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830421

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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 assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to welfare provision on the number of children living in poverty in Coventry South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	124987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children in relative low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The number and proportion of children in relative low income is not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p>Latest 3-year estimates for the West Midlands of the proportion and number of children in low income are available in Table 4.16ts and Table 4.17ts in the file “4_children_timeseries_risk” from this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p><p>Impact Assessments of policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Act of 2016 were published in 2015. Evidence shows work is the best route out of poverty; nearly three-quarters of children from workless families moved out of poverty when their parents entered into full-time work. Children in workless households are five time more likely to be in poverty than those in households where all adults were working. Welfare reforms are designed to incentivise parents to make the choice to move into and progress in work.</p><p>This Government is committed to action that tackles the root causes of poverty and disadvantage with policies that incentivise employment as the best route out of poverty. In <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, we set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s long-term outcomes. This includes nine national indicators to track progress in tackling the disadvantages that affect families and children. Four of these measures are set out in primary legislation which places a duty on the Government report annually to Parliament on the parental worklessness and educational attainment indicators. Data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/01/2018 11:59:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

830436

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence she has considered in relation to her Department’s plans to introduce a cap on Access to Work grants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	125002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the former Minister for Disabled People announced a series of reforms to Access to Work, including a cap on high value awards which would be mitigated by transitional protection for existing customers. In May 2015 the DWP published the report ‘Equality Analysis for the Future of Access to Work’, which laid out the data that had been reviewed in formulating those reforms and the considerations we had taken into account in setting the cap level at 1.5 times the median gross annual earnings for full-time employees (as published annually by the ONS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18, the cap amounted to £42,100 per person per year. In April 2018, the cap will rise to £43,100.</p><p> </p><p>Since the cap came into effect in October 2015, we have monitored the progress of deaf and disabled individuals affected by it, including those who have benefitted from transitional protection. As we made clear in the 2015 equality analysis, we will continue to monitor the effects of capping and, if an adverse impact upon equality is identified, we will consider the case for further flexibilities. Ministers and officials have also conducted extensive engagement with customers and organisations including charities, disabled people’s organisations and employers. The most recent engagement was held in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 125003 125004 question first answered 31/01/2018 16:50:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830437

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will stop the implementation of the cap on access to work grants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	125003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the former Minister for Disabled People announced a series of reforms to Access to Work, including a cap on high value awards which would be mitigated by transitional protection for existing customers. In May 2015 the DWP published the report ‘Equality Analysis for the Future of Access to Work’, which laid out the data that had been reviewed in formulating those reforms and the considerations we had taken into account in setting the cap level at 1.5 times the median gross annual earnings for full-time employees (as published annually by the ONS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18, the cap amounted to £42,100 per person per year. In April 2018, the cap will rise to £43,100.</p><p> </p><p>Since the cap came into effect in October 2015, we have monitored the progress of deaf and disabled individuals affected by it, including those who have benefitted from transitional protection. As we made clear in the 2015 equality analysis, we will continue to monitor the effects of capping and, if an adverse impact upon equality is identified, we will consider the case for further flexibilities. Ministers and officials have also conducted extensive engagement with customers and organisations including charities, disabled people’s organisations and employers. The most recent engagement was held in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 125002 125004 question first answered 31/01/2018 16:50:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830438

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the cap on Access to Work grants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	125004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the former Minister for Disabled People announced a series of reforms to Access to Work, including a cap on high value awards which would be mitigated by transitional protection for existing customers. In May 2015 the DWP published the report ‘Equality Analysis for the Future of Access to Work’, which laid out the data that had been reviewed in formulating those reforms and the considerations we had taken into account in setting the cap level at 1.5 times the median gross annual earnings for full-time employees (as published annually by the ONS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18, the cap amounted to £42,100 per person per year. In April 2018, the cap will rise to £43,100.</p><p> </p><p>Since the cap came into effect in October 2015, we have monitored the progress of deaf and disabled individuals affected by it, including those who have benefitted from transitional protection. As we made clear in the 2015 equality analysis, we will continue to monitor the effects of capping and, if an adverse impact upon equality is identified, we will consider the case for further flexibilities. Ministers and officials have also conducted extensive engagement with customers and organisations including charities, disabled people’s organisations and employers. The most recent engagement was held in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 125002 125003 question first answered 31/01/2018 16:50:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830514

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Pyramid Selling: New Enterprise 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 money from the new enterprise allowance has been granted to people to participate in multi-level marketing schemes with (a) Herbalife UK, (b) Forever Living, (c) Younique, (d) Arbonne, (e) Lifetree World, (f) Jamberry, (g) Amway, (h) JuicePlus, (i) Stella & Dot, (j) Ariix (k) Maelle and (l) other organisations in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	125054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The New Enterprise Allowance does not provide support or funding for Multi-Level Marketing businesses.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 125056 question first answered 01/02/2018 16:57:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

830521

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Pyramid Selling: New Enterprise Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the new enterprise allowance has been granted to people wishing to participate in multi-level marketing schemes with (a) Herbalife UK, (b) Forever Living, (c) Younique, (d) Arbonne, (e) Lifetree World, (f) Jamberry, (g) Amway, (h) JuicePlus, (i) Stella & Dot, (j) Ariix (k) Maelle and (l) other organisations in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	125056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The New Enterprise Allowance does not provide support or funding for Multi-Level Marketing businesses.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 125054 question first answered 01/02/2018 16:57:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

830528

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Personal Independence Payment assessors who are asked by claimants what professional qualifications they hold are obliged to inform those claimants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL5127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>There is no requirement for Health Professionals to inform claimants of their qualifications when they first meet and introduce themselves. If asked about qualifications it would be at the Health Professional’s discretion whether or not to disclose this information.</p><p>All Health Professionals undertaking PIP assessments must be registered with the appropriate professional body such as the General Medical Council or Nursing and Midwifery Council and have at least 2 years post full-registration experience. Details of any Health Professional’s primary qualifications are publically available on the websites of the relevant governing body.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 08/02/2018 12:34:01 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

830535

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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 she has made of the total value of unclaimed benefits in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	125063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes ‘Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up’ statistics annually.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics, which cover 2009/10 to 2015/16, are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-201516" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-201516</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide estimates of take-up, by caseload and expenditure, of the following income-related benefits only (other benefits are available but no take-up estimates are calculated):</p><ul><li>Pension Credit</li><li>Housing Benefit</li><li>Income Support and Employment and Support Allowance (income-related)</li><li>Jobseeker’s Allowance (income-based)</li></ul><p> </p><p>They also provide the total and average amounts of benefit claimed and unclaimed for each of these benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for 2010/11 and 2011/12 were not produced; the estimates for 2016/17 will be published in May/June this year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/01/2018 14:27:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

830558

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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 assessment she has made of the effect of recent changes in welfare provision on the number of children living in poverty in the Borough of Rochdale.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	125086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children in relative low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The number and proportion of children in relative low income is not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p>Latest 3-year estimates for the North West of the proportion and number of children in low income are available in Table 4.16ts and Table 4.17ts in the file “4_children_timeseries_risk” from this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p><p>Impact Assessments of policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Act of 2016 were published in 2015. Evidence shows work is the best route out of poverty; nearly three-quarters of children from workless families moved out of poverty when their parents entered into full-time work. Children in workless households are five time more likely to be in poverty than those in households where all adults were working. Welfare reforms are designed to incentivise parents to make the choice to move into and progress in work.</p><p>This Government is committed to action that tackles the root causes of poverty and disadvantage with policies that incentivise employment as the best route out of poverty. In <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, we set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s long-term outcomes. This includes nine national indicators to track progress in tackling the disadvantages that affect families and children. Four of these measures are set out in primary legislation which places a duty on the Government report annually to Parliament on the parental worklessness and educational attainment indicators. Data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/01/2018 12:09:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

830566

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the removal of Support for Mortgage Interest as part of benefit entitlement from April 2018 will affect entitlement to passported benefits such as help with health costs, free school meals, sure start maternity grant and the warm home discount scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	125094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The eligibility for passported benefits is often, but not always, linked to entitlement to income-related benefits such as Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit and Pension Credit. The introduction of Support for Mortgage Interest Loans in April 2018 will not change these criteria.</p><p> </p><p>In some instances, claimants who are treated as receiving the income-related based benefit solely due to eligibility for SMI will no longer be automatically entitled to all ‘passported’ benefits. Many of these claimants will remain eligible to a number of passported benefits on the grounds of age or low income but will usually need to apply for them directly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 31/01/2018 16:14:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley