As part of the Government\u2019s response to the Home Affairs Select Committee report into prostitution, the Home Office provided £150,000 to fund research specifically into the nature and prevalence of prostitution in England and Wales. This independent research is being led by the University of Bristol and will enable us to inform an objective evidence base before we consider any changes to policy and legislation in respect of prostitution.<\/p>
We have now received the report, and this will be published in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-27T15:36:32.82Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prostitution"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeframe is for his receiving a report from the University of Bristol on prostitution in the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"} ], "uin" : "268396"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134069", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134069/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "The Department intends to publish this data at household level in the near future as part of Official Statistics."} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-27T16:40:51.083Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2019 to Question 264333, how many and what proportion of individual claims for universal credit were not paid (a) on time and (b) in full in each for the last six months for which information is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"} ], "uin" : "268397"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134083", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134083/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
During the period 17 June 2018 to 16 June 2019 there were 77,952 RTI calculations disputed by claimants, of which around a fifth were upheld. 42,715 (55%) were as a result of late RTI data from employers.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Department continues to work with HMRC to reduce the impact of late RTI on Universal Credit payments. We monitor RTI data, and where expected earnings are not reported, HMRC will contact the employer to investigate, with the intention of all earnings being reported before the end date of a claimant\u2019s Universal Credit Assessment Period.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-27T16:45:33.15Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2019 to Question 264335, how many of the 77,952 calculations that were disputed by claimants related to late reporting of wages by employers to HMRC.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"} ], "uin" : "268398"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134285", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134285/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The table below shows the outstanding debt balances for the 749k Debtors with recovery from UC for non-UC debts.*<\/p>
Benefit <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Current Debt Balance<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Attendance Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.022m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Administrative Penalty<\/p><\/td> £0.011m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.038m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.001m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Support Payment<\/p><\/td> £0.005m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Carer\u2019s Allowance<\/p><\/td> £18.290m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Civil Penalties<\/p><\/td> £0.099m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Disability Living Allowance<\/p><\/td> £6.934m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Disability Working Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.004m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Employment and Support Allowance<\/p><\/td> £39.226m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Family Credit<\/p><\/td> £0.097m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Housing Benefit<\/p><\/td> £94.378m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Incapacity Benefit<\/p><\/td> £6.371m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.027m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Income Support<\/p><\/td> £120.712m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Invalidity Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.080m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Job Seekers Allowance<\/p><\/td> £22.745m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Maternity Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.096m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pension Credit<\/p><\/td> £0.568m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Personal Independence Payments<\/p><\/td> £1.262m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Reduced Earnings Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.006m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Retirement Pension<\/p><\/td> £0.126m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sickness Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.002m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Severe Disablement Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.259m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Social Fund Loans<\/p><\/td> £73.925m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Social Fund Overpayments<\/p><\/td> £0.619m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Non UC Short Term Advances<\/p><\/td> £0.293m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Supplementary Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.113m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tax Credit Overpayment<\/p><\/td> £635.113m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Unemployment Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.020m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widows Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.045m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widowed Mother Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.418m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widows Pension<\/p><\/td> £0.125m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widowed Parent\u2019s Allowance<\/p><\/td> £1.491m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> The Department works hard to prevent potential benefit overpayments from occurring. Internal and external data matches are increasingly helping inform benefit payments and alerting staff to check for any undeclared changes in people\u2019s circumstances in real time.<\/p> Where overpayments do occur, the Department ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants who are subject to deductions to repay these overpayments.<\/p> It is not intended that the recovery of an overpayment should cause any claimant undue financial hardship.<\/p> *The data provided in this response has been sourced from internal management information and was not intended for public release. It should therefore not be compared to any other, similar data subsequently released by the Department. All figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.<\/em><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 Jun 2019 to Question 264329, of the 749,000 claimants with deductions from universal credit for non-universal credit debts, how much debt remains outstanding for each benefit in the Prescribed Social Security Benefits / Payments category.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 264329, of the 749,000 claimants with deductions from universal credit for non-universal credit debts, how many claimants are repaying debts in each of the Prescribed Social Security Benefits / Payments categories.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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