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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2015-11-03more like thismore than 2015-11-03
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) whether the proposed new, lower benefit cap has a gendered effect, and (2) whether any such effect would be mitigated by excluding certain child benefits from that cap. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Manzoor remove filter
uin HL3233 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-11-12more like thismore than 2015-11-12
answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July, a copy of which is attached.</p><br /><p>Like other welfare benefits, child related benefits are taken into account when applying the cap. Removing them from the cap would effectively mean that there would be no upper limit on the amount of benefit that out of work households could receive.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Freud more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-11-12T13:05:10.393Zmore like thismore than 2015-11-12T13:05:10.393Z
answering member
3893
label Biography information for Lord Freud more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor more like this