Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when tenders for the new £30 million inter-parental conflict programme announced in April 2017 will be published.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Government is committed to delivering the new programme of support for workless families, as announced in Improving Lives: Workless Families. We acknowledge that there have been some delays to our plans for the new programme, including the election hiatus. We will be coming forward with an opportunity to tender for organisations to deliver face-to-face interventions to reduce parental conflict next year, but at this point we are not able to confirm the exact timescales for this process.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial provision there is for people in need of family counselling services who are unable to pay for such services.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Every local authority must protect and promote the welfare of children in need in its area. To do this it must work with the family to provide support services that will enable children to be brought up within their own families. The local authority can provide a range of services for children in need, which can include advice, guidance and counselling. These services are normally provided free of charge. In addition, DWP funds the provision of relationship support services - this includes couple counselling delivered by a range of voluntary sector providers including Relate, Marriage Care and Tavistock Relationships.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is the Government’s policy to continue with plans to cap housing benefit for supported housing tenants at the local housing allowance rate.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The application of the Local Housing Allowance rate to supported housing will be deferred until 2019/20. Developing a workable and sustainable funding model for supported housing is a priority for the Government. We will set out further details on our plans as soon as possible.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people with multiple sclerosis on (a) income-based employment and support allowance and (b) the limited capability for the work element of universal credit have received sanctions in the latest year for which data is available.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what set of circumstances a person would receive a sanction equal to the financial support they receive from universal credit.
Answered by Damian Hinds
Imposing a sanction is not something we do lightly. Claimants are given every opportunity to explain why they failed to meet their agreed conditionality requirements, before a decision is made.
A sanction reduces a claimant’s Universal Credit award by an amount never more than their standard allowance element entitlement.
A claimant with a health condition or disability, who makes a claim for Universal Credit on or after 3 April 2017, and who is found to have limited capability for work following a WCA, will not be eligible for the limited capability for work element of Universal Credit.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria a person would have to meet to receive a sanction equal to the financial support they receive from the limited capability for the work element of universal credit (a) now and (b) from April 2017 following the change in the rate at which that element is paid.
Answered by Damian Hinds
Imposing a sanction is not something we do lightly. Claimants are given every opportunity to explain why they failed to meet their agreed conditionality requirements, before a decision is made.
A sanction reduces a claimant’s Universal Credit award by an amount never more than their standard allowance element entitlement.
A claimant with a health condition or disability, who makes a claim for Universal Credit on or after 3 April 2017, and who is found to have limited capability for work following a WCA, will not be eligible for the limited capability for work element of Universal Credit.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of foreign children adopted by UK parents who are not eligible for disability living allowance because of the past presence rule.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information is not held.