</p><p>We are developing plans to formally launch the scheme in the Autumn and more information on take up and effectiveness measures will be available from then.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 11:44:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford