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58306

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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, what the value of universal credit assets is; and what changes there were to this value.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The value of the Universal Credit assets is set out in the Department for Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13. Ref HC20, published in December 2013 <strong>     </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/06/2014 10:56:38 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

58307

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department is able to cross-check data on housing costs within the universal credit programme in order to counter fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The universal credit system is already protected against fraud and error and security experts are involved at each stage of UC design. It is not in the public interest to disclose detailed plans or processes.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/06/2014 16:25:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 520 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

58309

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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 couple claims have been made for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>New claims for Universal Credit will be made available for couples for the first time, from this summer. <br></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/06/2014 16:43:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

58310

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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 full-time equivalent staff are employed by his Department to work exclusively on universal credit in (a) total, (b) communications, (c) IT development and (d) project delivery.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Current resourcing data shows the full time equivalent staff employed to work exclusively on Universal Credit. In total this is (a) 535.8 comprising of (b) 21 in Communications (c) 80.8 in IT Development and (d) 434 in Project Delivery.</p><p> </p><p>These figures exclude contractors.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/06/2014 16:16:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 524 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

58368

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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 staff will be employed in the specialist housing teams that will be established in univesral credit centres.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	199393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A team exists to support current live service. This will expand as the rollout continues.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/06/2014 16:20:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 525 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

60438

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	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, what assessment he has made of the risk of fraud in (a) the pathfinders for universal credit and (b) the roll out of the universal credit system.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP has taken a number of steps to design out Fraud and Error in the Universal Credit system.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the introduction of Universal Credit (UC), DWP assessed the risk of fraud and error and concluded the risk would be mitigated by restricting the initial claims in Pathfinder areas to those with the lowest risk of fraud, and to exclude more complex claims where fraud or error was more likely. DWP also implemented an automated data-matching capability to defend the UC system against the top causes of fraud or error. This Counter Fraud Capability introduced an automated pre-payment check for the first time to prevent fraud. It checked the very first UC claim and has checked every claim made since. This process also conducts a weekly scrutiny of all the data DWP holds against all UC claims to detect any fraud that may have subsequently started so we can take action immediately.</p><p>To provide a secure roll out of UC nationally, DWP's specialists in security and counter-fraud work are working with the UC Programme to ensure that the essential security and counter-fraud controls are in place before the digital 'end state' service can go live. By drawing on security and counter-fraud knowledge from across Government and external security expertise, we are ensuring that the core digital service is 'secure by design' from the outset, and that the service is also supported by the right online security and counter fraud capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/06/2014 16:48:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 835 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

60439

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	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, what plans he has to include an automated system for cross-checking data within the universal credit system.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p>DWP is already using data matching to automatically cross-reference UC claims to prevent fraud and error.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/06/2014 16:29:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

60441

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	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, what discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues about the risk of fraud in the universal credit system.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As part of the secure, controlled roll out of Universal Credit, the Secretary of State has discussed the risk of fraud within Universal Credit extensively with his Ministerial colleagues and continues to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/06/2014 16:24:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

60442

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	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 people he expects to be claiming universal credit by the end of (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017 and (e) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We announced our plans for the implementation of Universal Credit on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement. The WMS can be found here:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#13120551000006</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on Universal Credit were most recently published on 14th May and can be found at <br></p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-apr-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-apr-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/06/2014 16:56:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

61109

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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 much his Department has spent on legal costs incurred appealing against decisions by the Information Commissioner requiring the release of information about the universal credit programme since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	200143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department's records relating to legal costs do not distinguish between actions which the Department has brought and actions which it has defended or the stage of legal proceedings in respect of which each invoice for legal representation is paid. Disaggregating the data would take the costs of responding to the question over the disproportionate cost threshold.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/06/2014 16:39:33 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms