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date	12/04/2021
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: Young People
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 under the age of 25 were refused Discretionary Housing Payment (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority area in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	179064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>As Discretionary Housing Payments are administered by Local Authorities the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data available on Discretionary Housing Payments is the following set of official statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:03:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1307339

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to review the universal credit rate for young people who live alone.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	179065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Universal Credit rate for under 25s reflects the lower wages that younger workers typically receive. Universal Credit also includes separate elements to provide support for housing costs, children and childcare costs and support for disabled people and carers. These additional amounts are provided to claimants at the same level irrespective of age.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to review this at present. OBR figures show we have injected over £8bn into the welfare system in 2020/21, and we have extended the £20 a week increase to Universal Credit for a further six months. This increase is supporting millions of people across the UK, including those under 25.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:10:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1307340

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Young People
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 she has made of the potential merits of making people under the age of 25 living in supported accommodation eligible for the work allowance under universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	179066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change eligibility for work allowances in Universal Credit. Work allowances are focussed on providing extra support for those with children or limited capability to work. All Universal Credit claimants who are in work and earn above any applicable work allowance will benefit from the single 63% taper rate which reduces their Universal Credit at a consistent and predictable rate and by less than they are earning.</p><p> </p><p>To support young people into employment we are investing £2bn to support the creation of quality jobs via our Kickstart scheme, which is already creating thousands of high-quality jobs for young people.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, our DWP Youth Offer provides wrap-around support for 18-24 year olds in the intensive work search group, helping young people access provision stood up as part of the Plan for Jobs, alongside local work related provision.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:36:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes