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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Bradford will be affected by the benefit cap following the recent welfare payment uprating.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Bradford will be affected by the benefit cap following the recent welfare payment uprating.
The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.
Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households that will be affected by the benefit cap after the recent welfare payment uprating.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households that will be affected by the benefit cap after the recent welfare payment uprating.
The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.
Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department assessed the number of households that would be affected by the benefit cap after the most recent welfare payment uprating before it made that uprating.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department assessed the number of households that would be affected by the benefit cap after the most recent welfare payment uprating before it made that uprating.
The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.
Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 14 December 2017, HCWS356, on employment and support allowance, whether the payments in arrears will be up-rated in line with current inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 14 December 2017, HCWS356, on employment and support allowance, whether the payments in arrears will be up-rated in line with current inflation.
The appropriate arrears will be calculated in the normal way and in accordance with our legal obligations.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what decisions they will take on the post-Brexit indexing of UK pensions paid to UK citizens resident in the EU, following their interim agreement with the EU on citizens' rights.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what decisions they will take on the post-Brexit indexing of UK pensions paid to UK citizens resident in the EU, following their interim agreement with the EU on citizens' rights.
We have now reached agreement with the EU to maintain State Pension up-rating for those covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. For UK State Pension recipients living in the EU on the specified date this includes those who are already receiving their UK State Pension as well as future UK State Pension recipients. We will wish to discuss State Pension up-rating for individuals not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement in future talks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the change in the real terms value of the maximum amount of benefit entitlement as a result of inflation since the introduction of the benefit cap in November 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the change in the real terms value of the maximum amount of benefit entitlement as a result of inflation since the introduction of the benefit cap in November 2016.
The Work and Pensions Secretary of State has a duty to review the Lower Benefit Cap levels once in each Parliament with regard to the national economic situation and any other matters he considers relevant, as set out in the 2016 Welfare Reform and Work Act. New lower and tiered Benefit Cap rates were introduced from November 2016 prior to the election in June 2017. We intend to review the Lower Benefit Cap during this Parliament.
For context, outside of London, around 4 in 10 households have net earnings less than the £20,000 cap level. In London around 4 in 10 households have net earnings of less than the £23,000 cap level.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to protect local authorities from the loss of business rate income that has been identified as a consequence of bringing forward CPI uprating in the 2017 Autumn Budget policy costings.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to protect local authorities from the loss of business rate income that has been identified as a consequence of bringing forward CPI uprating in the 2017 Autumn Budget policy costings.
I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 7 December to PQ HL 3516.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is was the value of Pension Credit in each year since it was introduced from 2010–11; and what is their estimate of what that value would be from April 2018 if Pension Credit had been increased by the triple lock which has applied to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is was the value of Pension Credit in each year since it was introduced from 2010–11; and what is their estimate of what that value would be from April 2018 if Pension Credit had been increased by the triple lock which has applied to...
Pension Credit was introduced in October 2003 and has a number of elements, including additional amounts for severe disability for example.
Table 1 below shows the value of the Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee (PC SMG) for single claimants in weekly terms, between 2010/11 and 2017/18.
Table 1: Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee for single claimants, 2010/11 to 2017/18
Year | Rate |
2010/11 | £132.60 |
2011/12 | £137.35 |
2012/13 | £142.70 |
2013/14 | £145.40 |
2014/15 | £148.35 |
2015/16 | £151.20 |
2016/17 | £155.60 |
2017/18 | £159.35 |
In 2018/19, the PC SMG will be £163.00 per week for single claimants. It is estimated that, if from 2010/11 the PC SMG had been uprated in the same way that the basic State Pension was uprated; then the PC SMG for single claimants would be £171.20 per week in 2018/19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of introducing universal annual uprating to the state pensions of British pensioners living abroad.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of introducing universal annual uprating to the state pensions of British pensioners living abroad.
The UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, to those who meet the eligibility criteria. But it is uprated abroad only where there is a legal requirement to do so - for example, where UK State Pension recipients are living within the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Gibraltar or in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for uprating of the UK State Pension. This is a longstanding policy which has remained consistent for around 70 years. It has been the policy of consecutive Governments of all persuasions. It is estimated that the cost of up-rating state pensions would increase each year by over £0.5 billion per year if all pensions in payment were increased to current levels in the UK.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of annually indexing the contribution limits for Share Incentive Plans and Save As You Earn plans; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of annually indexing the contribution limits for Share Incentive Plans and Save As You Earn plans; and if he will make a statement.
In 2014 the government doubled the contribution limits for the Share Incentive Plans and Save As You Earn schemes from £250 to £500 per month. There are no current plans to change these limits. The government keeps all areas of the tax system under review.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 16 November (HL Deb, col 2187), whether they plan to revert to uprating working age benefits in line with inflation at the end of the current four-year freeze.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 16 November (HL Deb, col 2187), whether they plan to revert to uprating working age benefits in line with inflation at the end of the current four-year freeze.
The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 has frozen the majority of working-age benefits and tax credits for four tax years, from 2016-17 to 2019-20. These rates will therefore remain the same over this period.
Once these provisions cease to have effect, the pre-existing statutory obligations will re-apply, requiring the Government to undertake a review of the rates of tax credits and benefits in light of price inflation in the preceding year.
My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing & Child Maintenance (Caroline Dinenage MP) has made the following Written Statement.
I am pleased to announce the proposed social security benefit and pension rates for 2018/19. I have attached the table of rates to this statement and...
My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing & Child Maintenance (Caroline Dinenage MP) has made the following Written Statement.
I am pleased to announce the proposed social security benefit and pension rates for 2018/19. I have attached the table of rates to this statement and...
I am pleased to announce the proposed social security benefit and pension rates for 2018/19. I have attached the table of rates to this statement and I will place a copy of the proposed benefit and pension rates 2018/19 in the House Library. The annual up-rating of benefits will take...
I am pleased to announce the proposed social security benefit and pension rates for 2018/19. I have attached the table of rates to this statement and I will place a copy of the proposed benefit and pension rates 2018/19 in the House Library. The annual up-rating of benefits will take...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet leaders of British Overseas Territories to discuss UK pensioners residing in those territories whose pensions have not been uprated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet leaders of British Overseas Territories to discuss UK pensioners residing in those territories whose pensions have not been uprated.
I have been asked to respond on behalf of the Secretary of State.
Invitations to Ministers are considered when they are received. However it should be noted that the policy on up-rating state pensions abroad is quite clear and has remained consistent for around 70 years; the UK State Pension is payable world wide but is only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so. Ministers and officials from this Department have discussed UK state pensions with leaders and representatives of the British Overseas Territories in recent years, including attendance at Joint Ministerial Councils.
Officials talk on a regular basis but the UK government has not proposed a change of policy on this issue for 70 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to uprate the annual Christmas bonus for recipients of benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to uprate the annual Christmas bonus for recipients of benefits.
There are no plans to uprate the annual Christmas Bonus. The bonus was initially introduced as a one-off payment of £10 in 1972, and has not been uprated or increased on a yearly basis. It was introduced to provide additional financial support at a time of high inflation. It is now an established feature of the social security system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has plans to raise the basic state pension in 2018 by September 2017's CPI inflation figure of 2.9 per cent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has plans to raise the basic state pension in 2018 by September 2017's CPI inflation figure of 2.9 per cent.
The Government is committed to increase the basic State Pension up to the full amount of the new State Pension by the Triple Lock for the duration of this Parliament. The Triple Lock ensures that the highest of the growth in wages, prices (CPI) and 2.5% is applied. A decision on the rate to be used is taken annually following the publication of price inflation and earnings growth rate statistics in October.
Her Majesty's Government whether they will continue to increase annually the state pensions of UK citizens living in EU member states once the UK has withdrawn from the EU.
Her Majesty's Government whether they will continue to increase annually the state pensions of UK citizens living in EU member states once the UK has withdrawn from the EU.
In its publication: The United Kingdom’s Exit from the European Union: Safeguarding the Position of EU Citizens Living in the UK and UK Nationals Living in the EU of 26 June 2017, the Government has set out its offer, at paragraph 44, to continue to export and uprate the UK State Pension within the EU, subject to reciprocity.
The Government wishes to reach a reciprocal agreement as quickly as possible to provide as much certainty as possible to the three million EU citizens in the UK and around one million UK nationals in Europe and for their lives to continue broadly as now.
Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of introducing a double lock on Pension Credit uprating from 2018–19 onwards, uprating pensions by the highest of the consumer price index or earnings inflation, (1) over the course of this Parliament, (2) over the next 10 years, and...
Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of introducing a double lock on Pension Credit uprating from 2018–19 onwards, uprating pensions by the highest of the consumer price index or earnings inflation, (1) over the course of this Parliament, (2) over the next 10 years, and...
No estimate of the cost of introducing a double lock on Pension Credit uprating has been made. The legislative requirement is that the standard minimum guarantee in Pension Credit should increase at least in line with earnings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the state pensions triple lock; and whether he intends to review that policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the state pensions triple lock; and whether he intends to review that policy.
The Government is committed to ensuring economic security for people at every stage of their life, including when they reach retirement. The Government is also clear that fairness between the generations must be maintained. We are committed to the Triple Lock for the remainder of this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 82 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to uprate local housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 82 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to uprate local housing...
Currently, Local Housing Allowance rates are frozen for 4 years from April 2016. In practice, this means that they either remain at the April 2015 rate or are set at the 30th percentile of local rents if this is lower. There is however, Targeted Affordability Funding available and we have used this in 2017/18 to increase 48 LHA rates by 3 per cent in areas with high rental costs. Further funding will be available for this purpose in 2018/19 and 2019/20.