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1352508

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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 her Department accepts a statutory safeguarding duty of care to vulnerable benefits claimants.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	41756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not have a statutory safeguarding duty or legal duty of care. The safety of claimants is of great importance to us and the Department provides staff with training and guidance to help them identify those who require further support beyond the provision of benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Our staff can direct vulnerable claimants to agencies and services who are best placed to support them, including those who have statutory safeguarding duties such as local authorities and social services.</p><p> </p><p>DWP supports the work of all statutory safeguarding agencies, either when formally requested to do so, or by engaging with them to identify, where possible, those who might need particular support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/09/2021 16:03:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1344176

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
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: Newport East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are in receipt of universal credit in Newport East constituency; and how many of those families are in receipt of the £20 uplift for that benefit.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	28138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households with Universal Credit in payment by parliamentary constituency is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The £20 uplift applies to all Universal Credit claimants.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/07/2021 13:02:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1336790

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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: Wales
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 take steps to ensure that universal credit claimants in Wales are able to receive their bonuses from both rounds of the Welsh Government's NHS and social care financial recognition scheme without deductions.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	16055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Frontline health and social care workers make a valuable contribution to our society and we are so grateful for their continued work through this pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not deduct from a Universal Credit claimant’s salary or bonus payment, however it may reduce the amount of Government support a claimant receives through Universal Credit if their earnings increase and they therefore have more money available to support themselves. It is a long-standing principle of means-tested benefits that as a person’s earnings increase their government support decreases – Universal Credit is no different.</p><p>Bonus payments, including those paid to health and social care workers, are earnings and therefore are treated in the same way as any other earnings. Universal Credit rules align closely to tax legislation (Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA)). Amounts that are taken into account for a Universal Credit award include those that are general earnings, as defined in section 7(3) of ITEPA. Amounts paid as expenses that are exempt from Income tax under Part 4 of ITEPA are not taken into account for a Universal Credit award.</p><p>To ensure consistency with the approach taken across different forms of earnings and Covid-19 financial support, the UK Government does not believe there is a case for disregarding these payments from benefit calculations. They are therefore subject to the Universal Credit taper rate of 63%, unless the earnings form part of the work allowance, which is the amount someone can earn before the taper is applied to their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/06/2021 13:43:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 8220 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1219860

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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: Wales
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 30 June 2020 to Question 64868, how many universal credit claimants in Wales are directly affected by the decision of the Court of Appeal of 22 June 2020 in the case Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart v the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	67584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/07/2020 14:11:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1218803

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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 people (a) over 25 years old, (b) under 25 years old and (c) who were lone parents under 25 years old have submitted claims for universal credit since 23 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	65968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The number of declarations (claims) made between 23 March 2020 and 14 May 2020 is 2,392,336. The breakdowns requested are not readily available and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2020 13:36:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1217992

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants in (a) Wales and (b) each constituency in Wales are directly affected by the decision of the Court of Appeal of 22 June 2020 in the case Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart v the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	64868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested 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 30/06/2020 12:49:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1198251

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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: Wales
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 submitted claims for universal credit in Wales from 1 March to 12 May in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	51747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on new Universal Credit claims made in a) 2017, b) 2018 and c) 2019 is published online and can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For figures for 2020, I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Newport East on 21 May 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=39515" target="_blank">39515</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/06/2020 13:02:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25864 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1193664

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	Universal Credit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to increase universal credit rates for people aged under 25.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	43853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>We have increased the Universal Credit standard allowance by around £20 per week for the next 12 months – equivalent to up to £1,040 a year.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the 1.7% inflation increase (announced Nov 2019) as part of the Government’s decision to end the benefits freeze and means more financial support for millions of people across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/06/2020 11:51:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 21652 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1192412

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
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 the proposals in the Joint call to Government for a Coronavirus Emergency Income Support Scheme that can help us all weather this storm, published by the Trussell Trust in April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	41932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been clear in its commitment to support those affected in these difficulties times and we have made a number of changes to the welfare system to ensure people are receiving the support they need. These changes include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>making it easier to access benefits. Those applying for Contributory ESA who may have coronavirus, are self-isolating, or caring for a child (or qualifying young person) who falls into either of those categories, or individuals who have been advised to ’shield’ because they are at high risk of severe illness, will be entitled from day 1 of their claim – as opposed to day 8 - and we have removed the need for face-to-face assessment. Both Universal Credit and ESA can now be claimed by phone or online;</li><li>increasing the standard allowance of Universal Credit and working tax credit for this year by around £1000 per year;</li><li>temporarily relaxing the application of the Minimum Income Floor (MIF) for all self-employed claimants affected by COVID-19 to ensure that the self-employed can access UC at a more generous rate;</li><li>making Statutory Sick Pay available from day 1 – as opposed to day 4 - where an eligible individual is sick or self-isolating; and</li><li>increasing in the Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants so that it covers the cheapest 30% of local market rents – which is on average £600 in people’s pockets.</li><li>To allow staff to be re-deployed to the front line, we have suspended recovery of some Government debts such as Tax Credits, benefit overpayments and Social Fund Loans.</li><li>The Department has also made Regulations which remove restrictions preventing prisoners on temporary release due to the Covid-19 measures from claiming means-tested benefits, including Universal Credit, during the period of that release.</li></ul><p>Taken together, these measures represent an injection of over £6.5 billion into the welfare system and, along with the other job and business support programmes announced by the Chancellor, including the Business Retention Scheme and the Self Employed Income Support Scheme, represent one of the most comprehensive packages of support introduced by an advanced economy in response to the coronavirus outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to supporting the essential work the Voluntary, and Community and Social Enterprise Sector do in our communities which is why the Chancellor recently announced a £750million package of support to ensure they can continue their vital work during the coronavirus outbreak. Following the Chancellor’s announcement last month, the bidding process for direct cash grants through the National Lottery Community Fund has now launched for those in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Community Support Fund aims to support the tens of thousands of charities and organisations at the heart of local communities that are making a big difference during the COVID-19 outbreak, including delivering food, essential medicines and providing financial advice, which includes welfare support and advice. The funding is to help organisations ensure they can meet increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as continuing their day to day activities supporting vulnerable people in need.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/06/2020 14:32:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 19549 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1190129

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
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: Wales
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 submitted claims for universal credit in Wales from 23 March 2020 by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	39515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p><strong>Number of Universal Credit declarations in Wales 01 March 2020 - 12 May 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Individuals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total 1 Mar to 12 May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122,160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>95,080</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 01 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 02 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 03 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 04 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 05 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 06 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 07 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 08 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 09 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 10 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 11 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 12 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 13 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 14 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 15 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 16 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 17 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 18 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,450</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 19 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 20 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>3,560</p></td><td><p>2,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 21 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td><td><p>1,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 22 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 23 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>5,720</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 24 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>6,040</p></td><td><p>4,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 25 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>4,230</p></td><td><p>3,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 26 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td><td><p>3,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 27 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>6,860</p></td><td><p>4,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 28 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>2,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 29 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 30 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>5,140</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 31 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>3,670</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 01 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>3,740</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 02 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>4,150</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 03 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 04 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 05 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 06 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 07 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 08 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 09 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,910</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 10 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 11 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 12 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 13 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 14 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 15 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 16 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 17 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 18 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 19 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 20 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 21 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 22 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 23 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 24 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 25 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 26 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 27 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 28 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 29 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 30 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 01 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 02 May 2020</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 03 May 2020</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 04 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 05 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 06 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 07 May 2020</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 08 May 2020</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 09 May 2020</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 10 May 2020</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 11 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 12 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Caveats:</p><p>The figures use the Job centre the claimant has been allocated to rather than the contract address to determine location.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information is not available at local authority level.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/05/2020 16:56:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 17785 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden