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1028540

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date	19/12/2018
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 recent estimate she has made of the completion date for the roll-out of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	203793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The rollout of Universal Credit to all jobcentres was completed in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The next stage of the Universal Credit process will be managed migration, which will see claimants move from legacy benefits onto Universal Credit. We have said that we will begin managed migration on a small scale in 2019 to pilot our processes and ensure that they are working, adapting them and building on feedback before we begin to take on larger volumes of claimants. This managed migration process will be completed by the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/01/2019 13:22:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1028567

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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: Brexit
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 from the public purse has been allocated to her Department for financial year 2018-19 for planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much of that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	203890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>No additional funding was allocated to DWP by HM Treasury for EU Exit preparations for the 2018/19 financial year. For 2019/20, DWP has been allocated £15 million for EU Exit preparations.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of the £1.5 billion of additional funding HM Treasury announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018/19 can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on 13 March 2018 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>).</p><p> </p><p>For 2019/20, DWP’s allocation can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1205, laid on 18 December 2018, which outlines funding for departments for 2019/20. (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/01/2019 14:44:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1028730

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 percentage of earnings data provided to her Department from HMRC Real Time Information PAYE data and used in live claims to calculate Universal Credit awards contains a BACS hash.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested. The BACS hash is not passed to the Department from HMRC. The Department assist HMRC with Real Time Information disputes, and a manual intervention can be made to correct the Universal Credit award when validated against a claimant’s pay slips.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 203766 question first answered 10/01/2019 16:05:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94114 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1028731

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 29 November 2018 to Question 195460, what proportion of RTI earnings data her Department corrects each month using the RTI BACS hash validation value made available for that purpose by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested. The BACS hash is not passed to the Department from HMRC. The Department assist HMRC with Real Time Information disputes, and a manual intervention can be made to correct the Universal Credit award when validated against a claimant’s pay slips.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 203765 question first answered 10/01/2019 16:05:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94117 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1027523

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on funding for universal credit roll-out and disability welfare in (a) Clackmannanshire and (b) Perth and Kinross in the constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	203319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>The financial model and reporting for Universal Credit roll-out and disability welfare is undertaken at a national level and we do not break these cost categories into lower level geographies, such as constituencies. We therefore do not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/12/2018 11:30:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

1027532

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to refugees granted asylum that have made an application for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	203324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>Asylum Support is available to newly recognised refugees through the Home Office whilst their status is under consideration. This support continues for 28 days after refugee status is granted. A claim to Universal Credit can be made immediately once refugee status is granted and Asylum Support is not deducted from their Universal Credit award during the 28 days run on period. Work coaches receive training to help them identify and support vulnerable claimants, including refugees, and build supportive relationships with claimants to encourage them to openly discuss any barriers, concerns or problems as they emerge.</p><p>Provided the eligibility criteria for Universal Credit is met, we will always offer an advance payment to a refugee when making a new claim, and staff have access to information on a range of services and support available in their local area for vulnerable claimants, including refugees. This includes Universal Support, which provides help with using online services and budgeting advice. We also have access to a range of translation services to assist, should a claimant need support to overcome any language barriers.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/12/2018 11:19:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1027533

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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 plans her Department has to increase the number of languages available on the the universal credit online portal.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	203325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>There are not currently any plans to increase the number of languages available on the online portal above English and Welsh.</p><p> </p><p>When we need to communicate with a claimant who cannot communicate adequately in English or Welsh we use interpreters: this can be a customer’s own interpreter; a local community based interpreting service; a telephone interpretation service or a contracted face to face interpretation service.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/12/2018 11:07:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1027739

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home visits officials her Department have made to assist disabled people in applying for universal credit in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally collated and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Overall however, between April 2017 and March 2018, 290,000 cleared home visit referrals were made across all the Department’s service lines.</p><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/01/2019 16:33:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94109 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1027740

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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: Disability
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 ensure that when the managed migration of disabled claimants to universal credit commences those people do not experience undue difficulties.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that all claimants are fully supported during the managed migration process. We are currently working closely with a large and diverse range of stakeholders, including those supporting disabled people, to design processes that work for everyone and most effectively support those who will need help during migration.</p><p> </p><p>We will begin managed migration on a small scale in 2019 to pilot our processes and ensure that they are working, adapting them and building on feedback before we begin to take on larger volumes of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/01/2019 18:07:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1027741

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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: Disability
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 effect of imposing sanctions on disabled claimants of universal credit on (a) the subsequent time they spend in receipt of benefit and (b) the likelihood of those claimants subsequently entering and remaining in employment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the effect of imposing sanctions on disabled Universal Credit claimants. In our response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Report on Benefit Sanctions (Nineteenth Report of Session 2017-19), the Department committed to evaluating the effectiveness of reforms to welfare conditionality and sanctions. The Department will focus its evaluation on whether the sanctions regime within Universal Credit is effective at supporting claimants to search for work.</p><p> </p><p>Sanctions are only used in a small percentage of cases, and that is when people fail to meet their agreed commitments without good reason. Latest data, published on 19 February 2019 in the Benefit Sanction Statistics, shows that in November 2018, 2.8% of people subject to conditionality on Universal Credit had a deduction taken from their benefit award as a result of a sanction.</p><p> </p><p>When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/03/2019 14:28:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94108 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms