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	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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 people under the age of 25 are in receipt of Universal Credit in each constituency in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
	uin	180400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of people in receipt of Universal Credit are published every month. The latest statistics are available by age and by Westminster parliamentary constituency, to February 2023, on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/04/2023 14:51:08 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1539286

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2022
	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, with reference to the Prime Minister's comments on 2 November 2022 on discretionary funding supplied to the Scottish Government through the Barnett formula, whether there were similar funds allocated for making cost of living payments to those on Universal Credit paid four-weekly in other areas of the United Kingdom.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	78729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>DWP has made an estimated 689,000 means-tested Cost of Living Payments to households in Scotland and 607,000 Disability Cost of Living Payments to individuals in Scotland. The Cost of Living Payments are not funded through the Barnett formula, but rather, are funded directly by the UK Government.</p><p> </p><p>For those not eligible for the Cost of Living Payment, or who require further support, the Government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials.</p><p> </p><p>This includes £421 million which is being provided in England to extend the Household Support Fund from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Household Support Fund <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-guidance-for-local-councils/household-support-fund-final-guidance-for-county-councils-and-unitary-authorities-in-england" target="_blank">guidance</a> asks Local Authorities to provide support to those most in need. In particular the guidance asks Local Authorities to consider those who may not be eligible for the other support government has recently made available but who are nevertheless in need.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula applies in the usual way for this additional funding in England. This means that the devolved administrations will be receiving £79m of the additional £500m (£41m for the Scottish Government, £25m for the Welsh Government and £14m for Northern Ireland Executive).</p><p> </p><p>It is for the devolved administrations to decide how to spend this additional funding.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78730 question first answered 09/11/2022 12:50:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1461498

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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 her timeframe is for managed migration of Universal Credit in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently focused on the discovery phase of managed migration starting with 250 claimants in Bolton and Medway. We are committed to ensuring the final phase of Universal Credit is rolled out safely and is responsibly delivered by the end of 2024 in Scotland and the rest of Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/05/2022 15:22:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1456579

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	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, for what reason her Department has not granted the Scottish Government access to anonymised data on universal credit claims and sanctions histories for Scottish universal credit claimants; and when her Department plans to grant the Scottish Government access to that data.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	151113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The DWP has not received a request for this data by the Scottish Government. The Department considers each application for data sharing on its merits.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2022 16:50:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth