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657998

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect on recipients of working age benefits of the benefits freeze; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	57364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I previously provided on 6 December 2016 - <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-12-01/55848/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-12-01/55848/</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/12/2016 13:43:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

715176

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment of 25 August 2016 on the lower benefit cap, if he will publish the referred estimates of the operational costs of implementing that cap and of providing support to capped claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	69691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The benefit cap was lowered on the 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it was lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households).</p><p> </p><p>To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide over £800m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17. Information about this and other measures to ease the transition for families affected by this policy change is included in the latest impact assessment at the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/04/2017 14:11:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

722577

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2017
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment of 25 August 2016 on the lower benefit cap, if he will publish the refined estimates of the operational costs of implementing that cap and of providing support to capped claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	71255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not plan to publish estimates of the operational costs of implementing the benefit cap policy, nor the costs of providing support to capped claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The benefit cap was lowered on the 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it was lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households).</p><p> </p><p>To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide over £800m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17. Information about this and other measures to ease the transition for families affected by this policy change is included in the latest impact assessment at the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 13:15:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

655723

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2016
	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	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2016 to Question 56075, on pre-school education, how much funding his Department provided to the Early Years Intervention Foundation in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	56896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department provides funding to the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) as one contributor to a joint contract and is not the contract holder. For the financial year 2016/17 the Department provided £300 000 of funding to support the EIF’s work to build on and disseminate the evidence base on the effectiveness of early years intervention. The Department contributed £1.5m to the contract covering the financial years 2013/14 to 2015/16. An additional £100 000 in 2015/16 covered the costs of the evidence review ‘What works to enhance interparental relationships and improve children's outcomes’ which was published in March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/12/2016 15:07:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

652400

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Pre-school Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what studies his Department is sponsoring to develop the evidence base on the effectiveness of early years intervention.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	56075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Although the Department is not currently directly sponsoring any studies to develop the evidence base on the effectiveness of early years intervention, it contributes funding to the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) What Works centre, which continues to develop this evidence base. In the financial year 2015-16 DWP funded the EIF to complete the evidence review ‘What works to enhance interparental relationships and improve children's outcomes’, which was published on 22 March 2016. This is informing the development of our new programme to tackle parental conflict.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/12/2016 13:53:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

655720

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2016
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on evaluation studies in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	56915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/12/2016 15:00:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

672198

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Policy
	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 provide a comprehensive list of the public policy targets established by his Department (a) between 2010 and May 2015 and (b) since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	59873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>From 2010 departmental business plans have included overarching objectives which encompass manifesto commitments for key areas of policy. For each objective we have high-level indicators that demonstrate our progress towards meeting these objectives. We publish details of how we are progressing against the objectives and latest data for the indicators in our Annual Report and Accounts</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534933/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534933/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>and Single Department Plan</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020/dwp-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020/dwp-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are two exceptions to this approach.</p><p> </p><ol><li>The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 repealed policy targets set by The Child Poverty Act 2010 and introduced new Life Chances measures on workless households and educational attainment.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Ministers have also agreed a joint public target level for DWP and HMRC of 1.6% in 2017/18 for the net loss from fraud and error on DWP benefits plus Tax Credits, after netting off DWP recoveries.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/01/2017 15:54:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

809013

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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	Unemployed People: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of the 3 November 2017 to Question 110631, what steps the Government is taking to deliver the framework set out in Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published in April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	120122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is working with a range of key stakeholders and with other Departments to take forward the framework we set out in <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families.</em> We are making progress on delivering its objectives. For example, Public Health England will run a trial of the Individual Placement and Support approach, starting in spring 2018. And our vital work on reducing parental conflict is boosted by the Chancellor’s budget announcement to increase available funds up to £39m until 2021.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, we also published two delivery tools – a local data report and a Family Evidence Resource – to enable local commissioners and practitioners working with families and children to understand and act on the factors of disadvantage in their local area. We continue to engage with local authorities and others to test, refine and promote these resources.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to our statutory duty to publish annual data on the statutory indicators of parental worklessness and children’s educational achievement, we will also publish the latest data on the non-statutory indicators each year, in line with the commitment set out in <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families. </em></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 11:58:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

781456

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69473, on children: poverty, what the factors of disadvantage are that will be taken into consideration by local government.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	110630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>As part of ‘Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families’ publication on 4 April, we made public our latest analysis and the evidence base about multiple disadvantage. This will enable local authorities, local partners and others to understand the complex factors of disadvantage in their local area and take practical action to improve children’s outcomes. As part of this evidence-sharing approach we made available local level data on the factors of disadvantage via a local government data tool (LG Inform) which can be found in the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://lginform.local.gov.uk/reports/view/dwp/improving-lives-helping-workless-families-local-data-report-3?mod-area=E09000033&amp;mod-group=AllBoroughInRegion_London&amp;mod-type=namedComparisonGroup." target="_blank">http://lginform.local.gov.uk/reports/view/dwp/improving-lives-helping-workless-families-local-data-report-3?mod-area=E09000033&amp;mod-group=AllBoroughInRegion_London&amp;mod-type=namedComparisonGroup.</a></p><p> </p><p>The parental disadvantage factors included in the local government data tool are parental worklessness, parental conflict, poor parental mental health, drug and alcohol dependency, problem debt and homelessness. The outcome indicator areas covered are early years, educational attainment and youth employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/11/2017 12:57:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

788683

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 30 March 2017 to Question 69357, on poverty, how he plans to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	112731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published on 4 April, provides a framework for a continued focus on improving long-term outcomes for workless families and their children. It set out national statutory and non-statutory indicators to track progress in tackling worklessness and associated disadvantages that can affect families’ and children’s lives: parental conflict, parental mental health, parental drug and alcohol dependency, problem debt and homelessness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/11/2017 12:27:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis