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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

994356

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Ethnic Groups
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 31 July (HL9752) and their response to the report by the Women and Equalities Committee, Race Disparity Audit, published by that Committee on 11 September, when they will adopt the same categories as are used in the Census as the minimum standard for data collection on ethnicity across Government departments; and whether this will include specific categories for Gypsies and Irish Travellers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL11000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The ethnicity data published on the <em>Ethnicity Facts and Figures</em> website includes data from the Census, published official statistics, numerous Government surveys and Departments’ own administrative records. <br> <br> Currently, the website has 52 measures (web pages) that present data using the detailed classification of ethnicity developed for the 2011 Census, which includes Irish Traveller and Gypsy/Roma Travellers (GRT). However, figures for the GRT ethnic group in some of these measures were suppressed for reasons of confidentiality protection and/or because the numbers were too small to enable robust estimates to be produced.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the design of the Census, including advising Parliament on the format of a question about ethnicity. <br> <br> ONS also has a leadership role across the Government Statistical Service, to encourage those conducting household surveys to use survey questions and output classifications that are harmonised with the Census approach, and across government more generally in relation to the use of harmonised approaches (to data collection) on administrative systems</p><p><br> The Cabinet Office is working with the ONS on how to support the widespread adoption of the detailed ethnicity classification that will be used in the 2021 Census</p><p><br> The Cabinet Office's Race Disparity Unit is also taking steps to enhance the degree of harmonisation in ethnicity data presented on the <em>Ethnicity Facts and Figures</em> website, for example by requesting new analyses to match the high level groups that represent the current harmonised ethnicity standard.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2018 12:57:23 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
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

993812

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have had their applications for British citizenship denied because they failed the good character test in each of the last five years for which information is available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL10945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The available published information on the total number of decisions to refuse applications for British citizenship where the applicant is found to be not of good character for applicants of all ages are published in Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2018, Citizenship tables cz_09 (Refusals of citizenship by reason) available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for the last 5 calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Refusals of British citizenship by reason</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reason for refusal</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incomplete applications</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parent not a British citizen</p></td><td><p>553</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>749</p></td><td><p>931</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not of good character</p></td><td><p>2,295</p></td><td><p>1,095</p></td><td><p>4,524</p></td><td><p>5,525</p></td><td><p>3,119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delay in replying to enquiries from UKVI</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>1,234</p></td><td><p>1,254</p></td><td><p>1,698</p></td><td><p>1,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Residence</p></td><td><p>2,264</p></td><td><p>1,224</p></td><td><p>2,825</p></td><td><p>2,632</p></td><td><p>1,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oath not taken in time</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insufficient Knowledge of English and KOL</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>531</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total refusals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,820</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,646</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,714</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British already</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>496</p></td><td><p>598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total refused or withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,083</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,308</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,432</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rejected applications</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>1,852</p></td><td><p>838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Home Office, Migration Border Analysis.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Immigration Statistics year to June 2018 - subset of table cz_09.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2018 13:09:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
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

945620

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
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 removal of non-asylum immigration cases from the scope of legal aid on young migrants with limited leave to remain.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently undertaking a post-implementation review of the impact of the legal aid changes made under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. An assessment of the impact of recent changes to the provision of legal aid for non-asylum immigration cases will be made as part of the review process.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently announced our intention to amend the scope of legal aid for unaccompanied and separated migrant children. This scope change will be informed by evidence gathered as a result of the review and delivered with the help of a consultative group.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/07/2018 12:00:52 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

945621

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Children and Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the statement by the Minister of Immigration on 21 June (HC Deb, cols 508–20) that vulnerable EU citizens applying for settled status will be provided with assistance at contact centres, whether comparable support is provided for children and young people applying for limited leave to remain or citizenship; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2018 answer text <p>All customers, including children and young people, have access to customer contact centre services when making an application in any category. Staff at the centre will signpost the customer to the most appropriate part of guidance available on GOV.UK, and where appropriate they will direct them to support services outside of the Home Office.</p><p>The contact centre staff are trained to identify, support and escalate any vulnerable cases, including vulnerable children, vulnerable adults and those with assisted digital needs. These customer enquiries are then referred on to the appropriate team.</p><p>We continually review training guidance and procedures for our contact centre staff to ensure any vulnerable groups are identified and supported as necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/08/2018 14:27:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
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