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1484725

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date	29/06/2022
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	Cost of Living Payments: 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 make it her policy to allow those in the process of transferring from legacy benefits to Universal Credit to also receive the cost of living support package.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	27644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>Universal Credit claimants entitled to at least 1p during assessment periods ending between 26 April 2022 to 25 May 2022 will be eligible for the £326 Cost of Living Payment.</p><p> </p><p>Those entitled to a payment of income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support on any day in the period 26 April 2022 to 25 May 2022 will be eligible for the first Cost of Living payment.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, tax credit customers who have received a payment, or an annual award of at least £26, of tax credits for any day in the period 26 April 2022 to 25 May 2022 are eligible for the first Cost of Living payment.</p><p> </p><p>This ensures that any legacy benefit customer who met the above qualifying criteria and transferred to Universal Credit during the qualifying period would receive a Cost-of-Living payment through their passporting legacy benefit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/07/2022 14:56:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1484166

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 she will make it her policy to allow a person to move back to legacy benefits from Universal Credit where that person decided to move from legacy benefits to Universal Credit owing to staff in her Department incorrectly advising that they would receive a higher payment on Universal Credit; and if she will make an estimate of how many people have been misdirected by her Department in that way in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	26784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>DWP staff should not advise claimants what to do in terms of whether to submit a claim to benefit, nor if a claimant would be ‘better off’ moving to Universal Credit or remaining on legacy benefits. However, staff will signpost claimants to information available via the Understanding UC website and independent benefit calculators for further information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The replacement of six legacy benefits by UC is a large and complex undertaking, introduced in a controlled and phased manner. It is therefore as a matter of fundamental policy design that once a claimant makes a claim for Universal Credit their existing legacy benefits will come to an end; this includes Tax Credits.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/07/2022 15:55:42 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1420277

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the sufficiency of legacy benefits in supporting constituents with rising fuel costs and costs of living; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of backdating the £20 uplift to those who were ineligible.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	119651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The uplift to Universal Credit was a temporary measure. We have no plans to complete an assessment of backdating it.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/02/2022 14:43:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally