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1700347

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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, how many alternative payment requests for Universal Credit were made in (a) January and (b) February 2024 in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	21234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 21235 question first answered 17/04/2024 10:36:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1700348

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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, how many alternative payment arrangements for Universal Credit were granted in (a) January and (b) February 2024 in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	21235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 21234 question first answered 17/04/2024 10:36:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1610025

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Universal Credit upper tariff income rules where a Lifetime ISA is the sole source of the claimant's capital.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	180158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2023 10:57:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1453565

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	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, what steps she is taking to ensure that the cap for the childcare element of universal credit reflects rising costs of childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	145971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>We know that for some UC claimants’, the cost of childcare makes it more difficult to enter work. To support parents to start work, eligible UC claimants can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month regardless of the number of hours they work. This is higher than under tax credits, which reimbursed up to 70%.</p><p> </p><p>This is up to the maximum amount of £646.35 per month for one child and £1,108.04 per month for two or more children. For families with two children, this could be worth up to £13,000 a year. Currently we do not have any plans to increase the childcare caps but continue to keep the policy under review.</p><p> </p><p>In cases where people need to pay for childcare upfront, prior to starting work, Work Coaches can use the Flexible Support Fund for eligible claimants to meet these costs until their first wage is received.</p><p> </p><p>The UC childcare policy aligns with the wider government childcare offer in England and there are similar funded early learning offers in devolved nations. The free childcare offer provides 15 hours a week of free childcare in England for all 3 and 4 year olds and disadvantaged 2 year olds, doubling for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to 30 hours a week.</p><p> </p><p>The UC childcare element can be used to top up a claimant’s eligible free childcare hours if more hours are worked and childcare required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/04/2022 15:23:28 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1334031

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	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 reference to Annex 1 of the letter of 24 May 2021 from the Minister for Welfare Delivery to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee on Universal Credit Business Case: refreshed costs and savings for 2020/21 and 2021/22, what assumptions her Department has made for the (a) non-take-up in legacy benefits and tax credits in the New Legacy Savings Model mentioned in that Annex and (b) take-up of Universal Credit in that model.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	15375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>Under the Legacy system, households had to claim separately for benefits received, for instance an in-work lone parents in rented accommodation would need to claim both Tax Credits and Housing Benefit. However, some households may not have realised they were entitled to, or chosen to claim, all the benefits they were entitled to. As an integrated benefit, Universal Credit automatically increases take-up and we estimate that when fully rolled-out, 700,000 households will benefit from claiming their full entitlement in Universal Credit</p><p> </p><p>In the New Legacy Savings model, we have taken the projections for the number of households on Universal Credit and made an adjustment to take account that fewer benefits would have been claimed under the legacy system, based on the above assessment. This adjustment applies to around 10% of households.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/06/2021 16:41:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1174267

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	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, what guidance has been provided to (a) work coaches and (b) staff of her Department on measures to increase earnings for in-work claimants, including sanctioning for failure to increase earnings beyond the (i) the Administrative Earnings Threshold and (ii) Conditionality Earnings Threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	9775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>We are developing our understanding of how best to support people to progress in work, through a programme of research and testing. There is currently no active in-work support offer for in-work claimants in Universal Credit and no work related requirements, meaning there would be no sanctions resulting if these are not completed, and no guidance provided<strong>.</strong></p><p>Those who are earning very small amounts, below the level of the Administrative Earnings Threshold, are treated as out of work and placed in the intensive regime.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/02/2020 17:40:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1174268

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	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, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) work coaches and (b) staff in her Department on assessing whether claimants are reaching (i) the Administrative Earnings Threshold and (ii) the Conditionality Earnings Threshold if the claimant is part of a cohabiting couple.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	9776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Comprehensive guidance on assessing the Administrative Earnings Threshold and the Conditionality Earnings Threshold is available to all staff. This guidance is published in the Commons library and the Department is committed to refreshing this at regular intervals.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0980/2._Administrative_and_Conditionality_Earnings_Thresholds_v3.0.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0980/2._Administrative_and_Conditionality_Earnings_Thresholds_v3.0.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0980/71._Labour_Market_regimes_v11.0.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0980/71._Labour_Market_regimes_v11.0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/02/2020 17:39:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1151527

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit manually reported their wages in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	3809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>A monthly breakdown of adjustments to Universal Credit payments owing to Real Time Information and self-reported earnings is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>From the information that is readily available for Universal Credit Full Service, in the twelve months to September 2019, on average 1.7m payments were processed each month. Of the payments processed, on average 1.2% or 20,000 had self-reported earnings information recorded.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2019 15:18:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1151533

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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, what monitoring is undertaken of errors arising from the RTI system leading to overpayment of universal credit due to lack of notification of wages; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	3814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The amount of Universal Credit paid to claimants reflects the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period, as closely as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly assessment periods align to the way the majority of employees are paid and also allows Universal Credit to be adjusted each month. This means that if a claimant's income falls, they will not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit.</p><p /><p>The IT systems between HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) system and the DWP are monitored 24/7 for any IT failures, so these can be addressed immediately. Universal Credit does not run its Payment Calculations until all earnings files transferred from HMRC are received. However, this does not address instances where an employer has failed to notify HMRC of earnings timeously. In these circumstances we have processes in place, including the opportunity for claimants to self-report earnings to help avoid overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP has been working closely with HMRC since Universal Credit went live in 2013 to support and inform employers who report earnings to emphasise the importance of timely reporting via the Real Time Information (RTI) system.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have updated their guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is also working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/10/2019 13:40:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds