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1238681

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	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	Funeral Payments: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide to low-income families to help pay for the funeral costs of family members who have died of COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL8605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>For those in receipt of income related benefits or tax credits, the Funeral Expense Payments scheme can offer a significant contribution to the cost of a funeral. The scheme meets the necessary costs of a burial or cremation in full, and additionally offers up to £1000 to meet other funeral expenses. The value of this additional element was raised from £700 to £1000 on 8 April this year, offering additional help at this particularly difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>Budgeting Loans or Universal Credit budgeting advances can also be used for funeral expenses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 09/10/2020 13:50:00 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1238683

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	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	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government where there is a publicly available list of state benefits and other financial support available to bereaved families.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL8607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The ‘What to do when someone dies’ section of the GOV.UK website provides a step-by-step interactive website guide on what to do after a death, including how to manage financial issues. This guide covers the financial support available to help with paying for a funeral and how to check entitlement to bereavement benefits. The guide also contains a link to benefits calculators to work out entitlement to other state benefits based on individual household circumstances.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 05/10/2020 15:28:21 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1242248

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	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	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to maintain the £20 increase to the weekly standard allowance of Universal Credit, made during the COVID-19 pandemic, indefinitely.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL9066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government introduced a package of temporary welfare measures worth around £9.3 billion this year to help with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the £20 weekly increase to the Universal Credit Standard Allowance rates as a temporary measure for the 20/21 tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Future decisions on spending will be made at the next appropriate fiscal event, and Parliament will be updated accordingly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 21/10/2020 14:10:16 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1246679

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2020
	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	Food: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent of food price rises in the event of the UK and the EU not agreeing a deal on their future relationship; and what plans they have, if any, to increase pensions and other benefits to help people to cover these costs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL9579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to conduct an annual review of benefit and pension rates to determine whether they have retained their value in relation to the general level of prices or, in some cases, earnings. The measure used for prices is the Consumer Price Index, which measures the aggregate change in prices of a sample of items that represent the spending patterns of a typical household, including food items.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 09/11/2020 18:00:51 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1358444

	registered interest
	date	04/10/2021
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact assessment they carried out ahead of the cessation of the Universal Credit uplift on 6 October.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>No Impact Assessment has been made of ending the Universal Credit Uplift, as it was always intended to be temporary.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced a temporary six-month extension to the £20 per week uplift at the Budget on 3 March to support households affected by the economic shock of Covid-19. Universal Credit has provided a vital safety net for six million people during the pandemic, and the temporary uplift was part of a COVID support package worth a total of £407 billion in 2020-21 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>There have been significant positive developments in the public health situation since the uplift was first introduced. With the success of the vaccine rollout and record job vacancies, it is right that our focus is on helping people back into work.</p><p> </p><p>Through our Plan for Jobs, we are targeting tailored support schemes of people of all ages to help them prepare for, get into and progress in work. These include: Kickstart, delivering tens of thousands of six-month work placements for Universal Credit claimants aged 16-24 at risk of unemployment; we have also recruited an additional 13,500 work coaches to provide more intensive support to find a job; and introduced Restart which provides 12 months’ intensive employment support to Universal Credit claimants who are unemployed for a year. Our Plan for Jobs interventions will support more than two million people.</p><p>We recognise that some people continue to require extra support, which is why we have introduced a £421 million Household Support Fund to help vulnerable people in England with essential household costs over the winter as the economy recovers. The Barnett Formula will apply in the usual way, with the devolved administrations receiving around £80 million (£41m for the Scottish Government, £25m for the Welsh Government and £14m for the NI Executive), for a total of £500 million.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 18/10/2021 13:01:36 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1456691

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the current level of benefits is sufficient to meet the rising costs of living.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL7582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State undertakes an annual review of benefits and pensions using the Consumer Prices Index in the year to September. This is the latest figure that the Secretary of State can use to allow sufficient time for the required legislative and operational changes before new rates can be introduced at the start of the following April. All benefit up-rating since April 1987 has been based on the increase in the relevant price inflation index in the 12 months to the previous September.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. These are global challenges, and the government has taken action to support families with help worth over £22 billion in 2022-23.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The £22bn of extra support includes the £9.1bn energy package, the Universal Credit taper rate reduction from 63% to 55%, the increase in the Universal Credit work allowance by £500 per annum and the doubling of the Household Support Fund to £1bn by providing an extra £500 million from April 2022, on top of the £500 million already provided since October 2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 11/04/2022 15:33:15 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1694005

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	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	Iron and Steel: Port Talbot
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide support to those whose livelihoods previously relied on employment at the Port Talbot steel works.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stands ready to support anyone affected by redundancy with our Rapid Response Service offer. This is a service designed to give support and advice to employers and their employees when faced with redundancy.</p><p> </p><p>This service is co-ordinated nationally by the National Employer and Partnership Team and is managed by Jobcentre Plus. Delivery partners include Careers Wales, local training providers, Money Helper and ReAct Plus in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Rapid Response Service offer is flexible and can include a range of options (see below) that can be pulled together into an appropriate support package. This package will be tailored to meet the needs of the employer, the individuals affected and the local community.</p><p> </p><p>The range of support available from Jobcentre Plus and partners may include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Help with job search including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them.</li><li>Connecting people to jobs in the labour market</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour market).</li><li>What benefits they may get and how to claim.</li></ul><p> </p><p>DWP are also working closely with the Transition Board that was established to support the people, businesses and communities affected by the proposals for Tata Steel in Port Talbot.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 12/03/2024 14:42:03 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1242244

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	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	Racial Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address racism.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL9062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Race Disparity Audit (RDA) and its website, Ethnicity Facts and Figures, was launched in October 2017. The website is a world first and has been welcomed internationally for its open and data-driven approach to highlighting inequalities of outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>In response to its findings, Government has taken action to address disparities in criminal justice, increasing diversity in employment, mental health, school exclusions, and barriers to progress for young people.</p><p> </p><p>To date, the Race Disparity Unit has worked across Whitehall and with local authorities to co-produce interventions to address disparities. These include:</p><p>○ In the last 12 months, we have undertaken work to improve trust between police forces and the local communities that they serve, including increasing diversity in the police workforce and developing additional training</p><p>○ We continue to provide targeted employment support in twenty areas around the country with high rates of ethnic minority unemployment to boost earning potential</p><p>○ Last year, we announced measures to drive change in tackling inequalities between ethnic groups in higher education, and the last 10 years have seen a significant increase in the rates of 18 year olds from ethnic minority groups going to university;</p><p>○ And we are acting on the findings of the Public Health England Review into disparities in the risks and outcomes of COVID-19 to ensure we take the right steps to protect and minimise the risks to vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this year the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities was established and is examining all aspects of continuing racial and ethnic disparities in Britain. The Commission aims to set out a new, positive agenda for change - balancing the needs of individuals, communities and society, maximising opportunities and ensuring fairness for all.</p><p>It is building on the work of the Race Disparity Unit. The Commission is carrying out a deeper examination of what the causes of these disparities are, and is seeking to establish what works to address them effectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 03/11/2020 17:49:26 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1308760

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2021
	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	Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: HSBC
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the involvement of HSBC UK in the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities; and why no other banks were mentioned or included in the report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL14893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Commission engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, including banks and financial institutions not limited to HSBC, either to hear evidence or to discuss recommendations. The list of those with whom the Commission engaged is available in ‘Appendix D: Stakeholders’ of the report.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 27/04/2021 14:01:39 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1308761

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2021
	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	Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review areas of the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities which have been criticised.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL14894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report makes an important contribution to both the national conversation about race, and our efforts to level up and unite the whole country.</p><p>We are carefully considering the report’s findings and recommendations. We will publish a Government response in due course. This Government remains fully committed to building a fairer Britain and taking the action needed to address disparities wherever they exist.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 27/04/2021 14:06:15 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno