Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social housing tenants are under the age of 65 in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested in all four questions above is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claimants there were under the age of 25 in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2010-11 in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested in all four questions above is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social housing tenants paid the under-occupancy penalty in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested in all four questions above is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of housing benefit in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2010-11 in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested in all four questions above is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claimants there were in employment in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2010-11.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information as requested is not available.
The Information for those in work is only available for Housing Benefit (HB) recipients whose claim is not passported: that is for those who do not receive either income support, Jobseeker’s Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit). This information can be found at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of council tax benefit in March 2013 in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested is not available for March 2013.
Council Tax Benefit (CTB) was abolished in April 2013 and replaced by a system of localised support. In England, the Department for Communities and Local Government is now responsible for statistics. The Scottish and Welsh Governments have similar responsibility.
The available information relating to Council Tax Benefit up to February 2013 is shown in Table 10 of the publication available at:
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was that an applicant waited for a personal independence payment assessment in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The available information on average (median) waiting times, at a national level, has been published and is available from the Personal Independence Payment statistics home page: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics. The Department is assessing the quality of the clearance time data at lower geographical levels and is considering the future release of such information into the public domain. These statistics will be published when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.