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	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered including school holiday provision in passported benefits to be included in Universal Credit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
	uin	HL2431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Child Poverty Strategy, published in June 2014, outlined the Government’s actions to tackle child poverty and improve the living standards of poor children.[1]</p><p> </p><p>We have not considered including school holiday provision in passported benefits to be included in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-strategy-2014-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-strategy-2014-to-2017</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/11/2014 14:21:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

1082125

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what analysis his Department has conducted on the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on procedural changes in flagging eligibility for the pupil premium.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	228677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Eligibility for the pupil premium is based on pupils recorded in the January census who are known to have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) now or at any point in the last 6 years (known as FSM EVER6).</p><p>Following the change to FSM eligibility criteria under Universal Credit, which came into effect in April 2018, we estimate that by 2022, more children will benefit from an FSM and therefore pupil premium compared to the previous benefits system.</p><p>As Universal Credit continues to roll out, we will keep the delivery of the pupil premium policy under review, working closely with other government departments.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 228678 228679 question first answered 11/03/2019 15:38:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1082126

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what analysis his Department has conducted with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on procedural changes in flagging eligibility for pupil premium by local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	228678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Eligibility for the pupil premium is based on pupils recorded in the January census who are known to have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) now or at any point in the last 6 years (known as FSM EVER6).</p><p>Following the change to FSM eligibility criteria under Universal Credit, which came into effect in April 2018, we estimate that by 2022, more children will benefit from an FSM and therefore pupil premium compared to the previous benefits system.</p><p>As Universal Credit continues to roll out, we will keep the delivery of the pupil premium policy under review, working closely with other government departments.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 228677 228679 question first answered 11/03/2019 15:38:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

64289

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to school clothing grants via (a) vouchers and (b) cash or cheque to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	202668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>There is no national school clothing grant operating currently in England.</p><p>Individual local authorities and academies may choose to provide school clothing grants or to help with the cost of school clothing in cases of financial hardship. In such cases, it is for the local authority or academy concerned to decide the criteria upon which pupils are entitled to this support. Local authorities and academies which choose to run such schemes must do so from within their existing delegated budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:30:57 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64305

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to benefits from the pupil premium to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	202675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Universal credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament from 2017/18, and no pupil premium spending decisions for that period have yet been taken. For example, the per-pupil funding rates have not been decided beyond 2014/15. This means that it is not possible to estimate the potential cost of extending entitlement on the pupil premium budget.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:48:36 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64306

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free early education to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	202676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Government-funded early education for three- and four-year-olds is already a universal entitlement, so there would be no cost of extending the entitlement. Universal Credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament, and spending decisions for that period have not been taken. This means it is, therefore not possible to estimate the potential cost on early learning for two-year-olds.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2014 16:23:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

669110

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the eligibility to free school meals will be of children in households in receipt of Universal Credit, broken down by employment status.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	58944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>As I indicated in my answer to the hon. Member for Manchester Central on 1 December, the Department for Education is working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, other Government departments and other interested parties to establish new criteria for determining entitlement to benefits-related Free School Meals as the roll-out of universal credit (UC) progresses. No decision has been taken yet, and our proposals on this matter will be announced in due course. As an interim measure, all pupils whose parents are in receipt of UC are currently entitled to free school meals.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/01/2017 16:34:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

847789

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of extending (a) free school meals, (b) the pupil premium to all pupils whose parents are in receipt of universal credit in (i) each of the next four years and (ii) once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	129465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that providing free school meals to all children from households receiving Universal Credit would result in around half of all pupils becoming eligible for free school meals – over three times as many as the 1.1 million (14%) that are eligible for and claiming free school meals in the latest figures[1]. We estimate that this would cost in excess of £3 billion more a year, including the cost of the extra meals and associated school deprivation funding, such as the pupil premium – the additional meal costs alone would be in excess of £450 million per year.</p><p> </p><p>Costs in each of the next four years will be lower than this as the proportion of the pupil population living in households receiving Universal Credit will be lower prior to the completion of rollout. We have not provided precise estimates for the next four years as we believe the level of uncertainty around these figures means that releasing them would not be in the public interest.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/eligibility-for-free-school-meals-and-the-early-years-pupil-premium-under-universal-credit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/eligibility-for-free-school-meals-and-the-early-years-pupil-premium-under-universal-credit</a></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:45:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart