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1546830

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Universal Credit in each of the last five years, in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland, (v) each local authority and (vi) each constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	100003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Information on UC expenditure breakdowns at Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency level prior to 2019/20 are not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/12/2022 14:14:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1546832

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Job Seekers Allowance in each of the last five years, in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland, (v) each local authority and (vi) each constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	100004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The available information on the number of claimants who received benefits in the last five years, broken down by various geographies, is published and can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. Benefits include Universal Credit, Pension Credit, Income Support, Jobseekers’ Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p>Benefit statistics for Northern Ireland are published by the <a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics" target="_blank">Department for Communities</a>.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 100005 question first answered 07/12/2022 14:11:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1546834

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Income Support
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Income Support in each of the last five years, in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland, (v) each local authority and (vi) each constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	100005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The available information on the number of claimants who received benefits in the last five years, broken down by various geographies, is published and can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. Benefits include Universal Credit, Pension Credit, Income Support, Jobseekers’ Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p>Benefit statistics for Northern Ireland are published by the <a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics" target="_blank">Department for Communities</a>.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 100004 question first answered 07/12/2022 14:11:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1548509

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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	Unemployment
	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 his oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on 30 November 2022, HC 549, if he will publish the outcomes of research on the definitions of economically inactive groups.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	102948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The independent ONS publish data on economic inactivity taken from the Labour Force Survey. The Department is examining workforce participation and economic inactivity.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/12/2022 15:36:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1548548

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 people (a) have access to information relating to available benefits and (b) are aware of their potential benefits entitlements.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	102951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department works hard to ensure that people are aware of any potential entitlement to benefit. We communicate with the public through advertising, stakeholder and employer engagement, and campaigns to help people understand their entitlement and the support we can provide as a safety net.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s website, GOV.UK provides guidance on individual’s rights and entitlements to benefits in the UK. The website also provides links to independent benefits calculators that can be used to find out what an individual could get, how to claim, and how these benefits will be affected if an individual starts work.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, DWP staff in Jobcentres provide support and advice about entitlement to benefits and will signpost citizens to appropriate information to help them.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/12/2022 16:15:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1548998

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: 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 his evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 30th November 2022, HC 549, for what reasons his Department estimates that 400,000 of the one million remaining Employment Support Allowance recipients will now naturally migrate onto Universal Credit through a change of circumstances by 2028.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	104100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department estimates there are currently around 1m Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) income-based claimants (who are not also on Child Tax Credits) and around 600k of these might still be claiming ESA in April 2028.</p><p> </p><p>This number is lower because, claimants have a change of circumstances and naturally migrate to Universal Credit, (i) claimants leave benefit altogether (e.g., find a job), (ii) claimants reach State Pension age and are no longer eligible for working age benefits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/12/2022 14:41:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1548999

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: 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 his evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 30th November 2022, HC 549, if he will provide a breakdown of how his Department calculated a £1 billion resulting from the delay in the managed migration from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit by (a) expenditure on Transitional Protection, (b) staff time and (c) other savings.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	104101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Information on this policy costing can be found within the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118364/Autumn_Statement_2022_Policy_Costings_.pdf" target="_blank">Autumn_Statement_2022_Policy_Costings_.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a> document; page 45.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/12/2022 15:51:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1549019

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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: Armed Forces
	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 2 November 2022 to Question 72201 on Universal Credit: Veterans, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having served in the Armed Forces for the assessment periods ending in September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	104134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started collecting data on the Armed Forces status of Universal Credit (UC) claimants in Great Britain (GB) in April 2021. At first only new claimants were asked about their Armed Forces status. From June 2021 onwards, other UC claimants reporting changes in their work and earnings have also been able to report their status. From July 2021 onwards, UC agents have also been able to record claimants’ Armed Forces status if they are told about this via other means such as journal messages, face-to-face meetings or by telephone.</p><p> </p><p>Data coverage continues to improve over time and by September 2022 data was held on the armed forces status of approximately 54% of the GB UC caseload (see table below). It should be noted that Armed forces status is self-reported by claimants and is not verified by the Ministry of Defence or Office for Veterans’ Affairs. A claimant’s status can be recorded as “currently serving”, “served in the past”, “not served” or “prefer not to say”. Data is not collected on the specific branch of the Armed Forces that claimants are serving in or have served in in the past.</p><p>Data is not held on the total number of UC claimants who are currently serving in the Armed Forces or who have served in the past, but data is held on those who have identified themselves so far.</p><p> </p><p>The way the data is collected means the claimants for whom an Armed Forces status is recorded are not representative of the UC caseload as a whole. This means it is not yet possible to produce reliable estimates of the overall number or proportion of UC claimants who are currently serving in the Armed Forces or who have served in the past.</p><p> </p><p>Increases in the numbers of claimants with a recorded status of “currently serving” or “served in the past” do not necessarily mean the overall numbers of claimants who are currently serving or have served in the past have increased and may reflect increases in the number of claimants for whom data is held as data coverage improves over time.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of the GB UC caseload with a recorded Armed Forces status. It also shows how many claimants on the caseload had a recorded status of each type.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>GB UC caseload by recorded Armed Forces status</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>UC caseload month</p></td><td><p>Proportion of caseload with a recorded status</p></td><td><p>Currently serving</p></td><td><p>Served in the past</p></td><td><p>Not served</p></td><td><p>Prefer not to say</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2022</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td><td><p>41,400</p></td><td><p>3,002,500</p></td><td><p>22,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>1. Data is not collected on the Armed Forces status of UC claimants in Northern Ireland. The figures provided only relate to Great Britain.</p><p>2. Percentages are rounded to the nearest percent and numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p><p>3. Figures may be subject to retrospective changes as more up-to-date data becomes available or if methodological improvements are made.</p><p>4. Due to methodological improvements, these figures are based on the Official Statistics UC caseload definition. Some previous figures have used an alternative caseload definition based on assessment period end dates.</p><p>5. Further information on the caseload definition used for the UC official statistics can be found on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/12/2022 17:32:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1548845

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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: Employment
	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 job offers to Universal Credit claimants are refused; and what proportion of these refusals his Department accepts without sanctioning the claimant.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	104221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost. All conditionality requirements, which include accepting job offers, are tailored to a claimant’s circumstances so they are reasonable and achievable, and agreed between the claimant and their Work Coach.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/12/2022 14:45:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1548939

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits: Reciprocal Arrangements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for a reciprocal social security agreements his Department has received, including on pensions, broken down by country in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	104253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-25/129841" target="_blank">129841</a> on 7 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 104262 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:44:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier