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1343142

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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: Wales
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 she has made of the potential effect of ending the £20 universal credit uplift on levels of poverty in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	25735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to produce a robust estimate of the impact of removing the £20 uplift on child poverty. This is particularly the case at the moment given the uncertainty around the speed of the economic recovery, and how this will be distributed across the population.</p><p> </p><p>As the economy recovers, our ambition is to help people move into and progress in work as quickly as possible based on clear evidence around the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. Our ambitious Plan for Jobs is already delivering for people of all ages right across the country and includes new schemes such as the £2 billion Kickstart Scheme, the £2.9bn Restart Scheme and our Job Entry Targeted Support Scheme.”</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/07/2021 16:15:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1336790

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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: Wales
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 take steps to ensure that universal credit claimants in Wales are able to receive their bonuses from both rounds of the Welsh Government's NHS and social care financial recognition scheme without deductions.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	16055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Frontline health and social care workers make a valuable contribution to our society and we are so grateful for their continued work through this pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not deduct from a Universal Credit claimant’s salary or bonus payment, however it may reduce the amount of Government support a claimant receives through Universal Credit if their earnings increase and they therefore have more money available to support themselves. It is a long-standing principle of means-tested benefits that as a person’s earnings increase their government support decreases – Universal Credit is no different.</p><p>Bonus payments, including those paid to health and social care workers, are earnings and therefore are treated in the same way as any other earnings. Universal Credit rules align closely to tax legislation (Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA)). Amounts that are taken into account for a Universal Credit award include those that are general earnings, as defined in section 7(3) of ITEPA. Amounts paid as expenses that are exempt from Income tax under Part 4 of ITEPA are not taken into account for a Universal Credit award.</p><p>To ensure consistency with the approach taken across different forms of earnings and Covid-19 financial support, the UK Government does not believe there is a case for disregarding these payments from benefit calculations. They are therefore subject to the Universal Credit taper rate of 63%, unless the earnings form part of the work allowance, which is the amount someone can earn before the taper is applied to their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/06/2021 13:43:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 8220 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1285506

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
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: Wales
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 she has made of the effect on the level of food poverty of ending the £20 uplift to universal credit in (a) Newport West and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	152637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Throughout this pandemic, this Government has delivered an unprecedented package of support to protect jobs and businesses and, for those in most need, injected billions into the welfare system. The new Covid Winter Grant Scheme builds on that support with an additional £170m for local authorities in England, to support families with children and other vulnerable people with the cost of food and essential utilities this winter.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/02/2021 15:29:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1223783

registered interest
date	13/07/2020
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: Wales
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 claiming universal credit are in work in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	73046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit who are in employment in Great Britain, by country, 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>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><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> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 73047 73048 question first answered 16/07/2020 13:11:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1219860

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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: Wales
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 30 June 2020 to Question 64868, how many universal credit claimants in Wales are directly affected by the decision of the Court of Appeal of 22 June 2020 in the case Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart v the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	67584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/07/2020 14:11:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1218743

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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: Wales
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 claiming universal credit in Wales from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 were employed in the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	66176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/07/2020 14:24:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1217992

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants in (a) Wales and (b) each constituency in Wales are directly affected by the decision of the Court of Appeal of 22 June 2020 in the case Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart v the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	64868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/06/2020 12:49:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1198251

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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: Wales
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 submitted claims for universal credit in Wales from 1 March to 12 May in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	51747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on new Universal Credit claims made in a) 2017, b) 2018 and c) 2019 is published online and can be found at <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: <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><strong> </strong></p><p>For figures for 2020, I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Newport East on 21 May 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=39515" target="_blank">39515</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/06/2020 13:02:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25864 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1190129

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
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: Wales
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 have submitted claims for universal credit in Wales from 23 March 2020 by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	39515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p><strong>Number of Universal Credit declarations in Wales 01 March 2020 - 12 May 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Individuals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total 1 Mar to 12 May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122,160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>95,080</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 01 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 02 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 03 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 04 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 05 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 06 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 07 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 08 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 09 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 10 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 11 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 12 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 13 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 14 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 15 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 16 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 17 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 18 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,450</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 19 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 20 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>3,560</p></td><td><p>2,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 21 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td><td><p>1,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 22 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 23 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>5,720</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 24 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>6,040</p></td><td><p>4,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 25 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>4,230</p></td><td><p>3,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 26 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td><td><p>3,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 27 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>6,860</p></td><td><p>4,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 28 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>2,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 29 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 30 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>5,140</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 31 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>3,670</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 01 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>3,740</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 02 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>4,150</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 03 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 04 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 05 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 06 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 07 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 08 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 09 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,910</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 10 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 11 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 12 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 13 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 14 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 15 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 16 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 17 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 18 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 19 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 20 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 21 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 22 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 23 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 24 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 25 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 26 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 27 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 28 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 29 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 30 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 01 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 02 May 2020</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 03 May 2020</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 04 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 05 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 06 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 07 May 2020</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 08 May 2020</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 09 May 2020</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 10 May 2020</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 11 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 12 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Caveats:</p><p>The figures use the Job centre the claimant has been allocated to rather than the contract address to determine location.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information is not available at local authority level.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/05/2020 16:56:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 17785 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1179460

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Wales
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 claimants in (a) Aberavon constituency and (b) Wales have received an advanced payment.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	18801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>New Claim Advances are available to support those in immediate financial need until their first Universal Credit payment is made. Around 60 per cent of new claims take an advance payment. Subject to some fluctuation, this rate of advance take-up has been broadly consistent over the last 12 months. As the overall Universal Credit caseload grows, we expect the volume and value of advance payments to increase in correlation. This shows that claimants are being made aware of advances and are using it where they need this help.</p><p> </p><p>The below table shows the number of claims paid and those who received at least one advance payment in Wales and the Aberavon parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of paid claims</p></td><td><p>Of which; Have had at least one advance</p></td><td><p>Proportion of claims paid an advance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>181,120</p></td><td><p>100,050</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon parliamentary constituency</p></td><td><p>6,470</p></td><td><p>3,530</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. Figures relate only to Universal Credit full service, from inception to November 2019 inclusive</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. Figures include all types of advances, including advances paid after the first assessment period</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/02/2020 17:34:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock