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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the joint briefing from Shelter and Women's Aid entitled The Benefit Cap and Domestic Abuse, published May 2021, what assessment she has made of the effect of the benefit cap on people fleeing domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women and girls.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316669/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department published its evaluation of the original benefit cap levels \u201cBenefit cap: Analysis of Outcomes of capped claimants\u201d in December 2014. This included in-depth interviews with people affected by the benefit cap, about the impact of the benefit cap on their income and wellbeing.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The evaluation can be accessed via the following link:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation<\/a><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the benefit cap on the ability of families affected by that cap to afford to food, heating, clothing and personal care items.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4638", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316670/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>No assessment has been made.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Domestic abuse survivors living in refuges provided by not-for-profit organisations can apply for help with their housing costs through Housing Benefit. During this time, their Housing Benefit is exempt from the Benefit Cap.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Housing Benefit claimants living in refuges can also apply for a Discretionary Housing Payment to help with the cost of moving into settled accommodation.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the benefit cap on levels of demand on refuges.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316752", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316752/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government remains committed to supporting disabled people and those with health conditions to thrive at work. We anticipate that a response will be available shortly.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p />"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation document, Health is everyone\u2019s business: proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss, which closed on 7 October 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4119", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316769/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This Government is wholly committed to tackling poverty. Throughout the pandemic, our priority has been to support the most vulnerable including through spending an additional £7.4billion to strengthen the welfare system, taking our total expenditure on welfare support for people of working age to an estimated £112 billion in 2020/21. Additionally, in December 2020 we introduced our Covid Winter Grant Scheme, providing funding to Local Authorities in England to enable them to support people with food and essential utility bills during the coldest months. It will now run until June as the Covid Local Support Grant, with a total investment of £269m.<\/p><p /><p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of children in low income are published annually in the \u201cHouseholds Below Average Income\u201d publication. Data for Liverpool is unavailable due to insufficient sample size.<\/p><p>Latest statistics for the levels of children who are in low income in England, covering 2019/20, can be found at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2020\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2020<\/a>,\u201cchildren-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2019-20-tables\u201d in table 4.16ts (relative low income, before and after housing costs) and in table 4.22ts (absolute low income, before and after housing costs).<\/p><p>In the three years to 2019/20, the absolute child poverty rate, before housing costs, in England was 18%, down 3 percentage points since the three years to 2009/10.<\/p><p><br>The Department now publishes supplementary official statistics on the number of children in low income families at constituency level. Children in Low Income Families data is published annually.<\/p><p>In 2019/20 the absolute levels of child poverty in Liverpool, Riverside was 25%. The latest figures on the number of children who are in low income in Liverpool, Riverside and in England, covering 2019/20, can be found at:: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-fye-2015-to-fye-2020\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-fye-2015-to-fye-2020<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Due to methodological differences, the figures in these two publications are not comparable.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the levels of child poverty in (a) England, and (b) Liverpool, Riverside constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4824", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kim Johnson"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316770/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>No assessment has been made.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This Government is wholly committed to supporting those on low incomes, including by increasing the living wage, and by spending an estimated £112 billion on welfare support for people of working age in 2020/21.\u2002This included around £7.4 billion of Covid-related welfare policy measures.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We introduced our Covid Winter Grant Scheme providing funding to Local Authorities in England to help the most vulnerable children and families stay warm and well fed during the coldest months. It will now until June as the Covid Local Support Grant, with a total investment of £269m.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As the economy recovers, our ambition is to help people move into and progress in work as quickly as possible based on clear evidence around the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. We are investing over £30 billion in our ambitious Plan for Jobs which is already delivering for people of all ages right across the country.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the £20 uplift in Universal Credit on levels of child poverty in (a) England, and (b) Liverpool, Riverside constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316788/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department publishes official statistics on the number of children in low income families at constituency level, including Newcastle East. Children in Low Income Families data is published annually.<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020<\/a><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the level of child poverty in Newcastle East constituency in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316790/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>No such assessment has been made.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This Government has long championed the principle of work as the best route out of poverty and towards financial independence. This approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Getting people back to work and supporting them to progress is therefore at the heart of our approach to tackling poverty and building back better. Our Plan for Jobs is already delivering for people of all ages right across the country and includes investing over £7 billion on new schemes such as the £2 billion Kickstart Scheme, the Restart Scheme and our Job Entry Targeted Support Scheme.<\/p><p />"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1316792/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>No such assessment has been made.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This Government is wholly committed to supporting those on low incomes, including by increasing the living wage, and by spending an estimated £112 billion on welfare support for people of working age in 2020/21.\u2002This included around £7.4 billion of Covid-related welfare policy measures, including a temporary increase to the Universal Credit Standard Allowance of £20 per week<\/p><p> <\/p><p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of children in low income are published annually in the \u201cHouseholds Below Average Income\u201d publication. Data for Newcastle East is unavailable due to insufficient sample size, however, data for the North East region is available.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The latest figures on the number of children who are in low income in the North East, and in the UK, covering up to 2019/20, can be found at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020<\/a> , \u201cchildren-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2019-20-tables\u201d in table 4.16ts (relative low income, before and after housing costs) and in table 4.22ts (absolute low income, before and after housing costs).<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Across the UK, there were 100,000 fewer children in absolute low income, before housing costs in 2019/20 than in 2009/10.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department now publishes supplementary official statistics on the number of children in low income families at constituency level, including Newcastle East. Children in Low Income Families data is published annually.<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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