Written Question
Thursday 22nd February 2018
Asked by:
Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of changing support for mortgage interest to a loan on the take-up of other housing benefits.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Department does not anticipate any effect on take-up of other housing benefits as a result of this change. Claimants will be eligible for exactly the same level of financial support as they receive now. Loans will not be recovered until the property is sold and then only to the extent that there is sufficient equity available.
Written Question
Thursday 22nd February 2018
Asked by:
Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of support for mortgage interest had a property repossessed in each year since 2010.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Department does not hold the data requested.
Written Question
Thursday 22nd February 2018
Asked by:
Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who participate in the Home Ownership for people with Long-term Disabilities scheme who will be affected by the replacement of support for mortgage interest with a loan.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Department does not hold the data requested.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 31 Jan 2018
Personal Independence Payments
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I will primarily raise issues around the access to assessments, and I will run through some examples of constituents who have approached me. This is by far the biggest area of casework that I receive in my office.
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Written Question
Monday 15th January 2018
Asked by:
Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on housing benefit for people living in refuge accommodation in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2015-16.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The information requested is not available.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Jan 2018
Universal Credit: Private Rented Sector
"Has the hon. Gentleman given any consideration to the issue of 18 to 21-year-olds who are on universal credit and have no recourse to any funding for the housing element? Very often they will be on a lower wage, as obviously the minimum wage for younger people is lower than …..."Melanie Onn - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Jan 2018
Universal Credit: Private Rented Sector
"In October, the housing association Shoreline in my constituency had 182 residents who were already on universal credit, and 80% of them were in rent arrears. Such examples create a stigma against people who are on universal credit, because of those issues. Fundamentally, we have to iron out some of …..."Melanie Onn - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Jan 2018
Universal Credit: Private Rented Sector
"My hon. Friend’s point is incredibly important. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has been working with the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, and they showed that in 2015, 80% of private sector evictions were no fault evictions. That resulted in individuals going to local authorities, but perhaps being considered …..."Melanie Onn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"The truth is that this simply is not working. My constituent, Alan, has just graduated with a BSc honours degree in computing technology. He is blind and has a guide dog to assist him, but when he tells prospective employers about this in advance, they just do not take his …..."Melanie Onn - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 18th December 2017
Asked by:
Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the total (a) weekly and (b) annual housing benefit spend for claimants living within refuge accommodation.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The information requested is not available.