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1380831

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date	22/11/2021
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	Social Security Benefits: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide a table showing (1) each of the benefits that individuals reaching the state pension age are entitled to claim, (2) the number of individuals who are entitled to claim such benefits, and (3) the number of individuals claiming them.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <ol><li>Individuals at or above State Pension age may be entitled to apply for financial support from amongst the following DWP benefits, depending upon their personal circumstances:</li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Attendance Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carer's Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas Bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing benefits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries Disability benefits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe Disablement Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winter Fuel Payments</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol start="2"><li>We have data available for the number of families who are entitled to claim such benefits for Pension Credit and Housing Benefit. We do not hold this information for the other benefits in which pensioners may be entitled. These are from the Income-related benefits: estimates of take up: financial year 2018 to 2019.</li></ol><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of families entitled 2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit</p></td><td><p>2,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing Benefit (Pensioners)</p></td><td><p>1,440,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There are already around 1.4 million people claiming around £5 billion in Pension Credit. We want to make sure that all eligible pensioners claim the Pension Credit to which they are rightly entitled. The DWP conducted a media day in June with support from Age UK and the BBC and others, using national and local media to help reach older people reticent about claiming Pension Credit. There have also been press articles since then to encourage take-up.</p><p> </p><p>The working group which DWP has established includes a diverse range of organisations including pensioner charities as well as the BBC, British Telecom, Virgin Money and the Local Government Association. The group met most recently on 19 October and we hope that it will identify new practical initiatives to help address Pension Credit take up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>The number of individuals claiming the following benefits can be found on Table 2c of the Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables 2021 on Gov.uk.</li></ol><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefits directed at Pensioners</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload 2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attendance Allowance</p></td><td><p>1,388,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carer’s Allowance</p></td><td><p>287,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas Bonus</p></td><td><p>12,275,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance</p></td><td><p>523,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing Benefit</p></td><td><p>1,164,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries benefits</p></td><td><p>150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit</p></td><td><p>1,480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment</p></td><td><p>306,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Pension</p></td><td><p>12,379,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe Disablement Allowance</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winter Fuel Payments</p></td><td><p>11,205,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/12/2021 16:57:16 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1380832

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
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 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Women’s State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work and Pensions’ communication of changes, published on 19 July; and what compensation they will pay to the women affected by maladministration identified in the report.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has not completed his investigation. This a multi staged process and the report published on 20 July 2021 concluded stage-one of the 3- stage investigation.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on the PHSO’s report whilst the investigation is ongoing; section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 states that Ombudsman investigations “shall be conducted in private”.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/12/2021 12:19:47 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1380852

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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	Kickstart Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Afghan refugees aged 16 to 24 who have arrived since January will be eligible for the Kickstart Scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>All refugees brought to the UK through the Afghanistan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) have the right to work and will have support in finding employment as part of a comprehensive integration package. <br> <br> The Department for Work and Pensions will support Afghan refugees who are eligible for the Kickstart Scheme to access it if it is appropriate to their needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/12/2021 14:03:43 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1380863

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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
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 Stedman-Scott on 11 November (HL3461), what assessment they have made of the number of disabled households living in poverty following the end of the Universal Credit uplift; what assessment they have made of the impact of increasing inflation and cost of living on disabled households; and what plans they have to support disabled people who are unable to work.
tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
uin	HL4304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. Official poverty statistics for individuals living in disabled families, covering the period 2020/21, will be published in March 2022, as part of the Department’s Households Below Average Income publication, subject to the usual checks on data quality. This is an annual publication.</p><p> </p><p>As well as receiving support through ESA or UC Health, disabled people may be eligible for Personal Independence Payment, which helps towards some of the extra costs arising from having a long-term health condition or disability. Spending on benefits for disabled people and people with long-term ill health has never been higher and is set to increase further. In 2021/22 we are forecast to spend £59 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Vulnerable households in most need of support will also benefit from the £421m Household Support Fund (HSF), a new grant made by DWP to upper tier Local Authorities across England. The Devolved Administrations will receive £80m through the Barnett Formula.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing responses to the Health and Disability Green Paper and intend to publish a White Paper next year, setting out changes to the benefits system that will better meet the needs of claimants now and in the future by improving claimant experience of our services, enabling independent living and improving employment outcomes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/12/2021 15:30:58 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin

1380864

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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
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 Stedman-Scott on 11 November (HL3461), whether in their view the removal of the Universal Credit uplift meets the public sector equality duty tests set out in section 149(1) of the Equality Act 2010 for any of the nine protected characteristics; what evidence informs their view that the public sector equality duty does not apply to ‘temporary’ measures; and what legal advice they have sought to confirm this view.
tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
uin	HL4305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the Public Sector Equality Duty set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 is ongoing. As such, a full equality impact assessment was completed prior to the introduction of the uplift to Universal Credit and that equality impact assessment was reviewed and updated prior to implementation of the temporary six-month extension announced by the Chancellor at the Budget on 3 March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Consideration of the impact of the end of the uplift was implicit in those equality impact assessments, because the uplift was always intended as a temporary measure only. No separate assessment was therefore needed when the uplift came to an end.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 07/12/2021 16:27:39 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin

1380867

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the median state pension for (1) men, and (2) women.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The median weekly amount of State Pension paid, by gender, at the end of May 2021 is shown in the below table. These show payments under the two systems: - (i) the basic State Pension (bSP) plus other components such additional State Pension (SERPS and State Second Pension) and Graduated Retirement Benefit, which operated for people who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016; and (ii) the new State Pension (nSP) system for people reaching State Pension age from that date onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this does not include any payments of Pension Credit which people may be receiving in addition to their contributory State Pension.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Median weekly amount of State Pension (£) by gender, Quarter ending May 2021</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of State Pension</p></td><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pre 2016 State Pension</p></td><td><p>150.25</p></td><td><p>172.83</p></td><td><p>160.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New State Pension</p></td><td><p>174.47</p></td><td><p>178.52</p></td><td><p>176.93</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: </strong>DWP, Data and Analytics, Digital Group - Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, and other administrative data.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Coverage: All cases in payment in Great Britain, plus claimants residing abroad. This excludes cases administered in Northern Ireland.</li><li>This data table provides temporary estimates for May 2021. The data will be withdrawn and replaced with new data on Stat-Xplore once the Get Your State Pension (GYSP) system data have been reliably developed and tested.</li><li>Table 11 of the latest published statistics provides the mean weekly amount of State Pension paid, by gender, at the end of May 2021.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/12/2021 15:30:23 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1380869

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, in receipt of a state pension receive less than £100 a week.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The latest published caseload figures are published and available on www.gov.uk, in Table 4 of DWP Benefits Statistics: November 2021.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/12/2021 14:33:56 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka