Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of family premium for new claimants on families with one or more disabled members in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region.

This policy change had no impact on Housing Benefit claimants receiving another income-related benefit, such as income-related Employment and Support Allowance, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support or the guarantee element of Pension Credit, which “passports” claimants onto full eligible Housing Benefit.