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date	07/10/2020
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support victims of universal credit scams.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	100430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department takes this issue very seriously and we continue to look across government and beyond to tackle benefit fraud.</p><p> </p><p>In June, the Department launched a new process for claimants who allege that without their participation or knowledge, their identity has been used to make a fraudulent claim for Universal Credit. Where this is found to be the case, the Department will consider reinstatement of relevant legacy benefits and/or tax credits.</p><p> </p><p>The Department considers each case on its own merits and decisions are made on the strength of the evidence provided.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant has been the victim of a scam, and has not benefited from it in any way, they will not be held liable for any debt. In these cases, we will seek to recover any losses from the perpetrator of any fraud.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/10/2020 15:51:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1240860

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of retaining the weekly £20 increase to universal credit payments beyond April 2021; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	99587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government introduced a package of temporary welfare measures worth around £9.3 billion this year to help with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The £20 weekly increase to the Universal Credit Standard Allowance rates was introduced as a temporary measure for the 20/21 tax year, in recognition of these consequences.</p><p>Future decisions on spending will be made at the next appropriate fiscal event and Parliament will be updated accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/10/2020 15:46:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1240938

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people sought an advance payment of universal credit in each of the last 10 months.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	99631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Applications for a Universal Credit advance can be made in a number of ways: in person, by telephone and also online.</p><p> </p><p>The department published a set of supplementary management information on the number of Universal Credit Advances paid by the four advance types. This information is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-declarations-claims-and-advances-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-declarations-claims-and-advances-management-information</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on unsuccessful advance applications is not held.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/10/2020 16:47:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle