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795376

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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: Personal Savings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	whether savings held in the name of children are taken into account in applications for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	115797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Savings and other capital held in the name of children are not taken into account in the assessment of Universal Credit entitlement. As with other means tested benefits, however, there are rules to prevent claimants depriving themselves of capital in order to claim Universal Credit or increase their entitlement to Universal Credit. If claimants deprive themselves of capital by gifting the capital to their children or placing it in a child’s account, notional capital of the amount deprived may still be taken into account when assessing entitlement to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/12/2017 15:25:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

792664

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	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 the Department of Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 70208, if he will provide information on how the estimated savings from the minimum income floor for universal credit were calculated for (a) 2017-18; (b) 2018-19; (c) 2019-20; (d) 2020-21, and (e) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	114591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Minimum Income Floor is expected to encourage those reporting very low self-employed income to increase their earnings. Some people will respond to this by increasing their earnings from self-employment, others will look for other employment to increase their income and it is applied equally across all sectors of self-employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Minimum Income Floor is modelled using the Policy Simulation Model and Integrated Microsimulation Model (INFORM) where we apply it to the Universal Credit award calculation for the projected population of Universal Credit self-employed claimants.</p><p>The Minimum Income Floor is calculated, as per policy, based on claimants characteristics i.e. National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage (which is a function of age), tax bracket and maximum work search requirement for a given claimant type.</p><p>A more detailed modelling methodology of Universal Credit forecasts is likely to be published by Office for Budget Responsibility in 2018 as a part of their Welfare Trends Report series.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 16:30:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

792665

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9283, what the evidential basis is for the statement that flaws in the current system allow some self-employed claimants to receive full State support while declaring low or zero earnings.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	114592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Tax Credits for the self-employed lack a strong incentive for claimants to grow their earnings and reduce their dependency on welfare. The rules for eligibility for Working Tax Credit (WTC) are set out in the Tax Credits Act 2002 and the associated regulations, in particular the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002. These do not include a requirement for those claiming WTC to increase their earnings, or to earn more than a specified amount.</p><p> </p><p>The Government introduced the strengthened self-employment test into Working Tax Credit in 2015 to address the risk of individuals continuing to claim WTC, despite not working on a commercial and with a view to a profit basis. HMRC advice on this is in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-and-customs-brief-7-2015-new-rules-for-the-self-employed-claiming-working-tax-credit/revenue-and-customs-brief-7-2015-new-rules-for-the-self-employed-claiming-working-tax-credit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-and-customs-brief-7-2015-new-rules-for-the-self-employed-claiming-working-tax-credit/revenue-and-customs-brief-7-2015-new-rules-for-the-self-employed-claiming-working-tax-credit</a></p><p> </p><p>Historically, a high proportion of self-employed Tax Credit claimants saw little progression in their earnings over several years, including many of the lowest earners.</p><p> </p><p>Recently, HMRC and DWP have published data from a survey of self-employed tax credit claimants. These data confirm that many such claimants have low earnings and demonstrate the need to support and incentivise claimants to grow their earnings:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/self-employment-working-tax-credits-claimant-survey-and-follow-up-research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/self-employment-working-tax-credits-claimant-survey-and-follow-up-research</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 16:26:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

795363

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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: East Renfrewshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions how many residents in East Renfrewshire constituency are in receipt of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	115784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The available information on people and households on Universal Credit, by parliamentary constituency, 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>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 East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/12/2017 15:21:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

792666

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of self-employed claimants of universal credit are (a) gainfully self-employed (b) not gainfully self-employed and (c) have not been subjected to the gainful self-employment test; and how many of those claimants have identified as (i) employed under PAYE and (ii) neither employed or self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	114593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not currently available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 16:22:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

542303

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, within what period for time a mandatory reconsideration must be completed for a personal independence payment application.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	43832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>We introduced Mandatory Reconsideration to make the system as fair as possible for those going through it. It gives people the opportunity to present new evidence and to have their case looked at again.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not have a clearance time target for Mandatory Reconsiderations. Claimants have one calendar month from the date of their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decision to request a Mandatory Reconsideration. Further information on Mandatory Reconsideration in PIP can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pip/appeals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pip/appeals</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/09/2016 11:46:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

711104

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which overseas banks located in which countries his Department is working on overseas state pension fraud and error.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	67889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department combats overseas state pension fraud and error by means of data matching and life certificates.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continues to explore how to extend and improve existing data matching arrangements. However, at present, the Department does not have any formal arrangements with overseas banks regarding notifications of death.</p><p> </p><p>On occasions, DWP will receive notification from an overseas bank informing the Department that a payment has been rejected because of the death of a payee.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/03/2017 12:52:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

620062

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	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	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which organisations and on which dates his Department has discussed plans to protect survivors of rape and sexual abuse whose third child was born as a result of rape and would wish to claim tax credits in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	50010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The government is aware that the exceptions to the policy to limit the child element in Universal Credit and the individual element in Child Tax Credit to a maximum of two children are sensitive. We contacted a number of organisations in August 2015 and met with several of those organisations in early 2016 to discuss the exceptions. Officials have also discussed this issue between government departments and at wider DWP and HMRC stakeholder meetings.</p><p>The government launched a consultation on 21 October 2016 to seek evidence and invite views from stakeholders to inform the design of the exceptions and their implementation. All Ministers with an interest are consulted as part of the clearance process for any Government consultation. The consultation document is published online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-exceptions-to-the-2-child-limit</p><p>The consultation closes on 27 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 50087 question first answered 01/11/2016 12:02:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

754239

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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, with which housing associations his Department is working to investigate rent arrears in universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	6233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>DWP are currently undertaking work, in conjunction with Curo Group, a housing association based in the South West, to investigate and understand the true level of rent arrears for their tenants, what is causing them and any impacts Universal Credit may be having. We will consider how nationally representative the analyses are and whether and how it should be expanded.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6232 6234 question first answered 05/09/2017 11:05:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

584184

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	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	Supported Housing
	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 written statement WS154 of 15 September 2016, how he plans that the localised pots will meet demand on supported housing.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	46671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State confirmed in his Written Statement to Parliament on 15<sup>th</sup> September that the Government will shortly be publishing a consultation document on supported housing.</p><p>The Government values the important role that supported accommodation plays in helping vulnerable people to live as independently as possible. This announcement demonstrates the commitment of this Government to safeguarding vulnerable groups, and encouraging further development to meet future demand.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/10/2016 14:20:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi