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1610267

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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: Scotland
	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 under the age of 25 are in receipt of Universal Credit in each constituency in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
	uin	180400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of people in receipt of Universal Credit are published every month. The latest statistics are available by age and by Westminster parliamentary constituency, to February 2023, on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/04/2023 14:51:08 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1539286

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2022
	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: Scotland
	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 Prime Minister's comments on 2 November 2022 on discretionary funding supplied to the Scottish Government through the Barnett formula, whether there were similar funds allocated for making cost of living payments to those on Universal Credit paid four-weekly in other areas of the United Kingdom.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	78729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>DWP has made an estimated 689,000 means-tested Cost of Living Payments to households in Scotland and 607,000 Disability Cost of Living Payments to individuals in Scotland. The Cost of Living Payments are not funded through the Barnett formula, but rather, are funded directly by the UK Government.</p><p> </p><p>For those not eligible for the Cost of Living Payment, or who require further support, the Government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials.</p><p> </p><p>This includes £421 million which is being provided in England to extend the Household Support Fund from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Household Support Fund <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-guidance-for-local-councils/household-support-fund-final-guidance-for-county-councils-and-unitary-authorities-in-england" target="_blank">guidance</a> asks Local Authorities to provide support to those most in need. In particular the guidance asks Local Authorities to consider those who may not be eligible for the other support government has recently made available but who are nevertheless in need.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula applies in the usual way for this additional funding in England. This means that the devolved administrations will be receiving £79m of the additional £500m (£41m for the Scottish Government, £25m for the Welsh Government and £14m for Northern Ireland Executive).</p><p> </p><p>It is for the devolved administrations to decide how to spend this additional funding.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78730 question first answered 09/11/2022 12:50:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1461498

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her timeframe is for managed migration of Universal Credit in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently focused on the discovery phase of managed migration starting with 250 claimants in Bolton and Medway. We are committed to ensuring the final phase of Universal Credit is rolled out safely and is responsibly delivered by the end of 2024 in Scotland and the rest of Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/05/2022 15:22:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1456579

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	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: Scotland
	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 her Department has not granted the Scottish Government access to anonymised data on universal credit claims and sanctions histories for Scottish universal credit claimants; and when her Department plans to grant the Scottish Government access to that data.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	151113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The DWP has not received a request for this data by the Scottish Government. The Department considers each application for data sharing on its merits.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/04/2022 16:50:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1310111

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	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: Scotland
	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 provide a breakdown of universal credit adverse sanction decisions by main medical condition or disability in Scotland in each financial year since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	183254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/04/2021 13:51:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1257226

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	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: Scotland
	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 take steps to ensure that recipients of the Scottish Government's health and social care workers £500 bonus payment who are in receipt of universal credit are able to keep the full amount of that payment.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	123611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that all key workers including health and social care workers continue to play.</p><p>Universal Credit (UC) is designed to ensure that people are better off in work by reducing their UC by less than they are earning. Bonuses are treated as earnings in Universal Credit and the taper is applied when the UC award is calculated.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/12/2020 16:32:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1223785

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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: Scotland
	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 claiming universal credit are in work in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	73048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit who are in employment in Great Britain, by country, 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://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 73046 73047 question first answered 16/07/2020 13:11:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1205139

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Scotland with children have been sanctioned through the (a) withholding or (b) reduction of payments under universal credit since 1 April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	61528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested, for the number of households on Universal Credit that have received a sanction while also receiving the child or limited capability elements, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department only publishes the number of Universal Credit claimants who have been sanctioned. The latest figures for Universal Credit sanction rates are up to February 2020 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Geographical breakdowns of the figures 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> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 61529 question first answered 23/06/2020 16:59:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1205140

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Scotland receiving an extra payment under universal credit because of a resident's limited capacity for work have been sanctioned through the (a) withholding or (b) reduction of payments under universal credit since 1 April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	61529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested, for the number of households on Universal Credit that have received a sanction while also receiving the child or limited capability elements, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department only publishes the number of Universal Credit claimants who have been sanctioned. The latest figures for Universal Credit sanction rates are up to February 2020 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Geographical breakdowns of the figures 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> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 61528 question first answered 23/06/2020 16:59:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1203026

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	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: Scotland
	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 June 2020 to Question 43917, on Universal Credit, how many families in Scotland who have made a claim for universal credit since 23 March 2020 have three or more children.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	58693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>From 23<sup>rd</sup> March 2020 to 5<sup>th</sup> May 2020, 3,500 of the 57,000 applications made by claimants with children to Universal Credit, who had three or more children in their family, were from Scotland</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/06/2020 16:24:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 29525 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray