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424386

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/10/2015
	date	27/10/2015
	date tabled	27/10/2015
	ddp created	28/10/2015 00:46:29
	ddp modified	30/10/2015 12:35:08
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	13684
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	30/10/2015 09:53:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance applications for children with ADHD were (a) accepted and b) rejected in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 13684
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	13684
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The requested data is not available.</p><br /><p>Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) caseload statistics by main disabling condition are published on gov.uk at <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a></p><br /><p>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is not listed separately but under the broader descriptor Hyperkinetic Syndrome. As of February 2015, there are 44,740 children with Hyperkinetic Syndrome being paid DLA out of 391,000 children in total.</p> question first answered 30/10/2015 09:53:34
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

425787

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2015
	date	03/11/2015
	date tabled	03/11/2015
	ddp created	03/11/2015 21:14:32
	ddp modified	16/11/2015 12:45:46
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	14594
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	06/11/2015 14:13:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households who have claimed universal credit have also applied for an alternative payment arrangement for their housing costs; and how many such applications have been successful.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 14594
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14594
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> question first answered 06/11/2015 14:13:43
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

428851

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2015
	date	17/11/2015
	date tabled	17/11/2015
	ddp created	17/11/2015 22:42:25
	ddp modified	20/11/2015 14:05:04
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	16695
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	20/11/2015 13:34:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in each parliamentary constituency and in receipt of disability living allowance are diagnosed with hyperkinetic syndrome.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 16695
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16695
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested will be placed in the library.</p> question first answered 20/11/2015 13:34:31
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

428850

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2015
	date	17/11/2015
	date tabled	17/11/2015
	ddp created	17/11/2015 22:42:24
	ddp modified	20/11/2015 13:13:06
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	16696
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	20/11/2015 12:41:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of disability living allowance applications for children diagnosed with ADHD have been rejected in each of the last five financial years.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 16696
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16696
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The requested data is not available.</p><br /> question first answered 20/11/2015 12:41:23
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

964141

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2018
	date	03/09/2018
	date tabled	03/09/2018
	ddp created	03/09/2018 17:21:28
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	04/09/2018 16:25:14 10/09/2018 16:30:13
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	169040
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/09/2018 15:58:45
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) Liverpool City Region, and (c) the UK, have been subject to under-occupation penalty; and how many and what proportion of those households contained (i) one and (ii) more than one disabled person.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 169040
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169040
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>As at March 2018, there were:</p><p> </p><p>a) 1,220 households in Birkenhead constituency who had a deduction made from their Housing Benefit due to the removal of the spare room subsidy. Of these, there were 860 (71%) where the claimant or partner was receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). It is not possible to ascertain the number of disabled people in each of these households.</p><p> </p><p>b) 17,490 households in Liverpool City Region who had a deduction made from their Housing Benefit due to the removal of the spare room subsidy. Of these, there were 12,350 (71%) where the claimant or partner was receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). It is not possible to ascertain the number of disabled people in each of these households.</p><p> </p><p>c) 387,160 households in Great Britain who had a deduction made from their Housing Benefit due to the removal of the spare room subsidy. Of these, there were 269,150 (70%) where the claimant or partner was receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). It is not possible to ascertain the number of disabled people in each of these households.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided easements to allow an additional bedroom for couples and children who are unable to share a bedroom due to their disability or medical condition and are in receipt of a relevant qualifying benefit, or where a non-resident overnight carer (or group of carers) is required for an adult, child or non-dependant adult on a regular basis.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/09/2018 15:58:45
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

964143

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2018
	date	03/09/2018
	date tabled	03/09/2018
	ddp created	03/09/2018 17:21:32
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	03/09/2018 17:56:49 07/09/2018 13:54:02
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	169041
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/09/2018 13:22:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits on excluding disabled people from the under occupancy penalty, in the event that suitable alternative accommodation at (a) the same or (b) a lower rent not available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 169041
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169041
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>An assessment has not been made regarding the exclusion of disabled people from the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy if suitable alternative accommodation at the same, or lower rent is not available. However, the size criteria rules that are used to work out the size of the household and whether the property is under-occupied for the purposes of Housing Benefit and Universal Credit, already allow an additional bedroom for disabled people and children in the following circumstances:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Where a disabled child or a couple are unable to share a bedroom because of a disability or medical condition and where the person or child is in receipt of a relevant qualifying benefit;</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Where a disabled adult, disabled child or disabled non-dependant has overnight care on a regular basis from a non-resident overnight carer (or team of carers).</li></ol><p> </p><p>In cases where a relevant qualifying benefit is not in payment, but either a couple or child are unable to share a bedroom due to disability, the local authority should consider whether a Discretionary Housing Payment is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011, the Government has provided around £1 billion to date to local authorities to help support vulnerable people affected by different welfare reforms. This includes £25 million per year to support disabled people living in significantly adapted accommodation, including any adaptations made for disabled children.</p> question first answered 07/09/2018 13:22:48
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

964145

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2018
	date	03/09/2018
	date tabled	03/09/2018
	ddp created	03/09/2018 17:21:36
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	04/09/2018 16:25:16 07/09/2018 10:58:01
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	identifier	169043
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/09/2018 10:26:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the benefit cap for people that cannot actively seek work.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 169043
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169043
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>There are already a number of exemptions from the Benefit Cap including for those who are receiving many disability benefits as well as Carer’s Allowance. In addition, support is available via Discretionary Housing Payments to support those whose specific circumstances make it harder for them to move into work. We are undertaking an evaluation of the cap and we will consider the findings in due course.</p> question first answered 07/09/2018 10:26:54
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

964337

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2018
	date	03/09/2018
	date tabled	03/09/2018
	ddp created	03/09/2018 17:29:02
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	03/09/2018 18:03:08 10/09/2018 17:21:04
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	169061
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/09/2018 16:49:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of withholding (a) housing benefit and (b) the housing component of Universal Credit from landlords who fail to make repair works requested by tenants.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 169061
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169061
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the merits of withholding Housing Benefit or Housing Element (UC) to Landlords who fail to make repair works requested by Tenants.</p><p>We continue to work closely with landlords, local authorities, housing associations and other organisations.</p> question first answered 10/09/2018 16:49:11
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

431414

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/11/2015
	date	20/11/2015
	date tabled	20/11/2015
	ddp created	20/11/2015 17:51:53
	ddp modified	25/11/2015 15:59:02
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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: Databases
	house id	1
	identifier	17139
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	25/11/2015 15:27:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the streams of data collected by his Department are (a) used by the Department, (b) read by how many people and (c) unused or unread.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 17139
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17139
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have interpreted the question to be asking for the number of datasets compiled by the department. This information is not currently available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><br /> question first answered 25/11/2015 15:27:18
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

971484

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2018
	date	10/09/2018
	date tabled	10/09/2018
	ddp created	10/09/2018 22:24:04
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	11/09/2018 14:05:28 17/09/2018 15:58:03
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit
	house id	1
	identifier	172447
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/09/2018 15:25:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly charge per household was in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the UK of the under-occupation penalty in the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 172447
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	172447
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Figures on average weekly spare room subsidy deductions in Great Britain, are publically available through the DWP Stat-Xplore website. The data can be broken down by parliamentary constituency and local authority, including into groups of local authorities such as Liverpool City Region, to provide all of the figures required. Stat-Xplore website:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Communities. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics</a></p> question first answered 17/09/2018 15:25:48
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead