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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enforce the National Minimum Wage, and in particular to protect the employees of agencies and those on zero-hours contracts from exploitation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/441", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/57971/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>At 1 April 2014, there was one request remaining unanswered after 20 days and one request remaining unanswered after 90 days. The subject matters associated with these unanswered requests relate to the arm shipments in the 1970s and 1980s from Libya to Ireland, and matters relating to a High Court injunction concerning the release of inquest papers by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many freedom of information requests to her Department remain unanswered after (a) 20 and (b) 90 days on 1 April 2014; and which freedom of information requests to her Department on what subjects remain unanswered.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/650", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she has taken to ensure that the Police Service of Northern Ireland has adequate resources to ensure a peaceful marching season.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4103", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Pat Glass"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/57705/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p /> <p>The information is in the table below. Housing Benefit expenditure by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011/12.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><p>Table: Housing Benefit spending between 2008/09 and 2012/13<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>£ million, nominal<\/p><\/td><td><p>2008/09<\/p><\/td><td><p>2009/10<\/p><\/td><td><p>2010/11<\/p><\/td><td><p>2011/12<\/p><\/td><td><p>2012/13<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Bury St Edmunds constituency<\/p><\/td><td><p>N/A<\/p><\/td><td><p>N/A<\/p><\/td><td><p>N/A<\/p><\/td><td><p>23.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>25.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk<\/p><\/td><td><p>145.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>169.1<\/p><\/td><td><p>183.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>192.9<\/p><\/td><td><p>204.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>England &amp; Wales<\/p><\/td><td><p>15,711.7<\/p><\/td><td><p>18,433.4<\/p><\/td><td><p>19,766.4<\/p><\/td><td><p>21,092.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>22,104.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Source: Mid-year statistical data and Local authority subsidy returns.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The figure for England and Wales in 2012/13 is slightly different from that previously published due to inclusion of updated information from some local authorities.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/220", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Webb"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/57910/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p /> <p>The available information is in the following tables:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 1: Housing Benefit recipients by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Caseload (thousands)<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Proportion in employment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>527<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,067<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,944<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,539<\/p><\/td><td><p>11.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>702<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,142<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,953<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,797<\/p><\/td><td><p>14.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>835<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,174<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,925<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,934<\/p><\/td><td><p>16.9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>934<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,227<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,880<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,041<\/p><\/td><td><p>18.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,019<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,192<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,811<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,022<\/p><\/td><td><p>20.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 2: Average Housing Benefit award by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>£ per week<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.54<\/p><\/td><td><p>92.01<\/p><\/td><td><p>71.62<\/p><\/td><td><p>81.58<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.68<\/p><\/td><td><p>94.06<\/p><\/td><td><p>73.54<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.42<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>86.92<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.08<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.64<\/p><\/td><td><p>87.01<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>87.75<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.55<\/p><\/td><td><p>80.19<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.32<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.51<\/p><\/td><td><p>95.87<\/p><\/td><td><p>82.64<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.87<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Table 3: Housing Benefit Outturn expenditure by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>£ million, real terms (2014/15 prices)<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009/10<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,591<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,208<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,275<\/p><\/td><td><p>22,074<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010/11<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,438<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,460<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,161<\/p><\/td><td><p>23,060<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011/12<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,092<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,667<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,257<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012/13<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,558<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,965<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,335<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,858<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013/14<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,958<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,383<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,122<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,462<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) and local authority subsidy returns<\/p><p> <\/p><p>It is important to note that the increase in the Housing Benefit caseload in employment is driven by a number of factors, including:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>The overall increase in the number of households renting, whether or not in receipt of Housing Benefit<\/li><li>Recession-related impacts such as previously unemployed HB claimants moving into work and losing eligibility to passported benefits but continuing to claim HB, where as a consequence of the complexity of the benefit system it is possible that in some cases these households may not have made a claim for HB had they not had a spell on out-of-work benefits. A key feature of Universal Credit is its smoothing of this type of transition.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The information requested for those who are self-employed is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Information on numbers in employment do not include those Housing Benefit recipients whose claim is passported: that is those receiving Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit). This is unlikely to have a significant impact on the trends shown in the tables.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Notes:<\/p><ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\"><li>In employment expenditure is based on instances where either the claimant or their partner has recorded earnings (which could be part-time or full-time) including pensioners, estimated using administrative data from Local Authority systems.<\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"2\" type=\"1\"><li>A small number of claimants on passported benefits who receive Housing Benefit may also be working, or have a working partner. These claimants are not identified in the data.<\/li><li>\u201cOut of work benefits\u201d refer to Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance and income-based Employment Support Allowance.<\/li><li>Annual expenditure is calculated using quarterly averages of claimant numbers and claim amounts, aligned to out-turn expenditure from local authority subsidy returns.<\/li><li>Total out-turn expenditure for 2013/14 an estimate, based on SHBE data and the 2012/13 out-turn expenditure; this is subject to revision as local authority subsidy returns are made.<\/li><li>Expenditure figures may differ from previous published figures due to a change in methodology and data sources.<\/li><li>Housing Benefit caseload and average weekly amounts information can be found at: <a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk<\/a><\/li><\/ol>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of housing benefit claimants were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/57911/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p /> <p>The available information is in the following tables:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 1: Housing Benefit recipients by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Caseload (thousands)<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Proportion in employment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>527<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,067<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,944<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,539<\/p><\/td><td><p>11.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>702<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,142<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,953<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,797<\/p><\/td><td><p>14.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>835<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,174<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,925<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,934<\/p><\/td><td><p>16.9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>934<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,227<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,880<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,041<\/p><\/td><td><p>18.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,019<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,192<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,811<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,022<\/p><\/td><td><p>20.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 2: Average Housing Benefit award by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>£ per week<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.54<\/p><\/td><td><p>92.01<\/p><\/td><td><p>71.62<\/p><\/td><td><p>81.58<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.68<\/p><\/td><td><p>94.06<\/p><\/td><td><p>73.54<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.42<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>86.92<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.08<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.64<\/p><\/td><td><p>87.01<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>87.75<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.55<\/p><\/td><td><p>80.19<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.32<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.51<\/p><\/td><td><p>95.87<\/p><\/td><td><p>82.64<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.87<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Table 3: Housing Benefit Outturn expenditure by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>£ million, real terms (2014/15 prices)<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009/10<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,591<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,208<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,275<\/p><\/td><td><p>22,074<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010/11<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,438<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,460<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,161<\/p><\/td><td><p>23,060<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011/12<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,092<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,667<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,257<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012/13<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,558<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,965<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,335<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,858<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013/14<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,958<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,383<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,122<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,462<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) and local authority subsidy returns<\/p><p> <\/p><p>It is important to note that the increase in the Housing Benefit caseload in employment is driven by a number of factors, including:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>The overall increase in the number of households renting, whether or not in receipt of Housing Benefit<\/li><li>Recession-related impacts such as previously unemployed HB claimants moving into work and losing eligibility to passported benefits but continuing to claim HB, where as a consequence of the complexity of the benefit system it is possible that in some cases these households may not have made a claim for HB had they not had a spell on out-of-work benefits. A key feature of Universal Credit is its smoothing of this type of transition.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The information requested for those who are self-employed is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Information on numbers in employment do not include those Housing Benefit recipients whose claim is passported: that is those receiving Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit). This is unlikely to have a significant impact on the trends shown in the tables.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Notes:<\/p><ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\"><li>In employment expenditure is based on instances where either the claimant or their partner has recorded earnings (which could be part-time or full-time) including pensioners, estimated using administrative data from Local Authority systems.<\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"2\" type=\"1\"><li>A small number of claimants on passported benefits who receive Housing Benefit may also be working, or have a working partner. These claimants are not identified in the data.<\/li><li>\u201cOut of work benefits\u201d refer to Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance and income-based Employment Support Allowance.<\/li><li>Annual expenditure is calculated using quarterly averages of claimant numbers and claim amounts, aligned to out-turn expenditure from local authority subsidy returns.<\/li><li>Total out-turn expenditure for 2013/14 an estimate, based on SHBE data and the 2012/13 out-turn expenditure; this is subject to revision as local authority subsidy returns are made.<\/li><li>Expenditure figures may differ from previous published figures due to a change in methodology and data sources.<\/li><li>Housing Benefit caseload and average weekly amounts information can be found at: <a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk<\/a><\/li><\/ol>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/57912/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p /> <p>The available information is in the following tables:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 1: Housing Benefit recipients by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Caseload (thousands)<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Proportion in employment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>527<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,067<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,944<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,539<\/p><\/td><td><p>11.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>702<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,142<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,953<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,797<\/p><\/td><td><p>14.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>835<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,174<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,925<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,934<\/p><\/td><td><p>16.9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>934<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,227<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,880<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,041<\/p><\/td><td><p>18.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,019<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,192<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,811<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,022<\/p><\/td><td><p>20.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 2: Average Housing Benefit award by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>£ per week<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.54<\/p><\/td><td><p>92.01<\/p><\/td><td><p>71.62<\/p><\/td><td><p>81.58<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.68<\/p><\/td><td><p>94.06<\/p><\/td><td><p>73.54<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.42<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>86.92<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.08<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.64<\/p><\/td><td><p>87.01<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>87.75<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.55<\/p><\/td><td><p>80.19<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.32<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>September 2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.51<\/p><\/td><td><p>95.87<\/p><\/td><td><p>82.64<\/p><\/td><td><p>89.87<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Table 3: Housing Benefit Outturn expenditure by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>£ million, real terms (2014/15 prices)<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>In employment<\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Not in employment<\/p><\/td><td rowspan=\"2\"><p>Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits<\/p><\/td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009/10<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,591<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,208<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,275<\/p><\/td><td><p>22,074<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010/11<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,438<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,460<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,161<\/p><\/td><td><p>23,060<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011/12<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,092<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,667<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,257<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012/13<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,558<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,965<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,335<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,858<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013/14<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,958<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,383<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,122<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,462<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) and local authority subsidy returns<\/p><p> <\/p><p>It is important to note that the increase in the Housing Benefit caseload in employment is driven by a number of factors, including:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>The overall increase in the number of households renting, whether or not in receipt of Housing Benefit<\/li><li>Recession-related impacts such as previously unemployed HB claimants moving into work and losing eligibility to passported benefits but continuing to claim HB, where as a consequence of the complexity of the benefit system it is possible that in some cases these households may not have made a claim for HB had they not had a spell on out-of-work benefits. A key feature of Universal Credit is its smoothing of this type of transition.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The information requested for those who are self-employed is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Information on numbers in employment do not include those Housing Benefit recipients whose claim is passported: that is those receiving Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit). This is unlikely to have a significant impact on the trends shown in the tables.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Notes:<\/p><ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\"><li>In employment expenditure is based on instances where either the claimant or their partner has recorded earnings (which could be part-time or full-time) including pensioners, estimated using administrative data from Local Authority systems.<\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"2\" type=\"1\"><li>A small number of claimants on passported benefits who receive Housing Benefit may also be working, or have a working partner. These claimants are not identified in the data.<\/li><li>\u201cOut of work benefits\u201d refer to Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance and income-based Employment Support Allowance.<\/li><li>Annual expenditure is calculated using quarterly averages of claimant numbers and claim amounts, aligned to out-turn expenditure from local authority subsidy returns.<\/li><li>Total out-turn expenditure for 2013/14 an estimate, based on SHBE data and the 2012/13 out-turn expenditure; this is subject to revision as local authority subsidy returns are made.<\/li><li>Expenditure figures may differ from previous published figures due to a change in methodology and data sources.<\/li><li>Housing Benefit caseload and average weekly amounts information can be found at: <a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk<\/a><\/li><\/ol>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of housing benefit paid to claimants who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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