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	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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: 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 Government news release of 1 October 2018 entitled Citizens Advice to provide support to Universal Credit claimants, how much funding she plans to allocate to Citizens Advice in Scotland to provide that support; and what plans she has to provide funding for areas that do not have a Citizens Advice office.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	188154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>For Citizens Advice Scotland the grant award is £1,323,412 in 2018/19 and £4,085,919 in 2019/20. Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to providing a Universal Support service across Scotland</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/11/2018 14:42:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1105936

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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: 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 in receipt of universal credit in Scotland have a mental health condition.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	238368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Currently we do not report aggregate information about whether or not a claimant has a mental health condition and to collate and quality assure this information would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Our work coaches receive training to ensure they can offer effective support to different claimant groups. This enables them to provide tailored support and gain an excellent understanding of whether their claimants have, have had in the past, or might cycle in and out of having a mental health condition or extra support needs.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/04/2019 15:49:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1105937

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mental health training is provided to work coaches; and how many work coaches in Scotland have received mental health training to date.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	238369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>DWP is committed to providing the best possible support for all our claimants, including the most vulnerable in society. We are continuously reviewing and improving the service for vulnerable people to ensure that it is accessible and responsive to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Work Coaches undergo a comprehensive training programme designed to equip them with the skills and knowledge required to provide a high quality service to all claimants. Specific training and guidance is provided for working with different vulnerable groups and those with complex needs including claimants with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Work Coaches have completed a two-day workshop, designed by experts in mental health and psychologists, and delivered where possible alongside external mental health partners. The training began in November 2017 and was completed at the end of March 2019. April 2019 will see the start of delivering this training to staff across the entire organisation who are employed in a claimant facing role, whether they engage with claimants by telephone, face to face or digitally.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of March 2019 all 1589 Work Coaches in Scotland had received Mental Health Training.</p><p> </p><p>* The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/04/2019 16:37:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

849990

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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: Scotland
	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 effect on the household finances of low-income families in Scotland of the roll-out of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	129558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>When fully rolled out, Universal Credit will support low income families with around £60 billion a year across the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no assessment in Scotland specifically. However we continue to evaluate progress as we roll out Universal Credit nationally in a careful and co-ordinated way, reviewing against key measures, to ensure safe and secure delivery.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/03/2018 10:25:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

856025

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to assess the management of the devolved elements of Universal Credit to the Scottish Government.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	131191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Universal Credit Scottish Flexibilities, now also known as “Universal Credit Scottish choices”, were made available to all Universal Credit full service claimants living in Scotland from 31 January 2018. They allow for claimants to choose to be paid twice monthly, and to choose to have the relevant housing costs in their award paid to their landlord. The Universal Credit Scottish Flexibilities are a matter for the Scottish Government as part of the Scotland Act 2016 and is their policy.</p><p>Claimants retain the ability to have their payments made monthly, and to keep control of their finances by paying their landlord themselves. We believe this more effectively mirrors work and supports claimants back into work.</p><p>We are working closely with the Scottish Government and have concluded a working level agreement, which includes the provision of agreed management information. We also have a Joint Implementation Group which is a forum for the Scottish Government and DWP to work collaboratively on delivering Universal Credit flexibilities in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/03/2018 15:11:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

858557

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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: 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 children are included on universal credit claims in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	131812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The information for all Universal Credit claims is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, I can inform the Hon. Member that as at June 2017, there were 51,000 households in Scotland on Universal Credit, of which 4,600 had child entitlement (these figures have been obtained from stat xplore, which can be accessed at</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>)</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/03/2018 16:54:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

858558

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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: 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 receive a child element under universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	131813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households in receipt of additional Universal Credit support for parents is published and can be accessed 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://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/03/2018 13:16:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

858559

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on the use of universal credit split payments; and if she has supplied the Scottish Government with indicative costs.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	131814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP and the Scottish Government have had early discussions about the Scottish Government’s split payment policy and will be holding an initial workshop in the near future. Currently, Universal Credit Alternative Payment Arrangements for split payments are available for vulnerable claimants.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide indicative costs until the design has been agreed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/03/2018 15:05:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

861202

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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: 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 universal credit claims in Scotland include a child component.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	132351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households in receipt of additional Universal Credit support for parents is published and can be accessed 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 on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 132352 question first answered 16/03/2018 13:04:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

861203

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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: 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 receive universal credit with a child element in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	132352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households in receipt of additional Universal Credit support for parents is published and can be accessed 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 on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 132351 question first answered 16/03/2018 13:04:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley