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1713527

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date	24/04/2024
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: Housing
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 has made an assessment of the impact of changes in the level of social security benefits on people living in unsuitable housing.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	23477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions spends around £30bn a year on housing support for renters in both the private and social rented sectors. Benefit rates and the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) are reviewed annually.</p><p>From April this year the Government is investing £1.2 billion increasing LHA rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This significant investment ensures 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit gain on average, nearly £800 in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25.</p><p>LHA provides a reasonable level of housing support towards rental costs in the private rented sector. LHA rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas.</p><p>The Department works closely with other government departments, stakeholders, jobcentres, and local authorities to understand the impact of its policies.</p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and need further support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion in DHP funding to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2024 15:27:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1700943

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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, whether it remains his Department's policy for benefits to continue to be increased in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	21657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of State Pensions and benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will commence his 2025/26 up-rating review in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/04/2024 14:00:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1693490

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
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 received recent representations from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers on safety risks in the offshore helicopter supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The responsibility for safety risks in the offshore helicopter supply chain lies with the Civil Aviation Authority. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is not aware that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has received recent representations from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/03/2024 14:00:10 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1689171

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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: Disqualification
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 Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 199738 on Universal Credit: Disqualification, for what reason information on the number of children living in households subject to a Universal Credit sanction is not readily available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	14064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department records information on the number of children living in Universal Credit households and these are published every three months as part of the official <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">Universal Credit statistics</a> (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics). The Department also records information on the number of people who have received a sanction on Universal Credit, and these are published every three months as part of the official <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">Benefit Sanctions Statistics</a> (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions). These statistics are produced using different methodologies and it is not possible to provide appropriately quality assured statistics within the disproportionate cost limit.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/02/2024 15:53:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1689172

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Ministers in his Department last requested information from officials on the (a) number, (b) age and (c) disabilities of children living in households subject to a Universal Credit sanction.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	14065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Ministers frequently ask officials for data and information on a wide range of subjects both informally and formally.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics are published regularly showing the number of Universal Credit full-service customers with a payment that has been reduced due to a sanction. These can be found in the Universal Credit sanction rates dataset on Stat-Xplore (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml</a>). Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, they can also access guidance (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>) on how to extract the information required.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/02/2024 16:43:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham