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1147461

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps are being taken to ensure (a) asylum support payments and (b) other welfare payments will (i) be available to and (ii) provide adequate support to those most vulnerable to (A) rising food prices and (B) food supply disruption in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	292997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/10/2019 15:53:56 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1352511

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to produce a replacement publication for the document entitled What happens if you are overpaid Universal Credit, Jobseeker’s Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	41995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>There are no plans to replace the publication ‘What happens if you are overpaid Universal Credit, Jobseeker’s Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance’, which was withdrawn in October 2017. This is because the information previously contained in that publication is now part of the mainstream guidance on GOV.UK under the sections ‘Benefit Overpayments’ and ‘Reporting Changes in Circumstances’.</p><p>The majority of claimants are able to make and maintain their Universal Credit claim online. Claimants can report a change of circumstance by signing into their Universal Credit account and accessing the ‘How to manage your Universal Credit Claim’ Guide. Where a Universal Credit claim is made and maintained by telephone, changes of circumstance can be reported by telephone.</p><p>Full details of how the Department deals with overpayments can be found in the publically available Benefit Overpayment Recovery Guide - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-overpayment-recovery-staff-guide/benefit-overpayment-recovery-guide" target="_blank">Benefit overpayment recovery guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>It should be noted that the Department has a duty to protect public funds and an obligation to ensure that overpaid benefit payments are recovered in accordance with the appropriate</p><p>social security legislation. We seek to do so as quickly as possible without creating any undue financial hardship to the claimant.</p><p>Recovery rates are set out in legislation, but customers can contact DWP Debt Management if they are experiencing financial hardship in order to negotiate a reduction in their rate of</p><p>repayment, or a temporary suspension of repayment, depending on financial circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/09/2021 16:51:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1244290

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment she has made of the potential effect of reducing universal credit and working tax credit by £20 a week in April 2021 on (a) average working age and (b) levels of child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	907700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>DWP is continuing to work with HMT and other Government Departments to monitor the evolving economic situation and identify the most effective ways to help people. There is a lot of uncertainty involved in projecting incomes and levels of poverty.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 907696 question first answered 19/10/2020 16:06:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1277611

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the (a) number of people who had debt deductions from their legacy benefits in each of the last 12 months and (b) total amount recovered in each of those months.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	138958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The number of people who had debt deductions from their legacy benefits and the value of those deductions for the last twelve months, are detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people who had deductions from Legacy Benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of those deductions</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-20</strong></p></td><td><p>205,700</p></td><td><p>£11.300m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-20</strong></p></td><td><p>199,200</p></td><td><p>£10.331m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p>200,100</p></td><td><p>£11.849m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td><td><p>181,100</p></td><td><p>£10.083m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-20</strong></p></td><td><p>162,300</p></td><td><p>£8.454m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-20</strong></p></td><td><p>95,700</p></td><td><p>£3.030m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-20</strong></p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>£0.370m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-20</strong></p></td><td><p>66,800</p></td><td><p>£4.326m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-20</strong></p></td><td><p>70,200</p></td><td><p>£4.900m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-20</strong></p></td><td><p>70,200</p></td><td><p>£5.029m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-20</strong></p></td><td><p>72,500</p></td><td><p>£5.361m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-20</strong></p></td><td><p>75,800</p></td><td><p>£5.982m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We recognise that there will be some claimants who may be experiencing financial difficulty, and anyone unable to afford the rate of recovery proposed is encouraged to contact DWP Debt Management to review the proposed rate of recovery.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/01/2021 18:08:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1687006

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2024
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) tax credits only, (b) income-based jobseekers allowance, (c) employment support allowance and tax credits, (d) income support, (e) housing benefit only, other than people in supported accommodation or temporary accommodation and (f) housing benefit and tax credits only his Department plans to send a migration notice to in the 2024-25 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	12821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Move to UC Notifications (household) Aut-2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24/25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA income based</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA income based (and Child Tax Credits)</p></td><td><p>90,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Credit &amp; Housing Benefit</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Credit only</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing Benefit only</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>This is the number of households DWP estimated it would notify to move to UC as of Autumn-23 (where households are couples only one member of the couple is counted).</li><li>The benefits are in a hierarchy so we do not double count households claiming multiple benefits. E.g. if a household claims JSA/ESA/IS and Tax Credits or Housing Benefit they only appear in the JSA/IS/ESA line. Households in the Tax Credit and Housing lines do not include households claiming ESA, JSA or IS.</li><li>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10k.</li><li>Over 500,000 Tax Credit only households are scheduled to be notified in 2023/24</li></ul> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/02/2024 16:52:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1176837

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to improve the benefits claim process by (a) sharing assessment data between benefits and (b) making the criteria for claiming different benefits consistent.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	13599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>DWP are developing a single, integrated service which will simplify the assessment process for millions of people claiming health related benefits. This includes, with individuals’ consent, better information sharing and re-using relevant information already held within DWP. Also by gathering better evidence earlier in the claim to enable a decision to be made without meeting face-to-face, will help reduce the number of face-to-face assessments.</p><p>The criteria, entitlement and purpose of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are different as the benefits are paid for different reasons. ESA is an income replacement benefit for working age people, with entitlement based on an assessment of the functional impact of a claimant’s health condition or disability on their capability for work. PIP looks at the needs arising from a claimant’s health condition or disability and is intended to act as a contribution towards meeting extra costs associated with a long-term health condition or disability.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/02/2020 10:48:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1491849

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 the people who stopped claiming unemployment related benefits (a) moved to other benefits, (b) moved to other conditionality groups and (c) stopped receiving benefits altogether in the period between September 2021 and February 2022; and if she will make an estimate of the number of people who (i) stopped claiming unemployment related benefits in that period and (ii) moved from benefits into work during her Department's Way to Work campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	42317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Alternative Claimant Count (ACC) provides a measure of the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits, and off-flows from the ACC are available <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>Between September 2021 and February 2022 there were just under 2 million off-flows from the ACC. This represents a count of off-flows, not individual people, as it is possible to flow on / off benefit multiple times within this period.</p><p>As of 25 July, 539,200 unemployed Universal Credit claimants and Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claimants have moved into work during the Way to Work Campaign between 31 January and 30 June 2022. This includes claimants who remained on benefits after starting work.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 05/09/2022 15:02:33 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1605937

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis is for introducing more conditionality for entitlement to benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	170588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department has previously published evidence on the impact of Work Coach Support on Claimant outcomes including JSA Weekly Signing (2015) and the Intensive Activity Programme (2015) <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398803/jsa-signing-trials.pdf" target="_blank">JSA Weekly Signing(opens in a new tab)</a> (2015): <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398803/jsa-signing-trials.pdf" target="_blank">Jobseeker’s Allowance signing trials (publishing.service.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539043/intensive-activity-programme-trial-evidence-synthesis.pdf" target="_blank">Intensive Activity Programme(opens in a new tab)</a> (2015): <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539043/intensive-activity-programme-trial-evidence-synthesis.pdf" target="_blank">Intensive Activity Programme trial evaluation: evidence synthesis (publishing.service.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/03/2023 16:04:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1193687

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the findings of the review into how the benefits system supports people nearing the end of their life and those with severe conditions, announced on 11 July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	43849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Rt.Hon./hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 May 2020 to Question UIN<strong> 41931: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;uin=41931" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=41931</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 43993 question first answered 12/05/2020 14:02:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1175765

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 expenditure on welfare benefits payments was classified as overpaid in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	11468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions administers over 25 benefits, ensuring that the very different conditions of entitlement are met in each individual instance. We publish annual figures on the amount we estimate has been overpaid under the title ‘Fraud and Error in the Benefit System’.</p><p> </p><p>The percentage of benefit expenditure estimated to have been overpaid for each of the last 10 years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount overpaid as a percentage of the Department’s expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has worked hard to deliver major welfare reform during much of this period, all whilst limiting fraud and error to 2.2% or less.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We continue to focus on preventing loss before it occurs, which is in everyone’s interest. Sophisticated data matching rules are increasingly allowing us to cross check what claimants tell us, with potential discrepancies being routed to our fraud investigators.</p><p> </p><p>We are constantly exploring the use of new data sources, which will improve this process still further.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/02/2020 14:23:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell