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1716915

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Employment: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support in-work progression.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Since September 2022 we have increased the Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET) from earnings equivalent to 9 hours per week at the National Living Wage to the equivalent of 18 hours, bringing over 400,000 working customers into regular support from a Work Coach to help them increase in work progression and thereby increase earnings.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, working Universal Credit customers earning above the AET are eligible to access support on a voluntary basis from a Work Coach, providing individual and tailored support designed to help customers.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 10:50:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1713582

registered interest
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	Employment: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of in-work poverty in (a) Lanark and Hamilton East constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	23514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The latest available statistics show that working age adults living in workless households were around 7 times more likely to be in absolute poverty after housing costs than working age adults in households where all adults work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting individuals who are stuck in low paid work to progress, helping them increase their earnings. We have introduced a voluntary In-Work progression offer for low-paid Universal Credit customers which focuses on removing barriers to progression, such as considering skills gaps and overcoming practical barriers such as childcare costs.</p><p> </p><p>To deliver effective progression support to customers, Jobcentres are being supported by a network of 37 District Progression Leads across Great Britain who work with key partners to develop local opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>To help parents on Universal Credit who are moving into work or increasing their hours, the Government is providing additional support with upfront childcare costs and, from April 2024, we will increase the childcare costs that parents on Universal Credit can claim back to over £1,000 a month for one child and to over £1,700 a month for two or more children.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also increasing the number of people on Universal Credit who receive intensive support to help them earn more by raising the Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET). At the Spring Budget we announced that the AET would increase to the equivalent of 18 hours at the National Living Wage from 13 May.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2024, the Government increased the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 years and over by 9.8% to £11.44 representing an increase of over £1,800 to the gross annual earnings of a full-time worker on the National Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/05/2024 16:50:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1699164

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Employment: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of levels of in-work poverty in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	20802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Statistics are not available at the constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of people in “in-work poverty”, including regional-level data, is published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. This can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2023" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/04/2024 10:51:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1539308

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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	Employment: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of actions that Government can take to help raise awareness among UK employers of the issue of in-work poverty.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	78761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of engaging with employers to tackle the issue of in-work poverty and are considering the recommendations set out in the In-Work Progression Commission report and will respond formally in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the early stages of rolling-out DWP’s new in-work progression offer. This offer will be supported by the recruitment of 37 Progression Champions. Progression Champions will work with key partners, including local government, employers, and skills providers to identify and develop local progression opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/11/2022 16:32:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1539309

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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	Employment: Poverty
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 level of in-work poverty in the UK in comparison with other industrialised countries.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	78762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>In-work poverty is measured differently internationally and making comparisons would not be robust.</p><p> </p><p>Measuring in-work poverty in the UK is something we do take seriously and is reported on. Statistics on in-work poverty levels in 19/20 are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a> on the HBAI dataset.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide a robust estimate for 2020/21 due to the impact the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had on data quality.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><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></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/11/2022 16:41:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1487416

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
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	Employment: Poverty
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 impact of the rise in the cost of living on levels of in-work poverty; and what steps the Government is taking to mitigate that impact.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	32577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest available statistics for in-work poverty are for 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury published distributional analysis which shows that the full package of measures announced on May 26th is well targeted at households on low incomes.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Households (in England) who are in the bottom 10% of the income distribution will receive support worth the equivalent of around 7 percentage of their net income (£800 in cash terms) in 2022/23 as a result of these measures.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Those on average incomes will receive support worth between 1 and 2 percent of net income increases (around £500 in cash terms).</li></ul> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/07/2022 14:57:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1386264

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the end of support under the Coronavirus Job retention Scheme on levels of in-work poverty.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	89582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor and publish trends in poverty across the UK. The Household Below Average Income (HBAI) publication looks at household incomes and poverty levels in the UK, but the latest available figures only cover up to the financial year 2019/20 and so do not capture the time period in which the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has ended. These can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2020</a></p><p> </p><p>However, we have taken recent steps to ensure work pays. We are doing this by reducing the Universal Credit taper rate from 63% to 55%, and increasing Universal Credit work allowances by £500 p.a. This is essentially a tax cut for the lowest paid in society worth around £2.2 bn in 2022-23. This change also means that 1.9m households will on average keep around an extra £1,000 on an annual basis. We are also increasing the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour from April 2022 for workers aged 23+, which is expected to benefit more than 2 million workers.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 13/12/2021 15:17:05 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1342312

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Employment: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in employment that are living in poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the levels of in-work poverty in those areas; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the welfare system in helping to alleviate levels of in-work poverty in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	24993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of individuals in low income are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. Data for Coventry North East constituency and Coventry is unavailable due to insufficient sample size.</p><p> </p><p>HBAI does not publish estimates of low income by an individual’s work status but estimates of low income for working age adults by the employment status of all working age adults in the household are available on Stat-Xplore (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>). Guidance in the use of Stat-Xplore is available here: <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></p><p> </p><p>In the three years to 2019/20, the number of working age adults in a working household in absolute poverty, before housing costs, in the West Midlands was 400,000.</p><p> </p><p>In the three years to 2019/20, the number of working age adults in a working household in absolute poverty, before housing costs, in England was 2,800,000.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on in-work poverty in those areas, nor the adequacy of the welfare system in helping alleviate in-work poverty in those areas.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/07/2021 16:49:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 11618 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1330758

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
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	Employment: Poverty
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 she has made of trends in the level of in-work poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	12154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The national and regional statistics on the number of people living in working households in low income as set out in the annual ‘Households Below Average Income’ publication are not available at constituency or city level as the sample size would not be sufficient to produce robust estimates.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics showing the levels of in-work poverty in both the West Midlands and England can be found on stat-xplore. The latest figures are for 2019/20:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p><em> </em></p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><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></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/06/2021 15:03:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1255007

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Employment: Poverty
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 her Department has made of trends in the level of in-work poverty.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	120136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>Statistics on the number and percentage of people living in low income households over time, including children and those in work, are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication available here:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201819" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201819</a></p><p> </p><p>For children, this publication also shows trends in combined low income and material deprivation and combined severe low income and material deprivation</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics cover the period from 1994/5 to 2018/19. National statistics covering the year 2019/20 are due to be published in March 2021. Pre-pandemic, in 2018/19, there were 100,000 fewer children in absolute low income than in 2009/10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 120137 question first answered 02/12/2020 14:26:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones