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709523

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	date	08/03/2017
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact of the introduction of Universal Credit on the existence and size of couples penalties; whether this differs from the impact arising from existing benefits, and if so why; and whether couples penalties increase or decrease depending on the income of those claiming Universal Credit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL5930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available and to collect it would incur disproportionate cost<strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 21/03/2017 13:47:15 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

709519

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	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost of the care system for looked-after children in England and Wales for each year from 2006 to 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL5926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Since April 2010, local authorities in England have reported spending on children looked after through an annual return to the department (Section 251 returns; available on GOV.UK).</p><p><strong>Local authority net current expenditure on children looked after in England: 2005-2006 to 2015-2016 (£, billions)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2005-2006</p></td><td><p>2006-2007</p></td><td><p>2007-2008</p></td><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>2015-2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Section 251 returns <br> Note: 2011-12 and 2012-13 figures are not directly comparable due to changes in the categories included between the two years.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, spending on social work directly involved with the care of children and with the commissioning of services for children is captured separately within the Section 251 collection. It is not possible to separate out expenditure for social work related to children looked after only.</p><p>The department does not hold this information for Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/03/2017 16:43:45 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer