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1201801

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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 new applications for universal credit there were in each constituency since 1 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	57257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Statistics for Universal Credit claims by postcode area, and starts by postcode area and Jobcentre Plus office can be found on Stat-Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The available information on the number of households with children on Universal Credit, 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> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 57258 question first answered 15/06/2020 16:25:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1201803

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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 new applications there were for universal credit by households with children in each constituency since 1 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	57258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Statistics for Universal Credit claims by postcode area, and starts by postcode area and Jobcentre Plus office can be found on Stat-Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The available information on the number of households with children on Universal Credit, 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> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 57257 question first answered 15/06/2020 16:25:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1201440

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
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: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department (a) holds and (b) reports on the number of universal credit applications by applicants who are (i) white, (ii) mixed, (iii) Asian or Asian British, (iv) black or black British, (v) Arab, (vi) other and (vii) preferred not to say.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	55987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>Ethnicity information is scheduled for future publication, and the Department is currently aiming to publish the statistics routinely as part of Universal Credit official statistics in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/06/2020 15:33:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1201567

registered interest
date	05/06/2020
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 and what proportion of claims for universal credit that have been processed by her Department since 29 March 2020 have resulted in people not qualifying for a payment.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	55691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has been working to ensure we get support as quickly as possible to those individuals and households most financially affected by the coronavirus pandemic. It has been a longstanding principle of Universal Credit that an assessment of earnings, other income and capital is needed to establish eligibility to target support to those most in need. There may be several reasons why someone is not eligible to receive Universal Credit, will have received a nil award or withdrew their claim. Among other reasons, this includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Speculative claims which were subsequently withdrawn.</li><li>Found new employment (which may at present include being rehired under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or taken advantage of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme),</li><li>Redundancy payments affecting their entitlement,</li><li>The last month’s salary taken account. The key principle of Universal Credit is that it’s calculated based on income, so if someone’s income from work drops, their Universal Credit payment will rise to top it up,</li></ul><ul><li>Their claim may have been found to be fraudulent, and</li></ul><ul><li>Individuals may have capital saved above the £16,000 limit for UC entitlement.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Between March 30th and April 19th there were 767,000 declarations made to Universal Credit, all of which are processed. Of these:</p><p> </p><ul><li>71% have received a UC payment</li><li>13% had a nil award due to earnings</li><li>7% were withdrawn by the claimant</li><li>9% closed due to ineligibility</li><li>1% have outstanding verification preventing payment</li></ul><p> </p><p>The proportion of new claims which generated a Universal Credit payment therefore actually rose in the first month of the emergency, when compared to the January and February figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>Percentages are rounded to the nearest 1% and the volume of declarations is rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Percentages may not total to 100% due to rounding</li><li>Figures relate to Great Britain only.</li><li>Data for the weeks following the 19<sup>th</sup> of April is not yet available as more time is needed for claims to progress.</li><li>It is possible the award for new claims has been reduced due to earnings from previous employment prior to claiming UC.</li></ul> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/06/2020 17:12:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1200520

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, whether accounting regulations prevent her Department classifying money provided in universal credit advance payments which are required to be paid back at a later date to be seen as loans.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	54925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Advances are provided for in legislation as payments on account of future entitlement to benefit. They are accounted for accordingly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/06/2020 16:57:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1200572

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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to amend the availability for work requirements for claimants of universal credit with child care responsibilities as a result of amended school timetables during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	54920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>Where a claimant is the lead carer of a child under the age of 13, their work related requirements can be tailored to take into account amended school timetables during the covid-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/06/2020 13:47:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

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

1199982

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions
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 provide a substantive response to Question 41056 tabled on 28 April 2020 and Question 48473 tabled on 18 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	54119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>An answer to Written Parliamentary Question UIN 41056 was provided on 4/06/2020.</p><p>I apologise for the lateness of this reply.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/06/2020 12:56:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1199993

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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 new universal credit claimants received their first payment on time from 16 March 2020 to 30 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	54120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit’s system are standing up to the challenge in this unprecedented time. The Digital Approach of UC has allowed us to get support to over 2.2 million people over the last 3 months, which would not have been possible under our legacy system. Latest statistics show 90% of new claimants are paid in full and on time and we expect to achieve this level in the future.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/06/2020 13:03:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1199551

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Children
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 19 May 2020 to Question 46706, on Social Security Benefits: Children, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the operation of the exception to the two-child limit for children born as a result of non-consensual conception.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	53464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to annual statistics releases and the next of these will be published in the summer. These publications include details of the number of exceptions to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children, including in cases of non-consensual conception. The latest available release can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department fully recognises that this is a difficult and sensitive issue, and has set up procedures that are mindful of the sensitivities involved following public consultation. We believe this strikes the right balance, making sure people get the support they need without the need for unnecessarily intrusive processes, whilst at the same time providing the right assurance that the additional support is going to those for whom it is intended.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/06/2020 13:01:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss