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1013174

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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 the number and proportion is of Universal Credit claimants who repaid an advance payment in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	195128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Our latest internal data on the proportion of eligible UC Full Service claims that repaid an advance payment in Sep 2018 showed 41% (370,000 claims, rounded to the nearest 10,000).</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/11/2018 18:34:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1013175

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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 the number and proportion is of universal credit claimants who had a deduction to repay a benefit overpayment in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	195129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has a duty to protect public funds and an obligation to ensure that, in accordance with social security legislation, any overpayment of benefit resulting from claimant error or fraud is recovered.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that there were 92,760 Universal Credit claimants who had a deduction from their Universal Credit as a recovery against a benefit overpayment within October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Housing costs are defined in two ways:</p><ol><li>Owner-occupier service charges and</li><li>Rent, including service charges</li></ol><p> </p><p>The information on (a) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data is for eligible claims to UC Full Service that are due a payment in September 2018. Of these claims, 5% have a deduction from their standard allowance to repay rent arrears. This equates to 45,000 claims (rounded to the nearest 1,000).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 195130 195131 question first answered 28/11/2018 16:05:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1013176

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number and proportion is of universal credit claimants who had a deduction to repay housing arrears in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	195130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has a duty to protect public funds and an obligation to ensure that, in accordance with social security legislation, any overpayment of benefit resulting from claimant error or fraud is recovered.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that there were 92,760 Universal Credit claimants who had a deduction from their Universal Credit as a recovery against a benefit overpayment within October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Housing costs are defined in two ways:</p><ol><li>Owner-occupier service charges and</li><li>Rent, including service charges</li></ol><p> </p><p>The information on (a) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data is for eligible claims to UC Full Service that are due a payment in September 2018. Of these claims, 5% have a deduction from their standard allowance to repay rent arrears. This equates to 45,000 claims (rounded to the nearest 1,000).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 195129 195131 question first answered 28/11/2018 16:05:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1013177

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants who had a deduction to repay housing arrears in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	195131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has a duty to protect public funds and an obligation to ensure that, in accordance with social security legislation, any overpayment of benefit resulting from claimant error or fraud is recovered.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that there were 92,760 Universal Credit claimants who had a deduction from their Universal Credit as a recovery against a benefit overpayment within October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Housing costs are defined in two ways:</p><ol><li>Owner-occupier service charges and</li><li>Rent, including service charges</li></ol><p> </p><p>The information on (a) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data is for eligible claims to UC Full Service that are due a payment in September 2018. Of these claims, 5% have a deduction from their standard allowance to repay rent arrears. This equates to 45,000 claims (rounded to the nearest 1,000).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 195129 195130 question first answered 28/11/2018 16:05:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1012278

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Employment Schemes: 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 young people participated in the Youth Obligation programme since April 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my reply to question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-29/184843/" target="_blank">184843</a> on 29<sup>th</sup> October.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/11/2018 17:53:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1012284

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that recommendations to employers made by the Access to Work scheme are acted upon in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Access to Work advisers engage with employers from the receipt of an application for support and, if necessary, work with employers to obtain their buy in, ensuring they fully understand the benefits of the requested support and facilitate timely implementation.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident scheme is also building employers’ awareness of how best to support their disabled employees and their capability to do this in the most effective ways. This includes ensuring that any necessary support and adaptations are put in place when they are required.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/11/2018 17:39:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1012298

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Children
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 publish an update to the Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children published in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	194701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to monitoring the impact of this policy over time. On 28 June 2018, we published the first annual statistics related to the operation of this policy. We intend to continue to publish these statistics annually going forward.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/11/2018 17:56:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1012333

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Access to Work Programme: Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to promote the Access to Work scheme to people with musculoskeletal conditions.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Access to Work continues to undertake targeted awareness of the scheme to the most under-represented groups, including people with musculoskeletal conditions. As part of the ongoing Access to Work campaign, we are targeting employers, health professionals and claimants.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked with Arthritis Research UK (ARUK) and Arthritis Care on marketing Access to Work to their clients, including sharing information about how to apply for the support from the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We work with stakeholders and advisory groups to promote Access to Work. In addition, our jobcentre partnership managers continue to engage with local stakeholders and partners to promote the support available. Access to Work is also promoted to a range of business leaders through the Disability Confident scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/11/2018 17:39:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1012334

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Disqualification
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 take steps to pause all benefits sanctions over the Christmas and new year period from 21 December 2018 to 5 of January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	194720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Sanctions are only used in a small percentage of cases, and that is when people fail to meet their agreed commitments without good reason. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good reason, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p><p> </p><p>We have not paused sanctions nationwide during the Christmas and New Year period since 2010 and there are no plans to pause sanctions in the upcoming period. This is consistent with the approach taken prior to 2010.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 194721 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:53:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1012335

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps have been taken to pause benefits sanctions over the Christmas and New Year period since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	194721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Sanctions are only used in a small percentage of cases, and that is when people fail to meet their agreed commitments without good reason. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good reason, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p><p> </p><p>We have not paused sanctions nationwide during the Christmas and New Year period since 2010 and there are no plans to pause sanctions in the upcoming period. This is consistent with the approach taken prior to 2010.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 194720 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:53:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell