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800764

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children aged less than 17 receive (a) disability living allowance, (b) personal independence payments and (c) armed forces independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	117385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) caseloads (i.e. claims in payment) broken down by year of age can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) is a weekly benefit which can be claimed by current or former members of the armed forces who were seriously injured whilst in the armed forces. There are currently no AFIP claimants under the age of 17.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/12/2017 14:11:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

846188

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to exclude children's benefits including child benefit and the child element of universal credit from the scope of the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	128874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The exclusion of child related benefits would undermine one of the key drivers for introducing the benefit cap that ultimately, there has to be a limit to the overall amount of financial support that households in receipt of out of work benefits can expect to receive in welfare payments. Child related benefits including Child Benefit, like other welfare benefits, are provided by the state and funded by tax payers. The Government believes it is right that it is taken into account along with other state benefits when applying the cap.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/02/2018 17:25:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

882316

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of exempting children under child arrangement orders from the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <ul><li>The Government acknowledges the immense value of care given by family and friend carers, who look after children whose parents are unable to provide the necessary care themselves. This was discussed during the passage of the Work and Welfare Reform Act 2016.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Family and friend carers are able to receive support for the children in their care through the benefit system as they have access to child benefit and child tax credit on <strong>the same</strong> basis as parents.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>A cap at £23,000 in Greater London is equivalent to gross family earnings of around £29,000. A cap at £20,000 in the rest of GB is equivalent to gross family earnings of around £25,000</li><li>If we are to treat family and friend carers in the same way as parents for the other facets of the benefits system then it is right that the benefit cap principles should apply in the same way for family and friend carers as they do for parents.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Where claimants need further financial support, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs). The funding for DHPs is specifically aimed at a number of groups who are likely to be particularly affected by the benefit cap. These include people with family and friend care responsibilities.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:34:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

882313

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of families whose benefit entitlement exceeds the benefit cap as a result of looking after children under child arrangements orders.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold any data that identifies families with a child under child arrangements order.</p><p> </p><p>The lower cap is still the equivalent of gross family earnings of £25k, and £29k in London. Where claimants need further financial support, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments. The funding for DHPs is specifically aimed at a number of groups who are likely to be particularly affected by the benefit cap. These include people with family and friend care responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:31:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

900514

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 April 2018, HCWS653, what the timescale is for removing the ordering restriction on exceptions to the two-child limit for children in kinship care and adopted children.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	142308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Extending the existing exceptions for these children will require regulatory change via the negative procedure. The Department for Work and Pensions will bring regulations forward as soon as possible in relation to Universal Credit, alongside Child Tax Credit regulations to be brought forward by HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is working closely with HM Treasury and HMRC to consider how best to achieve the operational changes in order to implement this extension as soon as possible and will make further announcements at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 142309 question first answered 14/05/2018 13:39:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

900516

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 April 2018, HCWS653, whether she plans to backdate awards of tax credits and universal credit to claimants who will become eligible for that support under the proposed changes announced in that statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	142309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Extending the existing exceptions for these children will require regulatory change via the negative procedure. The Department for Work and Pensions will bring regulations forward as soon as possible in relation to Universal Credit, alongside Child Tax Credit regulations to be brought forward by HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is working closely with HM Treasury and HMRC to consider how best to achieve the operational changes in order to implement this extension as soon as possible and will make further announcements at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 142308 question first answered 14/05/2018 13:39:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

904190

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government’s decision to remove the ordering restriction on exceptions to the two-child limit for the child element of Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit for children in kinship care and adopted children, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of that two-child limit on women who have conceived a child through non-consensual sexual intercourse and who then subsequently choose to have two further children with a new partner.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	143798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/05/2018 16:06:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

917209

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her decision to amend the ordering restriction on the exemption from the two child limit for children in kinship care, whether she has plans to amend the ordering restriction on the exemption for children born as a result of non-consensual conception.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	149575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>We currently have no plans to make further amendments to the policy.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/06/2018 14:40:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

927848

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the two-child benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	155867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The policy to provide additional Universal Credit support for a maximum of two children encourages families who receive benefits to make the same financial decisions as those families who support themselves solely through work.</p><p> </p><p>Exceptions are an important part of the policy and we have always been clear they will be delivered in the most effective, compassionate way, with the right safeguards in place.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the impact of the policy. <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-04-27/HCWS653/" target="_blank">Written Statement HCWS653</a> on 27 April outlined a recent change to the policy</p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that Child Benefit continues to be paid for all children plus an additional amount for any disabled children. Additional help for eligible childcare costs are also available regardless of the total number of children in the household.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/06/2018 12:18:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

933977

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with three or more children received (a) tax credits and (b) universal credit from April 2017 in (i) Wirral, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	159588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be made available at disproportionate cost. National data regarding the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children in both Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/07/2018 15:31:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern