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star this property date less than 2016-10-27more like thismore than 2016-10-27
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Inflation more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.137 of the Summer Budget 2015, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recent changes in the level of inflation on the proposed freeze of working age benefits. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-11-01more like thismore than 2016-11-01
star this property answer text <p>Central to the Government’s long term economic plan is the creation of jobs and making work pay. We know that work is the best route out of poverty. Our welfare reforms are about reversing the trend of working age benefits rising faster than earnings since the recession to ensure it pays to work. They are focussed on supporting those people who can work to find and keep work rather than rely on benefits, ensuring fairness and affordability for the tax payer. We are committed to balancing incentivising work with protecting those who cannot work, and helping with the costs of additional needs. That is why benefits for the additional costs of disability, and for carers, are up-rated each year in line with prices.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2016-11-01T16:18:08.457Zmore like thismore than 2016-11-01T16:18:08.457Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this
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star this property date less than 2016-12-01more like thismore than 2016-12-01
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Social Security Benefits more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the effect of the forecasts in the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2016, on his Department's estimates of the financial effect on recipients of working age benefits of the freeze on those benefits. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis remove filter
unstar this property uin 55848 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-12-06more like thismore than 2016-12-06
star this property answer text <p>The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 has frozen the majority of working-age benefits for four tax years, from 2016-17 to 2019-20. These benefit rates will therefore remain the same.</p><p> </p><p>These reforms to working-age benefits are part of the Government’s commitment to incentivise work for those who can in a high-wage, low-tax economy. This includes increasing the National Living Wage to £9 an hour by 2020, cutting income tax for over 30 million people and the roll-out of UC. These reforms are working, with employment at historic high levels.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to supporting those who cannot work, and those with additional needs. Our triple lock guarantee has meant that the basic State Pension is now over £1,100 a year higher than in 2010. Benefits for the additional costs of disability, and for carers, are exempt from the benefit freeze and will continue to be up-rated in line with the rise in prices.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2016-12-06T14:14:02.927Zmore like thismore than 2016-12-06T14:14:02.927Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this
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star this property date less than 2016-12-13more like thismore than 2016-12-13
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Social Security Benefits more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property 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. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-12-16more like thismore than 2016-12-16
star this property 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> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2016-12-16T13:43:37.787Zmore like thismore than 2016-12-16T13:43:37.787Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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star this property date less than 2017-03-29more like thismore than 2017-03-29
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Social Security Benefits more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property 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. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2017-04-18more like thismore than 2017-04-18
star this property 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> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2017-04-18T14:11:26.55Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-18T14:11:26.55Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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star this property date less than 2017-04-19more like thismore than 2017-04-19
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Social Security Benefits more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property 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. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2017-04-24more like thismore than 2017-04-24
star this property 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>
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2017-04-24T13:15:35.13Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-24T13:15:35.13Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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star this property date less than 2016-12-09more like thismore than 2016-12-09
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Pre-school Education: Finance more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property 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. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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unstar this property uin 56896 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-12-14more like thismore than 2016-12-14
star this property 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> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2016-12-14T15:07:12.853Zmore like thismore than 2016-12-14T15:07:12.853Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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star this property date less than 2016-12-05more like thismore than 2016-12-05
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Pre-school Education more like this
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star this property 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. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-12-08more like thismore than 2016-12-08
star this property 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> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2016-12-08T13:53:50.617Zmore like thismore than 2016-12-08T13:53:50.617Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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star this property date less than 2016-12-09more like thismore than 2016-12-09
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Department for Work and Pensions: Research more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property 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. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis remove filter
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2016-12-14more like thismore than 2016-12-14
star this property answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2016-12-14T15:00:13.443Zmore like thismore than 2016-12-14T15:00:13.443Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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star this property date less than 2017-01-12more like thismore than 2017-01-12
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Department for Work and Pensions: Policy more like this
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star this property 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. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2017-01-19more like thismore than 2017-01-19
star this property 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>
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2017-01-19T15:54:45.06Zmore like thismore than 2017-01-19T15:54:45.06Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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601998
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star this property date less than 2016-10-14more like thismore than 2016-10-14
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of child maintenance arrears. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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unstar this property uin 48749 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-10-19more like thismore than 2016-10-19
star this property answer text <p>We have at our disposal a range of strong enforcement powers, intended to ensure all parents fulfil their financial responsibilities towards their children. We use all of the powers available to us where it is appropriate to do so, and we are seeking to extend these where appropriate, for instance by deducting money from bank accounts held jointly by the paying parent.</p><p>We take into consideration a number of factors when deciding if and what type of enforcement action to take, including the welfare of any relevant children involved and the likelihood of collecting monies owed. Taking enforcement action can be a costly process, particularly in cases where the paying parent is determined not to pay – we must therefore ensure we maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of our enforcement system, deciding what is appropriate on a case by case basis and using powers that have the greatest chance of ensuring people meet their obligations and securing money for children.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
star this property answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
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less than 2016-10-19T16:00:56.117Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-19T16:00:56.117Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
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