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1314945

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment she has made of the effect on trends in the level of poverty among young parents of those in receipt of (a) universal credit and (b) legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	900017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to make meaningful comparisons between universal credit and legacy benefit claimants due to differences in the size, and composition of these caseloads.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone on legacy benefits, who feels they would be better off on UC, can make a new claim to UC.</p><p> </p><p>The Government encourages anybody to go on GOV.UK and use one of the independent benefit calculators to check carefully their eligibility, because on applying for Universal Credit, their entitlement to legacy benefits will cease and they will not be able to return to them in the future.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/05/2021 16:45:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1301294

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
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	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which states that 56% of people in poverty are in a working family, compared to 39% 20 years ago.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	166324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/03/2021 16:37:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1283404

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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	Poverty
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 Answer of 11 December 2020 to Question 124122, if she will publish an anti-poverty strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	148696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon (or Rt Hon) Member to the answer I gave on 11 December 2020 to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-02/124122" target="_blank">124122</a></p><p> </p><p>This Government champions the principle of work as the best route out of poverty and towards financial independence. Getting people back to work and supporting them to progress is at the heart of our approach and our new £30 billion Plan for Jobs is the first step on the ladder to achieving this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/02/2021 17:25:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1273748

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
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	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the finding of research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that 1 in every 100 households in Blackpool, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham and Salford are in extreme poverty.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/01/2021 14:58:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1273382

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on levels of poverty in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	133015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Estimating the potential impact of individual policies on future levels of poverty is not possible as it would require making judgements about what will happen to every persons’ income in the future and then also isolating potential changes in income due to the effect of specific policies on certain individuals. It is not possible to do this accurately as there is so much uncertainty involved in projecting incomes.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/01/2021 15:04:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1257622

registered interest
date	02/12/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward an anti-poverty strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	124122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty is a key priority for this Government. We have provided an unprecedented package of support throughout the pandemic, injecting billions into the welfare system for those most in need, including increases to the Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit standard allowances of up to £1040 this financial year, and uplifts to the Local Housing Allowance rates to cover the lowest 30% of market rents. The Covid Winter Grant Scheme builds on that support with an additional £170m for local authorities in England, to support families with children and other vulnerable people, with the cost of food and essential utilities this winter.</p><p> </p><p>Our long-term ambition is to level up across the country and to continue to tackle child poverty, through our reformed welfare system that works with the labour market to encourage parents to move into, and progress in work, wherever possible. This approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for children.</p><p> </p><p>Our £30bn Plan for Jobs is another step on the ladder to achieving this and will support economic recovery through new schemes including Kickstart and Job Entry Targeted Support. We are also doubling the number of work coaches who, through our Jobcentre network, will provide more people with the tailored support they need to move back into work and towards financial independence.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 124123 question first answered 11/12/2020 15:20:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1247996

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is retaining the Department for International Development's commitment to maintaining poverty reduction as the primary objective of UK spending.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL9841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government will prioritise the bottom billion, the very poorest around the world, as part of our core mission. This is in our national interest and it will project the UK as a force for good in the world. For example, during the coronavirus pandemic, the UK has provided £15 million to UNICEF to protect vulnerable children, and a further £5 million to the Education Cannot Wait fund, supporting emergency education in conflict countries. Furthermore, the UK has allocated £119 million of aid to provide relief to over 6 million people and help prevent famine in countries hit by conflict and COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/11/2020 14:36:30 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1247997

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will continue to target UK aid to the poorest countries and people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL9842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>Reducing poverty will be at the beating heart of the FCDO. The Foreign Secretary has appointed Nick Dyer as the first ever envoy on famine prevention and humanitarian affairs, and we have allocated a new £119 million package to look at the threat of the coronavirus and of famine more generally across the bottom billion.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/11/2020 14:36:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1237911

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 September 2020 to Question 91694, what criteria his Department used to determine the bottom billion poorest people.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	95723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>There is no internationally recognised definition of the &quot;bottom billion&quot; in the way that there are for other poverty measures, such as the World Bank's International Poverty Line which considers all people living on under $1.90 a day. The term was originally coined by Professor Sir Paul Collier who defined it as the countries least able to escape poverty, but it is also sometimes defined as the world's billion poorest citizens. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) analysis suggests that over time, these definitions converge. The FCDO takes into account a wide variety of factors when considering whom are the most vulnerable countries and individuals.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 05/10/2020 16:28:52 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227117

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 impact of the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development on the world's poorest people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL7088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>Spending 0.7 per cent of our national income on aid is enshrined in law and we will continue to be guided by our responsibilities under the International Development Act, including a commitment to poverty reduction.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 03/08/2020 12:28:07 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie