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date	23/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much tax credit was paid to working people of low income in each of the last three full years; what is their forecast for the current and next two years; and, for each year, what proportion of recipients were in full-time work.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The total amount of Tax Credit entitlement of recipients in each of the last three tax years can be found in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>£ millions</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Table 1: Total entitlement of Tax Credit recipients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Out-of-work</p></td><td><p>In-work</p></td><td><p>All</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>7,606</p></td><td><p>20,936</p></td><td><p>28,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8,138</p></td><td><p>21,066</p></td><td><p>29,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8,903</p></td><td><p>19,876</p></td><td><p>28,779</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures in Table 1 are presented in £ millions, to the nearest 1 million, in line with HM Revenue and Customs publications. Breakdowns of recipients out-of-work and in-work have also been provided for context. Breakdowns of recipients in full-time employment, or otherwise, are unavailable.</p><p> </p><p><br> 2012-13 is the most recent year available for which finalised statistics have been produced.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures have been taken from Table 1.1 of the online publication ‘Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics: Finalised Annual Awards 2012-13’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures providing total expenditure forecasts for Tax Credits in the current tax year, and the two following years can be found in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>£ billions</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Table 2: Total expenditure forecasts of Tax Credits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>All</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>29.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>29.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>29.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures in Table 2 are presented in £ billions, to the nearest 100 million, in line with Office for Budget Responsibility publications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdowns by employment status, full-time or otherwise are unavailable. These figures are taken from the ‘March 2015 Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Fiscal Supplementary Tables’ produced by the Office for Budget Responsibility and take into consideration Tax Credits as expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 26/03/2015 14:08:53 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

228958

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to encourage the government of Pakistan to ensure the protection of Christian and other religious minorities in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the violent persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan and continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to protect the human rights of all its citizens as laid down in the Pakistan Constitution and take concrete action to deliver on commitments to protect minorities.</p><p>On 15 March the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), joined our High Commissioner in Islamabad in condemning the most recent attack on Christians in Lahore. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), discussed Pakistan’s misuse of the blasphemy laws with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in November 2014. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office monitors religious freedom in Pakistan in its annual Human Rights report, published on 12 March.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 26/03/2015 12:53:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

228959

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were subject to benefit sanctions, preventing them receiving any form of national financial help, at the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Claimants who have a sanction applied could also be in receipt of other Government financial support such as Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit, Council Tax Support or Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who are sanctioned can also apply for hardship payments, equivalent to 60 or 80% of their benefit payment, subject to meeting the necessary criteria.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/03/2015 13:14:23 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton