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1684447
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Department for Work and Pensions: Carbon Emissions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department has set to help achieve the Government's commitments on net zero. more like this
tabling member constituency Hendon more like this
tabling member printed
Dr Matthew Offord more like this
uin 11071 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-31more like thismore than 2024-01-31
answer text <ul><li>The Government set out how we would meet our commitments in the Net Zero Strategy in 2021 which included a detailed breakdown of actions required across all sectors in the economy. This was updated in 2023 through the publication of 'Powering Up Britain'.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The UK has halved its emissions, ahead of every other major economy, and we have grown our economy by over 70% since 1990. The UK over-achieved against the first and second carbon budgets, and the latest projections show that we are on track to meet the third.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We have one of the most ambitious decarbonisation targets in the world, and we have set more stretching targets for 2030 than most countries. We plan to cut emissions by 68% by 2030, which is more than the EU, Japan or the United States.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>DWP supports Defra’s Greening Government Commitments. These targets are set every five years and support the UK Carbon Budgets. The current agreed targets are a 45% reduction in DWP’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and a 17% reduction in direct emissions by 2024/25, which the Department is on track to deliver.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p>
answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys more like this
answering member printed Paul Maynard more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-31T14:36:08.85Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-31T14:36:08.85Z
answering member
3926
label Biography information for Paul Maynard more like this
tabling member
4006
label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord more like this
1684473
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Food Banks more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of food banks operating (a) as of 23 January 2024 (b) in 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Huddersfield more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Barry Sheerman more like this
uin 10982 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-29more like thismore than 2024-01-29
answer text <p>The latest statistics show that in 2021/22, 7% (4.7m) of all individuals lived in food insecure households. For working age adults this figure was 7% (2.9m), for children it was 12% (1.7m) and for pensioners it was 1% (0.2m).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions does not have any role in the operation of foodbanks. We do not have reliable statistics on the number of foodbanks operating.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
grouped question UIN 10983 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-29T14:51:25.1Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-29T14:51:25.1Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
411
label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman more like this
1684475
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Food Poverty more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people in food poverty. more like this
tabling member constituency Huddersfield more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Barry Sheerman more like this
uin 10983 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-29more like thismore than 2024-01-29
answer text <p>The latest statistics show that in 2021/22, 7% (4.7m) of all individuals lived in food insecure households. For working age adults this figure was 7% (2.9m), for children it was 12% (1.7m) and for pensioners it was 1% (0.2m).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions does not have any role in the operation of foodbanks. We do not have reliable statistics on the number of foodbanks operating.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
grouped question UIN 10982 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-29T14:51:25.04Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-29T14:51:25.04Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
411
label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman more like this
1684497
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Fraud more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 9806 on Fraud, for what reason his Department forecasts that fraudulent behaviour will rise by five per cent per year. more like this
tabling member constituency Wirral South more like this
tabling member printed
Alison McGovern more like this
uin 11093 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-30more like thismore than 2024-01-30
answer text <p>The 5% forecast assumption is an Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) figure based on a range of evidence, most notably the Home Office statistics that show that fraud has been consistently rising across the economy over recent years.</p><p> </p><p>This is further supported by the recent British Social Attitudes survey - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/653262db0b5392000da92acd/british-social-attitudes-survey-fraud-error-2016-2022.pdf" target="_blank">British Social Attitudes: Fraud and Error in Welfare Benefits, 2016 to 2022 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a> which shows that public tolerance of benefit fraud has increased over the last few years.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail of all factors considered can be found at Q98 of the Public Accounts Committee from September 2023 - <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/13676/pdf/" target="_blank">committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/13676/pdf/</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys more like this
answering member printed Paul Maynard more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-30T12:12:14.23Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-30T12:12:14.23Z
answering member
3926
label Biography information for Paul Maynard more like this
tabling member
4083
label Biography information for Alison McGovern more like this
1684512
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Universal Credit more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who determines whether a paper presented to the Universal Credit Programme Board is a below the line item and therefore not automatically deposited in the Library after two years. more like this
tabling member constituency Wirral South more like this
tabling member printed
Alison McGovern more like this
uin 11094 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-30more like thismore than 2024-01-30
answer text <p>The Senior Responsible Owner for Universal Credit determines whether papers go to the Programme Board as agenda items. However, all papers, including those below the line, are covered by our publication strategy. All Universal Credit Programme Board papers are automatically published in twice yearly batches (April and October) covering a 6-month period, 2 years after the date of the last meeting in the appropriate batch.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-30T17:45:23.797Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-30T17:45:23.797Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4083
label Biography information for Alison McGovern more like this
1684513
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of households in receipt of the housing element of Universal Credit; how many of those households have rent that exceeds the local housing allowance rate; and whether he has made an estimate of the median gap between household rent and the local housing allowance in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales for the most recent period for which data is available. more like this
tabling member constituency Wirral South more like this
tabling member printed
Alison McGovern more like this
uin 11095 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-31more like thismore than 2024-01-31
answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p>
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
grouped question UIN
11097 more like this
11098 more like this
11099 more like this
11100 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-31T16:54:00.8Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-31T16:54:00.8Z
answering member
4513
label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
attachment
1
file name Table 1.xlsx more like this
title Table 1 more like this
tabling member
4083
label Biography information for Alison McGovern more like this
1684515
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the private rented sector are in receipt of the housing element of Universal Credit; of those households, how many have rents which exceed the local housing allowance rate; and what is the median gap between the rent and the local housing allowance broken down by the number of children in the household in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, for the most recent period for which data is available. more like this
tabling member constituency Wirral South more like this
tabling member printed
Alison McGovern more like this
uin 11096 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-31more like thismore than 2024-01-31
answer text <p>We are unable to provide a breakdown of estimates as providing this information will take us over the resource requirement for this PQ due to data quality issues.</p><p>Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-31T17:03:50.297Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-31T17:03:50.297Z
answering member
4513
label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
tabling member
4083
label Biography information for Alison McGovern more like this
1684516
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of local housing allowance (LHA) in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the LHA; and what the median gap is between the rent and the LHA for those households also in receipt of (a) income support, (b) income-related employment support allowance and (c) income-related jobseeker’s allowance in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales, for the most recent period for which data is available. more like this
tabling member constituency Wirral South more like this
tabling member printed
Alison McGovern more like this
uin 11097 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-31more like thismore than 2024-01-31
answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p>
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
grouped question UIN
11095 more like this
11098 more like this
11099 more like this
11100 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-31T16:54:00.82Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-31T16:54:00.82Z
answering member
4513
label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
attachment
1
file name Table 1.xlsx more like this
title Table 1 more like this
tabling member
4083
label Biography information for Alison McGovern more like this
1684517
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of universal credit in the private rented sector with the housing element in payment have one or more members with limited capability for work and/or for work-related activity; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents that exceed the local housing allowance (LHA) rate; and what the median gap is between the rent and the LHA in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, in the most recent period for which data is available. more like this
tabling member constituency Wirral South more like this
tabling member printed
Alison McGovern more like this
uin 11098 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-31more like thismore than 2024-01-31
answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p>
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
grouped question UIN
11095 more like this
11097 more like this
11099 more like this
11100 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-31T16:54:00.85Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-31T16:54:00.85Z
answering member
4513
label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
attachment
1
file name Table 1.xlsx more like this
title Table 1 more like this
tabling member
4083
label Biography information for Alison McGovern more like this
1684518
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-01-23
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the private rented sector there are in receipt of housing benefit in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the local housing allowance (LHA) rate; and what the median gap is between the rent and the LHA rate, for each broad rental market area in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, in the most recent period for which data is available. more like this
tabling member constituency Wirral South more like this
tabling member printed
Alison McGovern more like this
uin 11099 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-31more like thismore than 2024-01-31
answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p>
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
grouped question UIN
11095 more like this
11097 more like this
11098 more like this
11100 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-31T16:54:00.867Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-31T16:54:00.867Z
answering member
4513
label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
attachment
1
file name Table 1.xlsx more like this
title Table 1 more like this
tabling member
4083
label Biography information for Alison McGovern more like this