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808284

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether universal credit claimants will lose money if they receive a disability premium in addition to income-based benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	903001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>We simplified and rationised the various, complex disability premiums that exist in the legacy system and anyone in the Support Group who only qualifies for the Enhanced Disability Premium, will be better off in Universal Credit by over £90 per month.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/12/2017 17:33:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

871712

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	What steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people in progressing at work and increasing their earnings.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	904567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress in work and we are currently developing the evidence base on how best to do this.</p><p> </p><p>Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial on in-work progression, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/03/2018 16:15:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

808280

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to progress at work and increase their earnings.
	tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
	tabling member printed	Luke Graham
	uin	902994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Universal credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress and we are developing the evidence base about what works.</p><p>Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:37:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

908451

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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	What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to increase their earnings and progress in their jobs.
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	uin	905451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In April 2017 we reduced the Universal Credit taper rate to 63% supporting people to earn more and keep more of their earnings. And unlike in the legacy system, there are no cliff edges, so claimants know that for every extra hour they work they will be able to keep more of their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 16:55:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

987719

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent changes the Government has made to universal credit to protect the incomes of the most vulnerable claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
	tabling member printed	Bill Grant
	uin	907057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We have already spent £1.5 billion on improvements during the first assessment period. We have already committed more money to protect the most vulnerable, including the 500,000 people currently receiving the Severe Disability Premium. A million disabled people will be better off.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/10/2018 16:11:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1030179

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2018
	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	What assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of universal credit in helping people into work.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	uin	908382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit has had a positive impact since its start, as shown through published research and analysis. This research shows us that people are spending more time looking for work, applying for more jobs and even doing jobs they would not have considered doing before. Our Labour Market Impacts Analysis is available online at gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/01/2019 18:02:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

808281

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment his Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt for people in receipt of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	uin	902995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to reduce the risk of problem debt, including capping payday lending costs and promoting savings.</p><p>Within UC, there are also interest free Advances and a system of priority deductions to help claimants who have got into arrears.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:56:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1036455

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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	What assessment her Department has made of the effect of explicit consent restrictions placed on advice agencies on the ability of people to make a claim for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	908386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Explicit consent is not required to make a new claim. If claimants cannot make or manage their claim on-line, they can receive face to face support through their local jobcentre or assistance through our Freephone telephone number. Once the claim is made, claimants who require agencies to act on their behalf can provide explicit consent.</p><p>In our response to the Social Security Advisory Committee in November 2018 in respect of the managed migration regulations, we have agreed to explore options for improving the process of explicit consent in collaboration with the committee.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/01/2019 18:01:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

792664

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 70208, if he will provide information on how the estimated savings from the minimum income floor for universal credit were calculated for (a) 2017-18; (b) 2018-19; (c) 2019-20; (d) 2020-21, and (e) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	114591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Minimum Income Floor is expected to encourage those reporting very low self-employed income to increase their earnings. Some people will respond to this by increasing their earnings from self-employment, others will look for other employment to increase their income and it is applied equally across all sectors of self-employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Minimum Income Floor is modelled using the Policy Simulation Model and Integrated Microsimulation Model (INFORM) where we apply it to the Universal Credit award calculation for the projected population of Universal Credit self-employed claimants.</p><p>The Minimum Income Floor is calculated, as per policy, based on claimants characteristics i.e. National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage (which is a function of age), tax bracket and maximum work search requirement for a given claimant type.</p><p>A more detailed modelling methodology of Universal Credit forecasts is likely to be published by Office for Budget Responsibility in 2018 as a part of their Welfare Trends Report series.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 16:30:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

754239

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	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 which housing associations his Department is working to investigate rent arrears in universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	6233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>DWP are currently undertaking work, in conjunction with Curo Group, a housing association based in the South West, to investigate and understand the true level of rent arrears for their tenants, what is causing them and any impacts Universal Credit may be having. We will consider how nationally representative the analyses are and whether and how it should be expanded.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6232 6234 question first answered 05/09/2017 11:05:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1046104

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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 referenced to her speech entitled Universal Credit: personal welfare delivered on 11 January 2019, how many recipients of universal credit where payments go to the woman’s bank account are in paid work.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	211355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 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 grouped question UIN 211354 question first answered 20/03/2019 13:51:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 97892 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

515997

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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 universal credit, what his estimate is of Government spending on transitional protection where entitlement is lower in each year until 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	35546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Our estimates of Government spending on transitional protection over the Spending Review period are: £120 million in 2018/19. The national implementation of managed migration is not planned to start before June 2018, and so transitional protection will not start until then.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/05/2016 10:28:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

1005734

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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, with reference to universal credit, what estimate she has made of the (a) proportion of claimants who apply for an advanced payment that are successful, (b) number of claimants who seek a deferred payment of three months when repaying an advanced payment and (c) proportion of claimants who receive an advanced payment and apply successfully for a deferred payment.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	190525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the reply to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-08/176262/" target="_blank">176262</a> on 11 October.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/11/2018 15:46:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

873765

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, what the average proportion of claimants’ standard allowance was in the last 12 months for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	134879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 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 grouped question UIN 134870 134871 134872 134873 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873766

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, what the average amount taken was from a claimants standard allowance in the last 12 months for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	134880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 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 grouped question UIN 134870 134871 134872 134873 134879 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873756

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit have been subject to a deduction in their standard allowance in each of the past twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	134870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 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 grouped question UIN 134871 134872 134873 134879 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873757

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants of monthly awards for universal credit have had greater than 40 per cent of the standard allowance taken in deductions and recoveries during the last 12 months for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	134871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 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 grouped question UIN 134870 134872 134873 134879 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873758

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants have had 40 per cent or more of their standard allowance deducted in (a) one and (b) more than one month, in the last 12 months for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	134872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 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 grouped question UIN 134870 134871 134873 134879 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873759

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants have had (a) 20 per cent and (b) more than 20 per cent of their standard allowance taken off in (i) one and (ii) more than one month in the last 12 months for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	134873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 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 grouped question UIN 134870 134871 134872 134879 134880 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

964364

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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, with reference to the the report Rough Justice, published by the Child Poverty Action Group on 6 August 2018, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations on a monthly assessment of income.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	169274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>We are listening to stakeholders about payment cycles, and we will consider this important report carefully</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2018 16:41:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

969101

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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, with reference to the report, Rolling out Universal Credit, published by the National Audit Office on 15 June 2018, what data her Department collects on the additional cost incurred by local authorities in relation to the implementation of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	171402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The DWP provides local authorities with New Burdens funding to take account of additional costs. Furthermore, local authorities are invited to provide the Department with data as evidence of additional costs in excess of those already covered by New Burdens and Universal Support funding.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the DWP paid £13m in New Burdens funding. On top of this, 67 Local authorities received a total of £4.7m in extra payments to recognise additional costs in the early stages of roll out. The DWP has paid £14m in New Burden funding for 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 171398 question first answered 12/09/2018 09:38:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 75174 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

969095

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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, with reference to the report, Rolling out Universal Credit, published by the National Audit Office on 15 June 2018, how much her Department has paid in compensation to local authorities for additional costs incurred in relation to the implementation and wider impact of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	171398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The DWP provides local authorities with New Burdens funding to take account of additional costs. Furthermore, local authorities are invited to provide the Department with data as evidence of additional costs in excess of those already covered by New Burdens and Universal Support funding.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the DWP paid £13m in New Burdens funding. On top of this, 67 Local authorities received a total of £4.7m in extra payments to recognise additional costs in the early stages of roll out. The DWP has paid £14m in New Burden funding for 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 171402 question first answered 12/09/2018 09:38:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 75173 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

933863

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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, with reference to the report, Rolling out Universal Credit, published by the NAO on 15 June 2018, if she will publish the data, by condition, for people waiting longer to be paid the Limited Capability for Work and Limited Capability for Work-related Activity elements of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	159666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally collated and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2018 15:58:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

984585

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	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
	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 report published by the Trussell Trust on 5 October 2018 entitled The next stages of Universal Credit, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that people switching to universal credit do not fall into food poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	177346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We work closely with The Trussell Trust and welcome their feedback. It is worth noting that much of their analysis was carried out before the improvements we announced at Autumn Budget 2017, and which were introduced earlier this year. The comprehensive and wide-ranging package worth £1.5 billion to help people in their first assessment period included, the abolition of waiting days, the introduction of advances up to 100% of a claimant’s indicative award (repayable over a period of up to 12 months), and a two week transitional payment for those previously claiming Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust welcomed our changes in the Budget saying they would “ease the pressure on thousands of households on very low incomes” and “shows that Government is listening”.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this month, we announced a new partnership with Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland to deliver Universal Support. We want to make sure that the most vulnerable people get the best possible support when claiming Universal Credit. Citizens Advice will help deliver a high-quality and consistent service to people claiming Universal Credit, to assist them manage their claim, get paid on time and budget effectively. This was welcomed by the Trussell Trust.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the managed migration regulations which will come before Parliament in the autumn, we have proposed transitional protection for the 500,000 individuals currently receiving the Severe Disability Premium. It should also be noted that in the legacy benefits system there are £2.4bn of unclaimed benefits not taken up by people who need them, because they do not know about them. These regulations will ensure that 700,000 more households will get paid their full entitlement under Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We do not underestimate the challenge that managed migration represents and we are working closely with stakeholders to design the best solution. Our focus will be on safeguarding claimants and ensuring a smooth transition with uninterrupted support. The draft regulations have been out for consultation with the Social Security Advisory Committee and will be subject to scrutiny and approval by Parliament. During 2019 we will test and refine our processes on a small scale to ensure they are working well before we take on larger volumes from 2020 onwards, and complete the process in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/10/2018 10:49:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 78305 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

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	registered interest
	date	17/12/2015
	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 report entitled, Estimating the Early Labour Market Impacts of Universal Credit, published by his Department in December 2015, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) the finding reported on page 27, that the additional work undertaken by participants in the study who were claiming universal credit is likely to consist of relatively few hours at relatively low wages and (b) the findings of the independent peer review, published in Annex B of the report, that the differences between the earnings of people in receipt of universal credit and people in the control group were not satisfactory significant.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	20632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The main and most robust finding in the report is that UC has a substantial impact on the chances of people moving into work after they make a new claim. UC claimants were 8 percentage points more likely to get a job within 270 days of claiming than equivalent new claims to JSA made at the same time in similar areas by similar individuals.</p><br /><p>The report and the peer review also set out findings on earnings. These are consistent with the extra people in work and suggest that the policy is working by making it more worthwhile and easier for claimants to do small amounts of work. That is, UC ensures that all work pays.</p><br /><p>Most of the findings on earnings are statistically significant. As the report explains, we will be able to improve these estimates over time as we get more data.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/01/2016 13:58:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry