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1518844

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date	10/10/2022
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	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 potential merits of reducing the taper rate of Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	58909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has consistently said that the best way to support people’s living standards is through good work, better skills, and higher wages. We want people to see their income increase when they start working or earn more, so we reduce their Universal Credit award by less than they are earning.</p><p> </p><p>These policies are kept under regular review with the most recent changes announced at the Autumn Budget 2021 when decisive action was taken to make work pay by cutting the Universal Credit taper rate from 63% to 55%, meaning that claimants will keep more of their earnings. We also increased the Work Allowance by £500 a year, this is the amount that households with children or a household member with limited capability for work can earn before their Universal Credit award starts to be tapered, meaning many claimants will be able to earn over £550 each month before their Universal Credit begins to be reduced.</p><p> </p><p>These two measures mean 1.7m households will keep on average, around an extra £1,000 a year. These changes represent an effective tax cut for low income working households in receipt of Universal Credit worth £1.9 billion a year in 2022-23. They will allow working households to keep more of what they earn and strengthen incentives to move into and progress in work.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/10/2022 14:41:27 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1518945

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date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Long Covid: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research by the Office for National Statistics entitled Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK, published on 1 September 2022, whether her Department has had discussions with the Office for National Statistics on the reasons for which myalgic encephalomyelitis was not included as a potential long-term complication of Covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	59027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions and we have no plans to make such an assessment. The long term effects of COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis re separate conditions as defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 59913 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:03:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1519009

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing stronger protection for whistle-blowers, as proposed by Compassion in Care in their campaign for Edna’s Law; and what steps he is taking to support whistle-blowers.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	59112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government values the important contribution whistleblowers make when they shine a light on wrongdoing. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 gives legal protection to those who speak up in the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made numerous improvements to the whistleblowing framework. This includes extending protections to student nurses and midwives, regularly updating the list of prescribed persons, and introducing a legislative requirement for most prescribed persons to produce an annual report on whistleblowing disclosures they receive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to review the whistleblowing framework. We are considering the scope and timing of this review.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 17/10/2022 07:51:06 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1519163

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister announcement on Right to buy scheme extension on 9 June, what assessments he has made of the potential merits of allowing Housing Benefit to be counted towards mortgage costs.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	59139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the announcement on the 9 June, the department has begun looking at changing welfare rules so that people who receive housing support can use their benefit towards mortgage payments for a new mortgage instead of on rent.</p><p> </p><p>Further consideration of the merits of changing welfare rules to support homeownership will be completed as the policy is developed in line with steers from the new administration.</p><p> </p><p>A full equalities impact assessment will also be carried out in due course, and before any legislation is laid with the House.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/10/2022 13:12:16 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally