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1684213

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	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	Shared Housing: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his department holds on the number and proportion of individuals in receipt of housing cost support at the shared accommodation rate with rent costs that (a) exceed and (b) are below the local housing allowance in each (i) rental market area and (ii) local authority area; and what estimate he has made of the median average gap between housing cost support and rent costs for individuals eligible for only the shared accommodation rate per (A) rental market area and (B) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	10966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR) of the Local Housing Allowance applies to Housing Benefit or Universal Credit claimants who are under 35 years of age, living on their own, and renting privately, they will be entitled to the SAR regardless of the size of property that they rent. These rules reflect the housing expectations of people of a similar age not in receipt of benefits.</p><p> </p><p>LHA rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas.</p><p>For 2022/23 we are projected to have spent almost £30 billion to support renters with their housing costs.</p><p>In addition, LHA rates, including SAR will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents at a cost of £1.2 billion. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/01/2024 17:41:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1610285

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the system of payment enforcement used by the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	180418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) continues to take rigorous action to collect maintenance, combining robust negotiation activity with the highly effective use of its extensive range of Enforcement Powers. This approach is driven by the Payment Compliance strategy increasing CMS compliance influencing activities to tackle non-paying cases and challenge non-compliant behaviours. CMS applies a Continuous Improvement focus to Enforcement strategy and processes.</p><p> </p><p>Total child maintenance collected using Enforcement Actions amounted to £36.1 million in the quarter to December 2022 compared with £33.6 in December 2021 and £30.8 in December 2020. This rise in collections is linked directly to increased collections through Deductions from Earnings Orders, lump sum and regular deductions taken directly from paying parents’ bank accounts, Liability Order and Bailiff actions and making full use of all available sanctions.</p><p> </p><p><em>(Source – Child Maintenance Service published Statistics : National Tables – table 7.1 ‘Enforcement Actions’, April 2015 to December 2022).</em></p><p> </p><p>As a result of a focussed effort to increase enforcement activity £49.1 million was paid through the Collect &amp; Pay service in the quarter ending December 2022 compared to £46.6. million in the quarter ending December 2021.</p><p> </p><p><em>(Source – Child Maintenance Service published Statistics : National Tables – table 5 ‘Money Due and Paid each quarter’ January 2015 to December 2022).</em></p><p> </p><p>There has been a consistent downward trend in the proportion of unpaid maintenance as a proportion of maintenance arranged since 2017, falling from 12.5% in 2017 to 8% in December 2022.</p><p> </p><p><em>(Source – Child Maintenance Service published Statistics : National Tables - table 6 ‘ how much maintenance CMS has arranged March 2015 to December 2022).</em></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2023 10:20:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1327852

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2021
	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	Jobcentres: West Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the new Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches will be located in (a) Wakefield and (b) West Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
	uin	7309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>As of 26th May, there has been 551 Work Coaches recruited in the West Yorkshire District, 51 of these were recruited for Wakefield Jobcentre.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/05/2021 14:09:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1301863

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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	Kickstart Scheme: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses based have applied for the Kickstart scheme with less than 30 job placements on offer since the 30-placement minimum rule was removed in (a) Wakefield, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
	uin	167354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>We are not able to publish this information at this time. For the latest statistics on the Kickstart Scheme, I refer my honourable member to oral question 912997.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/03/2021 15:41:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1252930

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for applications to the Kickstart Scheme in (a) Wakefield, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
	uin	116697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Weare unable to provide location specific processing times as many applications cover multiple areas or even nations within Great Britain. Our aim to process applications within four weeks, although they may take longer if we have to seek additional information from the bidder.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/11/2020 17:16:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1252473

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons applications to the Government’s Kickstart scheme are restricted to (a) limited companies and (b) registered charities.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
	uin	115843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Kickstart Scheme is open to a wide range of public, private and charitable sector employers. To apply for funding via the DWP’s Kickstart Scheme, we require a Companies House registration number or a Charity Commission number. Public Sector organisations and exempt charities can still apply and there is guidance that outlines the process. This requirement enables our due diligence checks to ensure the proper spending of public money.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses without a Companies House registration number may still apply through a Kickstart Gateway.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/11/2020 17:55:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1250356

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2020
	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	Unemployment: Wakefield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of unemployment was in the Wakefield constituency (a) on 12 December 2019, (b) in March 2020 and (c) on 10 November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
	uin	113685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>All estimates of unemployment are publicly available on the NOMIS website (<a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a>).</p><p>All estimates of Alternative Claimant Count are publicly available on the StatXplore website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/alternative-claimant-count-statistics-january-2013-to-may-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/alternative-claimant-count-statistics-january-2013-to-may-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/11/2020 14:00:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1135997

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Olympic Games
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the kit for the Team GB Olympic squad is produced sustainably.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	271434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The British Olympic Association (BOA), as the National Olympic Committee for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is responsible for Team GB’s participation at the Olympic Games, including the procurement of kit for the Team GB Olympic squad (currently through their commercial deal with Adidas). The BOA is a privately funded organisation that is independent of Government, though we would encourage such organisations to procure sustainably produced sport's kit where possible.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/07/2019 09:24:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh