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1136896

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date	04/07/2019
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 publish the (a) forecast number of new claims for universal credit between April 2018 and March 2019, (b) date on which that forecast was made and (c) actual number of new claims made during that period.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	273365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available as the Department does not forecast new claims to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The actual number of claims made between April 2018 and March 2019 can be found under the ‘Claims to Universal Credit’ dataset available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></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> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/07/2019 14:01:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1136530

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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 universal credit payments were subject to a deduction, excluding sanctions, in the latest month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	272806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>Of all eligible claims to Universal Credit Full Service due a payment in Feb 2019, 57 per cent (840,000 claims) had a deduction.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>Deductions include advance repayments and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.</p><p>Claim numbers may not match official statistics caseloads due to small methodological differences.</p><p>Claim numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/07/2019 13:39:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1136531

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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 estimate she has made of the proportion of universal credit claimants who have a deduction for any arrears in the first month of their claim for the last month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	272807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>In February 2019, 2 per cent of claims which were due their first payment had a deduction for arrears.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>Figure relates to Universal Credit full service.</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest per cent.</p><p>Figures included arrears for gas, electric, water, rent and service charges.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/07/2019 13:29:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

816876

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Employment to the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion of 15 November 2017 on universal credit, what the evidential basis is for the Minister’s statement that those on universal credit are moving into work significantly faster and working longer than under the previous benefits system.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	121303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Three separate studies have provided evidence that people on Universal Credit move into work faster: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-estimating-the-early-labour-market-impacts-updated-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-estimating-the-early-labour-market-impacts-updated-analysis</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, latest analysis of the short term impacts of Universal Credit on labour market outcomes can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-employment-impact-analysis-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-employment-impact-analysis-update</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/01/2018 14:43:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

816950

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 117664, whether data on households in receipt of universal credit in which a child is or is about to be two years’ old is currently included in the information on qualifying households provided by his Department to the Department for Education.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	121377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions provides the Department for Education with lists of households who may potentially be eligible for its free early years education entitlement for disadvantaged 2-year-olds.</p><p> </p><p>Households on Universal Credit Live Service and legacy benefits are currently included on these lists. Households on Universal Credit Full Service will be included on these lists from March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/01/2018 16:20:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

782654

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of compliance with Article 13 of the energy performance of buildings directive.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	111244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on Energy Performance Certificates required under Article 13 of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to be displayed for buildings occupied by public authorities can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates</a> (Table DEC1). Energy Performance Certificate data for non-domestic buildings over 500m<sup>2 </sup>can be found at: <a href="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/" target="_blank">https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/</a>. However, the Government does not routinely hold or collect data to identify buildings that are frequently visited by the public.</p><p>Compliance with Energy Performance Certificate requirements is checked by trading standards' bodies. My Department has sought information on the number of enforcement notices issued by trading standards' bodies and will provide advice in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/11/2017 13:51:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

782656

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the independent control system in overseeing quality assurances of energy performance certificates.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	111243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Two per cent of all Energy Performance certificates (EPCs) are randomly selected for audit by the accreditation schemes responsible for certifying energy assessors. In addition to this, independent auditors are appointed by my Department to regularly audit accreditation schemes to make sure that they comply with DCLG’s operating requirements.</p><p>It is important that prospective homebuyers and tenants are aware of the energy efficiency of the property they are looking to buy or rent and EPCs enable this.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/11/2017 17:08:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

782669

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October 2017 to Question 105187, on energy performance certificates, what estimate his Department has made of the number of private sector landlords compliant with the energy efficiency regulations on energy performance certificates.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	111252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Brighton Pavilion to the answer I gave today to Question 110744.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/11/2017 14:57:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

782082

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2017 to Question 105187, what information his Department holds on the number of private sector landlords who are complying with energy efficiency regulations on energy performance certificates.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	110744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested. Requirements on landlords to ensure their properties reach at least an Energy Performance Certificate rating of E before granting a new tenancy to new or existing tenants do not come into force until April 2018. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy published an Impact Assessment on the impact of these proposals, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401382/150202_PRS_Final_Stage_Revised_For_Publication.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401382/150202_PRS_Final_Stage_Revised_For_Publication.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/11/2017 13:46:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas