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983360

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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: Housing
	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 5 July 2018 to Question 159621 Universal Credit: Housing, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants with a rent liability received their first payment of housing costs within two months of their date of claim for each month since March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	176321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>For claims to UC Full Service that were due a first payment in July 2018 (the most recent month for which data is available), and that were entitled to support for housing costs, 95% of claims received support for housing within 2 months of the date of claim.</p><p> </p><p>Results for March 2018 to July 2018 are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month in which first UC payment due</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of claims that were entitled to support for housing costs, which receive support for housing within 2 months of the date of claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>These results can change retrospectively as further information is received.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of reasons payments may be delayed including failure by claimants to provide information or attend initial appointments.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/10/2018 16:34:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1064047

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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: Housing
	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 universal credit recipients who have an alternative payment arrangement involving payment of housing costs to the landlord and who also have an income from work and are subject to deductions due to the taper, in how many cases (a) is the maximum housing element paid to the landlord with deductions due to the taper reducing only the remaining amount paid to the claimant, (b) is the deduction applied only to the amount paid directly to the landlord and (c) are both of these amounts reduced by the deduction, in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	223245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>By way of clarification, the amount of Universal Credit payable is first calculated net of any deductions, irrespective of whether there is a Managed Payment to Landlord in place. Where the amount calculated is greater than housing costs, the Managed Payment to Landlord will be for the full amount of housing costs with the claimant receiving the remaining amount of Universal Credit; where the amount of Universal Credit calculated is less than housing costs, that amount is paid directly to the landlord and the claimant receives no payment of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/02/2019 16:24:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

823565

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Housing
	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 managed payments made directly to their landlord.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	123030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of Universal Credit claimants that have managed payments made directly to their landlord, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/01/2018 10:46:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

823567

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of managed payments of the housing costs element of universal credit which have been made to the wrong landlord, council or housing association in the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	123032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested 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 24/01/2018 10:46:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

982488

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to extend direct to landlord payments to all claimants of the housing element of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	uin	176608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit incentivises work by making the journey from unemployment to employment as smooth as possible, without the hurdles that exist within the current system. Paying claimants their housing costs direct means their landlord sees no changes in rent payments when they move into work. Consequently the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will, in the majority of cases, pay eligible housing costs directly to the claimant as has been the case for Housing Benefit in the Private Rented Sector since 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Nonetheless, both the claimant and landlord are able to request an alternative payment arrangement (APA) to have rent paid direct to the landlord at any point in the claim should the need arise.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/10/2018 10:57:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

819047

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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: Housing
	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 publish the timetable for the roll-out of the universal credit landlords' portal.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	121724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently working on the list of landlords to enrol on to the Landlord Portal for the period February to April 2018. Once the landlords have been contacted, the list will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/01/2018 17:32:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1056824

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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: Housing
	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 consider enabling universal credit claimants to choose a payment schedule that aligns their assessment periods and payment dates with earnings patterns and the payment of housing costs.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	218210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit seeks to take earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The amount of Universal Credit paid reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period, including any earnings reported by the employer during the assessment period, regardless of when they were paid, or which month they relate to.</p><p> </p><p>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> </p><p>Claimants can always discuss the implications of this with their case managers and work coaches and can be referred to Personal Budgeting Support to help them manage their budgeting.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with employers to ensure that they use the most appropriate payment practices and comply with RTI guidelines in order to minimise the incidence of erroneous or late reporting by employers. HMRC have updated the guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles.</p><p> </p><p>More guidance on this is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments-payment-cycles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments-payment-cycles</a></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/02/2019 11:25:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

931329

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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: Housing
	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 proportion of universal credit payments made (a) for the housing element directly to landlords and (b) more frequently than monthly.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	157658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of payments made for the housing element directly to landlords is published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the proportion of payments made more frequently than monthly is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>In response to requests for information on Universal Credit we have consulted users on the expansion of Universal Credit statistics and are currently reviewing the responses.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/07/2018 16:52:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

833883

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Universal Credit landlord portal to be fully accessible to all housing associations, mutuals and co-operatives.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	125641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Our plans will be to rollout the landlord portal to all sizeable landlords in the social rented sector by the end of the year. We estimate around 50% of properties in the Social Rented Sector are already covered by the landlord portal.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/02/2018 15:42:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle