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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2020-09-30
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Universal Credit: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the universal credit service has been unavailable since 23 March 2020; and for what reasons that service was unavailable on each of those occasions. more like this
tabling member constituency Weaver Vale more like this
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Mike Amesbury more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-10-08more like thismore than 2020-10-08
answer text <p>There have been over 3 million Universal Credit claims made since mid-March; six times the volume that the Department would typically receive. Despite that surge, the system is standing up to the challenge and demonstrating that resilience and scalability are integral parts its design, whilst maintaining high levels of payment timeliness.</p><p>There have been no unplanned outages of the Universal Credit online service since March 2020.</p><p /><p /> more like this
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
grouped question UIN 97715 remove filter
question first answered
less than 2020-10-08T14:43:43.413Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-08T14:43:43.413Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Mike Amesbury remove filter