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date	09/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are included on universal credit claims in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	131812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The information for all Universal Credit claims is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, I can inform the Hon. Member that as at June 2017, there were 51,000 households in Scotland on Universal Credit, of which 4,600 had child entitlement (these figures have been obtained from stat xplore, which can be accessed at</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>)</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/03/2018 16:54:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

858559

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on the use of universal credit split payments; and if she has supplied the Scottish Government with indicative costs.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	131814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP and the Scottish Government have had early discussions about the Scottish Government’s split payment policy and will be holding an initial workshop in the near future. Currently, Universal Credit Alternative Payment Arrangements for split payments are available for vulnerable claimants.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide indicative costs until the design has been agreed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/03/2018 15:05:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray