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969065

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that claimants do not lose their financial support if they are unable to make a claim for Universal Credit in time during managed migration.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	171275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>Our focus for the process of the managed migration of existing benefits claimants to Universal Credit will be on safeguarding claimants and ensuring a smooth transition with uninterrupted support. We plan to have a comprehensive and well-supported preparation period for claimants, the flexibility to extend that period if necessary; and a process to ensure that, before the existing benefits are stopped, agents will check for evidence of complex needs or vulnerability or disability.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with stakeholders and other parties to design the best possible process for the migration of our customers to Universal Credit, and will continue to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/09/2018 16:46:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 75161 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

969095

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report, Rolling out Universal Credit, published by the National Audit Office on 15 June 2018, how much her Department has paid in compensation to local authorities for additional costs incurred in relation to the implementation and wider impact of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	171398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The DWP provides local authorities with New Burdens funding to take account of additional costs. Furthermore, local authorities are invited to provide the Department with data as evidence of additional costs in excess of those already covered by New Burdens and Universal Support funding.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the DWP paid £13m in New Burdens funding. On top of this, 67 Local authorities received a total of £4.7m in extra payments to recognise additional costs in the early stages of roll out. The DWP has paid £14m in New Burden funding for 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 171402 question first answered 12/09/2018 09:38:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 75173 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

969101

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report, Rolling out Universal Credit, published by the National Audit Office on 15 June 2018, what data her Department collects on the additional cost incurred by local authorities in relation to the implementation of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	171402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The DWP provides local authorities with New Burdens funding to take account of additional costs. Furthermore, local authorities are invited to provide the Department with data as evidence of additional costs in excess of those already covered by New Burdens and Universal Support funding.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the DWP paid £13m in New Burdens funding. On top of this, 67 Local authorities received a total of £4.7m in extra payments to recognise additional costs in the early stages of roll out. The DWP has paid £14m in New Burden funding for 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 171398 question first answered 12/09/2018 09:38:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 75174 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

937623

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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	Children: Day Care
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 20 June 2018 to Question 155896 on Children: Day Care, for what reason she will not make that analysis available.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	162117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>Entitlement to Universal Credit is determined by first assessing what a claimant qualifies for, for example, housing costs and caring responsibilities. This can include childcare of up to 85% of eligible costs, up to a limit of £1,108.04 for two or more children.</p><p>The conclusion that very few people are affected by the limits described comes from analysis using the DWP Policy Simulation Model, based on the Family Resources Survey. [The PSM is a static microsimulation model which describes the tax and benefit system of the GB population]. It produces financial outputs on a representative sample of the GB population simulating a policy. The analysis in question is based on forecasts which we produce for planning purposes and forecasting during fiscal events. It models the legacy and Universal Credit system, and in particular the childcare policy described above. Upon interrogation of the models, we found that while a handful of cases were affected by the limits above, the number of these were too few to report statistically.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/07/2018 13:25:55 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 69379 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

934280

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of advance payments that have been applied for as a result of the roll-out of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	160237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Applications for a Universal Credit advance can be made in a number of ways: in person, by telephone and also online. To identify and collate the total number of applications made would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Advances are available to all Universal Credit claimants who need them as part of a package of support to manage their transition to Universal Credit. Also, as promised last November, following the Autumn Budget, we have now introduced new functionality for advances to be claimed through a claimant’s online Universal Credit account.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/07/2018 15:42:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 68154 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

924139

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to ensure that claimants previously in receipt of severe disability premium of employment and support allowance are not financially worse off after moving to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	153760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting disabled people and continue to review the Universal Credit claimant experience and processes.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this month we announced that claimants in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium will qualify for transitional protection when they move to Universal Credit. We will backdate these payments for those who have already moved to Universal Credit, to cover the period between their move to Universal Credit and the introduction of the new payment.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail can be accessed in the Secretary of State’s Written Statement HCWS745, made on 7 June:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-06-07/HCWS745" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-06-07/HCWS745</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/06/2018 15:31:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 64481 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

896529

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are any targets relating to the number of sanctions made against claimants of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	140851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>There are no Departmental targets relating to the number of sanctions made against claimants of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/05/2018 15:48:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 56788 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

891535

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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: Young People
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 in receipt of premiums claimed for universal credit after the age of 20; and how many of those people requested a mandatory reconsideration of the work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	138098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The data requested is going through quality assurance clearance procedures in line with National Statistic and Official Statistics publication standards. We will announce the release date, as per the protocol of release of statistics, when they are ready.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/04/2018 15:05:28 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2018 16:22:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 54947 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

820711

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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: Poverty
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 reinstate the universal credit child poverty forecast; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	122129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty and disadvantage is a priority for the Government. Work is the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work. However, the impact of Universal Credit cannot be considered in isolation– it is a key component of a broader strategy to move Britain to a higher wage, lower welfare, and lower tax society.</p><p> </p><p>This strategy includes the increase to the personal tax allowance, the introduction of the National Living Wage and the doubling of free childcare from 15 to 30 hours for working parents. Taken together, these reforms are designed to support people into employment and then enable them to progress in work and generate more income for themselves.</p><p> </p><p>We expect claimants to respond positively to the improved incentives Universal Credit introduces and increase their income. The previous forecast is static and, as it does not capture these dynamic effects, it is of limited value in evaluating the impact of Universal Credit on poverty. The Government therefore has no plans to reinstate it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/01/2018 13:02:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 34662 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

818766

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	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, how many applications were made for a short term benefit advance in the most recent 12 months for which data is available; and how many of those applications were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	121530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The most recently available data on Short Term Benefit Advances (STBA) is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>January 2016 - December 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STBA Applications Received by the Department</p></td><td><p>197,514</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>STBA Awarded to individual national insurance numbers</p></td><td><p>98,633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data covers the period January 16 to December 16. Data after this date is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Data is also not available for unsuccessful applications and the difference between ‘received’ and ‘awarded’ applications in the table above does not equate to unsuccessful applications. This is because there are a large proportion of applications in which the primary benefit is paid, which negates the need for a STBA.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>Only Working Age Benefits (i.e. Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support) are included in the above information for STBA applications as the number of applications received for State Pension Credit and Carer’s Allowance is not available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p><strong>STBA Applications Received </strong>- Management Information System Programme (MISP). This collation is based on clerical counts submitted by the each Centre and is Internal MI which has been agreed for use in publications of Parliamentary questions and Freedom of Information requests.</p><p> </p><p><strong>STBA Awarded</strong> - Benefit Expenditure Business Information system</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/01/2018 12:52:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma previous answer version 33706 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead