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982685

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Universal Credit: Disability
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 draft Universal Credit(Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018, what representations she has received from disability charities on those draft regulations.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	176236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The draft Regulations have been out for consultation with the Social Security Advisory Committee and we will consider their detailed recommendations alongside all the other stakeholder contributions we receive. We have had, and will continue to have, discussions with a wide range of stakeholders, including disability charities, on the regulations and on the wider managed migration process.</p><p> </p><p>This extensive consultation with stakeholders is designed to ensure that the regulations accommodate the needs of all claimants. Equality impacts have been considered in developing our plans for managed migration, in line with Ministers’ legal duties. We will continue to consider these impacts as our plans for managed migration develop.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 176237 question first answered 23/10/2018 15:00:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

982687

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Universal Credit
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 draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018, what analysis her Department has undertaken to assess the effect of those draft regulations on (a) disabled people, (b) carers and families and (c) Information and advice services.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	176237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The draft Regulations have been out for consultation with the Social Security Advisory Committee and we will consider their detailed recommendations alongside all the other stakeholder contributions we receive. We have had, and will continue to have, discussions with a wide range of stakeholders, including disability charities, on the regulations and on the wider managed migration process.</p><p> </p><p>This extensive consultation with stakeholders is designed to ensure that the regulations accommodate the needs of all claimants. Equality impacts have been considered in developing our plans for managed migration, in line with Ministers’ legal duties. We will continue to consider these impacts as our plans for managed migration develop.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 176236 question first answered 23/10/2018 15:00:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

971462

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Universal Credit: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of applying the minimum income floor for self-employed claimants of universal credit on an annual basis.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	172581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need for claimants who are setting up a business to be given time to establish themselves and develop their business and customer base. However, different businesses and individuals will take different periods of time to reach profitability. The intention of the start-up period is to give claimants the breathing space they need to work out how to support themselves while running their business - including identifying other sources of income or investment - while not subsidising claimants indefinitely to pursue unsustainable activities. This strikes a sensible balance between support for new business, not trapping claimants in welfare dependency, and protecting public funds.</p><p> </p><p>Extending the start-up period beyond one year could diminish the incentive effect of the Minimum Income Floor (MIF), which is to encourage claimants to grow their earnings, whether through self-employment, combining that with other work, or moving to one of the over 800,000 current job vacancies. It would also add complexity, with no guarantee of better outcomes for either the claimant or the taxpayer. The government therefore has no current plans to reform the MIF or to extend the start-up period for self-employed claimants in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>In their January 2018 report, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated the impact of the MIF on the public purse – their analysis is summarised in their welfare trends report <a href="http://obr.uk/wtr/welfare-trends-report-january-2018/" target="_blank">http://obr.uk/wtr/welfare-trends-report-january-2018/</a></p><p> </p><p>With regards to the estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending the start-up period for recipients of universal credit who are newly self-employed from 12 months to (a) 18 months and (b) 24 months, a formal assessment has not been made.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 172582 172583 question first answered 13/09/2018 16:59:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

971463

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Universal Credit: Self-employed
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 potential merits of extending the start-up period for recipients of universal credit who are newly self-employed.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	172582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need for claimants who are setting up a business to be given time to establish themselves and develop their business and customer base. However, different businesses and individuals will take different periods of time to reach profitability. The intention of the start-up period is to give claimants the breathing space they need to work out how to support themselves while running their business - including identifying other sources of income or investment - while not subsidising claimants indefinitely to pursue unsustainable activities. This strikes a sensible balance between support for new business, not trapping claimants in welfare dependency, and protecting public funds.</p><p> </p><p>Extending the start-up period beyond one year could diminish the incentive effect of the Minimum Income Floor (MIF), which is to encourage claimants to grow their earnings, whether through self-employment, combining that with other work, or moving to one of the over 800,000 current job vacancies. It would also add complexity, with no guarantee of better outcomes for either the claimant or the taxpayer. The government therefore has no current plans to reform the MIF or to extend the start-up period for self-employed claimants in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>In their January 2018 report, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated the impact of the MIF on the public purse – their analysis is summarised in their welfare trends report <a href="http://obr.uk/wtr/welfare-trends-report-january-2018/" target="_blank">http://obr.uk/wtr/welfare-trends-report-january-2018/</a></p><p> </p><p>With regards to the estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending the start-up period for recipients of universal credit who are newly self-employed from 12 months to (a) 18 months and (b) 24 months, a formal assessment has not been made.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 172581 172583 question first answered 13/09/2018 16:59:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

971464

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Universal Credit: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending the start-up period for recipients of universal credit who are newly self-employed from 12 months to (a) 18 months and (b) 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	172583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need for claimants who are setting up a business to be given time to establish themselves and develop their business and customer base. However, different businesses and individuals will take different periods of time to reach profitability. The intention of the start-up period is to give claimants the breathing space they need to work out how to support themselves while running their business - including identifying other sources of income or investment - while not subsidising claimants indefinitely to pursue unsustainable activities. This strikes a sensible balance between support for new business, not trapping claimants in welfare dependency, and protecting public funds.</p><p> </p><p>Extending the start-up period beyond one year could diminish the incentive effect of the Minimum Income Floor (MIF), which is to encourage claimants to grow their earnings, whether through self-employment, combining that with other work, or moving to one of the over 800,000 current job vacancies. It would also add complexity, with no guarantee of better outcomes for either the claimant or the taxpayer. The government therefore has no current plans to reform the MIF or to extend the start-up period for self-employed claimants in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>In their January 2018 report, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated the impact of the MIF on the public purse – their analysis is summarised in their welfare trends report <a href="http://obr.uk/wtr/welfare-trends-report-january-2018/" target="_blank">http://obr.uk/wtr/welfare-trends-report-january-2018/</a></p><p> </p><p>With regards to the estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending the start-up period for recipients of universal credit who are newly self-employed from 12 months to (a) 18 months and (b) 24 months, a formal assessment has not been made.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 172581 172582 question first answered 13/09/2018 16:59:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

971465

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Universal Credit: Single Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed single parent households are in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	172584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the estimated number of households on Universal Credit occupied by single parents in June 2018 by employment status. The accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the figures provided.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated number of households on Universal Credit occupied by single parents, by employment status, Great Britain, June 2018</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Employment Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employed</strong></p></td><td><p>91,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unemployed</strong></p></td><td><p>107,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:</strong> Household and people on Universal Credit datasets</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>These figures have been calculated by matching the Universal Credit household dataset, which contains information about family type, with the people on Universal Credit dataset, which contains information about employment. The figure for households occupied by single parents has been deduced where the household has a family type of ‘single with child dependant(s)’. It has not been possible to determine the employment status of approximately 8,000 single parent households.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for the people and households on Universal Credit. An individual on Universal Credit at the count date will be recorded as in employment if they have employment earnings recorded within their completed Universal Credit assessment period closest to the count date. They may not be in employment on the count date.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li>Further information on the background and methodology can be accessed here:</li></ol><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 08:53:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 75821 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

934237

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that deaf and disabled people are able to stand for election and compete with other candidates on a level playing field irrespective of their chances of winning.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	160178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. There will be ways that the Government can help, which is why the Minister for Women and Equalities announced that the Government Equalities Office will, with others, undertake a programme of work in this area. Within 12 months, we hope to have political parties offering and advertising support, as well as solutions to help independent candidates. The funding of up to £250,000 that the Minister for Women and Equalities announced is intended to provide support for disabled candidates in the interim, while that programme of work is on-going.</p><p> </p><p>We are working on what the interim funding will cover and how it will be delivered. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 159577 question first answered 09/07/2018 13:47:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

933937

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 May 2018, Access to Elected Office for Disabled People, HCWS695, whether a Deaf and Disabled People's Organisation or an alliance of Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations will be appointed to administer the funds announced to support disabled candidates wishing to stand in the local elections in May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	159577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. There will be ways that the Government can help, which is why the Minister for Women and Equalities announced that the Government Equalities Office will, with others, undertake a programme of work in this area. Within 12 months, we hope to have political parties offering and advertising support, as well as solutions to help independent candidates. The funding of up to £250,000 that the Minister for Women and Equalities announced is intended to provide support for disabled candidates in the interim, while that programme of work is on-going.</p><p> </p><p>We are working on what the interim funding will cover and how it will be delivered. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 160178 question first answered 09/07/2018 13:47:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

924687

registered interest
date	15/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of freedom of information requests have not been responded to within the 20 working days target by each Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	154157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on the number and proportion of requests that were answered within the 20 working days target, and on the number and proportion of requests that were answered within a permitted deadline extension. These can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>. answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2018 09:16:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

924688

registered interest
date	15/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the longest time was for a response to a freedom of information request in each Government department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	154158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text The statistics collected and published centrally by the Government on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government do not record the exact length of time taken to respond to individual requests. The statistics report on the number and proportion of requests that were answered within the 20 working days target, and on the number and proportion of requests that were answered within a permitted deadline extension. answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2018 09:18:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd