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1001922

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:16:29
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	05/11/2018 22:35:50 16/11/2018 15:05:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	188120
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/11/2018 14:33:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that a claimant will not receive less money in benefits as a result of moving to universal credit under the managed migration process.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188120
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188120
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Welfare claimants whose circumstances remain the same will not see their benefit entitlement reduced as a direct result of being moved on to Universal Credit through managed migration, as they will receive transitional protection. This will ensure that claimants who are managed migrated will have total entitlement to Universal Credit that is at least as great had been their total entitlement to existing benefits at the point they are migrated, so safeguarding their benefit entitlement until their circumstances change.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants whose entitlement is less in Universal Credit than their legacy entitlement will receive transitional protection to ensure their benefit allowance remains the same at the point of transition. The other claimants who are migrated onto Universal Credit as part of managed migration will receive the same or an increased entitlement as they receive on legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we have announced that Tax Credits claimants with capital in excess of the £16,000 capital threshold will now receive a 12-month grace period during which they can receive transitional protection if eligible.</p><p> </p><p>We have also announced that, from 16 January 2019, we will prevent those claimants who are, or have been within the past month entitled to an award of an existing benefit that includes a Severe Disability Premium (SDP), from naturally migrating to Universal Credit following a change of circumstances. These claimants will continue to receive the relevant legacy benefit(s) appropriate to their change of circumstance and will only move to Universal Credit via managed migration (and therefore be eligible to transitional protection), safeguarding their existing benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will also provide both an on-going monthly payment to eligible claimants who have already lost the SDP as a consequence of moving to Universal Credit and an additional monthly payment to cover the period since they moved. Eligibility for these payments will depend on a number of criteria being satisfied, which include whether the basic qualifying conditions for SDP continue to be met.</p>
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1170704

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/01/2020
	date	14/01/2020
	date tabled	14/01/2020
	ddp created	14/01/2020 20:00:13
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	14/01/2020 20:10:42 20/01/2020 13:20:03
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Torfaen
	house id	1
	identifier	3253
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/01/2020 12:48:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in Torfaen constituency claim universal credit.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 3253
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3253
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.7 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit for the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen 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> </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><p />
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171418

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2020
	date	16/01/2020
	date tabled	16/01/2020
	ddp created	16/01/2020 18:47:12
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/01/2020 18:58:41 21/01/2020 18:56:08
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Torfaen
	house id	1
	identifier	4415
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/01/2020 18:24:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people transferred onto universal credit in Torfaen constituency in the last 12 months.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4415
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4415
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online 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> </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><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p>
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171419

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2020
	date	16/01/2020
	date tabled	16/01/2020
	ddp created	16/01/2020 18:47:14
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/01/2020 18:58:44 21/01/2020 18:56:06
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Wales
	house id	1
	identifier	4416
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/01/2020 18:24:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wales are claiming universal credit.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4416
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4416
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online 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> </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><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p>
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171420

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2020
	date	16/01/2020
	date tabled	16/01/2020
	ddp created	16/01/2020 18:47:17
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/01/2020 18:58:46 21/01/2020 18:56:04
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Wales
	house id	1
	identifier	4417
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/01/2020 18:24:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wales have transferred onto universal credit in the last 12 months.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4417
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4417
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online 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> </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><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p>
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
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1171421

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2020
	date	16/01/2020
	date tabled	16/01/2020
	ddp created	16/01/2020 18:47:20
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/01/2020 18:58:48 21/01/2020 18:56:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Torfaen
	house id	1
	identifier	4418
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/01/2020 18:24:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was for people to be migrated onto universal credit in Torfaen constituency in the last 12 months.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4418
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4418
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online 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> </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><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p>
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1171422

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2020
	date	16/01/2020
	date tabled	16/01/2020
	ddp created	16/01/2020 18:47:23
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/01/2020 18:58:50 21/01/2020 18:31:37
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Torfaen
	house id	1
	identifier	4419
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/01/2020 17:59:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration in Torfaen constituency in 2018-19.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4419
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4419
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In 2018-19, 1,110 initial decisions following a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment were made for claimants in the Torfaen constituency. Of the 470 claimants where the initial decision was not to award PIP, the number of cases where the award was changed at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) was 20. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p>
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
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1171644

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/01/2020
	date	17/01/2020
	date tabled	17/01/2020
	ddp created	17/01/2020 15:46:14
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	20/01/2020 17:05:48 22/01/2020 11:39:02
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Torfaen
	house id	1
	identifier	4763
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/01/2020 11:07:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Torfaen constituency were refused personal independence payment in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4763
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4763
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest available data (to October 2019) on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims which have been disallowed (refused) at initial decision can be found in the PIP clearances table at <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 use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p>
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1403268

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/01/2022
	date	17/01/2022
	date tabled	17/01/2022
	ddp created	17/01/2022 22:38:16
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	17/01/2022 22:57:43 20/01/2022 12:31:08
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Torfaen
	house id	1
	identifier	105639
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/01/2022 11:59:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Torfaen constituency.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 105639
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	105639
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Rt hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> January to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-14/104377" target="_blank">104377</a>.</p>
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381131

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2015
	date	15/06/2015
	date tabled	15/06/2015
	ddp created	15/06/2015 23:31:50
	ddp modified	18/06/2015 12:06:03
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	2502
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	18/06/2015 11:34:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people and households with no access to the internet are able to claim benefits.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 2502
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2502
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>Where a claimant does not have internet access at home, DWP staff may be able to support claimants to find local internet access. Claimants contacting our agents, either via the telephony channel or face to face, will be provided with up to date information on where they can find external organisations that provide free public internet access.</p><p> </p><p>There are also public internet access devices available across the Jobcentre network for those claimants who are unable to find an alternative source of access. Staff will assist claimants in using these devices where necessary.</p>
	creator	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	publisher	25259
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