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792664

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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 the Department of Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 70208, if he will provide information on how the estimated savings from the minimum income floor for universal credit were calculated for (a) 2017-18; (b) 2018-19; (c) 2019-20; (d) 2020-21, and (e) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	114591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Minimum Income Floor is expected to encourage those reporting very low self-employed income to increase their earnings. Some people will respond to this by increasing their earnings from self-employment, others will look for other employment to increase their income and it is applied equally across all sectors of self-employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Minimum Income Floor is modelled using the Policy Simulation Model and Integrated Microsimulation Model (INFORM) where we apply it to the Universal Credit award calculation for the projected population of Universal Credit self-employed claimants.</p><p>The Minimum Income Floor is calculated, as per policy, based on claimants characteristics i.e. National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage (which is a function of age), tax bracket and maximum work search requirement for a given claimant type.</p><p>A more detailed modelling methodology of Universal Credit forecasts is likely to be published by Office for Budget Responsibility in 2018 as a part of their Welfare Trends Report series.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 16:30:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

792713

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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 he will take to ensure that people paid weekly do not lose universal credit entitlements in months that contain five Fridays.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	114640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>No one on Universal Credit, who are weekly paid, will see a drop in their total income from earnings and benefits in any assessment period with 5 paydays in it. In contrast because of the way UC works in 5 payday assessment periods, the total income a claimant will receive in that month will always be higher, whether their UC is reduced or extinguished</p><p> </p><p>For example if someone is weekly paid at a rate of £200, and has a gross UC entitlement of £1400 a month their total UC entitlement (assuming no work allowance) is £896 a month and £800 from earnings. Total income in the month, benefits and earnings of £1696.</p><p> </p><p>In a five payday month their earnings rise to £1000, UC falls to £770. Total income from benefits and earnings £1770.</p><p> </p><p>For someone on higher earnings of £450 a week, with the same UC gross entitlement of £1400 will receive in a four payday month earnings of £1800 and UC of £266 a month with a total monthly income of £2066. In a five week month their total earnings rise to £2250, UC entitlement zero but total income in that month is higher than in the four payday month.</p><p> </p><p>Everyone who is weekly paid will have a higher income in the 5 payday month, either through a combination of UC and earnings or on straight earnings. The UC taper ensure that people keep every pound of their earnings, with only a 63% reduction in UC entitlement. This is how the system works and how we make work pay. Media reports to the contrary were wrong, misleading and alarmist for UC claimants and I welcome the opportunity to put the record straight.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/11/2017 16:32:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

791178

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
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, when the universal support framework will be published; and whether face-to-face debt advice will be included in that framework.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	114505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We published the Local Support Services Framework on 11 February 2013. The evidence from the Universal Support trials around joint working to support the needs of our disadvantaged customers informed the DWP Improving Lives policy paper (April 2017).</p><p> </p><p>Funding has been made available to Local Authorities to put in place Universal Support delivered locally to help claimants who struggle with the transition to Universal Credit-in particular using online self-service and managing their UC award/managing their money. Universal Support does not cover debt advice however we expect DWP and our partners to identify claimant need and signpost them to available support.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that partnership working is fundamental to the successful implementation of Universal Credit. That is why we have announced that we are exploring with Citizen’s Advice and Citizen’s Advice Scotland the scope for greater collaborative working to help claimants locally as they move to Universal Credit, within the Universal Support framework.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/11/2017 15:44:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

791079

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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 his Department has carried out an equality impact assessment on the move from implicit to explicit consent for third-party agencies assisting universal credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Gerard Killen
uin	113612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>There was no move from implicit to explicit consent in the Universal Credit Full Service (UCFS). UCFS was conceived on the basis that explicit consent would be required owing to the need for higher levels of security for claimants and their data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 17:07:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

790205

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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 journals each journal manager working on universal credit in his Department is responsible for.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	113396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The caseload of a case manager will vary as it is dependent on a number of factors, including the complexity of the caseload and experience of the case manager.</p><p>The full service continues to develop iteratively, with claimants able to increasingly self-serve and interact digitally with their work coach and case manager.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 17:17:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

790206

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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 hours of job-specific training (a) journal managers and (b) work coaches working on universal credit receive prior to commencing work as a qualified journal manager or work coach.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	113397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Department for Work and Pensions staff moving into a case manager role delivering Universal Credit Full Service receive a minimum of 90 hours of job-specific training. New staff joining the Department in this role undertake a minimum of 143 hours of learning. Work coaches also receive a minimum of 90 hours of training before they start working on Universal Credit, and new staff taking up this role go through at least 178 hours of job-specific learning. In all cases, the Department ensures staff are given sufficient on-the-job training to consolidate what they have learnt.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 17:26:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

786301

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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 6 November 2017 to Question 110019, on universal credit, how many and what proportion of claimants transferring to other benefits took up their entitlement for an advance without a needs assessment.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	111880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>When a claimant moves from a legacy benefit to Universal Credit, they can ask for a Universal Credit Advance (benefit transfer) if they need help to manage the transition to a monthly paid benefit. This type of advance does not require a claimant to demonstrate financial need but they must be able to repay it over the required 12 months timescale.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics, for October 2017, show that 2,400 Benefit Transfer advances were paid to new claim who go on to receive a Universal Credit payment. This represents 10% of all new claims made to Universal Credit Full Service in October 2017. 62% of new claims that have an entitlement to a Universal Credit payment received either a Benefit Transfer advance or a New Claim advance.</p><p> </p><p>We have also provided communications to increase the visibility of Universal Credit Advances so claimants are made aware of their availability; how to apply for them and the period over which they can be repaid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/12/2017 14:46:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane