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1713665

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date	24/04/2024
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: Farmers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the accessibility of Universal Credit support for people working in the farming sector.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	23635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a 24 hour, seven days a week, digital service that allows customers to manage their own data and account online at a time which is convenient for them. Where a meeting is required, Work Coaches are able to offer multiple appointment channels, including digital, to minimise disruption to business, and ensure any meetings are as convenient as possible.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p>We are working with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) to ensure a smooth transition from Tax Credits to Universal Credit, as well as providing Transitional Protection when applicable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2024 11:09:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1684793

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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: Farmers
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 19 January 2024 to Question 9914 on Universal Credit: Farmers, whether he has made an assessment of the potential financial impact of moving from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit on recipient farmers in the last five years; and if he will undertake an assessment in the next three months.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	11408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>No assessment has been made and there are no plans to make an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/01/2024 14:15:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1682471

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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: Farmers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the financial impact of moving from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit on recipient farmers.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	9914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/01/2024 11:42:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

715818

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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: Farmers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on farmers of the introduction of the minimum income floor for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	70168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Minimum Income Floor is expected to encourage those reporting very low self-employed income to increase their earnings. Some people will respond to this by increasing their earnings from self-employment, others will look for other employment to increase their income.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government recognises the need for claimants who are setting up a business to be given time to establish themselves and develop their business and customer base. That is why claimants who are gainfully self-employed and within one year of starting out in self-employment will be eligible for a ‘start-up period’, during which the Minimum Income Floor will not be applied for up to 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>And we have widened eligibility for the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) to include Universal Credit claimants who are already self-employed, but whose income from their business is below their Minimum Income Floor. Eligible claimants will receive mentoring support designed to help them to increase their earnings from their business, making it more sustainable in the longer term and reducing their benefit dependency.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that self-employed earnings often fluctuate from month to month. From April 2018 in Full Service the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 will apply, meaning that any surplus earnings, or losses from self-employment, will be carried forward into subsequent assessment periods. However, where the Minimum Income Floor applies, that level of earnings will be taken into account.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/04/2017 16:49:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood