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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it remains his Department's policy for benefits to continue to be increased in line with inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it remains his Department's policy for benefits to continue to be increased in line with inflation.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of State Pensions and benefits.
The Secretary of State will commence his 2025/26 up-rating review in the Autumn.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation and the end of the uplift to universal credit on the incomes of households in receipt of universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation and the end of the uplift to universal credit on the incomes of households in receipt of universal credit.
The Secretary of State undertakes an annual review of benefits and pensions based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation in the year to September. All benefit up-rating since April 1987 has been based on the increase in the relevant price inflation index in the 12 months to the previous September.
The Government is providing £12 billion of support with the cost of living, with help targeted at working families, low-income households and the most vulnerable. A further £9 billion has been announced to protect against the impact of rising global energy prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Stockton North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Stockton North constituency.
No such assessment has been made. The Government is up-rating benefits in line with inflation. The Secretary of State undertakes an annual review of benefits and pensions with reference to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). All benefit up-rating since April 1987 has been based on the increase in the relevant price inflation index in the 12 months to the previous September. The relevant benefits are increasing by 3.1% from April.
The latest statistics on the number and proportion of children who are in low income families by local area, covering the six years, 2014/15 to 2019/20, can be found in the annual publication: Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab).
This Government is committed to reducing poverty and supporting low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment – particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.
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, if he will make it his policy to link an increase of the earnings threshold for carer's allowance to the rise in the National Minimum Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to link an increase of the earnings threshold for carer's allowance to the rise in the National Minimum Wage.
The earnings threshold in Carer’s Allowance is regularly reviewed. It is designed to enable carers to maintain a link with the labour market and achieve greater financial independence. It is increased periodically, most recently from £100 to £102 on 20 May 2014.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what savings to the public purse his Department expects to make as a result of using the consumer prices index for the uprating of tax credits in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the subsequent five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what savings to the public purse his Department expects to make as a result of using the consumer prices index for the uprating of tax credits in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the subsequent five years.
| Saving to the Exchequer (£ million) | |
| 2011-12 | 305 |
| 2012-13 | 405 |
| 2013-14 | 950 |
| 2014-15 | 1,390 |
| 2015-16 | 1,990 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what savings to the public purse his Department expects to make as a result of using the consumer prices index for the uprating of (a) benefits and (b) public sector pensions in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) each of the subsequent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what savings to the public purse his Department expects to make as a result of using the consumer prices index for the uprating of (a) benefits and (b) public sector pensions in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) each of the subsequent...