The Department estimates there will be around 2.1 million single parent households in receipt of Universal Credit when it is rolled out in Great Britain.<\/p>
<\/p>
The rest of the information requested is not available.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-12-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-12-21T14:35:32.553Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-12-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Lone Parents"} , "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, what estimate has made of the number of single parent households who will be in receipt of universal credit when it is rolled out in (a) the UK, (b) London (c) London Borough of Ealing and (d) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4511", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ealing Central and Acton"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr Rupa Huq"} ], "uin" : "119772"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/806180", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/806180/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
This matter has been comprehensively debated on many occasions in Parliament. The Government will not be making changes to its policy on state pension age for women born in the 1950s, in respect of the 1995, 2007 and 2011 Pension Acts. DWP Ministers have met with a number of constituents who have been affected by changes to the State Pension age.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> The Government does not intend to make further concessions in addition to those arrangements already made for women affected by the acceleration of increases in State Pension age that have already been made.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings his Department has held with women born on or after 6 April 1950 who are affected by changes to the state pension age in the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts to discuss proposals for a non-means-tested solution for all women.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/806243", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Capita on improving that company's management of personal independent payment assessments for people with an auto-immune disease.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Atos on improving that company's management of personal independent payment assessments for people with an auto-immune disease.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "David Linden"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/806314", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/806314/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department\u2019s Senior Information Risk Owner role has been permanently filled since 2012 and has not been vacant for any period of time.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times his Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/805134", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/805134/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Interest free credit is provided through the Discretionary Social Fund with Budgeting Loans and Crisis Loans.<\/p> <\/p> The provision of interest free credit through the Discretionary Social Fund is published in the annual Social Fund Account in nominal terms. These figures have been adjusted to real terms in 2016/17 prices and are outlined in the table below.<\/p> <\/p> Year<\/p><\/td> Provision of interest free credit through the Discretionary Social Fund - £m (2016/17 prices)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> 650<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> 645<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> 599<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 438<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> 428<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015/16<\/p><\/td> 414<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016/17<\/p><\/td> 412<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Sources:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The links to the annual Social Fund Account for each of the last seven years are given below.<\/p> <\/p> 2010/11:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247280/1307.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> 2011/12:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246945/0454.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> 2012/13:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209380/SFWPA_2012-13.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> 2013/14:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450047/social-fund-account-2013-to-2014.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> 2014/15:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450036/social-fund-account-2014-to-2015.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> 2015/16:<\/p> 2018/19<\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/p><\/td><\/tr> + £200m<\/p><\/td> + £445m<\/p><\/td> + £745m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> There will also be an additional saving of £1m from 2020/21 onwards relating an administration fee payable by DWP to the BBC.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2017-12-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Television Licences: Older People"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the saving in public expenditure resulting from the transfer of the cost of providing free TV licences for those aged 75 and over to the BBC.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/802613/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There have been no amendments to any Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs) in the past five years. BRMAs are geographical areas used for the purposes of setting Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates in the private rented sector. Whilst Rent Officers are able to review these areas, any changes to the BRMA boundaries must be referred to the Secretary of State for approval, as laid down in the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 and the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many amendments he has made to the Local Housing Allowance areas over the last five years, and whether he plans to make further revisions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/802410/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Employment is key to helping people out of poverty and to make a real and lasting change to the lives of disadvantaged families and children. Our welfare and tax reforms are designed to incentivise employment and to support people to progress in work. Employment is now at near-record levels and the number of children living in a family where no one is working is 608,000 lower than it was in 2010. Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children\u2019s outcomes, now and in the future.<\/p> <\/p>