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391323

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies <i>Living Standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK: 2015;</i> and how they plan to respond to the findings that nearly 63 per cent of British children living in poverty are in working families.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
uin	HL1667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The recent IFS report is positive about the Government’s new approach to tackling the root causes of poverty: they said that “focusing on a broad range of inputs into life chances and causes of poverty is sensible.” They also add that “family worklessness certainly is a sensible thing to track if one wants to reduce the prevalence of low living standards.”</p><p> </p><p>This Government knows that work remains the best route out of poverty. Research shows that around three-quarters of poor children in families that move into full employment exit poverty. We are committed to supporting parents to move into work, increase their earnings, and keep more of what they earn. Universal Credit, our investment in childcare and the introduction of the National Living Wage will all play an important part.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises that improving skills and progression is the key to making work pay. That is why under this Government we intend to create three million more apprenticeships over the next five years, and to help people move on to better jobs by improving qualifications and providing additional support through Jobcentre Plus.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 30/07/2015 13:27:22 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

391532

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	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 lone parent families in Scotland have been affected by the benefit cap to date; and how many such families have (a) one child, (b) two and (c) three children under five.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data on the number of households capped since April 2013 by region and family type can be found in Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/opendatabase?id=Benefit_Cap_Cumulative" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/opendatabase?id=Benefit_Cap_Cumulative</a></p><p>Information on the number of children aged under 5 is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/09/2015 15:54:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391533

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Welfare State: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to conduct an annual equalities impact assessment of the effect in Scotland of the welfare changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. This includes details of review of the policies. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 8018 question first answered 08/09/2015 16:12:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391534

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
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 Oral Question of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish of 15 July 2015, Official Report, column 889, on state pensions for women, if he will take steps to provide financial support to those women affected by those changes.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	7924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As independent analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has shown, the rise in women’s State Pension age since 2010 has been accompanied by increases in employment rates for the women affected. Those who are unable to work because of health problems may be able to claim Employment and Support Allowance, whilst those who are unemployed may be able to receive Jobseeker's Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>All those affected by faster equalisation will reach State Pension age after the introduction of the new State Pension. The new State Pension will be more generous for many women who have historically done poorly under the current, two-tier system, largely as a result of lower average earnings and part-time working. Around 650,000 women reaching State Pension age in the first ten years will receive an average of £8 per week (in 2014/15 earnings terms) more due to the new State Pension valuation of their National Insurance record.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:10:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

391535

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
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 Oral Question of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish of 21 July 2015, Official Report, column 889, on state pensions for women, what recent discussions the Minister of State for Pensions has had with (a) his Ministerial colleagues and (b) campaign groups on the effect of those changes on women born in the 1950s.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	7925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Minister has not met formally with campaign group representatives but is in frequent contact with relevant stakeholders across her portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will not be revisiting the State Pension age timetable for women affected by the 2011 Act. Government carried out extensive analysis of the impacts of bringing forward the rise to 66 when legislating for the change. The decision to bring forward a Government amendment to the timetable originally set out in the bill, to cap the maximum increase at 18 months rather than 2 years, was informed by this analysis.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently preparing for the first State Pension age review, which will conclude by May 2017. Alongside updated life expectancy projections, this review will be informed by an independent report, which will consider wider factors that should be taken into account when setting State Pension age, such as healthy life expectancy, variations in life expectancy between different groups, and wider economic issues.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:15:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

391536

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in the payments of personal independence payments and universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	7914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have implemented a wide range of initiatives across the whole Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claiming journey to speed up processes and clear more claims and are continuing to identify further opportunities to drive forward improvements. Figures released on 17 June (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015</a>) reflect the significant progress made over the past year and show claims for PIP are now being cleared at four times the rate they were in January 2014. The average new claimant now only waits for 5 weeks for an assessment, and the number of cases dealt with by the assessment providers has more than quadrupled in the last year.</p><p> </p><p>There are no delays in the payment of Universal Credit. All new claims assessed are processed within the required timescales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:45:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

391537

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Pensions: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish guidance for people with private sector pensions on the effect of decisions to change the basis on which pensions are uprated on those people.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	7912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Increases to private sector pensions in payment will depend on the scheme rules. The Government sets a statutory minimum for the indexation of certain defined benefit pensions accrued between specific dates and, as long as schemes meet this minimum, they may choose how and when to increase pensions in payment and on what basis.</p><p> </p><p>In some cases rules may contain a requirement for specific increases; in others the trustees can exercise their discretion.</p><p> </p><p>It is, therefore, for the scheme to provide members with information about any changes to pensions in payment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:02:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

391538

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will adopt the definition of full employment used in the Europe 2020 strategy to define full employment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The full employment clause in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill places a duty on the Secretary of State to lay a report before Parliament detailing progress towards full employment. The first annual report will set out the interpretation of full employment.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to use the Europe 2020 strategy as the basis for defining full employment, as the UK employment rate for those aged 20-64, which currently stands at 76.5%, has already exceeded the target recommended in that report.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 7954 question first answered 08/09/2015 14:51:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391539

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he plans to use to assess progress towards full employment.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The full employment clause in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill places a duty on the Secretary of State to lay a report before Parliament detailing progress towards full employment. The first annual report will set out the interpretation of full employment.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to use the Europe 2020 strategy as the basis for defining full employment, as the UK employment rate for those aged 20-64, which currently stands at 76.5%, has already exceeded the target recommended in that report.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 7953 question first answered 08/09/2015 14:51:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391540

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of children experiencing material deprivation in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in combined low income and material deprivation are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for combined low income and material deprivation have been published in HBAI since 2004/05 and are available up to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/09/2015 15:15:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed