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1002483

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Buscombe on 5 November (HL Deb, col 1581), what evidence informed her statement that the UK “provides more benefits for families than any other advanced nation”; and what measure of “benefits for families” was used.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL11324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest data shows that the UK spends 3.8 per cent of GDP on expenditure classified by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as “family benefits”. This is more than any other country in the OECD.</p><p> </p><p>“Family benefits” include cash benefits, such as personal tax credits, Child Benefit; maternity benefits and child Disability Living Allowance; and benefits in kind covering child care and social services. They do not include other benefits that might be available to the claimant, such as Personal Independence Payment or Housing Benefit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/11/2018 17:08:23 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

993811

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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: Lone Parents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of lone parent families subject to the benefit cap on Universal Credit have a child aged under 2 years old.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL10944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>Figures on number and proportion of single parent families subject to the Benefit Cap on Universal Credit by age of the youngest child are intended for future publication. The Department published its Universal Credit experimental statistics future release strategy on the 12 June 2018 in response to the public consultation on future Universal Credit statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 31/10/2018 15:19:51 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

993813

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish any equality impact assessment of the managed migration of Universal Credit; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL10946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>DWP published an equality impact assessment for Universal Credit in 2011, a copy of which is attached.</p><p> </p><p>As we have noted in our response to the Social Security Advisory Committee, we have now announced that testing for the managed migration will commence in July 2019, we will test and refine our processes on a small scale to ensure that they are working well before we take on larger volumes from 2020, completing the process by the end of 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We are conducting detailed Equality Assessments of migration plans as part of our Public Sector Equality Duty. This process is iterative, and so the impacts of the testing will be fully evaluated with equality impacts reassessed in accordance with the evaluation results. So it can take into account the learning and adaptations we make following the testing phase we will publish an assessment of the impacts of managed migration prior to increasing the scaling of managed migration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 06/11/2018 17:02:37 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL10946 eia-universal-credit-wr2011.pdf title UC Equality Impact Assessment
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

947108

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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: Care Leavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement the recommendation in the Social Security Advisory Committee’s report Young People Living Independently, published in May, to extend the exemption for care leavers from the Shared Accommodation Rate of Local Housing Allowance until they reach age 25.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans at present to implement the recommendation in the Social Security Advisory Committee’s report “Young People Living Independently” to extend the exemption for care leavers from the Shared Accommodation Rate until age 25. We will, however, keep this under review as the current lack of data means we are unable to be clear about the size of the problem. We continue to work with the Department for Education to develop the evidence base and consider evidence from stakeholders on the impact that the shared accommodation has on care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011 the Government has provided around £1 billion in Discretionary Housing Payment funding to local authorities to help support vulnerable people, including care leavers, mitigate rent shortfalls.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 31/07/2018 13:50:06 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

945622

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
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: Care Leavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to collect information on self-identified care leavers in the Universal Credit system in a way that would allow aggregate statistics to be compiled, as is the case for those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Collection of data to monitor support for care leavers and other disadvantaged groups is a priority for the Department. Our system already enables staff to record relevant details about an individual’s needs, and we are beginning work to explore ways in which we collect and use this data to help us to monitor support for care leavers and other disadvantaged groups.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/07/2018 11:55:20 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

945623

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
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: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they conduct ethnic monitoring of social security benefits, including Universal Credit; and if so, whether this system collects data on the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>Claimants, including Universal Credit claimants, are given the option to provide their ethnicity for monitoring purposes. We have published volumes of claimants broken down by ethnicity for some benefits. This is publically available and can be accessed using DWP’s Stat-Xplore function on the gov.uk website, or the Nomis service provided by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The data is not broken down to Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. These individuals are captured in the larger ethnic group they identify with.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 31/07/2018 13:48:38 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

934653

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 3 July (HL8777), how many Gypsy and Traveller Universal Credit applicants and claimants have been able to set up and manage their claims face-to-face or via the freephone telephone helpline in total (1) including pilot areas, and (2) excluding pilot areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 17/07/2018 13:22:26 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

927329

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 15 May (HL7464), what plans, if any, they have to (1) place in the Library of the House, and (2) publish, the findings of the recent exercise to monitor the impact of the supported handover process for refugees.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL8775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>This was an internal evaluation and therefore we do not plan to formally publish the findings or place a copy in the Library of the House.</p><p>However, as we intend to write to the Work and Pensions Select Committee detailing our findings our response to the Committee will, as is usually the case, be placed in the public domain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/06/2018 10:24:46 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

927332

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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: Travellers
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 impact of the rollout of Universal Credit on the Gypsy and Traveller communities, particularly in relation to the reliance on digital access.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL8777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment. However, all Jobcentres across the country have free Wi-Fi, and there are more than 8,000 computers available to support customers who need help with making their claim digitally and applying for jobs online. This provides access to digital channels in every Jobcentre for claimants to use when they do not have access at home.</p><p> </p><p>There will always be people for whom engaging with us digitally is not a feasible proposition. As a result, a freephone telephone helpline and face to face support are also available for claimants to make and manage a Universal Credit claim. Where needed, the Work Coach will provide the claimant with a written note to remind them of the date of their next appointment, especially if the claimant has difficulty accessing or using online services. A home visit can also be arranged to support a claimant in making their initial claim and completing any other administrative tasks required to ensure the claimant receives the correct payment on time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 03/07/2018 11:29:33 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

906017

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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
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 concept of relative poverty.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL7943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Relative low income sets a threshold as a proportion of the UK average (median) income and moves each year as average income changes. It is used to measure the number and proportion of individuals who have income below this threshold (typically 50, 60 or 70 per cent of the median).</p><p> </p><p>The percentage of individuals in relative low income will decrease if average (median) income stays the same or rises, and individuals with lower incomes see their incomes rise more than the average. The percentage of individuals in relative low income will also decrease if average (median) incomes fall, and individuals with lower incomes fall by less than average incomes.</p><p> </p><p>This second scenario, where individuals can move out of low income despite a fall in their own income, is an example where relative low income measures taken on their own might be misleading. A further hypothetical scenario where relative measures have their limitations is if all incomes doubled overnight there would be no change in relative low income estimates.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Department also publishes a range of absolute low income measures. Absolute low income takes the 60 per cent of median income threshold in 2010/11 and adjusts this to take account of inflation. This is designed to assess how incomes are faring with reference to inflation over time.</p><p> </p><p>The percentage of individuals in absolute low income will decrease if individuals with lower incomes see their incomes increase by more than inflation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes a measure of persistent low income as the amount of time an individual has low income has been shown to have an impact on their actual standard of living. Persistent low income is defined as having had low income in at least 3 out of the last 4 years. Also a measure of material deprivation is published which measures whether individuals have access to a range of goods and services so provides a broader measure of living standards which goes beyond assessing income only.</p><p> </p><p>No one measure of poverty is able to fully capture the concept of a low standard of living in all economic circumstances. Taken together all these measures are required to provide a comprehensive assessment of living standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/05/2018 12:30:39 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett