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1136723

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the total amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in her Department in the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	272756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The DWP does not expect its employees to work unpaid overtime.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/07/2019 13:53:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139753

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in her Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	278374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>DWP offers a Flexible Working Hours (FWH) policy which allows employees to accrue additional hours worked as a flexi credit that can then be taken as time off in lieu.</p><p> </p><p>The FWH policy is managed locally and DWP does not hold central records of how much time off in lieu has been taken by employees, therefore the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/07/2019 12:16:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1187208

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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 recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of time taken to speak to a call handler on the universal credit helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	33414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Since mid-March we have seen a huge volume of calls to the Universal Credit helpline, with over 2 million calls on a single day at one point. We are aware that this demand has meant that some claimants were not able to get through.</p><p> </p><p>People making new claims for Universal Credit no longer need to call the Department as part of the process. Once they have completed their online application we will call them if we need to check any of the information they have given us. We have also introduced new processes to ease pressure on waiting times for identity verification over the phone and other processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s priority is to continue to ensure those who are entitled to benefit receive the support they need at a time when new claims for Universal Credit are at an unprecedented level.</p><p> </p><p>Since 16 March 2020, we have received more than 1.5 million new claims for Universal Credit. 10,000 members of staff from other parts of DWP are being redeployed to support work on new claims and we are urgently recruiting additional people to assist with the processing of claims.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 33415 33416 question first answered 21/04/2020 16:54:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1187209

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	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 has taken to manage an increase in claims for universal credit as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	33415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Since mid-March we have seen a huge volume of calls to the Universal Credit helpline, with over 2 million calls on a single day at one point. We are aware that this demand has meant that some claimants were not able to get through.</p><p> </p><p>People making new claims for Universal Credit no longer need to call the Department as part of the process. Once they have completed their online application we will call them if we need to check any of the information they have given us. We have also introduced new processes to ease pressure on waiting times for identity verification over the phone and other processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s priority is to continue to ensure those who are entitled to benefit receive the support they need at a time when new claims for Universal Credit are at an unprecedented level.</p><p> </p><p>Since 16 March 2020, we have received more than 1.5 million new claims for Universal Credit. 10,000 members of staff from other parts of DWP are being redeployed to support work on new claims and we are urgently recruiting additional people to assist with the processing of claims.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 33414 33416 question first answered 21/04/2020 16:54:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1187210

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the increase in universal credit claims as a result of the covid-19 outbreak has affected claim processing times.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	33416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Since mid-March we have seen a huge volume of calls to the Universal Credit helpline, with over 2 million calls on a single day at one point. We are aware that this demand has meant that some claimants were not able to get through.</p><p> </p><p>People making new claims for Universal Credit no longer need to call the Department as part of the process. Once they have completed their online application we will call them if we need to check any of the information they have given us. We have also introduced new processes to ease pressure on waiting times for identity verification over the phone and other processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s priority is to continue to ensure those who are entitled to benefit receive the support they need at a time when new claims for Universal Credit are at an unprecedented level.</p><p> </p><p>Since 16 March 2020, we have received more than 1.5 million new claims for Universal Credit. 10,000 members of staff from other parts of DWP are being redeployed to support work on new claims and we are urgently recruiting additional people to assist with the processing of claims.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 33414 33415 question first answered 21/04/2020 16:54:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1187211

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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 long after first applying can claimants for universal credit receive their first advance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	33417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit new claim advance payments have long been an integral part of the UC system, allowing claimants to access up to 100% of their total expected monthly award at the start of their claim, which can be paid back over a period of up to 12 months, which will be extended to 24 months from October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Applications are accepted by phone or online and payments can be issued on the same day.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/04/2020 16:41:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1221383

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	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: Hemsworth
	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 universal credit there were in Hemsworth consistency in each month since January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	70316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The available information on the number of people 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://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> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/07/2020 15:02:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1221385

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	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 average waiting time was for an application for universal credit to be processed in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	70318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest available information on Universal Credit payment timeliness is published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found 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> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/07/2020 13:07:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1224896

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in (a) Hemsworth constituency, (b) Wakefield Council area and (c) West Yorkshire Combined Authority area as at (i) 15 July 2010 and (ii) 15 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	74444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of children in low income are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. The rates of children in absolute poverty in the Yorkshire and the Humber region in the three years to 18/19 has decreased, both before and after housing costs, compared to the three years to 09/10.</p><p> </p><p>Latest statistics for the number of children who are in low income for England and the Yorkshire and the Humber region can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201819" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201819</a>, “children-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2018-19-tables” in table 4.17ts (relative low income, before and after housing costs) and 4.23ts (absolute low income, before and after housing costs).</p><p> </p><p>The Department now publishes supplementary official statistics on the number of children in low income families at constituency level. Children in Low Income Families data is published annually.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures from 2014/15 to 2018/19 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-201415-to-201819" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-201415-to-201819</a></p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/07/2020 13:09:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1224897

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Poverty: West Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-work households were living in poverty in (a) Hemsworth constituency, (b) Wakefield Council area and (c) West Yorkshire Combined Authority area as at (i) 15 July 2010 and (ii) 15 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	74445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/07/2020 15:20:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett