Mar. 22 2023
Source Page: Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill: RPC Opinion (Green-rated)Found: Benefit Claims 4.11 Removal of the AE Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) would increase U niversal Credit
Found: Benefit Claims 4.11 Removal of the AE Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) would increase U niversal Credit
Mar. 10 2023
Source Page: I. Table showing numbers of Universal Credit claimants by constituency, employment status and Jobcentre Plus conditionality requirements, in December 2022 [update to DEP2023-0068]. II. Letter dated 02/03/2023 from Guy Opperman MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding the above document for deposit in the House Libraries. 1p.Found: Table showing numbers of Universal Credit claimants by constituency, employment status and Jobcentre
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households on Universal Credit in the Hendon constituency had that benefit capped as of 1 March 2023.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
The available information on the number of households receiving Universal Credit (Full Service only) and subject to the benefit cap, by month and Westminster parliamentary constituency, is published every three months on Stat-Xplore and the latest statistics are available to August 2022.
The number of households on Universal Credit by month and Westminster parliamentary constituency, is published monthly on Stat-Xplore and the latest statistics are available to November 2022.
Found: , Tax Credits and Universal Credit , data is not consi stent for all qualifying families .
Jan. 26 2023
Source Page: I. Table showing numbers of Universal Credit claimants by constituency, employment status and Jobcentre Plus conditionality requirements, in October 2022 [update to DEP2023-0045]. II. Letter dated 23/01/2023 from Guy Opperman MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding the above document for deposit in the House Libraries. 1p.Found: Table showing numbers of Universal Credit claimants by constituency, employment status and Jobcentre
Jan. 18 2023
Source Page: I. Table showing numbers of Universal Credit claimants by constituency, employment status and Jobcentre Plus conditionality requirements, in September 2022 [update to DEP2022-0896]. 156p. II. Letter dated 13/01/2023 from Guy Opperman MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding the above document for deposit in the House Libraries. 1p.Found: Table showing numbers of Universal Credit claimants by constituency, employment status and Jobcentre
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of income parents of children aged (a) under 5 and (b) 5-11 spend each year on average on childcare including holiday clubs in the Hendon constituency.
Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
The department does not hold the data requested. However, the most recent Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents provides some data on parental spend on childcare. The results of this survey are available at: https://www.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents/2021.
The survey shows the average cost of childcare per week for parents of 0 to 14-year-old children by region. It also shows the cost by day for school-aged children during holiday periods. This data is not available at local authority or constituency level.
The department is aware that childcare is a key concern for parents and that is why we are committed to improving the cost, choice, and availability of childcare. We continue to look at ways to make childcare more affordable and to encourage families to use the government-funded support they are entitled to.
The department has spent over £3.5 billion in each of the past three years on early education entitlements and continues to support families with the cost of childcare through Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit.
In the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, the department also announced it is investing over £200 million a year in the Holiday Activities and Food programme, which provides enriching activities and healthy meals for disadvantaged children during school holidays.
In July, the department announced further measures to increase take-up of childcare support and reduce the costs and bureaucracy facing providers. This included a new £1.2 million campaign via the childcare choices website to ensure every parent knows about the government funded support they are eligible for. Childcare Choices is available at: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.
Mentions:
1: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) Extending it just to families on universal credit would feed an extra 1.4 million children. - Speech Link
2: Geraint Davies (LAB - Swansea West) At a time when half of people on universal credit are in food poverty, we need to think very carefully - Speech Link
3: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and North Perthshire) Every child in Scotland living in a household in receipt of universal credit gets a free school meal. - Speech Link
Oct. 11 2022
Source Page: Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to August 2022Found: The majority of unemployment-related benefit claimants have now migrated to Universal Credit and trends