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64288

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many councils in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland funded discretionary housing payments beyond the funds allocated to them by his Department in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In 2013/14, a) 85 (out of 326) English authorities, b) 15 (out of 27) Welsh authorities and c) 27 (out of 32) Scottish authorities spent more than the contribution provided by DWP towards Discretionary Housing Payments.</p><p>Figures for 2014/15 will not be available until after 30 April 2015 – the deadline for local authority DHP returns for the year in question.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/07/2014 16:04:24 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64289

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to school clothing grants via (a) vouchers and (b) cash or cheque to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>There is no national school clothing grant operating currently in England.</p><p>Individual local authorities and academies may choose to provide school clothing grants or to help with the cost of school clothing in cases of financial hardship. In such cases, it is for the local authority or academy concerned to decide the criteria upon which pupils are entitled to this support. Local authorities and academies which choose to run such schemes must do so from within their existing delegated budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:30:57 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64290

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free (a) swimming and (b) other leisure services to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>No costing has been estimated.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 03/07/2014 15:57:21 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64306

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free early education to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Government-funded early education for three- and four-year-olds is already a universal entitlement, so there would be no cost of extending the entitlement. Universal Credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament, and spending decisions for that period have not been taken. This means it is, therefore not possible to estimate the potential cost on early learning for two-year-olds.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2014 16:23:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64310

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to the Warm Home Discount to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Warm Home Discount is funded by energy suppliers, rather than Government, with scheme spending controlled through the levy control framework. We have committed to a Warm Home Discount spending target of £320 million in 2015/16. We will consult shortly on scheme rules for that year, including the eligibility criteria and the value of the rebate (which is set at £140 in 2014/15). We expect to see the scheme continue to support more than 2m households per year.</p><p>The introduction of Universal Credit does not in itself imply any significant changes to the operation of the Warm Home Discount. We estimate that 8 million people will be in receipt of Universal Credit once it has been fully rolled out to all benefit claimants. Any policy decision taken to extend entitlement to Warm Home Discount to all Universal Credit recipients would need to be accompanied by a decision on the value of the rebate. Overall scheme costs would, broadly speaking, be the number of eligible households multiplied by the value of the rebate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 01/07/2014 16:30:04 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64311

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to WaterSure to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p><p>The WaterSure tariff lowers the bills of low-income, metered customers that have unavoidably high water use. WaterSure is provided by all water companies in England to qualifying customers and caps their water bills at the average for their region. WaterSure customers will continue to benefit from the scheme when their qualifying benefit or tax credit is replaced by Universal Credit. The WaterSure tariff is funded through cross subsidy between water customers; there is no cost to the public purse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 03/07/2014 12:21:21 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64346

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to (a) free prescriptions, (b) free eye tests and (c) free dental care to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free prescriptions, eye tests and dental care to all claimants of Universal Credit once Universal Credit has been fully rolled out will depend on the number of claimants at that time. This number will depend on a range of factors. The Government intends that broadly the same number of individuals will be passported via Universal Credit as are currently passported.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2014 14:47:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64347

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to Healthy Start vouchers and vitamins to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>We plan to provide access to Healthy Start for pregnant women, new mothers, and children under four in the lowest earning families receiving Universal Credit. Our intention is to ensure that a broadly similar number, and range, of Universal Credit families will qualify as currently do so through income based benefits and tax credits.</p><p> </p><p>The current annual delivery cost of Healthy Start throughout the United Kingdom (vouchers, vitamins and administration) is approximately £100 million. We estimate that if eligibility were extended to pregnant women, new mothers, and children under four in all families claiming Universal Credit it would increase the total spent annually to around £290 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 02/07/2014 15:18:55 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64406

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to court fees exemptions to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Scottish Government is responsible for defining the entitlement criteria for these passported benefits. They will need to consider the current eligibility criteria and make arrangements to ensure that they can continue to deliver these benefits as Universal Credit is introduced.</p><p>There is ongoing engagement between the Scottish Government and the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that any solution is simple, fair, easy to understand and affordable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 202680 202681 202682 202683 202685 202686 202687 question first answered 03/07/2014 13:09:29 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64407

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to repayment of children's welfare loans to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	202685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Scottish Government is responsible for defining the entitlement criteria for these passported benefits. They will need to consider the current eligibility criteria and make arrangements to ensure that they can continue to deliver these benefits as Universal Credit is introduced.</p><p>There is ongoing engagement between the Scottish Government and the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that any solution is simple, fair, easy to understand and affordable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 202680 202681 202682 202683 202684 202686 202687 question first answered 03/07/2014 13:09:29 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant