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1134526

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	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	Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total monetary amount is of civil penalties which have been passed to debt collection agencies by her Department in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	269122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below details the total monetary amount of Civil Penalties which have been passed to Debt Collection Agencies in each of the last 12 months.*</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Total Monthly Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>£32,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>£42,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>£38,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>£28,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>£26,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>£35,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>£25,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>£43,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>£26,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>£26,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>£35,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>£31,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£392,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A £50 Civil Penalty may be imposed by both Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Local Authorities where an individual incurs a recoverable overpayment as a result of failing to provide accurate information as part of their benefit claim or in connection with an award of benefit, and has not taken reasonable steps to correct the error.</p><p> </p><p>When recovering overpayments, DWP ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants from any undue financial hardship. Like the Department, private collection agencies will look to establish sustainable repayment arrangements.</p><p> </p><p><em>*The data provided in this response has been sourced from internal management information and was not intended for public release. It should therefore not be compared to any other, similar data subsequently released by the Department. All figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</em></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/07/2019 16:47:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1134528

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	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	Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has received from debt collection agencies in respect of civil penalties in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	269123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below details the amount recovered from Debt Collection Agencies in respect of Civil Penalties in each of the last 12 months.*</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recovery Value</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 2018</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul 2018</p></td><td><p>£5,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 2018</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2018</p></td><td><p>£4,600</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2018</p></td><td><p>£6,400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2018</p></td><td><p>£4,600</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2019</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2019</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2019</p></td><td><p>£5,800</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2019</p></td><td><p>£3,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>£3,800</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A £50 Civil Penalty may be imposed by both Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Local Authorities where an individual incurs a recoverable overpayment as a result of failing to provide accurate information as part of their benefit claim or in connection with an award of benefit, and has not taken reasonable steps to correct the error.</p><p> </p><p>When recovering overpayments, DWP ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants from any undue financial hardship. Like the Department, private collection agencies will look to establish sustainable repayment arrangements.</p><p> </p><p><em>*The data provided in this response has been sourced from internal management information and was not intended for public release. It should therefore not be compared to any other, similar data subsequently released by the Department. All figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</em></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/07/2019 16:50:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1132493

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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: Payment Methods
	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 received payments into a Post Office Card Account in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	265586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s standard method of payment for pensions and benefits is into a bank, building society or credit union account. For claimants who cannot open one of these accounts, or provide the details for their own account to access their payment, the Department can offer two alternatives: The Post Office Card Account and HM Government Payment Exception Service, both of which guarantee access to their payment of pension and or benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has been contacting claimants using Post Office Card Accounts since September 2015 offering information to claimants to move to standard payment methods.</p><p> </p><p>As a claimant may receive more than one payment of Universal Credit in each month, we have supplied the total volume of Universal Credit payments made into Post Office Card Accounts in each of the last 12 months in the table below. Increasing volumes of Universal Credit payments into these types of account reflect those naturally migrating from legacy benefits and taking their payment method with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Payments Made</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>10,322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>9,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>10,686</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>10,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>10,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>12,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>12,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>12,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>13,807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>14,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>14,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>15,724</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/06/2019 14:50:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1131127

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Supermarkets: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the equity of employment contract terms and conditions in the supermarket sector.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	911256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to upgrading workers’ rights and protecting the most vulnerable workers. Our legal framework already ensures that employers should always treat their employees fairly, and our Good Work Plan will introduce the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation.</p><p> </p><p>In the retail sector specifically, the industry-led Retail Sector Council has identified employment as a priority workstream and this will be discussed at our next meeting on 20 June.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/06/2019 14:06:22 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1130991

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people whose personal independence payment has (a) increased, (b) decreased, (c) reduced to zero and (d) stayed the same as a result of an appeal decision in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	262439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2019 12:24:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128212

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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 people have had their deductions under universal credit reduced from the maximum rate of 40 per cent of an individual's standard allowance in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	257510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. Universal Credit already has procedures and regulations in place to protect claimants from excessive deductions. The maximum rate of deductions cannot normally exceed 40 per cent of the Universal Credit standard allowance, and from October 2019 this will be reduced to 30 per cent.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/06/2019 14:52:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128213

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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 people have had deductions under universal credit paused; and what the average length of the pause was in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	257511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/06/2019 17:06:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128214

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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 people with underlying debts resulting in deductions under universal credit had those debts written off in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	257512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/06/2019 17:12:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128325

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2019 to Question 249940, whether the tax credit debt written off in 2011-12 as part of the Older Inactive Debts Policy was included in the figure for pre-2011-12 debt.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	257564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The tax credit debt written off in 2011-12 as part of the Older Inactive Debts Policy is not included in the pre-2011-12 debt figure of 16% provided in the Answer of 8 May 2019 to Question 249940.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/06/2019 12:48:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128326

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants have disputed a recovery of tax credit overpayment using (a) form TC846 and (b) another means of raising a dispute in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	257565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>HMRC does not record data on the breakdown of the source of the receipt (TC846, paper, iform, other) so the information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/06/2019 07:52:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George