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1684513

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: 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 information his Department holds on the number of households in receipt of the housing element of Universal Credit; how many of those households have rent that exceeds the local housing allowance rate; and whether he has made an estimate of the median gap between household rent and the local housing allowance in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales for the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	11095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 11097 11098 11099 11100 question first answered 31/01/2024 16:54:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Table 1.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1684516

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: 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 in receipt of local housing allowance (LHA) in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the LHA; and what the median gap is between the rent and the LHA for those households also in receipt of (a) income support, (b) income-related employment support allowance and (c) income-related jobseeker’s allowance in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales, for the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	11097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 11095 11098 11099 11100 question first answered 31/01/2024 16:54:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Table 1.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1684517

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: 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 in receipt of universal credit in the private rented sector with the housing element in payment have one or more members with limited capability for work and/or for work-related activity; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents that exceed the local housing allowance (LHA) rate; and what the median gap is between the rent and the LHA in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	11098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 11095 11097 11099 11100 question first answered 31/01/2024 16:54:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Table 1.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1684518

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: 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 in the private rented sector there are in receipt of housing benefit in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the local housing allowance (LHA) rate; and what the median gap is between the rent and the LHA rate, for each broad rental market area in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	11099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 11095 11097 11098 11100 question first answered 31/01/2024 16:54:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Table 1.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1684519

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: 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 there are in the private rented sector in receipt of universal credit with the housing element in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the local housing allowance (LHA); and what the median gap is between the rent and the LHA, for each broad rental market area in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, for the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	11100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rents. This will mean 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (UC) will gain on average around £800 a year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024-25. This is at a cost of £7bn over five years.</p><p>The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually. That review includes consideration of current rents, as well as the broader fiscal context. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas: instead it ensures that claimants in similar circumstances and area are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and require additional support Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available from local authorities. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities for households who need additional support with their housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 11095 11097 11098 11099 question first answered 31/01/2024 16:54:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Table 1.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1681323

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) males, and (2) females, aged (a) 15 to 17, (b) 18 to 20, (c) 21 to 24, (d) 25 to 29, (e) 30 to 39, (f) 40 to 49, (g) 50 to 59, (h) 60 to 69, (i) 70 to 79, and (j) 80 and older, are currently in prison, broken down by offence category.
tabling member printed	Lord Garnier
uin	HL1415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The data requested are in the attached tables.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy attachment 1 file name 2024-01-24 PQ HL1415-Final.xlsx title Table 1 2 file name 2024-01-24 PQ HL1416-Final.xlsx title Table 2 grouped question UIN HL1416 question first answered 25/01/2024 17:43:06 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier

1681324

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people currently in prison aged 80 or older are serving a sentence they originally received when aged (1) 15 to 17, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 39, (6) 40 to 49, (7) 50 to 59, (8) 60 to 69, and (9) 70 and older.
tabling member printed	Lord Garnier
uin	HL1416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The data requested are in the attached tables.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy attachment 1 file name 2024-01-24 PQ HL1415-Final.xlsx title Table 1 2 file name 2024-01-24 PQ HL1416-Final.xlsx title Table 2 grouped question UIN HL1415 question first answered 25/01/2024 17:43:06 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier

1670616

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate Service: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints he has received about the performance of the probate service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	2309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2023 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of complaints about the performance of the probate service in each of the last five years.</p><p>HMCTS has significantly increased staffing levels in Probate over the past year to help process applications faster. The training and upskilling of those new and existing staff have led to applications taking longer in the short term.</p><p>HMCTS have streamlined internal processes to cut down on administrative delay and reduce processing times. We are continuing to invest in improving digital systems and online filing capabilities so users can track progress more easily.</p><p>HMCTS does not collate the management information on how many errors by the probate service caused delays to the processing of applications.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 2311 question first answered 24/11/2023 12:06:42 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2023-11-24 PQ 2309 2311 Table.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1670619

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times errors by the probate service caused delays to the processing of applications in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	2311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2023 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of complaints about the performance of the probate service in each of the last five years.</p><p>HMCTS has significantly increased staffing levels in Probate over the past year to help process applications faster. The training and upskilling of those new and existing staff have led to applications taking longer in the short term.</p><p>HMCTS have streamlined internal processes to cut down on administrative delay and reduce processing times. We are continuing to invest in improving digital systems and online filing capabilities so users can track progress more easily.</p><p>HMCTS does not collate the management information on how many errors by the probate service caused delays to the processing of applications.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 2309 question first answered 24/11/2023 12:06:42 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2023-11-24 PQ 2309 2311 Table.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1665325

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 10 most common Criminal Justice System offence codes were for which custodial sentences of between (a) 14 days and six months and (b) six months and 12 months were handed down by courts in England and Wales in (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23; and how many sentences of those lengths were handed down in relation to each offence code.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	202942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of custodial sentences issued for criminal offences, broken down by sentence length, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, sentence length is not specifically broken down in the tool to identify those between 14 days and 6 months, and therefore this information is provided in Table 1 for calendar years 2021 and 2022, the most recently published periods. The requested information for custodial sentences of more than 6 months and up to 12 months is available in the tool linked above. Data for calendar year 2023 will be published in May 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Our long-term plan to use prisons better will keep the most dangerous offenders behind bars for longer while reforming short term prison sentences. As part of the measures recently announced by the Lord Chancellor, we will legislate for a presumption that custodial sentences of less than twelve months in prison will be suspended, and offenders will serve their sentences in the community instead. This will cut crime and lead to fewer victims.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing remains a matter for the independent judiciary and sometimes a short custodial sentence is the right and just option. So prolific offenders unwilling to comply with community orders or other orders of court will continue to feel the full force of our justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/10/2023 09:32:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-10-20 PQ 202942 table.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry