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424682

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2015
	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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of changes to the work allowance in universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on incentives to work.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	13852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Universal Credit will have a powerful positive effect on labour market participation. We expect 300,000 more people to be in work as a result of the introduction of Universal Credit, and around 75% of the households that gain under Universal Credit are in the bottom 40% of the income distribution.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2015 17:47:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

425163

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2015
	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, for what reason the universal credit programme was subject to Project Assessment Reviews instead of Gateway Reviews.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	14167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department is following the procedures for the assurance and support of major projects outlined in ‘HM Treasury the Major Project approval and assurance guidance’ introduced from April 2011. More details can be found in the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/179763/major_projects_approvals_assurance_guidance.PDF.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/179763/major_projects_approvals_assurance_guidance.PDF.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/11/2015 17:07:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

426657

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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, what proportion of people currently claiming legacy benefits he expects to have transferred to universal credit by the end of the current Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	14998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to predict whether or not people currently claiming benefits will claim Universal Credit in the next five years. The numbers of claimants in receipt of Universal Credit at any given point will vary according to a number of factors, such as the economic climate and developments in Government policy. Even if this data was published, such forecasts may change over time.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/11/2015 12:24:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

426658

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of universal credit who were already in work had their entitlement reduced as a result of increasing the number of hours they worked in the most recent month for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	14999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 15072 15074 15075 15076 15077 15078 15079 15080 15082 15085 question first answered 11/11/2015 15:43:20 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

426659

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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, what total amount has been spent by his Department to date on the (a) design and (b) implementation of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	15014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>In ‘Universal Credit at Work’ published in October 2014, we stated that the total cost of implementation is £1.8bn, of which a third (c£0.6bn) has been spent.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 15090 question first answered 10/11/2015 15:53:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

426639

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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, what estimate he has made of the number of households that will move into work as a result of moving onto universal credit by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	15073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>Once fully rolled-out, up to 300,000 more people are likely to be in work as a result of Universal Credit (UC).</p><br /><p>Evidence from “Universal Credit at Work Spring 2015” show claimants are more likely to be in work, spend more time in work, and earn more than their counterparts on Jobseekers Allowance.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/405921/uc-at-work-spring-2015.pdf%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/405921/uc-at-work-spring-2015.pdf </a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/11/2015 14:06:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

426637

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of universal credit had their entitlement reduced as a result of taking up paid work in the most recent month for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	15076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 14999 15072 15074 15075 15077 15078 15079 15080 15082 15085 question first answered 11/11/2015 15:43:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

426631

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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, what the average reduction in entitlement to universal credit was which resulted from a claimant taking up paid work in the most recent month for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	15077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 14999 15072 15074 15075 15076 15078 15079 15080 15082 15085 question first answered 11/11/2015 15:43:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

426650

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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, what the average reduction in entitlement to universal credit was which resulted from a claimant who was already in work increasing the number of hours they worked in the most recent month for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	15078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 14999 15072 15074 15075 15076 15077 15079 15080 15082 15085 question first answered 11/11/2015 15:43:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

426651

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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, how many people in receipt of universal credit lost their entire entitlement as a result of (a) taking up paid work and (b) increasing the number of hours they worked in the most recent month for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	15079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 14999 15072 15074 15075 15076 15077 15078 15080 15082 15085 question first answered 11/11/2015 15:43:23 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry