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date	09/02/2022
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have been waiting longer than three months for a work capability assessment as of 9 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	121688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The requested data is not held.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/02/2022 12:05:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1421377

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date	09/02/2022
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is from a claimant making an application to receiving a decision on their work capability assessment for the most recent period available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	121689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) statistics on gov.uk which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">here</a>. The median ESA WCA customer journey processing times for initial claims can be found in section 10 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-december-2021/esa-work-capability-assessments-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-december-2021#esa-wca-customer-journey-clearance-times-for-initial-claims-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">latest statistical bulletin</a>. The statistics include the average time taken for the full end-to-end process.</p><p> </p><p>More details can also be found in Table 1 of the ‘Clearance Times for Initial Claims’ dataset in the ESA Work Capability Assessments section of <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. Guidance for users is available <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The information for Universal Credit WCA processing times is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/02/2022 12:05:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1421378

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason students’ funding received from student finance funded maintenance loans is deducted from their overall universal credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	121690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Student loans and grants have a £110 disregard in each Universal Credit monthly assessment period. After this threshold is met, they are treated as income and Universal Credit is deducted accordingly. Special Support Elements or Grants are fully disregarded, as these specifically cover the cost of an educational course.</p><p>Financial support for students primarily comes from grants and the student loans system, which is specifically designed for their needs, unlike the wider benefits system. It is right that Universal Credit does not duplicate support already being given. In this respect, Universal Credit mirrors other benefits such as Employment and Support Allowance, Housing Benefit, and new-style Jobseekers Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 121691 question first answered 24/02/2022 15:35:08 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1421379

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Student Finance Maintenance Loans are counted as income for universal credit calculations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	121691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Student loans and grants have a £110 disregard in each Universal Credit monthly assessment period. After this threshold is met, they are treated as income and Universal Credit is deducted accordingly. Special Support Elements or Grants are fully disregarded, as these specifically cover the cost of an educational course.</p><p>Financial support for students primarily comes from grants and the student loans system, which is specifically designed for their needs, unlike the wider benefits system. It is right that Universal Credit does not duplicate support already being given. In this respect, Universal Credit mirrors other benefits such as Employment and Support Allowance, Housing Benefit, and new-style Jobseekers Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 121690 question first answered 24/02/2022 15:35:08 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe