Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been affected by the benefit cap in Greater London since April 2013.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
Data on the number of households capped since April 2013 by geographical breakdown can be found in Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
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 in London, and in each London borough, who do not have a bank account.
Answered by Steve Webb
The information is not available in the format requested. Benefit and Pension recipients who do not have a bank account are paid by Simple Payment.
As of 15th January 2015, there were 44,528 benefit recipients and pensioners in Great Britain being paid by Simple Payment.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in housing benefit has been paid to private sector landlords in London in each year since 2010.
Answered by Steve Webb
The information requested is shown in the table below.
Housing Benefit expenditure in the private rented sector in Greater London | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
£ million, nominal | 2,496 | 2,686 | 2,631 |
£ million, 2014/15 prices | 2,686 | 2,826 | 2,738 |
Source: Local Authority statistical data and subsidy returns
Notes:
1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.
2. The last period for which a full year of expenditure is available is 2012/13. Figures for 2013/14 will be published later in the year.
3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Budget, and published at:
4. Expenditure data shown here for 2012/13 may differ slightly from published expenditure information due to more up to date local authority data received after the data had been published.
5. Prior to April 2011, a tenant in the private sector claiming Housing Benefit subject to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) restrictions could receive up to £15 excess if their rent was below the applicable LHA rate for the given area and property size entitlement. This entitlement was removed from April 2011 for new claims to Housing Benefit. Existing HB claimants in receipt of the excess had this entitlement removed on the anniversary of their claim after April 2011. The expenditure figures shown above include payments relating to the £15 excess which would have been paid to claimants rather than landlords. We are unable to reliably isolate these amounts in the data.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure on housing benefit in London was in each year since 2010.
Answered by Steve Webb
The information requested is shown in the table below.
Total Housing Benefit expenditure in Greater London | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
£ million, nominal | 5,539 | 5,890 | 6,081 |
£ million, 2014/15 prices | 5,961 | 6,198 | 6,327 |
Source: Local Authority subsidy returns
Notes:
1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.
2. The last period for which a full year of expenditure is available is 2012/13. Figures for 2013/14 will be published later in the year.
3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Budget, and published at:
4. Expenditure data shown here for 2012/13 may differ slightly from published expenditure information due to more up to date local authority data received after the data had been published.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
Answered by Steve Webb
Please see table below:
Supplier | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
G4S Group | £81,433 | £17,951,654 | £32,123,087 | £46,377,724 |
Serco Group PLC | £73,458,641 | £29,569,238 | £45,457,786 | £58,823,106 |
Sodexo Ltd | NIL | £685 | £2,895 | £558 |
GEO Amey | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
Capita Group PLC | £57,821,217 | £40,754,470 | £42,255,394 | £50,702,838 |
Atos Origin UK Ltd | £150,589,213 | £143,524,261 | £146,857,967 | £102,646,905 |
Mitie Managed Services | £4,889 | £859 | £648 | £20,277 |
Working Links |
| £85,337,045 | £54,253,693 | £78,302,405 |
Action for Employment | £175,360,690 | £89,243,572 | £75,616,533 | £104,396,574 |
MTC Amey | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
GEO Group | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
Carillion | £923 | NlL | NIL | £11,339 |
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
Answered by Lord Harper
Contracted out expenditure has been interpreted as all third party expenditure. Figures are net of income and recoverable VAT. Figures cover the central Department and its Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs).
The relevant figures for the periods 2012-13; 2013-14; and, 2014-15 taken from our General Ledger are set out below.
£m | 2012-13 Outturn | 2013-14 Outturn | 2014-15 Plans |
Commercial Expenditure | 3,211 | 3,102 | 3,187 |
Proportion of total DEL Expenditure | 41% | 39% | 40% |
Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) expenditure has been used to calculate the proportion of total expenditure. These figures have been taken from the Department's Annual Reports and Accounts 2013-14, Annex 7 – Expenditure Tables.
Data is not available for prior years on a comparable basis. The Department has changed the way it reports commercial expenditure in the last couple of years, which makes later years incomparable with earlier years.