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1046014

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date	22/01/2019
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	Social Security Benefits
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 29 October 2018 to Question 184858, if she will place in the Library a copy of the brief for the quantitative longitudinal research by the National Centre for Social Research into the impact of the Benefit Cap and the qualitative case studies of local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	211075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department intends to publish this research in Spring 2019. The research publication will include all topic guides and questionnaires used in the research, and an overview of the original research brief.</p><p>The quantitative survey of claimants carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (Natcen), an independent research agency was delivered over two waves, to explore how claimant responses to the cap had changed over time. Wave one was conducted approximately seven months after implementation of the new cap, with 1,900 claimants interviewed. The sample included claimants affected by the cap under both legacy benefit and Universal Credit arrangements, across Great Britain. Wave two was conducted approximately six months later, with over 800 of those same claimants. The survey included questions on the following topics:</p><ul><li>Awareness of the cap and current cap status</li><li>Impacts of the cap on employment and employment related behaviour</li><li>Impacts of the cap on claimants housing and housing related behaviour</li><li>Awareness and use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs)</li><li>Barriers faced by claimants regarding employment and housing changes</li><li>Broader impacts of the cap (including upon health, relationships and finances)</li><li>Use of available advice and support services</li></ul><p>For the qualitative, case study strand Natcen invited people working at a range of Local Authorities, Jobcentre Plus and local advice and support organisations to take part in research interviews. Local organisations included family support charities, financial charities and credit unions, housing and homelessness support organisations, housing associations, information and advice providing services, women’s charities, food banks and legal charities. The focus of these interviews was on experiences of the introduction of the lower, tiered Benefit Cap and the impacts it had on the services they delivered, and upon claimants affected by the cap. Forty-two interviews were conducted across the six case study areas.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/01/2019 15:15:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1046015

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
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 2 November 2018 to Question 184856 on Housing Benefit, if he will publish the methodology that will be used to determine the allocation of discretionary housing payment funding to local authorities for people affected by the benefit cap in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	211076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>We will publish the methodology used to determine the benefit cap funding stream for Discretionary Housing Payment Government allocations for 2019/20. We have consulted local authorities about the methodology and will be publishing individual allocations shortly.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/01/2019 14:55:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1046016

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her policy that there will be transitional protection for claimants entitled to the severe disability premium of a legacy benefit who move on to universal credit from 16 January 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	211077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>We set out our position on transitional protection and transitional payments for claimants in a Written Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-01-11/HCWS1243/" target="_blank">HCWS1243</a> on 11 January 2019 and in the revised sets of regulations which were laid on 14 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Since 16 January 2019 claimants who are in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) or who have been entitled to an award of an existing benefit that included SDP in the previous month, and who have continued to meet the SDP eligibility conditions, have been prevented from moving onto Universal Credit if they experience a change in circumstances. Instead, these claimants will continue to claim legacy benefits until DWP move them onto Universal Credit where transitional protection will be available, thereby safeguarding their existing benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The draft regulations also make provision so that eligible claimants who had previously been in receipt of Severe Disability Premium but who moved onto Universal Credit before 16 January 2019, following a change in their circumstances, will be considered for a ‘SDP transitional payment’. Eligible claimants will receive an on-going monthly payment and an additional lump-sum payment, where appropriate to cover the period since they moved onto Universal Credit. These regulations will be debated and voted on this year.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 211087 question first answered 30/01/2019 16:36:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1046087

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Employment, 8 January, Official Report, column 174 on Universal Credit: Managed Migration, whether it is her policy that claimants who were previously in receipt of severe disability premium of legacy benefits but lost that premium when they made a claim for universal credit will be identified and have that premium reinstated.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	211087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>We set out our position on transitional protection and transitional payments for claimants in a Written Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-01-11/HCWS1243/" target="_blank">HCWS1243</a> on 11 January 2019 and in the revised sets of regulations which were laid on 14 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Since 16 January 2019 claimants who are in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) or who have been entitled to an award of an existing benefit that included SDP in the previous month, and who have continued to meet the SDP eligibility conditions, have been prevented from moving onto Universal Credit if they experience a change in circumstances. Instead, these claimants will continue to claim legacy benefits until DWP move them onto Universal Credit where transitional protection will be available, thereby safeguarding their existing benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The draft regulations also make provision so that eligible claimants who had previously been in receipt of Severe Disability Premium but who moved onto Universal Credit before 16 January 2019, following a change in their circumstances, will be considered for a ‘SDP transitional payment’. Eligible claimants will receive an on-going monthly payment and an additional lump-sum payment, where appropriate to cover the period since they moved onto Universal Credit. These regulations will be debated and voted on this year.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 211077 question first answered 30/01/2019 16:36:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck