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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect disabled people and victims of domestic violence from the effects of the under-occupancy charge.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect disabled people and victims of domestic violence from the effects of the under-occupancy charge.
We have already taken steps to protect disabled people and victims of domestic violence by providing local authorities with £560 million in discretionary housing payment funding since 2011. A further £870 million of discretionary housing payment will be provided over the next five years, which will allow local authorities to make long-term or indefinite awards so that people in difficult situations such as these are protected.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made on work incentives for families with children.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made on work incentives for families with children.
Universal credit improves incentives to enter into and progress in work. Early results show that current UC claimants do more to look for work, enter work quicker and earn more than current JSA claimants. Childcare costs are a key issue for working families, which is why we are increasing support and provision.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the operation of sanctions on benefits.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the operation of sanctions on benefits.
We have made a number of improvements to the sanctions systems and are implementing further changes following recommendations made by the Oakley review. We are now focusing on embedding those changes and improvements. We will keep the operation of the sanctions system under review to ensure that it continues to function effectively and fairly.
That this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s Report of June 2015, to remove the housing element of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, in order to mitigate the harshest impacts of the policy (SI 2015/1362). Disagreed to on division (69 votes to 132).
That this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s Report of June 2015, to remove the housing element of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, in order to mitigate the harshest impacts of the policy (SI 2015/1362). Disagreed to on...
That this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s Report of June 2015, to delay the enactment of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 until Universal Credit is fully rolled out (SI 2015/1362). Agreed to on division (135 votes to 124).
That this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s Report of June 2015, to delay the enactment of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 until Universal Credit is fully rolled out (SI 2015/1362). Agreed to on division (135 votes to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 15 January (HL Deb, col 893), in which he stated that the current backlog of claims for personal independence payment assessments stands at 107,000, what was the source of that data and where it is...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 15 January (HL Deb, col 893), in which he stated that the current backlog of claims for personal independence payment assessments stands at 107,000, what was the source of that data and where it is...
I refer the Noble Lady to the letter my Noble Friend Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth wrote on 21st January 2015 to Lord Dubs, a copy of which has been placed in the House Library, and is attached.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people who were previously in receipt of Carer's Allowance and work 16 hours per week but lost that entitlement as a result of the increase in the National Minimum Wage from 1 October 2014.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people who were previously in receipt of Carer's Allowance and work 16 hours per week but lost that entitlement as a result of the increase in the National Minimum Wage from 1 October 2014.
The number of people who are entitled to receive Carer’s Allowance (CA), including those who receive no actual payment, for 2013/14 is published and available at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html
The figure for 2013/14 is 1,071,220. Information for 2014/15 is not yet available.
Source:
DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (Caseload)
Notes:
1. The figure is rounded to the nearest 10 and is an average of the four quarters, May 2013 to February 2014 and this is the latest available information.
The information requested, for the number of Carer's Allowance recipients also receiving Working Tax Credit and also those who may have lost entitlement to Carer’s Allowance due to the increase in the National Minimum Wage, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people claimed Carer's Allowance in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15 to date.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people claimed Carer's Allowance in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15 to date.
The number of people who are entitled to receive Carer’s Allowance (CA), including those who receive no actual payment, for 2013/14 is published and available at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html
The figure for 2013/14 is 1,071,220. Information for 2014/15 is not yet available.
Source:
DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (Caseload)
Notes:
1. The figure is rounded to the nearest 10 and is an average of the four quarters, May 2013 to February 2014 and this is the latest available information.
The information requested, for the number of Carer's Allowance recipients also receiving Working Tax Credit and also those who may have lost entitlement to Carer’s Allowance due to the increase in the National Minimum Wage, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people in receipt of Carer's Allowance also received Working Tax Credit in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15 to date.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people in receipt of Carer's Allowance also received Working Tax Credit in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15 to date.
The number of people who are entitled to receive Carer’s Allowance (CA), including those who receive no actual payment, for 2013/14 is published and available at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html
The figure for 2013/14 is 1,071,220. Information for 2014/15 is not yet available.
Source:
DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (Caseload)
Notes:
1. The figure is rounded to the nearest 10 and is an average of the four quarters, May 2013 to February 2014 and this is the latest available information.
The information requested, for the number of Carer's Allowance recipients also receiving Working Tax Credit and also those who may have lost entitlement to Carer’s Allowance due to the increase in the National Minimum Wage, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to reduce levels of youth unemployment following the recent closure of the youth employment contract incentive scheme.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to reduce levels of youth unemployment following the recent closure of the youth employment contract incentive scheme.
Tackling youth unemployment remains a priority for this Government, and our successful Youth Contract will continue. The wage incentive will end as planned next March, just three and a half weeks earlier than anticipated. The youth claimant count has fallen by 134,000—the largest annual fall since 1997—taking it to its lowest level since 2008.
Lords motion that this House regrets that the Housing Benefit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 are being introduced without Her Majesty’s Government’s full understanding of the numbers of those affected; regrets that confusion and uncertainty are being added to an already unjust policy; deplores that Her Majesty’s Government’s mishandling has resulted in households being unlawfully charged and further pushed into hardship; and regrets the likely disproportionate impact of the Regulations on the most vulnerable (SI 2014/212). Disagreed to on division (173 votes to 188).
Lords motion that this House regrets that the Housing Benefit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 are being introduced without Her Majesty’s Government’s full understanding of the numbers of those affected; regrets that confusion and uncertainty are being added to an already unjust policy; deplores that Her Majesty’s Government’s mishandling has...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all vacancies advertised on Universal Jobmatch are genuine.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all vacancies advertised on Universal Jobmatch are genuine.
The vast majority of employers post genuine jobs, and we do not hesitate to take action against those who do not follow our rules. We regularly monitor Universal Jobmatch to ensure that accounts comply, including that vacancies are genuine. If there is any cause for doubt, we will remove the vacancies until we have investigated. We continuously improve the service and are working with the provider to enhance our validation of employer accounts and vacancies.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average time taken to process applications for disability living allowance; whether there is a target time within which those applications should be processed; and, if so, what proportion of applications meet that target.[HL4323]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average time taken to process applications for disability living allowance; whether there is a target time within which those applications should be processed; and, if so, what proportion of applications meet that target.[HL4323]
The latest Average Actual Clearance Time for processing DLA claims is 28.4 days at November year to date (April to November 2012). However, there is no set target for this measure.
When reporting clearance times, the department uses a timeband measure of 79% of claims cleared in 40 days. Against this target we are currently reporting 79.3% in the month for November and 76.8% year to date (April to November 2012).
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) wage incentives payments of £2,275 to employers who take on young people from the Work Programme, (2) apprenticeship grants of £1,500 for employers of 16–24 year olds, and (3) payments of £2,200 to employers who take on 16 and 17 year-olds who...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) wage incentives payments of £2,275 to employers who take on young people from the Work Programme, (2) apprenticeship grants of £1,500 for employers of 16–24 year olds, and (3) payments of £2,200 to employers who take on 16 and 17 year-olds who...
(1) Following the collection and quality assurance of these data, the first set of official statistics on the wage incentive should be available from early 2013.
(2) Provisional data show that between 1 February and 11 June 2012, there were 2,300 apprenticeship starts for which a payment was made through the AGE 16-24 scheme.
(3) Delivery of the Youth Contract programme for 16 and 17 year-olds began in September 2012. The first set of data for delivery of the programme will be published at the end of the 2012-13 financial year. Thereafter, the data will be updated and published every six months.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total financial outturn on council tax benefit (1) in cash terms, and (2) in real terms, in each of the financial years 1997–98 to 2010–11 inclusive. [HL1959]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total financial outturn on council tax benefit (1) in cash terms, and (2) in real terms, in each of the financial years 1997–98 to 2010–11 inclusive. [HL1959]
The information you requested is in the table below:
| Cash
Terms | 2012-13
prices | |
| 1997-98 | 2,395 | 3,329 |
| 1998-99 | 2,452 | 3,362 |
| 1999-00 | 2,511 | 3,373 |
| 2000-01 | 2,575 | 3,445 |
| 2001-02 | 2,686 | 3,529 |
| 2002-03 | 2,834 | 3,628 |
| 2003-04 | 3,223 | 4,042 |
| 2004-05 | 3,557 | 4,336 |
| 2005-06 | 3,774 | 4,509 |
| 2006-07 | 3,941 | 4,557 |
| 2007-08 | 4,027 | 4,552 |
| 2008-09 | 4,234 | 4,647 |
| 2009-10 | 4,698 | 5,064 |
| 2010-11 | 4,925 | 5,169 |
These figures are consistent with the latest published expenditure outturn available at: http://research.dwp. gov.uk/asd/asd4/budget_2012_200712.xls.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the proportionate increase in total financial outturn on council tax benefit (1) in cash terms, and (2) in real terms, in each of the financial years 1997–98 to 2010–11 inclusive.[HL1961]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the proportionate increase in total financial outturn on council tax benefit (1) in cash terms, and (2) in real terms, in each of the financial years 1997–98 to 2010–11 inclusive.[HL1961]
The information you requested is in the table below:
| Cash
Terms | 2012-13
prices | |
| 1997-98 | 3.5% | 0.9% |
| 1998-99 | 2.4% | 1.0% |
| 1999-00 | 2.4% | 0.3% |
| 2000-01 | 2.5% | 2.1% |
| 2001-02 | 4.3% | 2.4% |
| 2002-03 | 5.5% | 2.8% |
| 2003-04 | 13.7% | 11.4% |
| 2004-05 | 10.4% | 7.3% |
| 2005-06 | 6.1% | 4.0% |
| 2006-07 | 4.4% | 1.1% |
| 2007-08 | 2.2% | -0.1% |
| 2008-09 | 5.2% | 2.1% |
| 2009-10 | 10.9% | 9.0% |
| 2010-11 | 4.8% | 2.1% |
These figures are consistent with the latest published expenditure outturn available at: http://research.dwp. gov.uk-asd-asd4-budget_2012_200712.xls.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in costing the universal credit, what assumptions they have made about the numbers of individuals or households who will be ineligible for universal credit as a result of the application of the savings threshold.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in costing the universal credit, what assumptions they have made about the numbers of individuals or households who will be ineligible for universal credit as a result of the application of the savings threshold.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what forecast they have made of the numbers of individuals or households currently eligible for tax credits which will lose eligibility because of the imposition of a savings threshold in universal credit.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what forecast they have made of the numbers of individuals or households currently eligible for tax credits which will lose eligibility because of the imposition of a savings threshold in universal credit.