Select Committee

Carers Trust, St George’s University of London, Alek-Zander Chullan-Hoyte, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, and Department for Work and Pensions

Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: Did the social worker ask you to take on the role or did it just happen?

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Justice

Apr. 24 2024

Source Page: 'Big Four' accountancy firm to get prison leavers in to work in crime-cutting drive
Document: 'Big Four' accountancy firm to get prison leavers in to work in crime-cutting drive (webpage)

Found: KPMG UK Chief Executive Jon Holt said:     Our longstanding focus on social mobility is about giving

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Written Question

Poverty: Children

Wednesday 24th April 2024

Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact the under occupancy penalty has had on levels of (a) child poverty and (b) child poverty for children with a disability.

Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

No assessment has been made of the impact of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) on child poverty. It is not possible to produce a robust assessment of the impact of RSRS on child poverty because we do not have the data to fully measure behavioural impacts that may have resulted from the policy.

The latest statistics show that in 2022/23 there were 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty after housing costs than in 2009/10.

Statistics on the number of Children living in absolute and relative poverty by disability in the UK are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication in “table 1_7c” and “table 1_7d” (respectively) of “summary-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2022-23-tables” found here. The latest statistics published on 21 March 2024 are for the financial period 2022/23. The latest available data can also be found on Stat-Xplore here.

The RSRS policy applies to claims for housing support where the claimant is living in a social rented sector property that is considered to have more bedrooms than the household requires.

The policy helps to encourage mobility within the social rented sector to make better use of the existing social housing stock and strengthens work-incentives.

There are easements available which allow for the provision of an additional bedroom in certain circumstances, such as to support families of disabled children, foster carers and parents who adopt.

For individuals who may require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) may be available. DHPs are paid entirely at the discretion of the local authority and since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities.

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024)
Document: (PDF)

Found: The Mobility Hub would accommodate 725 car parking spaces.

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Select Committee

Department for Education, Department for Education, and Centre for Economic Performance

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: Skills for the future: apprenticeships and training
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: Also, those organisations —FE colleges particularly —are beacons of social justice.

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Select Committee

European Centre for International Political Economy, Competere Group, and The Rt Hon Lord Frost of Allenton CMG

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: Export-led growth
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: get tax and spending down, because there is no future for the country as a high-tax, high-spend social

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Select Committee

Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal

CRG0007 - City Region and Growth Deals

Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: City Region and Growth Deals
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: One example of this the Workforce Mobility project, where data is being used to help identify new

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