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715178

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 savings to his Department arising from the application of the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	69693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Estimated savings for Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy were published at Budget 2013 as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 - £465 million</p><p>2014/15 - £465 million</p><p>2015/16 - £465 million</p><p>2016/17 - £470 million</p><p>2017/18 - £470 million</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 69695 question first answered 18/04/2017 14:06:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

715179

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 savings to his Department arising from the application of the under-occupancy penalty in the current financial year and each of the next three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	69695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Estimated savings for Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy were published at Budget 2013 as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 - £465 million</p><p>2014/15 - £465 million</p><p>2015/16 - £465 million</p><p>2016/17 - £470 million</p><p>2017/18 - £470 million</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 69693 question first answered 18/04/2017 14:06:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

711540

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 19 January 2017 to Question 60098, what progress has been made on amending the regulations governing the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	68121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The regulations in relation to two Supreme Court judgments concerning the removal of the spare room subsidy were laid on 2 March 2017 and will come into force on 1 April 2017. <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/213/pdfs/uksi_20170213_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/213/pdfs/uksi_20170213_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>From this date an additional bedroom will be allowed, subject to certain criteria, where a disabled child or adult non-dependant requires a non-resident overnight carer (or team of carers); or where a couple one of whom (or both) are disabled and those disabilities prevent them from sharing a bedroom.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/03/2017 14:52:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

673619

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to announce what changes are required to comply with the terms of the Supreme Court ruling of November 2016 on the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	60098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is taking action to make changes to the regulations in order to comply with the terms of the judgment. The Social Security Advisory Committee and Local Authority Associations are being consulted about the changes in the usual way. The Department will also be issuing guidance to Local Authorities ready for when the changes are in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/01/2017 16:07:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

670340

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of its policies of the Supreme Court ruling in November 2016 on the under occupancy penalty; and what estimate he has made of how many people in (a) Southwark and (b) England were incorrectly charged.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	59245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>We are considering the Supreme Court judgment and what changes are required to comply with its terms, including additional exemptions where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Claims are assessed by local authorities in line with the Housing Benefit or Universal Credit regulations that apply at the time.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants affected by the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy policy are able to apply to their local authority for a Discretionary Housing Payment. In the previous Parliament, we significantly increased funding for Discretionary Housing Payments to £470 million and we have already committed a further £870 million in Discretionary Housing Payment funding between 2016/17 and 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/01/2017 15:14:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

647295

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) East Ham constituency, (b) the London Borough of Newham and (c) Greater London have been classified as under-occupying their homes in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The figures requested are in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Households classified as under-occupying: East Ham constituency, 2013-2016</strong></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>August 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Households classified as under-occupying: London Borough of Newham, 2013-2016</strong></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>August 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Households classified as under-occupying: Greater London, 2013-2016</strong></p><p><em>Thousands</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>August 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>48.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>45.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>41.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><em>Constituency and Local Authority figures have been rounded to the nearest ten, and regional figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</em></li><li><em>Figures are numbers of households receiving Housing Benefit with a spare room subsidy deduction. This policy only affects working age households in the social rented sector.</em></li><li><em>Figures have not been provided for August 2012 as the social rented sector spare room subsidy policy did not exist until April 2013.</em></li><li><em>A small number of households now receive their housing support through Universal Credit. The table covers Housing Benefit only as equivalent Universal Credit data are not yet available.</em></li></ol> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/12/2016 15:23:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

644376

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Greater Manchester have been classified as under occupying their homes in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Andy Burnham
uin	54972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The figures requested are in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Households classified as under-occupying: Greater Manchester, 2013-2016</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>35.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>31.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><em>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</em></li><li><em>Figures are numbers of households receiving Housing Benefit with a spare room subsidy deduction. This policy only affects working age households in the social rented sector.</em></li><li><em>Figures have not been provided for August 2012 as the social rented sector spare room subsidy policy did not exist until April 2013.</em></li><li><em>A small number of households now receive their housing support through Universal Credit. The table covers Housing Benefit only as equivalent Universal Credit data are not yet available.</em></li></ol> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/11/2016 16:16:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1427 label Biography information for Andy Burnham

643160

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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: Social Rented Housing
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 Answers of 16 November 2016 to Questions 52327 and 52328, on housing benefit: social rented housing, whether his Department plans to consult on further exemptions to the shared accommodation rate.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	54447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The existing exemptions that already apply to private rented sector tenants will be extended into the social rented sector. Those living in supported accommodation will be exempt from the Shared Accommodation Rate from 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who don’t fall within one of the exemptions may apply for a Discretionary Housing Payment if they require more support, and we have already committed £870 million in overall DHP funding over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/11/2016 15:26:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

638435

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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: Social Rented Housing
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 Oral Answer of 14 November 2016, Official Report, column 30, what the entire amount spent by his Department was on every stage of legal action defending the under-occupancy penalty; and how many hours, at what cost, officials spent working on that case.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	53598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The total legal costs of the proceedings in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in respect of MA &amp; Others, Re A and Rutherford, which concerned the under-occupancy penalty, as of the 9 November 2016, when the Supreme Court judgement was handed down, was £484,077.94.</p><p>This figure includes the costs of the Supreme Court proceedings in respect of MA &amp; Others, Re A and Rutherford, as of the 9 November 2016, which was £206,842.65. Previous references to this figure were made during an Urgent Question debate and also in a recent PQ answer.</p><p>These can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-14/debates/D5D5E72C-3772-46E6-8A4F-15A8F8EBA19A/Under-OccupancyCharge" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-14/debates/D5D5E72C-3772-46E6-8A4F-15A8F8EBA19A/Under-OccupancyCharge</a></p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=53044" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=53044</a></p><p>It should be noted that the above figures include Counsel’s fees, Government Legal Department litigation fees and other disbursements as well as VAT where payable.</p><p>Government Legal Department litigation have worked approximately 1365.9 hours in relation to these proceedings. Time spent by Government advisory lawyers is not recorded in a manner that allows it to be attributed to individual cases. Time spent by policy officials supporting lawyers is also not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/11/2016 16:39:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

631991

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of extending the shared accommodation rate to social rented housing on the ability of single people under the age of 35 to move on from supported accommodation into general needs social rented housing given the Government's decision to exempt single under 35 year olds from the shared accommodation rate while living in supported accommodation only.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	52327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Full impact and equality impact assessments will be undertaken in due course.</p><p> </p><p>It should however be noted that a number of exemptions to the shared accommodation rate already exist for the under 35s in the private rented sector and, as a minimum, they will be brought forward in relation to general needs housing in the Social Rented Sector. The exemptions are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Those with children or non-dependents;</li><li>Care leavers until the age of 22;</li><li>Certain homeless people;</li><li>People over 25 leaving prison where their housing has been arranged under the Multi Agency Public Protection (MAPPA)</li><li>Those requiring overnight care or for HB are in receipt of the severe disability premium; or receive the middle or higher rate of disability living allowance or the daily living component of a personal independent payment (or the armed forces independence payment and no one receives carers allowance in respect of them). Therefore only those that fall out of these exemptions i.e. young people who are able to work and around a third of ESA/LCW/LCWRA who are not on Severe Disability Premium/PIP daily living component will be impacted.</li></ul> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 52328 question first answered 16/11/2016 16:09:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy