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1180493

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	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	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 the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 727 on Universal Credit, how much has been paid back to universal credit claimants as a result of Real Time Information disputes being upheld in the most recent 12 months for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	20496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2020 13:36:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1180494

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	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	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 the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 727 on Universal Credit, how many universal credit claimants successfully disputed the Real Time Information on which their awards were based (a) from February 2016 to January 2017, (b) from February 2017 to January 2018 and (c) from February 2018 to January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	20497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department 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 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 encourage accurate reporting dates. Please see the table below for the relevant data on the total successful RTI disputes.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total RTI calculations</p></td><td><p>RTI calculation disputes</p></td><td><p>Percentage (%) of disputes to total calculations</p></td><td><p>Number of successful disputes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017 – January 2018</p></td><td><p>3,902,052</p></td><td><p>11,133</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>2,226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018 – January 2019</p></td><td><p>13,566,745</p></td><td><p>61,246</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>11,636</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>The earliest available data is from July 2017.</li></ul> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2020 16:34:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1182712

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	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: 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 she has made of the time it takes to (a) process and (b) decide on disputes lodged by universal credit claimants regarding their real-time information calculations.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	25114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The data requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/03/2020 17:12:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1193124

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	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, how many new universal credit applicants there have been in each month since March 2020; and how many of those new applicants have successfully applied for a universal credit advance loan payment.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	43662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>The department publishes weekly management information, every Tuesday, on the number of Universal Credit declarations (claims) and Universal Credit Advances paid by the four advance types. It is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-declarations-claims-and-advances-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-declarations-claims-and-advances-management-information</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/05/2020 08:35:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 20367 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1193126

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	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, how many people in receipt of universal credit before March 2020 have not received the 1.7 per cent increase in that benefit on 6 April; and how many new claimants have received that increase.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	43663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>All existing and new universal credit claims will have their claim assessed on the increased rates of benefit for the relevant assessment period from 6 April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/05/2020 09:35:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 20368 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1193600

	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	Food Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on household food insecurity of the introduction of the 10 new food security questions in the Family Resources Survey in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	43939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>The first results from the food insecurity questions added to the Family Resource Survey in April 2019 are due to be published in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The information that will be published will be dependent on the results being robust and meeting the quality assurance processes which all DWP statistical publications are subject to.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/05/2020 13:19:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1194187

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	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, if she will implement with immediate effect the policy announced in the Budget 2020 on lowering the repayment rate and extending the repayment period for universal credit advances, which is currently not due to take effect until October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	45239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already taken action to mitigate the impact of repaying advances. In the short-term, the temporary increase to the Standard Allowance of over £80 a month will immediately help absorb the impact of repaying advances. In October 2019, the level of standard deductions was reduced from 40% to 30% of a claimant’s Standard Allowance. In addition, the repayment period for advances has already been extended from 6 months to 12 months, and claimants can ask to defer advance repayments for up to 3 months in certain circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/05/2020 09:57:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 22274 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1200611

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	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 of universal credit are repaying an advance payment.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	54921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit advance repayments are made gradually over 12 months, and deductions are capped at 30% of claimants’ standard allowance. This is further to the reduction of the overall maximum level of deductions from 40% to 30% of the standard allowance since October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>From October 2021, the repayment period will be extended from 12 months to 24 months and the reduction of the deductions cap from 30% to 25%.</p><p> </p><p>For those who find themselves in unexpected hardship, advance repayments can be deferred for up to three months in certain cases.</p><p> </p><p>For Universal Credit payments due in February 2020, 43% (1,068,000 claims) had a deduction for an advance repayment.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong><br>1. Claim numbers may not match official statistics caseloads due to small methodological differences</p><p>2. Claim numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000.</p><p>3. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/06/2020 16:18:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 27450 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1227313

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	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 she has made of the potential merits of amending the universal credit application form and online journal to enable her Department to automatically (a) assess and (b) register children for free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	78686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for free school meals are the responsibility of the Department for Education in England, and the Devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Department for Education already provides an electronic eligibility checking service to all local authorities in England, which is used to confirm eligibility for free school meals.</p><p>Universal Credit (UC) claimants may currently be entitled to a number of other benefits because they are in receipt of UC. These are known as passported benefits and include free school meals and free prescriptions. The eligibility criteria for each passported benefit remain the responsibility of relevant departments and the devolved administrations that own them.</p><p>The Department needs to ensure that there is a high level of security to protect claimants’ personal information, and has no plans to amend either the UC claim form or online journal to obtain an applicant’s consent to register eligible children for free school meals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/09/2020 14:57:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1230702

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	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	Food Banks
	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 her Department's evidence review on the drivers of food bank usage.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	84269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department reallocated resources to prioritise work to helping the COVID-19 effort. As such, we will update on the literature review on the factors driving the use of food banks in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/09/2020 15:59:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck