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931169

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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 correspondence there been between the Scottish Government and her Department on split payments for universal credit claimants; and if she will publish that correspondence.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	157251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with the Scottish Government on the transfer of welfare powers covered by the Scotland Act 2016, including split payments, on which we hope to see progress. As this is currently the subject of on-going policy development between DWP and the Scottish Government, the Department is not in a position to share correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/06/2018 16:55:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

895509

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 134167 on Universal Credit: Scotland and with reference to the decision of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Social Security Bill to require the Scottish Government to bring forward regulations under s30 of the Scotland Act 2016 to give effect to automatic split payments, what the timetable is for that functionality to be provided.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	140049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>This is a complex area of policy with many issues for the Scottish government to resolve. There are also some preparatory activities that are required, which will allow a process for safe delivery of this change to be constructed.</p><p> </p><p>As any IT solution is likely to require significant re-engineering of the payment system at the heart of Universal Credit, which supports claimants across the UK, any aspirations for progress will ultimately need to be weighed against the risks and other priorities for development of the system. As a result we are not yet in a position to agree a timetable for the implementation of this change.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 140050 question first answered 08/05/2018 15:55:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

895512

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 134167 on Universal Credit: Scotland and with reference to the decision of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Social Security Bill to require the Scottish Government to bring forward regulations under s30 of the Scotland Act 2016 to give effect to automatic split payments, what work her Department plans to undertake to establish a timetable and cost its delivery.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	140050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>This is a complex area of policy with many issues for the Scottish government to resolve. There are also some preparatory activities that are required, which will allow a process for safe delivery of this change to be constructed.</p><p> </p><p>As any IT solution is likely to require significant re-engineering of the payment system at the heart of Universal Credit, which supports claimants across the UK, any aspirations for progress will ultimately need to be weighed against the risks and other priorities for development of the system. As a result we are not yet in a position to agree a timetable for the implementation of this change.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 140049 question first answered 08/05/2018 15:55:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

886221

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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 include a child component in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	136416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households in receipt of the childcare element of Universal Credit, including by country and constituency, 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 obtained 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 27/04/2018 10:37:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

886222

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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 (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	136417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The information for the number of children included on Universal Credit claims is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of households with a child element included as part of the claim is published and can be obtained from Stat-Xplore, which can be accessed at <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 27/04/2018 10:33:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

886223

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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 people on universal credit have been sanctioned in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	136418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of individuals with Universal Credit sanction decisions by region and parliamentary constituency 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 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><p>We engage at an individual level with all of our claimants and are committed to tailoring the support that we give and any conditionality requirements to the specific circumstances of the individuals.</p><p> </p><p>DWP employees take a number of steps to ensure our decisions are fair. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/04/2018 14:07:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

886224

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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 people have requested an advance payment when applying for universal credit; and what proportion of people that figure applies to in (a) Scotland and (b) the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	136419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Data on the number of requests for a Universal Credit advance or number of advances awarded by constituency is not held by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>However, our latest national internal data for number of advances awarded indicates that, for eligible new claims to Universal Credit Full Service that were due a first payment in January 2018, 60% received either a ‘new claim’ or ‘benefit transfer’ advance.</p><p> </p><p>This shows an increase of around 10 percentage points since the latest published data for July 2017, and that people are getting the support they need in the first assessment period. The published data is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-advances-may-2016-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-advances-may-2016-to-june-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/04/2018 10:45:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

886225

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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 payments for housing costs have been paid directly to landlords from people's universal credit payments; and what proportion of people that figures applies to in (a) Scotland and (b) the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	136420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households on Universal Credit that have payments made directly to their landlord, including by country and constituency, 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 obtained 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><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/04/2018 10:42:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

886229

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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 people have been seen by work coaches since the introduction of universal credit full service in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency; and how many of those people have subsequently secured employment.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	136424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department does collect information on individuals seen by work coaches but this data is not currently available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, statistics available at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a> show that in March 2018 there were 2,205 people on Universal Credit in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the Strategy for Releasing Official Statistics we are currently assessing what information is available on flows between conditionality groups including the feasibility of producing statistics on flows from Universal Credit into work.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/04/2018 11:27:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

872252

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2018 to Question 131814, on Universal Credit: Scotland, on what date his Department held early discussions with the Scottish Government on the split payment policy for universal credit; whether these discussions took the form of a meeting; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	134166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Officials from Scottish Government and DWP are in regular contact to successfully implement Universal Credit policy in Scotland. DWP and the Scottish Government have had early discussions about the Scottish Government’s split payment policy over the past year. The most recent meeting took place on 22 March.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/03/2018 14:43:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray