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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1253264/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>No assessment has been made. The fundamental purpose of Housing Benefit is to help people on low incomes pay their rent. As it is an income related benefit, regard must be had to all income and capital when assessing entitlement. Whilst it is important to encourage saving, it has never been thought right for substantial amounts of capital to be ignored altogether when deciding entitlement to a benefit based on need.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>However, as ISAs are treated as capital, entitlement to Housing Benefit is only affected if the amount held in an ISA exceeds £6,000 for working age people or £10,000 for people over pension age. Housing Benefit claimants who are also receiving a passporting benefit such as Income Support or Pension Credit have all their capital disregarded.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
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        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-11-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-11-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the benefits of excluding (a) savings in lifetime and (b) help-to-buy ISAs from the eligibility calculation for housing benefit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4079", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Julian Sturdy"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "York Outer"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Julian Sturdy"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1249763", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1249763/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Benefit Cap aims to provide fairness for hard-working taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We introduced £9.3bn of welfare measures that benefit those facing the most financial disruption and, in May 2020, less than five per cent of the two million Housing Benefit and Universal Credit claimants living in the private rented sector, 93,830 tenants, had their benefit capped.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>From April 2020 Local Housing Allowance rates were increased to cover the lowest 30th percent of local rents. This £1bn investment will benefit over 1 million households with an average increase of £600 this year. This will help alleviate the pressure on Discretionary Housing Payments that claimants can apply for through their Local Authority if they need additional support to meet rental costs.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We have provided £180m in Discretionary Housing Payments to Local Authorities in England and Wales for 2020/21, which includes an additional £40m to help tackle affordability pressures in the private rented sector.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4174", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Stedman-Scott"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-11-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-11-24T17:25:23.68Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-11-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing Benefit"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the benefit cap on tenants in the private rented sector.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4291", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Grender"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Grender"}
      ], "uin" : "HL10069"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1197711", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1197711/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The available information on the number of new claims processed for housing benefit is published quarterly and is available at:<\/p><p> <\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-statistics-on-speed-of-processing--2\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-statistics-on-speed-of-processing--2<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>The latest statistics were published in April 2020 and provide data to December 2019.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>New claims for Housing Benefit can only be made by people over pension age and working age people living in temporary or supported accommodation. Otherwise, if a working age person requires help with their housing costs they must claim Universal Credit.<\/p><p />"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-06-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-05-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing Benefit"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for housing benefit were made in week since 1 March 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burgon"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leeds East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burgon"}
      ], "uin" : "49775"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1196268", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1196268/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Housing Benefit is an income-related benefit which is intended to assist people who need help to pay their rent. Any income that is available to meet those expenses, such as a State Pension, is normally taken fully into account when working out how much Housing Benefit can be paid.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There are no plans to amend regulations to allow a disregard for State Pension income, including any increases each year.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-05-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-05-22T13:25:28.523Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-05-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing Benefit"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to exclude future increases to the State Pension from the calculation of income for the purpose of housing benefit eligibility.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3912", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Fuller"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Fuller"}
      ], "uin" : "47231"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185913", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185913/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Housing Benefit is only available to those of pension age or those living in temporary or supported accommodation. We are not looking to extend eligibility criteria beyond these groups. However, housing cost support is available through Universal Credit, for those of working age, from the point of claim and advances up to 100% of a claimant\u2019s eligibility are available immediately.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colchester"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-03-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185913/answer/previousversion/14196", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
          }
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          , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-03-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing Benefit"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to (a) make housing benefit available to applicants immediately and (b) increase awards to cover median local rents.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4870", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Florence Eshalomi"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vauxhall"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Florence Eshalomi"}
      ], "uin" : "30914"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144160", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144160/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><del class=\"ministerial\">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.<\/del><\/p><p><strong><ins class=\"ministerial\">No assessment has been made of the case for increasing the scope of housing support. Housing support in the private rented sector is based on the Local Housing Allowance and decisions on the uprating of Local Housing Allowance from April 2020 will form part of the discussions in support fiscal events later this year.<\/ins><\/strong><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4174", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Stedman-Scott"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-09-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144160/answer/previousversion/134928", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4174", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott"}
          }
          , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Stedman-Scott"}
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        ]}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-09-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing Benefit"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for increasing the (1) scope, and (2) total amount, of housing benefit, including any resulting savings on temporary accommodation and other costs.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Hylton"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Hylton"}
      ], "uin" : "HL17648"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1092795", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1092795/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As part of the ESA underpayment exercise we are informing local authorities of any new, past awards of income-related ESA in line with our business as usual procedures; including guidance on treatment of awards for past periods. This will support local authorities to consider any possible impacts of the ESA underpayment exercise and pay any arrears of past Housing Benefit that are due.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Our focus is on paying arrears to claimants in line with the primary legislation.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3349", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Buscombe"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Buscombe"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-03T14:45:47.837Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing Benefit"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 20 March (HL14427), what guidance they have given to local authorities to assess the amount of housing benefit to which those individuals identified as entitled to income-related employment and support allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from incapacity benefit would have been entitled, and on the steps taken to compensate those individuals for any loss.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4147", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Sherlock"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Sherlock"}
      ], "uin" : "HL14746"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997097", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997097/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In their 2018 Fiscal Sustainability Report, the Office for Budget Responsibility projected that relative to the size of the UK economy, spending on Housing Benefit in 2050/51 will be very similar to current levels, at 1.2% of GDP.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3349", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Buscombe"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Buscombe"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-05T12:36:15.843Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing Benefit"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the claim by the Centre for Social Justice in its report, A Social Housing Strategy, published on 27 October, that the cost of housing benefit will treble to more than £70 billion a year by 2050.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1796", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Taylor of Warwick"}
      ], "uin" : "HL11101"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997427", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997427/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information in the table shows average shortfall between housing benefit and the contractual rent of people affected by the benefit cap in May 2018.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Main Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Average Shortfall<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>a) Jobseeker's Allowance<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 64.38<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>b) Employment Support Allowance<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 61.53<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>c) Income Support<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 59.48<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>d) Other<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 78.57<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>We acknowledge there could be a potential rental shortfall due to various Welfare Reforms, for example:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>the Benefit Cap;<\/li><li>Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) in the social rented sector;<\/li><li>Changes to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates, including the 4 year freeze.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p>These figures don\u2019t isolate which deductions a benefit cap claimant has applied to their Housing Benefit. It should be noted however DHPs can be used by local authorities to mitigate rental shortfalls faced by claimants.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Swindon"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justin Tomlinson"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-06T16:10:32.72Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing Benefit"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average shortfall is between housing benefit and the rent of people affected by the benefit cap who are in receipt of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) employment support allowance, (c) income support and (d) another benefit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/199", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Karen Buck"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Karen Buck"}
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