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1005586

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who are yet to be moved to Universal Credit as part of the natural migration process; and what support will be available for vulnerable claimants, including those who have disabilities, during this process.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL11357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We are unable to forecast the number of people who are yet to naturally migrate to Universal Credit. This is because Natural Migration claimants are those who have had a relevant change of circumstances that would cause a new claim to be made to a different legacy benefit, but they cannot make such a claim to legacy benefits because these have been replaced by UC.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants moving to Universal Credit. Work Coaches provide continuous support for all claimants, including vulnerable claimants throughout their journey.</p><p>Additionally we have introduced a number of measures to assist claimants during the transition to Universal Credit including: the removal of waiting days; the UC Transitional Housing payment; Universal Support; 100 per cent advances and a longer repayment period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 26/11/2018 15:21:39 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1010286

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	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 processing time for income-related employment support allowance claims where a claimant has a DS1500 medical condition report is.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	192886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The DS1500 is not a claim form and its use in providing evidential support for claims from people who are terminally ill claiming benefit is not obligatory.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/11/2018 11:54:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1010312

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department seeks to recover remaining payments on an advance payment for universal credit from the estate of a deceased person.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	192904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit (UC) advances are available to claimants as a form of budgeting support, allowing them to better manage their finances. In most cases an advance would be repaid through a series of monthly deductions from their ongoing UC entitlement. The claimant is able to select the amount of time over which they repay their advance, currently up to a maximum of 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>If an advance is not recovered from the associated benefit claim because the claim ends or there was no entitlement to that benefit, the outstanding balance is treated as if it were an overpayment and referred to the Department’s Debt Management team to arrange recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Where a debtor dies and leaves outstanding Social Security debt, the Department becomes a creditor of the estate and will then make a claim for these debts from the estate. Where it is established that there is no estate the outstanding balance is written off.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 14:03:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1010328

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Local Housing Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether local housing allowance rates for tenants in the private rented sector will be set at the 30th percentile of local market rents at the end of the freeze of those rates in March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	192947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We are currently considering plans for Local Housing Allowance rates beyond March 2020.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 14:13:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010329

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Local Housing Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of reducing the age limit for the Shared Accommodation rate of Local Housing Allowance from 35 to 30 years old; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	192948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. The shared accommodation rate applies to those individuals aged under 35, who are single, living on their own and renting privately, with exemptions for certain vulnerable groups.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 14:08:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010331

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	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 17 October 2018, to Question 176689 on Employment Support Allowance, what written evidence her Department holds on the British Medical Association and Royal College of General Practitioners agreement to the revised wording of the ESA65B letters sent to claimants’ GPs when they fail the work capability assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	192950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>There is no written evidence relating to the agreement obtained from the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners on the revised wording of the ESA65B letter.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with the Answer of 30 May 2018 to Question 146987, agreement on the final wording of the ESA65B was obtained via the regular meetings DWP holds with both organisations.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/11/2018 13:32:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010336

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Independent Case Examiner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints to the Independent Case Examiner were concluded by (a) the early resolution process, (b) settlement following a review of the evidence and (c) a full investigation in each month from January 2017 to October 2018 inclusive.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	192954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides details of the complaints concluded by the Independent Case Examiner’s Office in each month from January 2017 to October 2018, broken down by (a) resolution (b) settlement and (c) a full investigation.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Concluded by Resolution</p></td><td><p>Concluded by Settlement</p></td><td><p>Concluded by ICE Report</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 14:22:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010387

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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: Housing
	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 claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are disabled.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	192809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 13:51:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010389

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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: Housing
	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 claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	192810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 13:59:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010572

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	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 25 October 2018 to Question 181324, if he will publish the tax years that are used in the calculation of Child Maintenance Service Annual Reviews; and if he will review which tax years are used to ensure that historic income is captured in such calculations.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	193621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>There is no plan to publish this information. As specified in the original response, the tax year information was only available due to a recent sampling exercise which would not be appropriate for ongoing publication.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 13:46:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley