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1083631

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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, what proportion of universal credit claimants have been able to verify their identity successfully online; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	229601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Thirty-eight per cent of people successfully use GOV.UK Verify to identify themselves. For those who prefer to do this face to face in a Jobcentre that option continues to remain open.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:30:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1083632

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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, what the average time taken is for a universal credit claim to be verified manually when the claimant is not able to verify their identity online.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	229614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:30:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1082551

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2019 to Question 223830, if he will make an estimate of the cost of finding out what proportion of universal credit claimants have not been in receipt of any benefits in the 180 days following a sanction decision.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	229104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Finding out what proportion of Universal Credit claimants have not been in receipt of any benefits in the 180 days following a sanction decision would require DWP to link together several complex datasets and quality assure the results. It is estimated that due to the time it would take to do this (several months), the cost of compiling the requested information is likely to exceed £850.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/03/2019 18:07:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1082710

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits: Reciprocal Arrangements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2018 to Question 153188, Common Travel Area, whether the Government's commitment to reciprocal Common Travel Area rights to social welfare entitlements and benefits for Irish nationals will encompass all social security provision currently accessible to Irish nationals in the UK under EU free movement rights.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	229266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to preserving the reciprocal social security rights of UK and Irish nationals established through the Common Travel Area arrangements and currently provided under EU law. The Government signed an agreement on social security with Ireland on 1 February which, subject to ratification, will ensure that Irish and UK nationals residing and/or working in the UK or Ireland do not lose their rights to social security benefits as a result of the UK’s exit from the EU.</p><p>The agreement was laid for consideration by Parliament on 12 February as Command Paper 49, in accordance with section 20 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/03/2019 18:04:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1082165

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 190938, whether (a) for a closed universal credit claim there is read-only access to the payment statements as well as the journal and (b) there is read-only access to all closed previous universal credit claims even after a new claim has been opened.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	uin	228698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>In the event of a closed claim, claimants can still see their previous journal entries and payment statements in a read-only format.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant opens a new claim, this read-only access will no longer be accessible to the claimant. However, if a claimant, who has had a previous claim closed, needs to access their previous statements or their journal, a case manager can access them on their behalf and provide them with any information they might require.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/03/2019 18:04:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1082282

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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	Jobcentres: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purposes jobcentre staff will visit claimants in hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	228729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Officers from the DWP Visiting Team, as appropriate, visit claimants to support them in making an application for benefit or for on-going administration of their claim – for example if they have a change in their circumstances. The majority of visits conducted by DWP take place in a claimant’s home. However, an officer can also arrange an appointment at an alternative place, such as an information point (surgery) or hospital, if a claimant is deemed to be vulnerable or is in need of additional support when making an application for benefit or for on-going support. We may also visit centenarians to confirm they can receive and appreciate a congratulatory birthday card from the Queen.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/03/2019 18:09:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1082322

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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, for what reasons applicants for universal credit are subject to a five week assessment period before being entitled to claim that benefit.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-18/222590/" target="_blank">222590</a> 21 February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/03/2019 18:05:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1081721

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has undertaken any recent assessment on trends in the level of economic inactivity in socio-economic groups.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	228060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The latest available data, covering Oct-Dec 2018, shows the rate of economic inactivity being 20.9% – a record low. This rate has fallen since 2010 for every region and country of the UK. These statistics are for the 16-64 age group, which is the Office for National Statistics’ headline rate for economic inactivity.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS does not publish statistics on economic inactivity split by socioeconomic group.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:36:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1081732

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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, if she will make an assessment of whether universal credit claimants paid weekly, fortnightly or on a four-weekly basis for part-time work may receive a lower annual benefit than those who are paid on a last day of the month-basis for the same number of hours worked.
	tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
	tabling member printed	Bill Grant
	uin	228068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit awards are assessed and paid on a monthly basis. There is, therefore, no annual entitlement, as many claimants’ circumstances change from month to month.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:34:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1081929

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of time spent looking for a job was each week by individuals claiming (a) universal credit and (b) job seekers allowance in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	227982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not held by the Department.</p><p>All work-related requirements are agreed in discussion with claimants. They are tailored to their individual personal circumstances and capacity, and recorded in their claimant commitment. This includes an agreement of the total time they have available and can be expected to be engaged in suitable work related activities including work search activities where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:40:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell