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1693830

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report entitled Beneath the trends: A detailed look at the issues facing claimants going through managed migration, published by the Child Poverty Action Group on 13 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	17114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>There is no evidence to suggest slowing down Move to UC is necessary. We have recently published our latest findings<em>; </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/move-to-universal-credit-insight-on-tax-credit-migrations-and-initial-discovery-activity-for-wider-benefit-cohorts" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit – insight on Tax Credit migrations and initial Discovery activity for wider benefit cohorts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a><em>, </em>further research is planned to improve our understanding of the service we deliver, to better support those transitioning to UC under managed migration.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/03/2024 16:59:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1687006

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
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	Social Security Benefits
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 (a) tax credits only, (b) income-based jobseekers allowance, (c) employment support allowance and tax credits, (d) income support, (e) housing benefit only, other than people in supported accommodation or temporary accommodation and (f) housing benefit and tax credits only his Department plans to send a migration notice to in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	12821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Move to UC Notifications (household) Aut-2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24/25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA income based</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA income based (and Child Tax Credits)</p></td><td><p>90,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Credit &amp; Housing Benefit</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Credit only</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing Benefit only</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>This is the number of households DWP estimated it would notify to move to UC as of Autumn-23 (where households are couples only one member of the couple is counted).</li><li>The benefits are in a hierarchy so we do not double count households claiming multiple benefits. E.g. if a household claims JSA/ESA/IS and Tax Credits or Housing Benefit they only appear in the JSA/IS/ESA line. Households in the Tax Credit and Housing lines do not include households claiming ESA, JSA or IS.</li><li>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10k.</li><li>Over 500,000 Tax Credit only households are scheduled to be notified in 2023/24</li></ul> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/02/2024 16:52:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680504

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people whose allowances have been altered by measures announced in the Autumn Statement receive adequate financial support.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Autumn Statement 2023 claim closure measure will introduce legislation to close the claim of those on work-related benefits who do not re-engage for a continuous period of six months or more following an open-ended sanction decision. It remains unchanged that customers usually lose 100% of their Universal Credit Standard Allowance when a sanction is applied.</p><p> </p><p>The claim closure measure will not be applied where a customer receives additional amounts of Universal Credit (UC) for childcare, housing, or a disability. Where those in receipt of an additional amount of UC remain disengaged for a period of 2 months or more following an open-ended sanction, Targeted Case Reviews (TCR) will be conducted to encourage these customers to re-engage and to confirm their benefit entitlement. The TCR process forms part of our wider fraud and error agenda to ensure we are paying customers what they are entitled to, and a review could result in the customers benefit payment being maintained, reduced, or increased.</p><p> </p><p>For customers who demonstrate that they cannot meet their immediate and most essential needs as a result of a sanction, we have a well-established system of hardship payments. These needs can include heating, food, and hygiene.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/01/2024 12:08:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1678364

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	Social Security Benefits
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 made an estimate of the number of households that will be subject to the benefit cap due to (a) increases in the local housing allowance and (b) the uprating of benefits in 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	7221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. There are various factors that determine whether a household is brought into scope of the benefit cap.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 7222 question first answered 11/01/2024 11:46:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1678365

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	Social Security Benefits
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 made an estimate of the number of households that will be subject to the benefit cap due to proposed changes to the work capability assessment descriptors in 2025-26.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	7222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. There are various factors that determine whether a household is brought into scope of the benefit cap.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 7221 question first answered 11/01/2024 11:46:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova