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631004

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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: Lancashire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of households in (1) the County of Lancashire, and (2) the Borough of Pendle, that will experience reductions in their housing benefit as a result of the new cap introduced on 7 November; and what will be the total estimated annual reduction in each area.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>It is estimated that around 1,700 households in the County of Lancashire and 100 households in the Borough of Pendle will be affected by the lower benefit cap in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The annual benefit reduction from the lower cap is estimated to be around £3,900,000 in the County of Lancashire and £200,000 in the Borough of Pendle in 2016/17 if the cap was in place for the full financial year, however actual savings will be much lower in view of the lower cap only applying to the latter part of the year.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates assume no behavioural responses - any behavioural responses to the lower cap, such as claimants moving into employment, would cause the number of households affected to reduce.</li><li>The number of capped households has been rounded to the nearest 100 households</li><li>Annual benefit reduction has been rounded to the nearest £100,000 per year.</li><li>Modelling for this assessment was conducted using administrative records held by the Department for Work and Pensions containing amounts of benefit paid (including Child Benefit, as paid by HM Revenue and Customs) and indicators of receipt of Working Tax Credit and exemption benefits such as Disability Living Allowance. This enables the separation of households into those excluded from the cap, and those which will be subject to it and by how much. The administrative records relate to November 2015, but have been adjusted to reflect the future benefit regime.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>The benefit cap will be lowered from 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it will be lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households). To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide £870m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/11/2016 14:17:30 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

631075

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the earnings threshold for carer's allowance to enable those who work 16 hours a week on the living wage to be eligible.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	52037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government keeps the Carer’s Allowance earnings limit under regular review and increases it when it is warranted and affordable.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer she received on 25 April 2016 in response to UIN34752</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-04-20/34752/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-04-20/34752/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/11/2016 17:11:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

631097

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new household benefit cap on homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	52110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>I am replying to this question as assessments of the effect of the benefit cap are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</p><p>Evaluation evidence in relation to the existing cap showed very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small numbers of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</p><p>Where claimants need further financial support with their housing costs in order to adjust to the benefit cap, for example while they find work or move to more suitable accommodation, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments.</p><p>To help Local Authorities protect the most vulnerable and to support households adjusting to the reforms, the Government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/11/2016 16:13:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

631248

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which contracts in his Department operate on a payment by results basis.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	52111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department will not pay suppliers that do not fulfil their contractual obligations. In that respect all contracts managed by the Department operate on a payment by results basis.</p><p>I have however interpreted the question as relating to contracts designed to help people back into employment, where suppliers are paid for individual job outcomes.</p><p>The following contracts operate on this basis:</p><p>Work Choice</p><p>Specialist Employability Support (SES)</p><p>Access to Work (AtW) Mental Health support service</p><p>Access to Work (AtW) Assessments</p><p>European Social Fund Contracts (ESF)</p><p>Work Programme (WP)</p><p>Community Work Placements (CWP)</p><p>Youth Engagement Fund (YEF)</p><p>New Enterprise Allowance (Phase 1)</p><p>Relationship Support Contracts</p><p>Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) – in part</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Work Choice – 29 contracts. Payment by results is linked to job outcomes and sustained job outcomes which relate to 50% of the income</p><p>Specialist Employability Support (SES) – 6 contract. Payment by results with same design as Work Choice.</p><p>Access to Work (AtW) Mental Health support service – 7 contracts. Payment by results linked to delivery of support to customers</p><p>Access to Work (AtW) Assessments – 7 contracts. Payment by results linked to delivery of assessments</p><p>European Social Fund Contracts (ESF) – 31 contracts. Payment by result linked to job outcomes and sustained job outcomes.</p><p>Work Programme (WP) – 41 contracts. Payment by result linked to job outcomes and sustained job outcomes.</p><p>Community Work Placements (CWP) – 18 contract Payment by result linked to four outcomes.</p><p>Youth Engagement Fund (YEF) – 4 contracts Payment by results relating to six outcomes</p><p>New Enterprise Allowance (Phase 1) – 15 Contracts Payment by result for four outcomes</p><p>Relationship Support Contracts – 5 separate contracts that use a mix of outcome result payments (36%) and output payments.</p><p>Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) – 10 live contracts in place which include payments by results in the form of client job starts and job outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/11/2016 14:44:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

631249

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Scottish residents will have their incomes affected by changes to the state pension; and whether all those people have been contacted to inform them of the effect of such changes.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	52141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department cannot model the impact of the new State Pension at a regional or country specific level. Impacts for the whole of Great Britain can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has promoted awareness of State Pension changes in England, Wales and Scotland through a communications campaign since November 2014, which has included advertisements in newspapers, online and on radio.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 52142 question first answered 14/11/2016 16:22:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

631250

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Pension Credit
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 receiving pension credit payments have deferred their state pension in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	52159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on those that have yet to claim their State Pension. Information on how many people receiving Pension Credit payments have deferred their State Pension is not available.</p><p>Any Pension Credit recipients who have deferred claiming their State Pension have the full value of that deferred State Pension taken into account on a pound for pound basis when calculating their entitlement to Pension Credit.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/11/2016 15:04:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

631251

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: Scotland
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 (a) average individual change and (b) cumulative change of Scottish residents who will have their incomes affected by changes to the UK state pension.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	52142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department cannot model the impact of the new State Pension at a regional or country specific level. Impacts for the whole of Great Britain can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has promoted awareness of State Pension changes in England, Wales and Scotland through a communications campaign since November 2014, which has included advertisements in newspapers, online and on radio.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 52141 question first answered 14/11/2016 16:22:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

631252

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Scottish households his Department has contacted on the reduction in the benefit cap; what the average change in income is to each Scottish household affected by the lower camp; and what the overall cumulative change is to household incomes in Scotland resulting from the lower cap.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	52143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Claimants in a household potentially affected by the cap were notified in advance and the estimated number of households affected by the lower cap in Scotland is available in the latest Impact Assessment published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is estimated that the income of each Scottish household affected by the lower cap will be reduced by an average of £67 per week, and that the total reduction in the income of all Scottish households affected by the lower cap is estimated to be £350,000 per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates assume no behavioural responses - any behavioural responses to the lower cap, such as claimants moving into employment, would cause the number of households affected to reduce.</li><li>The total reduction has been rounded to the nearest £10,000 per week</li><li>The methodology used to estimate the households affected by the cap and the average reduction is consistent with that described in the latest impact assessment published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></li></ol><p> </p><p>The benefit cap will be lowered from 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it will be lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households). To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide £870m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17. Information about this and other measures to ease the transition for families affected by this policy change is included in the latest impact assessment at the link above.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2016 17:39:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

631253

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken regional cost-benefit analyses on the effect of imposing a housing benefit cap in areas with local housing allowance rates.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	52202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p>The latest impact assessment for the lower benefit cap is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/11/2016 15:23:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

631255

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many referrals of child maintenance debtors to credit reference agencies have been made since March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	51999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department is committed to the policy of referring those defaulting on their child maintenance payments to credit reference agencies.</p><p>Following the change in legislation in March 2015, we have been working with the credit reference agencies to put in place a process to share liability order information. We are currently working with the credit reference agencies to negotiate a cost effective contract for this data service.</p><p>To date no liability order information has been shared, but it is CMG’s intention to do so as soon as possible.</p><p>As at 7<sup>th</sup> November 2016 there are a total of 1,152 cases prepared and ready to share with credit reference agencies; we plan to disclose this information with credit reference agencies once an appropriate process is in place. In the interim we continue to issue warning letters to prompt action by non-resident parents to settle their arrears, and will where appropriate consider other enforcement actions on these cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2016 16:55:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck