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810714

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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 21 December 2017 to Question 119929 on universal credit, when the automated system will be be operational.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	121059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>In order to roll out Universal Credit safely and securely, improvements are built into the Universal Credit IT system using a test and learn approach. We learn from our data and research before features are considered, approved and progressed. Implementing the automated system is important to us and will be prioritised in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 08/01/2018 15:54:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

808280

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to progress at work and increase their earnings.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	902994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Universal credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress and we are developing the evidence base about what works.</p><p>Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:37:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

808281

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	What assessment his Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt for people in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	902995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to reduce the risk of problem debt, including capping payday lending costs and promoting savings.</p><p>Within UC, there are also interest free Advances and a system of priority deductions to help claimants who have got into arrears.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:56:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

808820

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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 some universal credit claimants are being required to attend in-person appointments to reset their universal credit login details; and if he will ensure that all universal credit claimants are able to amend their account details using online portals.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	119929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Currently, Universal Credit requires claimants to attend the Jobcentre for a face to face interview to reset their Universal Credit login in details. We plan to automate this process in the very near future.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/12/2017 15:14:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

808988

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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 15 December 2017 to Question 117837, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time it takes from a new applicant for universal credit beginning their application and at the point at which their date of entitlement for that credit is triggered.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	120097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit entitlement starts from first contact, assuming the claim is followed through within a month.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/12/2017 12:03:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

806648

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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 claimants of universal credit from (a) the opening of a universal credit account and (b) an interview at a job centre to the first payment of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	119724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. However, we do have data for the declaration date to payment date.</p><p> </p><p>Data published on 2 October 2017 shows that, 81% of new Universal Credit households received their first payment in full and on time. Across the whole of Universal Credit 92% of all households received full payment on time. The published data can be found here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The policy intention is that claimants receive the first payment 5 weeks after their date of entitlement (6 weeks if waiting days are served). This mirrors the world of work and allows for time in which to gather information about a claimant’s earnings.</p><p> </p><p>Our internal data shows that for those cases where full payment has not been made, around a sixth, have not signed their Claimant Commitment or passed identity checks . The others have outstanding verification issues, for example, housing, self-employed earnings and child-care costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2017 15:43:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

806662

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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 he has received any representations on technical and administration problems regarding the transfer of claimants from employment and support allowance to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	119738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Our Ministerial Correspondence Team has not received any letters relating to claimants facing technical or administrative problems when transferring from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to Universal Credit.</p><p>However, Universal Credit Programme colleagues have received representations from various customer support groups seeking clarification of the ESA to UC journey for their service users. These concerns have been raised informally at engagement events as well as through more formal routes into the Programme.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the Department has worked to produce a set of communications, to help local partnership managers better explain the ESA to UC journey to our stakeholders.</p><p>In addition we are improving the learning for work coaches and case managers to better understand the process and how to support claimants effectively.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2017 15:41:04 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

805982

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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 he has made of the potential effect of the roll-out of universal credit on levels of personal debt.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	119192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to reduce the risk of problem debt, including capping payday lending costs and promoting savings.</p><p> </p><p>Within Universal Credit, we also have interest free advances and a system of priority deductions to help claimants who have got into arrears.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/12/2017 17:43:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

806243

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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 8 November 2017 to Question 110869, if he will make it his policy to regularly publish data on universal credit advances by parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	119435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2017 15:45:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

805183

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 he has made of the cost of operating a paper-based system for private sector landlords to request direct payment for their tenants' housing elements of universal credit?
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department is keeping the process for managed payment to landlords under review as we test and learn from the roll out of Universal Credit. We are also working with landlords to improve the current process for landlords requesting managed payments and how the Department deals with these requests.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2016, 34% of Universal Credit claimants with support for housing costs and in social housing had a managed payment to landlord alternative payment arrangement, compared to only 5% for those in private rented accommodation.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/543907/universal-credit-data-on-alternative-payment-arrangements.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/543907/universal-credit-data-on-alternative-payment-arrangements.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2017 12:47:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds