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1702004

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date	17/04/2024
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	Unemployment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rise in (1) unemployment, and (2) economic inactivity, highlighted in the Office for National Statistics data, published on 16 April; and what steps they are taking to support individuals transitioning back into employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department monitors a wide range of indicators to understand trends in employment, unemployment and inactivity. This is in line with advice from the ONS who say “we would advise caution when interpreting short-term changes in headline rates and recommend using them as part of our suite of labour market indicators” given the recent volatility in Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates.</p><p> </p><p>DWP supports people across the country to move into and progress in work and is committed to reducing economic inactivity. The Department delivers comprehensive employment support including through face-to-face time with Work Coaches in our Jobcentres and via more intensive contracted employment programmes. Last year we also announced a wide range of additional support via the Spring Budget and the Back to Work Plan including extending and expanding our Restart scheme, announcing our new WorkWell service and expanding Additional Jobcentre Support.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 01/05/2024 13:12:58 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1701628

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	Jobcentres: Knighton
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether all residents of Knighton, regardless of whether they reside in the English or Welsh parts of the town, have access to the town’s job centre.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL3859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Universal Credit operates on postcodes therefore when a claim is made, the individual will be automatically assigned to the Jobcentre which serves that postcode. Customers in Knighton are allocated to Llandrindod Wells Jobcentre Plus.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/04/2024 13:24:26 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1700681

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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: Parkinson's Disease
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide targeted financial support for people with long-term conditions such as Parkinson’s disease during the cost of living crisis.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL3739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living, including people with Parkinson’s disease. Over recent years, the government has demonstrated its commitment to supporting the most vulnerable with one of the largest support packages in Europe. The total support over 2022- 2025 to help households and individuals with higher bills amounts to £108 billion – an average of £3,800 per UK household.</p><p> </p><p>We provided a Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 in June/July 2023 to people in receipt of certain disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA). This is in addition to the £150 payment paid in September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that nearly 60 per cent of individuals who received an extra costs disability benefit would have received the means-tested benefit Cost of Living Payments, worth up to £900. Over 85 per cent would have received either or both of the means-tested and the £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment.</p><p> </p><p>We also increased extra costs disability benefits by 10.1 per cent from April 2023 and by 6.7% from April 2024 in line with the Consumer Price Index.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/04/2024 16:01:15 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

1700736

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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: Uprating
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion and number of universal credit claimants will be subject to the benefit cap following April's benefit uprating and increase in the local housing allowance; and what proportion and number will receive less than the full uprating and increase in Local Housing Allowance because of the cap.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. The latest figures show that 77,000 households were capped at November 2023. Benefit cap statistics released in September 2024 will show the number of households capped at May 2024.</p><p> </p><p>There are various factors that determine whether a household is exempt or brought into scope of the benefit cap.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/04/2024 16:53:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1700757

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many benefit claimants with an address in Ludlow have been sanctioned for failing to keep appointments at the Jobcentre in Leominster in 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL3799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly Universal Credit sanction statistics showing the number of adverse sanction decisions made are published every three months on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>, and are available by Jobcentre Plus office and referral reason, and are currently available to October 2023. Statistics to January 2024 are scheduled to be published on 14 May 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/04/2024 11:15:47 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1700758

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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: Ludlow
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many benefit claimants with an address in Ludlow visited the Jobcentre in Leominster and were refused travel costs in 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL3800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/04/2024 16:41:57 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker