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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

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

1078458

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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, how many universal credit claimants have benefited from the provisions under section 119 (3) (a) and (b) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 that hardship payments cease to be recoverable in the event that such claimants have earnings above the thresholds specified in those regulations in each month since August 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	226487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/03/2019 17:21:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1077686

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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 8 February 2019 to Question 216934, on Universal Credit: Disqualification, how many universal credit claimants have been sanctioned for refusing to accept the offer of a job with a zero hours contract.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	226013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/03/2019 17:33:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1077687

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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, how many people her Department has helped through its Universal Support Assisted Digital Service.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	226014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>For the last completed financial year, 2017/18, the total number of claimants helped through Universal Support Assisted Digital Support by Local Authorities was 55,941. This figure is derived from the quarterly returns submitted by Local Authorities as part of the funding arrangement. These figures provided by Local Authorities do not include the large numbers of people helped daily with digital support by Jobcentres, and other organisations, which are unrecorded.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/03/2019 17:37:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1077694

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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 funding has been allocated to the Help to Claim Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	226015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is providing £51 million (which includes £12 million to set up delivery in the run-up to April 2019) of funding to Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland to deliver the Help to Claim service from April 2019. This was announced by the Government, Citizen’s Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland and Government on 1 October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/03/2019 17:30:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1077188

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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, with reference to the online application form for universal credit, how many people answered Yes to the question, Did anyone help you make your claim - for example a family member, friend or someone from the jobcentre or a charity, in each month since December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	225372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>Information on help with the digital claim was not collected before December 2016. The table below provides the requested information we hold.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Universal Credit claims declared </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>21,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>21,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>22,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>27,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>33,000</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>36,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>37,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>45,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>48,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>38,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ul><li>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to<br>National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. These results can change retrospectively as further information is received. They should therefore be treated with caution.</li><li>The numbers provided are the number of claimants that answered ‘yes’ to the question 'Did you have help making your claim’.</li><li>Information on help with the digital claim was not collected before December 2016.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>These figures are for GB.</li></ul> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/02/2019 16:45:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1077189

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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 estimate she has made of the length of time required for new claimants to complete the online application form for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	225373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>To help claimants using online services, Universal Support is available, which is advice, assistance or support to help Universal Credit claimants with managing their claim or award. From 1 April 2019 Citizens Advice (England and Wales) and Citizens Advice Scotland will deliver a new “Help to Claim” service to support vulnerable claimants through the process of making a claim to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>For those unable to access or use digital services, assistance to make and maintain their claim is available via the Freephone Universal Credit helpline. The Universal Credit Service Centre will establish the best means of support available, which could be signposting to Universal Support delivered locally, the local Jobcentre Plus office or telephony support. A home visit can also be arranged to support a claimant in making their initial claim and completing any other administrative tasks required to ensure the claimant receives the correct payment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/02/2019 16:53:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1063605

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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 reason claimants of universal credit are subject to a five week delay before payment in cases where the claimant is (a) transferring from another benefit; (b) has just left a weekly paid job and (c) has just left a job with a zero hours contract.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	222590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>All Universal Credit claimants are subject to an initial assessment period, regardless of the circumstances that have led to a claim. Assessment periods allow for Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if a claimant’s income falls, they do not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit award.</p><p>To support claimants with the move to Universal Credit, we have announced that from July 2020 their existing DWP legacy benefit will continue for two weeks with no requirement to repay the overlap. A similar run-on is already in place for Housing Benefit claimants who move to Universal Credit as a result of a change in circumstances.</p><p>New claimants to Universal Credit can also apply for a Universal Credit Advance in their first month if they need some financial support until the first regular payment of Universal Credit is made.</p><p>We have previously increased the maximum amount available for advances from 50 per cent to 100 per cent of the total award, and increased the repayment period from 6 months to 12 months.</p><p>It was also announced in the 2018 Budget that from October 2021 we will extend the maximum period over which advances can be recovered from 12 to 16 months. This will enable the maximum possible advance return to current levels for all claimants.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/02/2019 16:38:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms