Support for mortgage interest provides protection for home owners from the threat of repossession. The new loan scheme will provide exactly the same level of support and, thus, exactly the same level of protection against repossession. Claimants and mortgage lenders will not see any difference in the payments they receive and so there is no need to make any general transitional provisions.<\/p>
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Some specific transitional provisions have been put in place which will allow for existing benefit payments to remain in place for a temporary period. These will apply if there are administrative delays in migrating some claimants to the new scheme or where there are difficulties in appointing someone to act on the claimant\u2019s behalf.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4495", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kit Malthouse"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North West Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kit Malthouse"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-01-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-01-11T12:33:27.837Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-01-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Support for Mortgage Interest"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department decided against the introduction of a transitional protection period for people claiming support for mortgage interest after April 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4658", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Sobel"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leeds North West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alex Sobel"} ], "uin" : "121342"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/810688", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/810688/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The DWP\u2019s business travel policy expects other alternatives to have been examined and exhausted. Where travel is deemed appropriate it requires the use of the most cost effective mode of transport.<\/p>
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In the last four years the Department has spent the following on First Class Rail, Business Class Air and Taxis. This is also shown as a percentage of overall travel costs.<\/p>
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Method of Travel<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1st Class Rail<\/p><\/td> £13,958<\/p><\/td> £11,563<\/p><\/td> £7,505<\/p><\/td> £546<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Business Class Air<\/p><\/td> £127,859<\/p><\/td> £100,706<\/p><\/td> £76,862<\/p><\/td> £27,148<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Taxi<\/p><\/td> £1,333,782<\/p><\/td> £1,373,371<\/p><\/td> £1,284,359<\/p><\/td> £1,237,382<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,475,599<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,485,640<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,368,726<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,265,076<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Percentage of Total Travel Costs<\/p><\/td> 3.57%<\/p><\/td> 3.48%<\/p><\/td> 2.90%<\/p><\/td> 2.83%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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