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1029106

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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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that people do not incur extra costs, such as obtaining photographic identification, in order to complete Universal Credit applications.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL12454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>If a claimant does not have photographic identification, staff are able to use a number of alternative identification methods. For example, we can accept separate documentary evidence or we can contact trusted third parties (such as a doctor) in order to verify a claimants identity. These identification methods should not incur costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department take the security of Universal Credit very seriously, including verifying who our claimants are. We continue to work closely with Government Digital Service to support the success of the Verify online system. The high standards of ID verification achieved by Verify are used on our Universal Credit Full Service today in addition to a face-to-face alternative approach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 07/01/2019 16:59:58 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

1029107

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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish further details of the planned test and trial phase of Universal Credit managed migration; and how managed migration will impact vulnerable claimants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL12455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of our design process for managed migration we are considering different approaches for how to best migrate claimants onto Universal Credit. We are currently working closely with a large and diverse range of stakeholders to design migration processes that work for everyone and most effectively support those who will need more help. 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.</p><p> </p><p>In our published response on 5 November 2018 to the Social Security Advisory Committee’s report, we have committed to publishing an assessment of the managed migration pilot once it is complete, and prior to scaling up managed migration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 07/01/2019 16:51:28 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

1029108

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: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether those currently in receipt of disability related benefits will be regarded as vulnerable claimants for the purpose of the Universal Credit managed migration process.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL12456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to fully support all of our claimants through our managed migration processes, which we are working with stakeholders to co-design to ensure that they work for the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>There are many reasons why someone could be vulnerable or in need of additional support, and we work hard to ensure that the support we provide for each claimant is tailored specifically to their circumstances, making individual assessments of the help that each claimant needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 07/01/2019 17:53:39 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill