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1002036

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:20:25
	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 22:39:33 07/01/2019 16:47:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	188159
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/01/2019 16:15:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours of training is planned to be given to her Department's decision-makers to identify people who may be vulnerable or have complex needs for the purposes of the universal credit managed migration.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188159
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188159
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>All DWP staff working with customers complete training that prepares them for their role. This includes developing the skills they need to support and communicate with a diverse range of customers, and specific training is provided for working with different vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a slow, measured approach to managed migration and this will allow for on-going evaluation of the process to ensure that it is working successfully, which will enable us to refine our methods to support claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The revised draft regulations now before Parliament provide that we must give claimants a minimum of three months in which to make a claim for Universal Credit and sets no maximum period in which a claim must be made. With unlimited flexibility to extend claim periods we will work with representative groups to produce guidance that will ensure adequate support for each individual claimant’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>Decision makers and all our customer facing staff undertake learning related to supporting vulnerable claimants. Decision Makers receive 19.5 hours of training on dealing with vulnerable groups and line managers review whether there is a need to refresh the knowledge / learning with individuals where appropriate.</p> question first answered 07/01/2019 16:15:59 answering member 4014
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1002123

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:23:21
	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 22:42:33 10/12/2018 17:38:06
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	188268
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/12/2018 17:06:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received from (a) trades union and (b) the Trade Union Congress in relation to the managed migration of universal credit.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188268
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188268
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>No meetings have been held by DWP with trade unions or the Trade Union Congress regarding Managed Migration specifically. However, the Trade Union Congress and some individual trade unions responded to the Social Security Advisory Committee report on the draft Universal Credit Managed Migration Regulations 2018, published on 5 November 2018 which can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-universal-credit-managed-migration-regulations-2018-ssac-report-and-government-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-universal-credit-managed-migration-regulations-2018-ssac-report-and-government-statement</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 10/12/2018 17:06:16 answering member 4014
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1002124

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:23:22
	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 22:42:35 10/12/2018 17:38:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	188269
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/12/2018 17:06:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the meetings held by her Department (a) trades unions and (b) the Trade Union Congress on the managed migration of universal credit in 2018; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188269
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188269
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>No meetings have been held by DWP with trade unions or the Trade Union Congress regarding Managed Migration specifically. However, the Trade Union Congress and some individual trade unions responded to the Social Security Advisory Committee report on the draft Universal Credit Managed Migration Regulations 2018, published on 5 November 2018 which can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-universal-credit-managed-migration-regulations-2018-ssac-report-and-government-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-universal-credit-managed-migration-regulations-2018-ssac-report-and-government-statement</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 10/12/2018 17:06:16 answering member 4014
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1002630

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 21:48:54
	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	06/11/2018 21:58:27 03/12/2018 12:06:47
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	188895
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/12/2018 11:34:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her oral contribution of 5 November 2018, Official Report, column 1261, how many such letters she has received; and if she will publish those letters after redacting identifying information.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188895
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188895
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally on constituency correspondence.</p> question first answered 03/12/2018 11:34:55 answering member 4014
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1002633

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 21:49:00
	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	06/11/2018 21:58:32 03/12/2018 12:06:46
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	188896
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/12/2018 11:34:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her oral contribution of 5 November 2018, Official Report, column 1260, what estimate she has made of the number of people that have been frightened to go into a jobcentre as a result of scare stories in (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188896
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188896
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally on constituency correspondence.</p> question first answered 03/12/2018 11:34:55 answering member 4014
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1002762

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 21:53:15
	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	06/11/2018 22:02:51 13/12/2018 15:09:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	188877
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/12/2018 14:37:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding the Government has allocated for transitional payments for people moving onto universal credit; and by what process claimants will receive such payments.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188877
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188877
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We recently laid the draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018 in Parliament. These will introduce a transitional payment to those eligible claimants who were in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium whilst on an existing benefit and who have already moved to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2018 Autumn Budget, the income related elements of Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance, and Income Support will continue for two weeks after a claim for Universal Credit has been made from July 2020. Claimants will therefore receive one two week run-on payment when being migrated to Universal Credit. Both of these measures are subject to parliamentary approval. These payments are in addition to the 2 week run-on of Housing Benefit, which we introduced in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to ensuring that claimants who are moved onto Universal Credit as part of the managed migration process see no decrease in their benefit entitlement, providing their circumstances remain the same.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be spending over £3bn on transitional protection over the next 10 years to ensure that claimants who are migrated onto Universal Credit as part of the managed migration process do not experience a financial loss at the point of transition.</p><p> </p><p>Transitional protection will be calculated based on the claimant’s circumstances on the last day of their entitlement to existing benefits. To do this we will make a comparison between the total amount of all relevant existing benefits to which the claimant was entitled at this point and the total amount of Universal Credit to which the claimant would be entitled as calculated based on the same set of circumstances. If the entitlement to the existing benefits is the greater amount then the difference will be awarded as a Transitional Element. When awarded, this Transitional Element will be taken into account with any other applicable Elements to determine a claimant’s Universal Credit award in each Assessment Period.</p> question first answered 13/12/2018 14:37:05 answering member 4014
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1003718

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/11/2018
	date	09/11/2018
	date tabled	09/11/2018
	ddp created	09/11/2018 16:44:29
	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	09/11/2018 16:59:09 23/11/2018 12:23:02
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	identifier	189810
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2018 11:51:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral evidence of the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work to the Work and Pensions Committee on PIP and ESA assessments on 20 December 2017, HC 340, what steps she has taken to ensure that (a) work capability assessment providers do not ask claimants with mental health problems why they had not carried out their suicidal ideas and (b) the conduct of assessments does not increase the risk of suicide and self harm among claimants with mental health problems.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 189810
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189810
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>All healthcare professionals (HCPs) carrying out WCA assessments were given face to face training on exploring self-harm and suicidal ideation in May 2018. The training which was quality assured by the Royal College of Psychiatrists was designed to enhance the skills of HCPs in sensitively exploring self-harm and suicidal ideation.</p> question first answered 23/11/2018 11:51:03 answering member 4071
	creator	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1005586

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:04:54
	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	12/11/2018 22:15:28 26/11/2018 15:22:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11357
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 15:21:39
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11357
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11357
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 26/11/2018 15:21:39 answering member 3349
	creator	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

988881

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/10/2018
	date	16/10/2018
	date tabled	16/10/2018
	ddp created	16/10/2018 19:10:40
	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	17/10/2018 15:25:18 20/12/2018 12:47:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	180310
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/12/2018 12:15:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make publish her Department’s calculations of the number of disabled people who will (a) lose benefit funding from the introduction of universal credit and (b) would lose benefit funding but for transitional protection.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 180310
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	180310
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>When fully rolled out, Universal Credit will support low income households with around £62 billion a year across the whole of Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>More people who are severely disabled will receive higher payments under Universal Credit. The rate in Universal Credit for these claimants is higher at £326 per month (up from £158 per month on the equivalent ESA Support Group). The managed migration regulations, which are currently before Parliament, includes transitional protections to ensure that no one loses out at the point of transition.</p><p> </p><p>This means that around 1 million disabled households will gain on average around £100 more per month on Universal Credit, than on legacy benefits. Within the legacy system there are £2.4bn of unclaimed benefits not taken up by people who need them, because they do not know about them. These Regulations will ensure that 700,000 more households will get paid their full entitlement under Universal Credit.</p> question first answered 20/12/2018 12:15:53 answering member 4014
	creator	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

989499

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/10/2018
	date	17/10/2018
	date tabled	17/10/2018
	ddp created	17/10/2018 18:47:39
	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	17/10/2018 18:57:06 07/01/2019 16:47:06
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	180755
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/01/2019 16:15:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase (a) universal and (b) other transitional support to help the transition to universal credit under managed migration.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 180755
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	180755
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We will identify those who, during the transition to Universal Credit under managed migration, will require additional support and, equally importantly, what that support should be. As we start to migrate claimants, we will do this in a gradual way, to learn from our approach and adapt it further to ensure it meets the needs of our vulnerable claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Universal Credit (Managed Migration) 2018 regulations which have been laid before Parliament ensure that those living in temporary and supported accommodation will have access to transitional protection if they are managed migrated. These claimants will remain in receipt of their existing Housing Benefit while they continue to live in this form of accommodation and, therefore, no support paid for housing will be taken into account when considering if transitional protection should be awarded. This transitional protection is dependent on the Managed Migration regulations receiving Parliamentary approval.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2018 Autumn Budget, the income related elements of Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance, and Income Support will continue for two weeks after a claim for Universal Credit has been made from July 2020. Claimants will therefore receive one two week run-on payment when being migrated to Universal Credit. Both of these measures are subject to parliamentary approval. These payments are in addition to the 2 week run-on of Housing Benefit to support claimants when they transition to Universal Credit, which we introduced in April 2018.</p><p><em> </em></p> question first answered 07/01/2019 16:15:27 answering member 4014
	creator	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray