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834294

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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: Wolverhampton North East
	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 in Wolverhampton North East constituency have applied for advance payments of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	125914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p>However, the latest internal data from November 2017 suggests that 68% of new claims to Universal Credit full service received a new claim advance or benefit transfer advance. This proportion has increased since data was last published in July 2017, which showed that around 50% received a new claim advance or benefit transfer advance.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/02/2018 13:54:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

834624

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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: Wolverhampton North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the roll out of universal credit in Wolverhampton North East.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	126072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department rolled out Universal Credit for Wolverhampton Jobcentre Plus in December 2017. To ensure safe and secure delivery of Universal Credit to larger Jobcentre Plus offices, the Department rolls out to 50% of the postcodes at the announced go live date, with the remaining postcodes rolled out approximately three months later. In Wolverhampton’s case this will happen later this month.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/02/2018 11:38:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

843561

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in financial support for disabled people under universal credit on living standards of that group.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	127902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The core design of Universal Credit for claimants with health conditions and disabilities has remained as intended since its introduction in the Welfare Reform Act 2012, and the impacts were analysed then.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continue to evaluate the policy as it is delivered. The Universal Credit Evaluation is a comprehensive and multi-dimensional programme of analysis designed to assess economic, social and behavioural impacts of the Universal Credit experience. Research and analysis is conducted to provide continuous tracking and inform the evaluation and the expansion of Universal Credit, focusing specifically on the effects of Universal Credit on all claimants’ behaviours and outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>We have always said that there will be transitional protection for those with existing premiums who move over to Universal Credit as part of the managed migration process, whose overall Universal Credit entitlement would be less than under the old system, provided that their circumstances remain the same.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who ‘naturally’ move to Universal Credit will do so because they have had a change of circumstances. In such cases claimants will continue to have their new welfare support entitlement calculated based on the rules of their new benefit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/02/2018 11:33:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

810569

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	120914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Decisions as to what extent EU directives, regulations or other legislation will continue to function once the UK has exited the EU have not been made, as this is a matter for the current negotiations, in which the Government is focused on ensuring the best outcome for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/01/2018 12:22:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

834591

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Witham
	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 estimate of the number of unemployed people claiming benefits in Witham constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	903746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The claimant count in Witham was 530 in December 2017. This is a fall of over 800, or more than 60%, since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/02/2018 16:10:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

825809

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new claimants of universal credit (a) requested a new claim advance and (b) received a new claim advance in each month from 5 June 2017 up to and including 31 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	123876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested for numbers of requested Universal Credit advances is not available. However, data on advances paid in the Universal Credit Full Service is included below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>New Claim advances</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Benefit Transfer advances</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Change of Circumstance advances</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>new</strong> claims</p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>all</strong> claims</p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>all</strong> claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jun</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jul</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Aug</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Sep</p></td><td><p>8,400</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Oct</p></td><td><p>12,400</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Nov</p></td><td><p>19,600</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 123903 123904 question first answered 24/01/2018 17:17:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

825835

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for universal credit were paid an advance of the value of (a) less than £50, (b) £50.01-£100, (c) £100.01-£150, (d) £150.01-£200, (e) £200.01-£250, (f) £250.01-£300, (g) £300.01-£350, (h) £350.01-£400, (i) £400.01-£450, (j) £450.01-£500, (k) £500.01-£550, (l) £550.01-£600 and (m) greater than £600 in each month from 5 June 2017 up to and including 31 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	123902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the value of advances awarded to individual Full Service claims over the period requested. Each claim can include more than one claimant.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-Jun</p></td><td><p>17-Jul</p></td><td><p>17-Aug</p></td><td><p>17-Sep</p></td><td><p>17-Oct</p></td><td><p>17-Nov</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than £50</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£50.01-£100</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td><td><p>1,110</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£100.01-£150</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td><td><p>2,050</p></td><td><p>2,280</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>4,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£150.01-£200</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td><p>2,820</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td><td><p>3,950</p></td><td><p>6,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£200.01-£250</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£250.01-£300</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>3,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£300.01-£350</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td><td><p>1,710</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>3,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£350.01-£400</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>910</p></td><td><p>920</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£400.01-£450</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£450.01-£500</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500.01-£550</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£550.01-£600</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater than £600</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>3,520</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The data shows the total value of ‘New Claim’, ‘Benefit Transfer’, ‘Change of Circumstance’ and ‘Budgeting’ advances awarded to a Full Service claim.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/01/2018 17:17:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

825836

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants for universal credit (a) requested and (b) received a benefit transfer advance in each month from 5 June 2017 up to and including 31 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	123903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested for numbers of requested Universal Credit advances is not available. However, data on advances paid in the Universal Credit Full Service is included below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>New Claim advances</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Benefit Transfer advances</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Change of Circumstance advances</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>new</strong> claims</p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>all</strong> claims</p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>all</strong> claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jun</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jul</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Aug</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Sep</p></td><td><p>8,400</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Oct</p></td><td><p>12,400</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Nov</p></td><td><p>19,600</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 123876 123904 question first answered 24/01/2018 17:17:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

825837

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants for universal credit (a) requested and (b) received a change of circumstance advance in each month from 5 June 2017 up to and including 31 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	123904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested for numbers of requested Universal Credit advances is not available. However, data on advances paid in the Universal Credit Full Service is included below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>New Claim advances</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Benefit Transfer advances</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Change of Circumstance advances</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>new</strong> claims</p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>all</strong> claims</p></td><td><p>Claims paid an advance</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of <strong>all</strong> claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jun</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jul</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Aug</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Sep</p></td><td><p>8,400</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Oct</p></td><td><p>12,400</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Nov</p></td><td><p>19,600</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 123876 123903 question first answered 24/01/2018 17:17:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

828210

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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: Payments
	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 new claims for universal credit under full service (a) received full payment on time or (b) received some payment on time each week from the week beginning 18 September 2017 up to and including 31st December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	124170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no Universal Credit payment timeliness data broken down by area or region.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of new claims to Universal Credit Full Service that received some or all of their payment on time during the period requested:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week commencing:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of new claims to UC receiving some payment on time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of new claims to UC receiving full payment on time</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>18/09/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>25/09/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>02/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>09/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>16/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>23/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>30/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>06/11/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>13/11/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>20/11/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>27/11/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>04/12/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>11/12/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>18/12/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>25/12/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data in the rows for 30/10/2017 to 25/12/2017 are estimates based on information currently available.</p><p> </p><p>The average proportion of new claims for Universal Credit Full Service that received full payment on time over the entire period shown above is 80%.</p><p> </p><p>The average proportion of new claims for Universal Credit Full Service that received some payment on time over the entire period shown above is 87%.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 123710 124171 question first answered 25/01/2018 11:48:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood