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Whether they will monitor the level of water disconnections among (a) those on mean-tested social security benefits; and (b) those subjected to benefit sanctions. [HL 672].

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 January 2004
Reference
HL 672; 656 c151WA
House
House of Lords

What evidence they have on whether the imposition of benefit sanctions has had any adverse effect on the ability to meet the costs of actively seeking work; and whether those who have been subjected to previous benefits sanctions have been more or less successful in finding employment than those on...

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 June 2003
Reference
650 c62-3WA; HL 3286; HL 3287
House
House of Lords

What evidence they have on the state of mulnutrition among those on means-tested benefits; and whether the rate among those who have been subject to benefit sanctions is higher or lower than those on means-tested benefits as a whole. [HL 3285].

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 June 2003
Reference
HL 3285; 650 c4-5WA
House
House of Lords

Whether mental illness will be a defence against the imposition of housing benefit sanctions. [HL 3288].

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 June 2003
Reference
HL 3288; 649 c144WA
House
House of Lords

Whether, before introducing housing benefit sanctions, they will consult the Childrens Society about the possibility that parents may evict children whom they cannot control; and what would be the response to such evictions. [HL 3175].

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3175; 649 c115WA
House
House of Lords

Further to paragraph 17 of the consultation paper 'Housing Benefit Sanctions and Anti-social Behaviour', whether the phrase 'behaviour that the claimant could reasonably have been expected to control' applies to the behaviour of tenants' children over the age of 18. [HL 3174].

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3174; 649 c114WA
House
House of Lords

Further to paragraph 17 of the consultation paper 'Housing Benefit Sanctions and Anti-social behaviour', what meaning they attach to the phrase 'any sanction must take proper account of peoples circumstances'; and whether they believe these words require them to discover what alternative source of legal income is open to those...

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3173; 649 c114WA
House
House of Lords

What they estimate will be the reduction in housing benefit spending as a result of the sanctions set out in their consultation paper 'Housing Benefit Sanctions and Anti-social Behaviour'; and What is the extent of losses they estimate will be suffered by landlords as a result of housing benefits sanctions...

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3203; 649 c116WA
House
House of Lords

Further to their consultation paper 'Housing Benefit Sanctions and Anti-social Behaviour', what rate of reduction of housing benefit is contemplated; and on what evidence this rate has been chosen. [HL 3202]. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3202; 649 c115-6WA
House
House of Lords

Further to their consultation paper 'Housing Benefit Sanctions and Anti-social Behaviour', what rate of reduction of housing benefit is contemplated; and on what evidence this rate has been chosen. [HL 3202]. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3202; 649 c115-6WA
House
House of Lords

Further to paragraph 17 of the consultation paper 'Housing Benefit Sanctions and Anti-social Behaviour', whether they will consult the Attorney-General about the developing interpretation of Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights; and whether they will ask him to keep this under review. [HL 3176].

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3176; 649 c115WA
House
House of Lords

Further to paragraph 18 of the consultation paper 'Housing Benefit Sanctions and Anti-social Behaviour', whether their definition of hardship rests on any medical evidence. [HL 3177].

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3177; 649 c115WA
House
House of Lords

Whether those subjected to previous benefit sanctions have a higher or lower rate of admission to hospital than other people on means-tested benefits; and Whether those subjected to previous benefit sanctions are more or less statistically likely to suffer imprisonment than other people on means-tested benefits. [HL 3207]. - Information...

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3207; 649 c116WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the question "whether it is right, in principle, for the State to support the housing costs of people whose behaviour brings misery to the lives of individuals and communities" (Housing Benefit Sanctions and Anti-Social Behaviour) can be answered without reference to an alternative, and if so, why; and whether...

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 June 2003
Reference
HL 3089; 649 c69WA
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on the effect of benefit sanctions.
Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
12 March 2003
Reference
645 c1317-8
House
House of Lords

How many people are now subject to sanctions on means-tested benefits; and what percentage of (a) the adult population and (b) the total population this figure represents. [HL 3887]. - Inc figures.

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 May 2002
Reference
634 c180-1WA; HL 3887
House
House of Lords

How many of the 532 people found by the Rough Sleepers' Unit to be sleeping rough were at the time subject to benefit sanctions; what percentage of the total this represents; and what were the extents and durations of the sanctions concerned. [HL 2640]. - Inc fact that information is...

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 February 2002
Reference
HL 2640; 631 c127WA
House
House of Lords

How many people were excluded from the claimant court for unemployment during the past month as a result of benefit sanction. [HL 872].

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 2001
Reference
HL 872; 629 c10WA
House
House of Lords

Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Blackstone on 1st May (624 c262-3WA), whether they will provide a breakdown of the 701,400 benefit sanctions referred to in that answer, by: (a) grounds for the sanction; (b) the extent of the sanction in terms of percentage of benefit lost; and...

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 May 2001
Reference
HL 2066; 624 c397-8WA
House
House of Lords

What countervailing increase in child poverty they have attributed to the effect of parents being disentitled to benefit as a result of refusing to comply with (a) the requirement to name the father under the Child Support Act 1995; (b) the requirement to attend one interview; and (c) other government...

Asked by
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 2000
Reference
HL 4054; 618 c93-4WA
House
House of Lords