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1123347

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
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, with reference to the minutes of the universal credit programme board for June 2017, what plans she has for the universal credit system to interface with social media providers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	247977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans for the Universal Credit system to interface with social media. However, as the May 2017 Universal Credit Programme Board minutes set out, we have explored where interactions might be useful to help increase awareness and understanding of Universal Credit, for those who may be eligible to make a claim.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/05/2019 13:04:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1123206

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of Local Welfare Assistance Schemes; and if will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	247562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. The Department for Work and Pension's (DWP) 2014 review found that local authorities delivered support more effectively than the previous provision and that councils are best placed to decide how to target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/05/2019 09:49:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1123207

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on Local Welfare Assistance Schemes in each of the last nine years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	247563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities report how much they have spent on local welfare assistance schemes in their annual Revenue Outturn returns to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. This can be found in line 465 in the individual local authority data outturn table ‘RO6’ for each year up to the latest for 2017-18 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/05/2019 09:42:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1109443

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
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 1 April to question 236986 on Employment Schemes: Young People, what specific measures and outcome data have been collected in management information for the Youth Obligation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	240461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Management Information for the Youth Obligation Support Programme was collected and covers claimants who were on the programme as of the end of January 2019. The specific measures and outcome data related to the Youth Obligation Support Programme collected for each of these claimants are:</p><p> </p><p>Journey through the programme</p><ul><li>Date started the Youth Obligation Support Programme journey</li><li>IAP Workshop 1 date of attendance</li><li>IAP Workshop 2 date of attendance</li><li>5 month stocktake assessment date of attendance</li><li>6 month interview date of attendance</li><li>Date ended the Youth Obligation Support Programme journey</li></ul><p> </p><p>Easements</p><ul><li>Whether the claimant was on an easement or an exclusion applies</li><li>The type of easement or exclusion</li></ul><p> </p><p>Provision</p><ul><li>Referral to ESOL</li><li>Referral to Work Experience</li><li>Referral to a Traineeship</li><li>Referral to an Apprenticeship</li><li>Referral to Sector Based Work Academy</li><li>Referral to a Scottish / Welsh devolved provision</li></ul><p> </p><p>Outcome</p><ul><li>Reason journey ended</li><li>Date of job (if applicable)</li></ul><p> </p><p>We are now analysing this data and this is in the process of being quality assured before we consider plans to publish this data.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/04/2019 16:23:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1109511

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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, if her Department will make an estimate of the cost of abolishing the five week wait for universal credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	240463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The assessment period and payment structure of Universal Credit is integral to the overall design, which requires an assessment period of a month to assess earnings. Universal Credit payments are designed to mirror the world of work, with monthly payments reflecting the way many working people are paid. This model of monthly payments allows claimants to take responsibility for budgeting their own income and helps prepare them for getting back to work. Assessment periods allow for Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if a claimant’s income falls, they do not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit award.</p><p> </p><p>No claimant has to go five weeks without receiving support, as advances, worth up to 100 per cent of a claimant’s indicative award, are available up front, if there is need. Advances are paid back over a period of 12 months and in the Autumn Budget 2018, we announced that from October 2021, the payback period for these advances will be extended further, up to 16 months. This is just one of a number of measures the Department has put in place to support claimants such as paying those claimants moving from Housing Benefit onto Universal Credit a two week ‘transitional housing payment’. We are also introducing a two-week run on for eligible claimants of Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance from July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/04/2019 15:40:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1105485

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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, whether her Department receives information automatically from HMRC when a tax refund is paid directly by HMRC to a universal credit claimant.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	237574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not receive automatic information regarding a tax refund if it is paid directly by HMRC to a Universal Credit Claimant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/04/2019 14:20:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1105146

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
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 February 2019 to Question 216920, what plans she has to publish Youth Obligation outcome data; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	236984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>We have completed clerically collecting Management Information on live Youth Obligation Support Programme participants as at the end of January 2019. This is in the process of being quality assured before we consider plans to publish this data.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 236985 236986 question first answered 01/04/2019 12:13:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1105147

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
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 joined the Youth Obligation programme since 1 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	236985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>We have completed clerically collecting Management Information on live Youth Obligation Support Programme participants as at the end of January 2019. This is in the process of being quality assured before we consider plans to publish this data.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 236984 236986 question first answered 01/04/2019 12:13:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1105148

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Youth Obligation participants have secured (a) employment, (b) traineeships, (c) work placements and (d) apprenticeships since 1 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	236986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>We have completed clerically collecting Management Information on live Youth Obligation Support Programme participants as at the end of January 2019. This is in the process of being quality assured before we consider plans to publish this data.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 236984 236985 question first answered 01/04/2019 12:13:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1088716

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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, whether the universal credit system has access to information provided to the Government’s Tell Us Once system for registering births and deaths; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	232505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Tell Us Once service allows people to report a birth or death to most Government Departments in one go, eliminating the need to contact several different Departments, multiple times, to notify them of a change of circumstance. If the change affects a Universal Credit claim, the case manager of the relevant case is informed, who will follow the appropriate process.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/03/2019 13:59:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms