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802081

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Minister of State for Housing and Planning on the potential effect of the roll-out of universal credit on people seeking housing benefits.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>At Budget, the Chancellor announced that from April 2018, Housing Benefit claimants will receive an additional two weeks’ support during their transition to Universal Credit (UC), providing them with extra support at a time of change in their lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also making it easier for claimants to have the housing element of their UC award paid directly to their landlord, ensuring that UC claimants are supported throughout their transition into work.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/12/2017 11:47:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802082

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of the the roll-out of universal credit on levels of household income.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit (UC) has already been successful in getting more people into work by ensuring that work always pays, and that has boosted household incomes. UC claimants are four percentage points more likely to be in work within six months than a matched sample of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/12/2017 11:45:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

795648

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of the roll-out of universal credit on levels of household income?
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Fiona Onasanya
uin	902584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my oral answer of earlier today to the hon member for Midlothian (Danielle Rowley).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/11/2017 14:35:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4629 label Biography information for Fiona Onasanya

784780

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2017 to Question 110866, on HM Treasury, what types of query prompted the other 332 referrals to the Jointly Managed Engagement Team in September 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	111764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC does not categorise or hold a full breakdown of referrals to the Jointly Managed Engagement Team. The referrals range from queries relating to pay dates, length of employment, pay frequency and employer name, to requests from DWP to support employer education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 16:18:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

782068

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases were referred to the Jointly Managed Engagement Team in which universal credit claimants disputed earning figures received through the Real Time Information data feed in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	110866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>In September 2017, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)’s Jointly Managed Engagement Team received 404 referrals from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) where the Universal Credit award was being disputed. HMRC estimate that approximately 72 of those referrals relate to the earnings figures received through Real Time Information (RTI). Of the volume of earnings information received through RTI and sent to DWP in that same month the referrals relating to the earnings figure represented less than 0.1%.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/11/2017 12:09:51 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms