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registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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, how many new universal credit claimants received their first payment on time from 16 March 2020 to 30 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	54120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit’s system are standing up to the challenge in this unprecedented time. The Digital Approach of UC has allowed us to get support to over 2.2 million people over the last 3 months, which would not have been possible under our legacy system. Latest statistics show 90% of new claimants are paid in full and on time and we expect to achieve this level in the future.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/06/2020 13:03:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1198540

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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, how many claimants have moved from legacy benefits to universal credit in each of the last six months through (a) natural migration and (b) managed migration.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	52072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>a) Claimants move from existing benefits to Universal Credit when they experience a significant change in their circumstances that triggers a new claim to benefit. We do not centrally collate the number of claimants that have made a new claim to Universal Credit as a result of such a change in circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding Universal Credit caseload growth at national, regional and constituency level is published at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk </a></p><p>Guidance for users is available 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><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) The Move to UC Pilot has been temporarily suspended following the outbreak of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/06/2020 15:09:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1198788

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of people unable to claim universal credit as a result of having savings of over £16,000.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	51940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, 8,670 claims were not eligible to Universal Credit due to having savings of over £16,000.</p><p><strong>      </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time of Claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of claims ineligible due to capital</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims ineligible due to capital</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Claims (declarations)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019 claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.20%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 8,670 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,472,000 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/06/2020 15:44:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1198790

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have seen a reduction in their universal credit award as a result of having savings of between £6,000 and £16,000.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	51941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/06/2020 14:28:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1198792

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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, how many claimants are in the process of waiting five weeks to receive their first universal credit payment.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	51943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The latest Management Information on declarations to Universal Credit was published on 2 June 2020. It can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-declarations-claims-and-advances-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-declarations-claims-and-advances-management-information</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/06/2020 14:56:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1198798

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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 assessment she has made of the effect on household incomes of the temporary change to the five-week wait for universal credit during the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permanently removing the five-week wait for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	52290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>There has not been a temporary change to the length of the Initial Assessment Period during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>The Universal Credit assessment period and payment structure are fundamental parts of the design. The assessment period runs for a full calendar month from the date of entitlement and the Universal Credit pay date will be within seven calendar days after the end of the initial assessment period. Subsequent pay dates will be the same each month. It is not possible to award a Universal Credit payment as soon as a claim is made, as the assessment period must run its course before the award of Universal Credit can be calculated.</p><p> </p><p>No claimant in need of support has to wait 5 weeks for payment under Universal Credit. New Claim Advances of up to 100% of a claimant’s estimated award are available within a few days if claimants need support during their first assessment period.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/06/2020 12:59:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25863 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1197876

registered interest
date	21/05/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any new claimants of Universal Credit who are also claiming an ‘exempt benefit’ are not subject to the benefit cap because of the current three month pause in the assessment of entitlement to some exempt benefits.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL4841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>Review and reassessment activity on related benefits is currently suspended meaning payment of those benefits will continue. As such, those claimants will also continue to be exempt from the benefit cap.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 04/06/2020 15:35:47 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1197877

registered interest
date	21/05/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the rationale for applying the benefit cap to Universal Credit claimants who have been furloughed, or whose working hours have reduced, but who do not qualify for the grace period when those in a similar situation but claiming working tax credit are still able to receive their full entitlement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL4842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is fundamentally different to legacy benefits and claims cannot be compared like for like.</p><p>Claimants can approach their Local Authority for a Discretionary Housing Payment if they need additional help to meet rental costs. Exemptions will also continue to apply for the most vulnerable claimants that are entitled to disability benefits and carer benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 05/06/2020 11:35:54 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1197878

registered interest
date	21/05/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Universal Credit claimants have been subject to increased repayments from their weekly benefit following the increase in the Universal Credit standard allowance announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and what proportion of all claimants making repayments that represents.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL4843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The data for deductions from March 2020 is not yet available. From 3 April 2020, deductions from Universal Credit for benefit overpayments were suspended for three months. This was done to ease the financial pressure of debt recovery on benefit claimants and to also allow Debt Management staff to be re-deployed to focus on the unprecedented volume of new claims received during the covid-19 outbreak.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 04/06/2020 14:47:48 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1197659

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing universal credit entitlement for people that are (a) single and under 25 years of age and (b) in a couple and under 25 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	49723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>As a result of changes made in April, the Universal Credit standard allowance increased by £20 per week for the next 12 months – equivalent to up to £1,040 a year. This is in addition to the 1.7% inflation increase, announced Nov 2019, as part of the Government’s decision to end the benefits freeze, and means more financial support for millions of people across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/06/2020 16:16:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black