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date	07/01/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) percentage, and (2) number of Universal Credit claims that have not been paid in full within five weeks.
tabling member printed	Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
uin	HL12538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested for the percentage of Universal Credit claims not paid in full on time is in the table below and was taken from statistics we published on payment timeliness in November 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>August 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of paid Universal Credit claims that were not paid in full on time (all claims)</strong><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p>6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of paid Universal Credit claims that were not paid in full on time (new claims)</strong><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p>16 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong> Universal Credit entitlement is calculated over monthly Assessment Periods. Claims which are paid on time will receive payment by the payment due date, which is 7 days after an Assessment Period ends.</p><p> </p><p>In many cases where full payment is not made on time, it is due to unresolved issues such as: claimants not accepting their Claimant Commitment or passing identity checks, satisfying the Habitual Residency Test, or having outstanding verification issues, such as housing costs and self-employed earnings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We plan to publish updated official statistics on the number of Universal Credit claims that have been paid on time. This data is currently going through quality assurance clearance procedures in line with the Official Statistics publication standard.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 21/01/2019 16:49:00 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4702 label Biography information for Lord McNicol of West Kilbride

1036897

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many, and what percentage of, Universal Credit claimants are on alternative payments arrangements.
tabling member printed	Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
uin	HL12539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Alternative Payment Arrangements for Universal Credit are only available at Household level and can be found in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>UC households claiming Housing Entitlement split by those receiving Managed Payment to Landlord by Month</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August 2018 (p)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of relevant claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Households receiving Managed Payments to Landlords</p></td><td><p>106,538</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UC households claiming Housing Entitlement</p></td><td><p>582,859</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>UC households in payment split by those receiving More Frequent Payments by Month</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>August 2018 (p)</p></td><td><p>Percentage of relevant claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Households receiving More Frequent Payments</p></td><td><p>8,235</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UC Households in payment</p></td><td><p>850,172</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>UC Couple Households split by those receiving Split Payments by Month</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>August 2018 (p)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of relevant claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Households receiving split payments</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>20</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>less than 1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UC Couple Households</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>126,889</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions</p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures marked &quot;p&quot; are provisional. These figures will be subject to revision in subsequent releases. It is expected that overall provisional figures will be within two per cent of their revised figure in future releases.</li><li>Percentages may not add up due to rounding.</li><li>Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. As such totals may not sum.</li><li>The figures for More Frequent Payments and Managed Payments to Landlords exclude those under Scottish Choices.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 21/01/2019 17:07:25 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4702 label Biography information for Lord McNicol of West Kilbride

1036898

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how are the salaries of employees on Universal Credit who are paid twice within a month, in particular over the Christmas period, being treated for the purposes of benefits payments; and what steps are being taken to prevent such employees being disadvantaged.
tabling member printed	Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
uin	HL12540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit payments reflect, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. Assessment periods allow for Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if a claimant’s income falls, they do not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit award.</p><p> </p><p>Some claimants receive earnings from work multiple times within an assessment period if they are paid via four-weekly, fortnightly, or weekly patterns. This in turn may reduce, or in some cases, nil the Universal Credit award the claimant receives that month. Claimants can always discuss the implications of this with their case managers and work coaches and can be referred to Personal Budgeting Support to help them manage their budgeting.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant’s Universal Credit claim is closed due to this, claimants can re-claim the following month via a more simplified process than for an initial claim. We have produced guidance to help ensure claimants, staff and representatives are aware of the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles, which is attached with this reply.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with employers to ensure that they use the most appropriate payment practices and comply with RTI guidelines in order to minimise the incidence of erroneous or late reporting by employers. HMRC have recently updated guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 21/01/2019 15:36:52 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name gov.uk UC earnings patterns.pdf title UC Earning Patterns
tabling member	4702 label Biography information for Lord McNicol of West Kilbride

1036899

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether advance payments for Universal Credit are working.
tabling member printed	Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
uin	HL12541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Advances are available to all new claimants of Universal Credit. Our latest internal data shows around 60 percent of eligible new claims to Universal Credit received an advance in October 2018. Subject to some fluctuation, this rate of advance take up has been broadly consistent. This shows that claimants are being made aware of advances and that our advance system is being utilised so people get help when they need it.</p><p /><p /> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 21/01/2019 15:28:58 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4702 label Biography information for Lord McNicol of West Kilbride