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350016

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission on the Government's progress on the poverty reduction targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions met periodically with the Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission over the course of the last Parliament. As yet, there have been no discussions in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/06/2015 15:23:38 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350018

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made towards meeting the 2020 poverty reduction targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to driving real change in children’s lives, by tackling the root causes of poverty such as entrenched worklessness, family breakdown, problem debt, and drug and alcohol dependency.</p><p> </p><p>There are 300,000 fewer children living in relative poverty since 2010. We know that work is the best route out of poverty and the number of children growing up in workless families is at a record low. As a result of the introduction of Universal Credit, we estimate around 3.2 million households across the UK will be better off and up to 300,000 more people will enter work due to improved financial incentives. We are doubling the amount of free childcare to 30 hours of childcare for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds, making it easier for them to go back to work.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/06/2015 15:58:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350020

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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: Islington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for discretionary housing payments were approved in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No information is held on how many new claims for Discretionary Housing Payment were approved in the London Borough of Islington or the Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years. In financial year 2013/14, local authorities were asked to report on the total number of Discretionary Housing Payments awards made but it is unknown how many of these were new claims. The Government’s analysis of Discretionary Housing Payment returns for 2013/14 is available at –</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:30:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350021

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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: Islington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of discretionary housing payment claimants in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency are in work.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No information is held on what proportion of Discretionary Housing Payment claimants in the London Borough of Islington or Islington and Finsbury South constituency are in work.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:04:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350022

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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: Islington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 18 to 21 years in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency are in receipt of housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The information that is available refers to Housing Benefit (HB) recipients whose claim is passported, that is for those who receive income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>This information including HB recipients by age and number of children can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 15:00:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350027

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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: Islington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 18 to 21 years in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency who are currently in receipt of housing benefit have children.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The information that is available refers to Housing Benefit (HB) recipients whose claim is passported, that is for those who receive income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>This information including HB recipients by age and number of children can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/06/2015 14:54:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350029

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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: Islington South and Finsbury
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 were in receipt of a Discretionary Housing Payment in Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No information is held on how many people in Islington South and Finsbury constituency were in receipt of a Discretionary Housing Payment in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2015 13:07:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

350030

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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: Islington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for housing benefit were approved in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The available information on the number of new claims for housing benefit by local authority is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-statistics-on-speed-of-processing--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-statistics-on-speed-of-processing--2</a></p><p> </p><p>The same information by Parliamentary Constituency is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/06/2015 13:06:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry