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1312161

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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
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 will benefit from the £20 uplift in universal credit; and what the value of that uplift is in monetary terms in (a) the Scottish Borders and (b) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	187298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions estimates the six month extension to the Universal Credit £20 uplift will cost around £2.2bn in GB, which can be found here: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2021/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2021/</a>. The available information on the number of people with Universal Credit in payment, by geography, is published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. 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> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/04/2021 15:43:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1311743

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to tackle benefit fraud.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	186257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Where fraud is committed, the Department takes its responsibility to investigate it very seriously, and takes appropriate action. There are currently nearly 7,000 staff working in DWP’s Counter Fraud &amp; Compliance Department, and many of these are involved in Investigations and Compliance work.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently undertaking an ambitious recruitment programme which will significantly increase staffing levels by the end of 2021/22, further expanding our counter-fraud capacity.</p><p> </p><p>Where fraud occurs, our Investigators are committed to the use of appropriate penalties and to recovering monies from the perpetrators. To facilitate this, we continue to work with other Government departments and law enforcement agencies nationally and across borders to ensure appropriate intelligence and resources are shared, enabling the totality of any criminality to be identified and investigated.</p><p> </p><p>It is at the same time important that the Department actively prevents fraud from happening, and the Department has optimised its digital capability and organisational design to enable this.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced £45m at the Spring Budget for the development of this prevent approach. This funding will enable us to expand our Integrated Risk and Intelligence Service (IRIS), develop pre-payment ‘risking’ techniques (Transaction Risking) and maintain our new Enhanced Checking Service, a team which intervenes on high risk claims before they get in to payment.</p><p> </p><p>IRIS has developed a series of rules to help flag up potential risky claims, which allows DWP to undertake additional checks ahead of any payment and thereby prevent people from making fraudulent claims.</p><p> </p><p>Where people seek to use monitor social media platforms to promote ways to bypass normal benefit processes, we work with those platforms to ensure such posts are taken down.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/04/2021 12:07:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1311415

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Poverty: Children
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 has plans to bring forward further legislative proposals to help tackle child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/04/2021 12:37:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1311531

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Food Supply: Surveys
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 increase the timescale used to measure household food security in the annual Family Resources Survey from 30 days to 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	185907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has no such plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Family Resources Survey questions were developed in consultation with users, including experts from academia and others with experience of the subject, and with the Office for National Statistics, who deliver the survey for DWP.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/04/2021 14:31:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1311002

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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: Payments
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 on 20 April 2021 to Question 179299 on Social Security Benefits: Payments, how many cases her Department's Serious Organised Crime team has (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted fully in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	185442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/04/2021 12:54:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 99514 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1311003

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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
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 Universal Credit Programme Board minutes, Paper 1, deposited in the Library on 15 April 2021, what the evidential basis is for her assessment of the merits of people going immediately onto universal credit and fewer people needing Transitional Protection as a result of the end date for managed migration being moved to the end of 2023 from March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	185272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Universal Credit Programme Board papers deposited in the Library relate to meetings held between October 2018 and March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In Spring 2020, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Department refocused considerable resource to ensuring that all those who needed support during this time could access it, and be paid in full and on time. Since that time, the volume of people on the Universal Credit has doubled to 6 million, which means that our planning for those requiring Transitional Protection has evolved accordingly. We currently anticipate that the process of moving legacy benefit claimants to Universal Credit will be completed by the end of 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit offers many advantages over the legacy benefit system: from improved support and access to Work Coaches to improved incentives to increase earnings through the taper rate and Work Allowance. As a consequence, it is reasonable to assume that there will be claimants who do not wish to wait to be moved, or experience a change in their circumstances, which prompts them to claim Universal Credit, and we are looking at how we can support those claimants.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/04/2021 17:00:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1311005

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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: Learning Disability
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 Universal Credit Programme Board minutes, Paper 1, deposited in the Library on 15 April 2021, if she will publish an update on (a) the work of the Universal Credit Complex Needs Steering Group and (b) alternative access to claiming and managing universal credit for people with learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	185273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Universal Credit Programme Board papers deposited in the Library relate to meetings held between October 2018 and March 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Universal Credit application process is deliberately designed to be as quick and easy as possible, so that claimants receive money at the earliest opportunity. It has been designed to be a predominantly digital service, ensuring we make best use of technology to deliver a modern and effective working-age welfare system, allowing our staff to concentrate on those people who require additional support. The value of this approach has been clearly demonstrated as the Universal Credit caseload doubled, very rapidly, in the months following the outbreak of the pandemic. Where an individual has difficulties using or accessing our online service, help is available through our Freephone Helpline.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, Jobcentre Plus offices across the country remained open to support the most vulnerable claimants, including those with complex needs and learning disabilities. The Department strives to identify individuals who have complex user needs and/or require additional support to enable them to access our services, ensuring we make necessary adjustments for them to be effectively supported by Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department has continued its Help to Claim funding for 2021/22. This service, delivered through Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland, was already a multi-channel offer prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, capable of supporting people through the entire Universal Credit claim through various channels including by telephone and web chat, up to receiving their first full correct payment on time.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/04/2021 12:58:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1311007

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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
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 Universal Credit Programme Board minutes, Paper 1, deposited in the Library on 15 April 2021, if she will publish an update on the progress of the course correction that was committed to being carried out to help vulnerable people claiming universal credit following concerns raised at the Universal Credit Programme Board by the Chief Executive of the London Borough Islington on behalf of the Local Government Association.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	185274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>In line with our established strategy for releasing Universal Credit Programme Board papers, the outcome to this specific action will be published when we make our next scheduled deposit to the Library during October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/04/2021 12:48:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 99509 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1311009

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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
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 place in the Library a copy of the paper, Universal Credit claimants – In their own words which was presented to the Universal Credit Programme Board at its meeting on 21 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	185275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>As part of the Department’s deposit of Universal Credit Programme Board papers to the Library on 15 April 2021, we included the file titled ‘54. I - Paper BTL02 – UC Claimants: In Their Own Words’, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2021-0348/54_I_BTL02_UC_claimants_in_their_own_words.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2021-0348/54_I_BTL02_UC_claimants_in_their_own_words.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/04/2021 14:42:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1311010

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who determines whether a paper presented to the Universal Credit Programme Board is a below the line item and therefore not automatically deposited in the Library after two years.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	185276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>In accordance with the Universal Credit Programme Board publication strategy deposited in the House of Commons library on 1 November 2018 (<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-1083/Letter_-__Future_Publication.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-1083/Letter_-__Future_Publication.pdf</a>), all papers, including those which are below the line and circulated to Board members for information only and not subject to discussion, are deposited in the Library after two years, twice yearly and in 6 monthly batches. A below the line paper does not require a decision by Programme Board. An example of this would be an update following a previous decision paper sent to Programme Board.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/04/2021 17:00:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck