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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-01-27more like thismore than 2021-01-27
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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 more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's target timescale for processing applications for Alternative Payment Arrangements; and what percentage of claims are processed within this target. more like this
tabling member constituency East Yorkshire more like this
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Sir Greg Knight more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-02-01more like thismore than 2021-02-01
answer text <p>There is no target timescale for processing applications for Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs). APAs are available at any point during Universal Credit claims where there is risk of financial harm to a claimant and/or their family.</p><p> </p><p>APAs can help claimants who need additional support with:</p><ul><li>paying housing costs of Universal Credit as a Managed Payment direct to the landlord;</li><li>more frequent than monthly payments; or;</li><li>split payment of an award between partners.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Universal Credit payment timeliness statistics are published in the Households on Universal Credit section on Stat-Xplore. These figures can be broken down by those with APAs and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p>
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
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label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
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label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight remove filter