Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help reduce the impact of the rise in the cost of living on households.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The government understands how the rising cost of living is making life harder for people. These are global challenges however, as set out in the Spring Statement, the government is providing support worth over £22 billion in 2022-23 to help families with these pressures.
For example, a typical family with 2 children where one adult is on the average employee salary and the other works 16 hours at the NLW will be around than £3,000 a year better off as a result of recent government action, notably the NICs primary threshold change, UC taper rate and work allowance changes, and increase in the National Living Wage, even taking account the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mature Child Trust Funds have been placed into protective accounts because the account holder could not be contacted; and what the total value is of funds in those accounts.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The requested statistics on protected Child Trust Funds can only be made available at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to reconsider the cessation of the temporary universal credit £20 uplift in response to the impact on household finances of rising energy prices.
Answered by Simon Clarke
The Government has always been clear that the £20 per week increase to Universal Credit was a temporary measure to support households whose incomes and earnings were affected by the economic shock of Covid-19. Now that the economy has reopened, the Government is focusing on supporting people to move into and progress in work
The Government is committed to supporting low-income families with the cost of living including with their energy bills through the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments. The Energy Price Cap is also in place to protect millions of customers from the sudden increases in global gas prices this winter. Despite the rising costs of wholesale energy, the cap still saves 15 million households up to £100 a year.
The Government has also recently announced the £500 million Household Support Fund which will support vulnerable households with essentials over winter as we enter the final stages of recovery from the pandemic.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mature Child Trust Funds have been placed into protective accounts because the account holder could not be contacted, in Wales, for the latest time period available.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The number of protected Child Trust Funds in Wales can only be made available at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mature Child Trust Funds have been placed into protective accounts because the account holder could not be contacted within the CF81 post code in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency providing the latest figures available.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The number of protected Child Trust Funds in specific postcodes can only be made available at a disproportionate cost, and could be disclosive and therefore unfit for public release.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mature Child Trust Funds have been placed into protective accounts because the account holder could not be contacted within the NP24 post code in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency providing the latest figures available.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The number of protected Child Trust Funds in specific postcodes can only be made available at a disproportionate cost, and could be disclosive and therefore unfit for public release.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mature Child Trust Funds have been placed into protective accounts because the account holder could not be contacted within the NP22 post code in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency providing the latest figures available.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The number of protected Child Trust Funds in specific postcodes can only be made available at a disproportionate cost, and could be disclosive and therefore unfit for public release.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mature Child Trust Funds have been placed into protective accounts because the account holder could not be contacted within the CF48 post code in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency providing the latest figures available.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The number of protected Child Trust Funds in specific postcodes can only be made available at a disproportionate cost, and could be disclosive and therefore unfit for public release.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mature Child Trust Funds have been placed into protective accounts because the account holder could not be contacted within the CF47 post code in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency providing the latest figures available.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The number of protected Child Trust Funds in specific postcodes can only be made available at a disproportionate cost, and could be disclosive and therefore unfit for public release.
Asked by: Gerald Jones (Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mature Child Trust Funds have been placed into protective accounts because the account holder could not be contacted within the CF46 post code in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency providing the latest figures available.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The number of protected Child Trust Funds in specific postcodes can only be made available at a disproportionate cost, and could be disclosive and therefore unfit for public release.