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381114

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Ashfield that would be affected by a household benefit cap of £23,000.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	2387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:19:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

381128

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the discretionary housing payments fund when the benefit cap is reduced to £23,000 per year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of the policy will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:16:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

381129

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the information his Department holds on regional differences in the effect of the benefits cap on families of different sizes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A suite of evaluation reports was published on 15 December 2014, finding those who would be impacted by the benefit cap were 41 per cent more likely to go into work and 38 per cent of those capped said they were doing more to find work. Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further statistics are available by location and family size at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:31:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

381130

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2015 to Question 144, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) claimants aged 18 to 21 with a dependent child and (b) dependent children who will be affected by the planned changes to housing benefit for people aged 18 to 21; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 15 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=QuestionsWithAnswersOnly&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=1696" target="_blank">UIN 1696</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/06/2015 14:27:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

381143

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to uprate the work allowance within universal credit in 2016-17 and 2017-18; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	2447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to uprate the work allowance within Universal Credit in 2016-17 and 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/06/2015 11:51:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

353857

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Incapacity Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the projected cost is of his Department's appeal relating to the Information Commissioner's decision on his Department's report entitled Incapacity Benefits: Deaths of Claimants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is only able to provide an estimate for the costs of its ligation solicitors and Counsel. At present, these costs have been estimated at between £3,600 to £6,000 inclusive of VAT (£3,000 to £5,000 excluding VAT).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 13:57:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

353864

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with one or more person employed in the London Borough of Southwark claim housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	2293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The Information for those in work is only available for Housing Benefit (HB) recipients whose claim is not passported: that is for those who do not receive either income support, Jobseeker’s Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit). This information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 12:18:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

353865

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single parent households, (b) households with dependent children, (c) households with a disabled member, (d) pensioner households and (e) households with one or more person employed in the London Borough of Southwark are subject to the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	2294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Benefit cap statistics for February 2015, published in May 2015 (the latest available information) can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of households subject to the benefit cap in the London Borough of Southwark in February, was 210. Of those households:</p><p>a) 160 were single parent households.</p><p>b) 200 households had dependent children.</p><p>c) Households with someone in receipt of the following disability related benefits are exempt from the cap - Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and its replacement Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance where the support component has been awarded, Industrial Injuries Benefits (IIB), Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) (Guaranteed Income Payments) and, before 6 April 2005, the War Pension Scheme (WPS) (this includes war widow's/widower's pension and war disablement pension).</p><p>d) None. The benefit cap applies to working-age households.</p><p>e) Households with one or more persons employed and entitled to Working Tax Credit are exempt from the cap.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 14:10:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

353866

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the London Borough of Southwark have been subject to the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	2295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of households that have been subject to the benefit cap from its introduction on 15 April 2013, until February 2015, the latest available information, in the Local Authority of Southwark is 450.</p><p> </p><p>The data has been taken from Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 12:23:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

353877

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government meets its commitment to eradicate child poverty by 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to driving real change in children’s lives, by tackling the root causes of poverty such as entrenched worklessness, family breakdown, problem debt, and drug and alcohol dependency.</p><p> </p><p>There are 300,000 fewer children living in relative poverty since 2010. We know that work is the best route out of poverty and the number of children growing up in workless families is at a record low. As a result of the introduction of Universal Credit, we estimate around 3.2 million households across the UK will be better off and up to 300,000 more people will enter work due to improved financial incentives. We are doubling the amount of free childcare to 30 hours of childcare for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds, making it easier for them to go back to work.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/06/2015 14:50:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms