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1454878

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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	Pension Credit: North West Norfolk
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 people who are entitled to pension credit in North West Norfolk constituency who are not in receipt of it.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	148406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit are only available at the Great Britain level.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020 and can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/03/2022 12:36:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1453557

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	Maternity Pay
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 23 February 2022 to Question 125365 and 8 March 2022 to Question 134067 on Maternity Allowance, and with reference to the data on Statutory Maternity Pay starts provided by HMRC in Freedom of Information Act responses dated 5 June 2019 (FOI2019/01113) and 24 September 2021 (FOI2021/20932), what assessment she has made of the reasons for the absence of any decline in the number of Statutory Maternity Pay starts over the period in which the number of grants of Maternity Allowance to employed women has fallen by 45 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	145959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Statutory Maternity Pay is delivered through HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold the raw data on Statutory Maternity Payment starts.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/03/2022 13:35:33 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1453393

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
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	Bereavement Benefits: Parents
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 introduce a bereavement support payment for parents who were full-time carers of a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition following the child's death.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	144993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce a Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) for parents who were full-time carer’s of a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition.</p><p> </p><p>BSP is payable to working-age people following the death of a spouse or civil partner. BSP is a contributory benefit, based on the late spouse or civil partner’s National Insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p>For support with funeral costs, the Children’s Funeral Fund ensures that bereaved parents do not have to meet the costs of a burial or cremation for their child. Where the bereaved parent is also on qualifying benefit, they may also receive support through the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme to help towards the cost of a funeral.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/03/2022 13:27:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1452208

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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	Universal Credit: Deductions
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 3 March 2022 to Question 129166 on Universal Credit: Deductions, how many children were living in households in receipt of universal credit and subject to deductions in the most recent month for which data are available, by parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	141987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of supporting the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. We seek to balance recovery of debt against not causing hardship for claimants and their families.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, we have reduced the normal maximum rate of deductions in Universal Credit from 40% to 25% of a claimant’s Standard Allowance. These positive measures were put in place to support claimants to manage financial difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 30/03/2022 15:12:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley attachment 1 file name PQ 141987.xlsx title Table previous answer version 59540 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1441617

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Off-payroll Working: National Insurance Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the rise in National Insurance contributions from April, what financial support they will provide to support employees of umbrella companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL6971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has consistently said that the best way to support people’s living standards is through good work, better skills, and higher wages. To that end the Government has taken decisive action to make work pay by cutting the Universal Credit taper rate from 63% to 55%, meaning that claimants will be able to keep more of their earnings. At the same time, we have also increased the Work Allowance by £500 a year, this is the amount that households with children or a household member with limited capability for work can earn before their Universal Credit award starts to be tapered, meaning many claimants will be able to earn over £550 each month before their Universal Credit begins to be reduced.</p><p>The taper is applied to earnings net of tax, national insurance contributions, including the proposed increase from April, and 100 per cent occupational/personal pension contributions.</p><p>Reducing the taper rate from 63% to 55% means that the marginal effective tax rate for someone paying basic rate tax and national insurance will fall from around 75% before these changes to under 70% in 22-23 (this is after accounting for the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy).</p><p>In the Spring Statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the earnings threshold where people start paying National Insurance would increase to £12,570 from 6 July, which is worth over £330 a year for employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 30/03/2022 15:10:38 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1440796

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of tenants who will be able to obtain a Discretionary Housing Payment from their local authority in 2022-23 to help cover a shortfall arising from the impact of the benefit cap, spare room subsidy and freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates as a result of the Government's decision to reduce funding from £140 million in 2021-22 to £100 million in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	139255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011, the government has provided almost £1.5 billion in Discretionary Housing Payments to local authorities to help support claimants who require further financial assistance with housing costs.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the central government contribution, of £100 million for 2022/23, English and Welsh local authorities can top up Discretionary Housing Payment funding up to a maximum of two and a half times this figure using their own funds.</p><p> </p><p>We also provide local authorities with non-statutory guidance to assist with their decision making. This includes supporting those who are impacted by the Local Housing Allowance, Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy and the benefit cap.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 30/03/2022 15:03:38 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1440803

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Universal Credit
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 note on the cover report for the Universal Credit Programme Board’s meeting of 22 October 2019, what follow-up actions were agreed between the then Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office and the Director General of Universal Credit to tackle the difficulties faced by vulnerable claimants when moving onto Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	139262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit (PMIU) conducted a deep dive on the effectiveness of support for vulnerable Universal Credit (UC) claimants. DWP and PMIU worked together to consider these findings in detail.</p><p>Following a suspension during the response to the pandemic, this work is continuing on further improvements to the customer journey, especially for vulnerable claimants. This includes having established a new Customer Experience Directorate to ensure that the Department has the services and tools in place to help the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 30/03/2022 14:59:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck