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1548635

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	Housing Benefit: Rents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment has he made of the adequacy of housing benefits in light of increasing rental costs.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	102971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum financial support available for renters in the private rented sector who are in receipt of housing benefit or the housing element of universal credit. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas.</p><p> </p><p>For Great Britain in May 2022, 55% of the households on LHA had rents higher than the LHA rates. For these households the average gap was £146 per month.</p><p> </p><p>In 2020 LHA rates were raised to the 30th percentile, a significant investment of almost £1 billion, we have maintained the increase since then so that everyone who benefited from the increase continues to do so.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that rents are increasing but the challenging fiscal environment means that difficult decisions were necessary to ensure support is targeted effectively. The Chancellor announced at Autumn Statement a package of targeted support worth £26 billion.</p><p> </p><p>To protect the most vulnerable, working age and disability benefits will be increased in line with inflation for 2023-24, increasing expenditure by £11 billion in 23/24. In addition, to ensure that households will see an increase in their benefits following uprating – the benefit cap will also be increased in line with CPI (10.1%) in April 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require extra support, the government is extending the Household Support Fund providing an additional £1bn to help with the cost of household essentials, for the 2023-24 financial year, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing total funding for this support to £2.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require additional support with housing costs, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available. Since 2011 we have provided nearly £1.5 billion in funding for DHPs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/12/2022 10:53:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1548772

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the letters of 8 September and 9 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of constituent Rebecca Neale on maternity and the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	104113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the hon. Member of Weston-super-Mare by the Minister for Work and Pensions (Lords), on behalf of the Secretary of State, on 2 December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 13/12/2022 16:47:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1548845

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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: Employment
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 job offers to Universal Credit claimants are refused; and what proportion of these refusals his Department accepts without sanctioning the claimant.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	104221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost. All conditionality requirements, which include accepting job offers, are tailored to a claimant’s circumstances so they are reasonable and achievable, and agreed between the claimant and their Work Coach.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/12/2022 14:45:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1548878

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	104239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>Please see the table provided for figures on lost or stolen computers and phones. <br> Information requested for memory sticks and external hard drives is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Lost and stolen</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22/23*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computers (laptops and Surface Pros)</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mobile Phones</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*<strong>up to end of November 2022</strong></p><p>All DWP mobile phones and laptops are password protected and encrypted in accordance with Data Protection guidelines.</p><p>The figures provided combine lost and stolen items and do not include cases where items have been recovered. The majority of these losses/thefts occurred in home/office break-ins and whilst travelling. To put this in context, DWP is the largest government department employing over 82,000 staff and is a geographically dispersed organisation, with managers having responsibility for colleagues across a number of locations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/12/2022 17:51:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1548933

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help support UK pensioners living in countries without a reciprocal pension uprating agreement with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	104250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s national insurance record. State Pensions are up-rated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p>This Government continues to take the view that priority should be given to those living in the UK when drawing up expenditure plans for pensioner benefits. There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on a person’s UK State Pension.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 104258 question first answered 14/12/2022 12:09:59 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548935

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners living outside of the UK had their pensions stopped in the last six months owing to postal issues and life certificate forms broken down by current country of residence.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	104251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>DWP does not maintain data regarding the temporary suspension of International State Pensions owing to postal issues, as this is not something the Department is able to determine.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 104260 question first answered 14/12/2022 12:18:27 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548936

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the impact of the cost of living and inflation on British pensioners living overseas in countries without a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	104252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>DWP does not make such assessments. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s national insurance record. The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is long-standing and has been supported by successive post-war Governments for over 70 years. We continue to up-rate UK State Pensions abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 104261 104272 question first answered 14/12/2022 12:14:39 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548939

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for a reciprocal social security agreements his Department has received, including on pensions, broken down by country in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	104253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-25/129841" target="_blank">129841</a> on 7 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 104262 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:44:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548945

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to support UK pensioners living overseas in countries which do not have a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	104258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s national insurance record. State Pensions are up-rated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p>This Government continues to take the view that priority should be given to those living in the UK when drawing up expenditure plans for pensioner benefits. There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on a person’s UK State Pension.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 104250 question first answered 14/12/2022 12:09:59 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1548946

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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: Canada
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 has made of the potential merits of Canada’s request to form a new reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	104259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-02/45728" target="_blank">45728</a> on 17 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 104256 104264 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:47:23 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown