Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the proportion of the actual cost of living in supported accommodation that will be met by discretionary housing payments in Warrington when housing benefit us capped at the rate of local housing allowance.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The information is not available.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who may no longer be able to remain in supported housing after introduction of the proposed cap on housing benefit at the rate of local housing allowance.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
Further information is not available.
We value the work of the supported housing sector extremely highly and are working closely with them to ensure that they are supported as effectively as possible in advance of the policy taking effect.
As part of this we have commissioned an evidence review of supported housing.
The results of this research will determine our f appropriate exemptions. We are also providing Local Authorities with £870 million over the course of this parliament to ensure vulnerable people are protected.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency in supported housing are in receipt of housing benefit.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
This information is not available.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who may no longer be able to remain in supported housing after introduction of the proposed cap on housing benefit at the rate of local housing allowance.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
Further information is not available.
We value the work of the supported housing sector extremely highly and are working closely with them to ensure that they are supported as effectively as possible in advance of the policy taking effect.
As part of this we have commissioned an evidence review of supported housing.
The results of this research will determine our f appropriate exemptions. We are also providing Local Authorities with £870 million over the course of this parliament to ensure vulnerable people are protected.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on local authority budgets of people in supported housing not remaining in that housing as a result of a cap on housing benefit at the rate of local housing allowance.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the loss of income to providers of supported housing from a cap on housing benefit at the rate of local housing allowance.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The information is not available.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cumulative loss of pension income to women born in the 1950s following the increase in state pension age in the Pensions Act 2011; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
Impacts as a result of increases in State Pension age set in Pensions Act 2011 are presented in Pensions Act 2011 Impact Assessment, published in November 2011, available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf
This included a gender impact assessment in annex A which found that while some aspects of the Pensions Act 2011 provisions will impact women more strongly than men, the impact is not disproportionate and is a consequence of closing the gender gap in State Pension age earlier than under current plans. Women who work for longer have the opportunity to improve their pension provision placing them in a better position to fund their retirement.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency who were born in the 1950s and will see an increase in their state pension age as a result of the Pensions Act 2011.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
All women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 April 1960 will see an increase in their State Pension age as a result of the Pensions Act 2011. Estimates of the number of such women at local authority and constituency level can be made from the relevant population estimates, published by the Office for National Statistics.
a) Local Authority population estimates, relating to mid-2014 can be found in “MYE2_population_by_sex_and_age_for_local_authorities_UK.xls” which can be found within the zip file “rft---mid-2014-uk-population-estimates.zip” obtainable by selecting “Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2014” at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/search/index.html?pageSize=50&sortBy=none&sortDirection=none&newquery=Population+Estimates+for+UK%2C+England+and+Wales%2C+Scotland+and+Northern+Ireland%2C+Mid-2014&content-type=Reference+table&content-type=Dataset&nscl=Population+Estimates
b) Parliamentary Constituency (England and Wales) level population estimates, relating to mid-2013 (the latest available) can be found by selecting “SAPE15DT7 - Parliamentary Constituency Mid-Year Population Estimates (experimental), Mid-2013” at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-367629
(and for Scotland, mid-2013, at: http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area/UKPC/ukpc-pop-est-2002-2013.xls)