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993591

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding her Department has allocated to training staff on universal credit working in (a) her Department's call centres and (b) job centres.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	182823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>For the current financial year the Department has allocated £18m to learning and development for staff working in service centres and jobcentres on Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/10/2018 12:33:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

993696

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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: Wolverhampton North 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 people in Wolverhampton North East constituency are in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	182758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of people 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://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/10/2018 09:41:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

993700

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Unemployment: Wolverhampton North East
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 her Department has made of the reasons why the level of unemployment in Wolverhampton North East constituency is more than twice the national average; and what steps her Department is taking to lower the rate of unemployment in that constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	182761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics estimate between July 2017 to June 2018, with 95% confidence, that the unemployment rate in Wolverhampton North East was between 5.7% and 13.1%, with a central estimate of 9.4%.</p><p> </p><p>Employment in the West Midlands is up by 78,000 on the year and 307,000 since 2010, to 2.78 million.</p><p> </p><p>This Government’s Industrial Strategy sets out how we will build a Britain fit for the future – and help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs with investment in the skills, industries and infrastructure of the future.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/10/2018 12:50:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

992669

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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, what the evidential base is for the claim that the two-child limit policy will encourage families to reflect carefully on their readiness to support an additional child; and how that claim relates to families who already have two or more children.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	182222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my reply to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-19/181634/" target="_blank">181634</a> on 24 October 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 16:49:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

992688

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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 ensure that those whose earnings temporarily increase above the threshold for receipt of universal credit will continue to qualify for transitional protection if they become eligible for universal credit again within nine months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	182238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>Our draft regulations setting out our proposals for managed migration and the consideration of transitional protection were sent to the Social Security Advisory Committee in June 2018 and the Committee referred these for a formal public consultation. We are currently considering the Committee’s report on the result of this consultation together with their recommendations with regard to our proposals. We will be issuing that report and our response to it when we bring the draft regulations before Parliament in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 13:57:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

992691

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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, for what reason her Department's classifies a student loan as income in the calculation of universal credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	182137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-15/179316/" target="_blank">179316</a> on 18 October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 14:08:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

992694

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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, what the reasons are for the different rates for the standard allowance of universal credit for claimants aged (a) under 25, and (b) 25 and over; and what comparative assessment her Department has made of the difference in the cost of living for those two groups of people.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	182138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The lower rates for younger claimants who are under the age of 25 years reflects the fact that they are more likely to live in someone else's household and have lower living costs and lower earnings expectations. This also reinforces the stronger work incentives that Universal Credit creates for this age group.</p><p>Universal Credit also includes support for housing costs, children and childcare costs and support for disabled people and carers.</p><p>As the differing rates broadly reflect those in the currently legacy benefits system, no comparative assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 13:31:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

992803

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department’s timetable is for providing automatic split payments of universal credit in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	182288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit Scottish Choices (Flexibilities), including split payments, are a matter for the Scottish Government as part of the Scotland Act 2016. We continue to work closely with the Scottish Government to support the development and implementation of this policy.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 14:00:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

992804

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote the option of universal credit split payments and (b) reduce the risks from selecting that option.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	182289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>Split payments are available to claimants to prevent hardship and are considered in certain circumstances, such as in cases of domestic violence, financial abuse or where one partner has mismanaged the household finances. Our staff work closely with claimants, ensuring that any vulnerability is identified at an early stage; and tailor the support they provide to the claimant’s needs. No information relating to the split payment, including why a split payment has been granted, is recorded on the claimant’s individual online journal or shared with the other member of the couple.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 13:49:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

992806

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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 she plans to carry out a new equality impact assessment of universal credit; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	182291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>In line with Ministers’ legal duties equality impacts have been considered on all major changes to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 14:03:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley