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1170408

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	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 plans her Department has to reduce the five-week wait for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	2660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text No one has to wait five weeks for their first payment. New claim advances are available to support those in financial need until their first payment is made.<p /><p /><p />Claimants can access up to 100% of the total expected monthly award, which they can pay back over a period of up to 12 months. We have announced that from October 2021, the repayment period for these advances will be extended further, to 16 months.<p /><p /><p>Our Work Coaches gauge claimants’ financial needs from their first interview. As part of this, every claimant is offered an advance payment on application. Proposed repayments of the advance are explained, and all claimants are advised to request a level of advance which is manageable both now and when considering the repayments required.</p><p />Work Coaches can also refer claimants to more specialist support for personal budgeting and money guidance if required.<p /><p /><p>The Department has delivered a number of improvements to support claimants during their first assessment period, such as removing waiting days and paying those claimants moving from Housing Benefit onto Universal Credit a two week ‘transitional housing payment’. We are also introducing a two-week run on for eligible claimants of Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance from July 2020.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/01/2020 17:19:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1198540

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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, how many claimants have moved from legacy benefits to universal credit in each of the last six months through (a) natural migration and (b) managed migration.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	52072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>a) Claimants move from existing benefits to Universal Credit when they experience a significant change in their circumstances that triggers a new claim to benefit. We do not centrally collate the number of claimants that have made a new claim to Universal Credit as a result of such a change in circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding Universal Credit caseload growth at national, regional and constituency level is published at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk </a></p><p>Guidance for users 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> </p><p>b) The Move to UC Pilot has been temporarily suspended following the outbreak of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/06/2020 15:09:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1363941

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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, pursuant to her oral evidence before the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 7 July 2021, whether it remains her policy for all legacy benefit claimants to be transferred onto universal credit by the end of 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	64688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/11/2021 17:38:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1587796

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2023
	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, whether it is possible to conduct a text search across universal credit journals..
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	149575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>Yes. It is possible to conduct a text search.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/03/2023 14:23:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1606487

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	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	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 page 50 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, whether his Department has conducted an equalities impact assessment of the policy decision to remove the couple’s Administrative Earnings Threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	171411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Yes, an Equalities Assessment has been conducted.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/03/2023 16:52:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1222608

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2020
	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, whether any applicant in receipt of universal credit who was previously in receipt of legacy benefits has successfully reapplied for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	71890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Yes - claimants who were previously in receipt of legacy benefits who migrated to and were awarded Universal Credit can re-apply for Universal Credit if that award has ended. Universal Credit will then be re-awarded if they meet the conditions of entitlement.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/07/2020 16:40:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1196074

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department distinguishes between savings for personal use and savings for the purpose of the ongoing basic maintenance of the applicant's business or self-employment when assessing universal credit applications.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	47362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>Yes - Where a claimant has capital over £16,000 we will contact them to understand their circumstances and determine eligibility. If this money is to be used for business or tax purposes, it will not be counted towards their capital, but they may be asked to prove that the money is for these purposes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/05/2020 16:52:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1226560

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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 the evidential basis is for her Department's decision to restrict the eligibility criteria for a work allowance as part of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	76740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>Work Allowances remain focussed on providing an additional work incentive for some of the more vulnerable claimants and are just one of many elements of Universal Credit designed to provide work incentives and support to people moving into and progressing in work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made significant investment to improve Universal Credit’s generosity through the reduction in the taper rate from 65% to 63% in 2017, and an extra £1.7 billion a year put into Work Allowances by 2023/24, increasing them by £1,000 a year for working parents and disabled claimants, from April 2019 - an extra £630 a year in the pockets of 2.4 million of the lowest paid families.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/07/2020 16:25:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226501

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the time frame beyond 30 days of the date of decision for the mandatory reconsideration of a universal credit decision to provide support agencies with a wider time frame to help people with that process.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	76779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Whilst the time limit for applying for a Mandatory Reconsideration is one month, if an application is made within this period but more time is needed to provide supporting evidence, the claimant or their representative can ask that a decision is not made pending the provision of that evidence.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/09/2020 12:07:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1422824

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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, how her Department monitors (a) satisfaction and (b) employee retention levels among universal credit staff.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	125093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Whilst the department does not directly measure satisfaction, all DWP staff are encouraged to participate in the Annual Civil Service People Survey which does provide us with an Employee Engagement Index to show us how engaged our staff are. The engagement index is designed to show how committed staff are to the department’s goals and values, and how motivated they are in contributing to organisational success.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continually monitors retention in terms of levels of supply against demand across service delivery including Universal Credit staff.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/02/2022 16:31:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray