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882313

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Children
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 number of families whose benefit entitlement exceeds the benefit cap as a result of looking after children under child arrangements orders.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	135414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold any data that identifies families with a child under child arrangements order.</p><p> </p><p>The lower cap is still the equivalent of gross family earnings of £25k, and £29k in London. Where claimants need further financial support, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments. The funding for DHPs is specifically aimed at a number of groups who are likely to be particularly affected by the benefit cap. These include people with family and friend care responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:31:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

882316

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: 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 her Department has made of the potential merits of exempting children under child arrangement orders from the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	135382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <ul><li>The Government acknowledges the immense value of care given by family and friend carers, who look after children whose parents are unable to provide the necessary care themselves. This was discussed during the passage of the Work and Welfare Reform Act 2016.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Family and friend carers are able to receive support for the children in their care through the benefit system as they have access to child benefit and child tax credit on <strong>the same</strong> basis as parents.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>A cap at £23,000 in Greater London is equivalent to gross family earnings of around £29,000. A cap at £20,000 in the rest of GB is equivalent to gross family earnings of around £25,000</li><li>If we are to treat family and friend carers in the same way as parents for the other facets of the benefits system then it is right that the benefit cap principles should apply in the same way for family and friend carers as they do for parents.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Where claimants need further financial support, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs). The funding for DHPs is specifically aimed at a number of groups who are likely to be particularly affected by the benefit cap. These include people with family and friend care responsibilities.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:34:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

849915

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bates on 25 January (HL4633) and 19 February (HL5367), whether they have collected statistics on the number of families affected by the two-child limit policy in the child element of Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit since its introduction in April 2017.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL5869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text No family has seen a cash reduction in their tax credit award as a consequence of the decision to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit. The number of Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit claimants who were expected to be affected by the policy over the next five years were published in the Impact Assessment relating to the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.<p><strong>The government continues to monitor the impact of its welfare policy decisions, including reviewing available statistical information</strong><strong>. </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5870 HL5871 question first answered 06/03/2018 13:07:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

849916

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bates on 25 January (HL4633) and 19 February (HL5367), (1) how many families have had their tax credits reduced as a result of the two-child limit policy in the child element of Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit, in each month since its introduction in April 2017; and (2) how many children the families had in each case.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL5870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text No family has seen a cash reduction in their tax credit award as a consequence of the decision to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit. The number of Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit claimants who were expected to be affected by the policy over the next five years were published in the Impact Assessment relating to the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.<p><strong>The government continues to monitor the impact of its welfare policy decisions, including reviewing available statistical information</strong><strong>. </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5869 HL5871 question first answered 06/03/2018 13:07:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

849917

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bates on 25 January (HL4633) and 19 February (HL5367), of those families affected by the two-child limit policy in the child element of Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit since its introduction in April 2017, how many (1) had one or more parents in work, (2) were single parent families, and (3) were two-parent families.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL5871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text No family has seen a cash reduction in their tax credit award as a consequence of the decision to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit. The number of Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit claimants who were expected to be affected by the policy over the next five years were published in the Impact Assessment relating to the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.<p><strong>The government continues to monitor the impact of its welfare policy decisions, including reviewing available statistical information</strong><strong>. </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5869 HL5870 question first answered 06/03/2018 13:07:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

846188

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to exclude children's benefits including child benefit and the child element of universal credit from the scope of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	128874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The exclusion of child related benefits would undermine one of the key drivers for introducing the benefit cap that ultimately, there has to be a limit to the overall amount of financial support that households in receipt of out of work benefits can expect to receive in welfare payments. Child related benefits including Child Benefit, like other welfare benefits, are provided by the state and funded by tax payers. The Government believes it is right that it is taken into account along with other state benefits when applying the cap.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/02/2018 17:25:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

837234

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the benefit freeze on trends in the level of child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	903752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>An Impact Assessment of the benefit freeze was published in 2015. Evidence shows that work is the best route out of poverty. Children in workless households are five times more likely to be in poverty than those in households where all adults were working. The Welfare Reforms such as the benefit freeze were designed to incentivise parents to choose to move into and progress in work.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/02/2018 17:43:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

800764

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children aged less than 17 receive (a) disability living allowance, (b) personal independence payments and (c) armed forces independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	117385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) caseloads (i.e. claims in payment) broken down by year of age can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) is a weekly benefit which can be claimed by current or former members of the armed forces who were seriously injured whilst in the armed forces. There are currently no AFIP claimants under the age of 17.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/12/2017 14:11:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781460

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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: Children
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 ensure that children's benefits change in line with the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	110653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling the root causes of child poverty and disadvantage. We know that children living in workless households have significantly poorer outcomes than those in working families.</p><p>We are incentivising work for those who can and providing support to working families. Since April 2016, the Universal Credit childcare element covers up to 85% of eligible childcare costs, compared with 70% in Working Tax Credit. We introduced 15 hours of free childcare for working families with children aged 3 and 4 and have now doubled this to 30 hours a week in England, worth up to £5,000 per child. The number of children living in workless households is now at its lowest level since comparable records began.</p><p> </p><p>Where families face additional costs and barriers to work because of disability and caring responsibilities, we have increased premiums for disabled children in line with inflation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2017 12:32:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

767714

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in England have been affected by the (a) household benefit cap and (b) under-occupancy penalty in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	106523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The information regarding the number of children in England who are (a) affected by the household benefit cap and (b) the removal of the spare room subsidy is published and available at:<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/10/2017 12:01:47 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead