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1537257

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Employment: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
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 help support people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction into work.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Kate Kniveton
uin	901929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>DWP offers a range of tailored support to help individuals recovering from a dependency move into work.</p><p> </p><p>The Individual Placement and Support for Drug and Alcohol Dependency programme blends intensive job-search and in-work support with clinical treatment to enable individuals with a dependency to overcome barriers to employment. IPS teams are currently operating in 46 Local Authority areas and the programme will rolled out to Local Authorities in England by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals with a history of drug or alcohol dependence can also receive tailored support from our dedicated work coaches, such as the adjustment of Universal Credit work-search requirements and access to the Access to Work grant for any adaptations required in the workplace. They are also able to gain priority access to the Work and Health Programme, which supports people to enter and stay in work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 31/10/2022 17:09:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton

1536840

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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 households are subject to the under-occupancy penalty on the basis of under-occupying two bedrooms or more in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	72962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The latest available data on households subject to the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant data sets are ‘Housing Benefit - Data from April 2018’ - which can be filtered by ‘Number of Spare Rooms’ and ‘Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies’ - and ‘Households on Universal Credit’ - which can be filtered by ‘Number of Spare Bedrooms’ and ‘Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies’.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 72963 question first answered 01/11/2022 18:00:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1536841

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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 households are subject to the under-occupancy penalty on the basis of under-occupying one bedroom in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	72963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The latest available data on households subject to the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant data sets are ‘Housing Benefit - Data from April 2018’ - which can be filtered by ‘Number of Spare Rooms’ and ‘Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies’ - and ‘Households on Universal Credit’ - which can be filtered by ‘Number of Spare Bedrooms’ and ‘Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies’.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 72962 question first answered 01/11/2022 18:00:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1536180

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment the Government has made of trends in the levels of violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	901845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Police data does not provide a fully reliable picture of trends of Violence Against Women and Girls. These crimes are often hidden and can go unreported to the police.</p><p>Pleasingly, levels of reporting have gone up. This may be in part be due to improvements in recording practices, but also because victims and survivors are more comfortable in coming forward.</p><p> </p><p>We want to see these increases, so the victims and survivors can be supported so more perpetrators are rightly brought to justice.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2022 16:29:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1536428

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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 and Child Support Tribunal: Appeals
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 help reduce the number of cases in which the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal finds in favour of the claimant following an appeal against a (a) benefit and (b) child maintenance decision.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	72272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The aim is to make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey. We are constantly looking to improve our processes and learn from tribunal outcomes. We have made improvements to our decision-making process to ensure that we not only gather all material evidence as early as possible but more that we carefully consider that evidence so that we identify the key facts that inform the decision made. Tribunals are independent and in considering the same evidence directly with the claimant, may obtain a different perspective and thereby reach a different conclusion.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to Child Maintenance decision making there is an accuracy strategy which has consistently delivered low levels of error (less than 1% of monetary value) as reported by NAO. This is aided by a proactive approach at the Mandatory Reconsideration stage where both parties are invited to submit further evidence, to help ensure we make the right decision.</p><p>We will continue to make improvements to our decision-making processes to help ensure that more people get the correct decision earlier in their claim journey.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/11/2022 17:37:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1536525

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps they are taking to ensure the benefits system does not penalise the entitlements of veterans also claiming a Military Pension or War Disability Pension.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	72432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>There are a number of different types of pensions that veterans may be able to receive depending on their personal circumstances (their age, their health and when they left the services etc). How these are treated in the benefit system will depend on the type of pension being paid and the DWP benefit they are in receipt of. DWP is committed to the Armed Forces Covenant which ensures that veterans are not subject to any disadvantage as a result of their service.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/11/2022 14:09:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1536537

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of the under-occupancy penalty on those receiving housing benefit payments in the context of the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	72195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>For 2021/22, a total of £434m worth of deductions were made for the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) in Great Britain. This includes households on Universal Credit and Housing Benefit. No wider assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The RSRS policy allows for the provision of an additional bedroom in certain circumstances such as disabled people and carers, foster carers, and parents of service personnel. Additionally, those in receipt of pension age housing benefit are exempt.</p><p> </p><p>Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP’s) are available for those who need additional support with housing costs. Since 2011 we have provided almost £1.5billion in DHP’s to local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced over £37bn of cost of living support earlier this year which includes an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £421m, running from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023. This is in addition to the energy bill support announced in September.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/11/2022 17:23:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1535886

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments were made to civil servants in her Department for relocation costs to government offices outside London in 2021
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	71333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>No re-location costs were paid to staff for moves from London to other locations during 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/11/2022 17:08:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1535957

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, If she will bring the taper rate for Housing Benefit in line with the Universal Credit taper rate.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	71009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to amend the taper rate in Housing Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/11/2022 17:20:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1536091

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Local Housing Allowance: Nottingham East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Local Housing Allowance rates increase in line with rents in Nottingham East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	71331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State reviews Local Housing Allowance rates annually.</p><p>In April 2020 Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates were increased to the 30th percentile of local rents. This investment of nearly £1 billion provided 1.5 million claimants with an average £600 more housing support in 2020/21 than they would otherwise have received.</p><p>LHA rates have been maintained at their increased levels since then, so that everyone who benefitted from the increase will continue to do so.</p><p>For those who require additional support with housing costs, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 we have provided almost £1.5 billion in DHPs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/11/2022 17:26:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome