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1697953

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of active personnel on Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	19770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Serving armed forces personnel can claim Universal Credit in exactly the same way as any other citizen. Any entitlement will depend on a number of factors, including earnings and any other income; capital; constitution of household; and housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/04/2024 10:53:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1565055

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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, whether he has made a recent estimate of the potential impact of increasing public sector pay on the cost to the public purse of Universal Credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	118810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>No such estimate has been produced.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/01/2023 12:57:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1565056

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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 proportion of public sector employees are in receipt of Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	118811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold this information. UC customers are not obliged to inform the Department what sector they are employed in. In addition DWP employees claiming Universal Credit have no obligation to inform DWP they are receiving benefits.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/01/2023 11:21:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1405176

registered interest
date	21/01/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made on the impact of taking a partner's income into account for universal credit eligibility, including with regard to disabled claimants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	109184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is a household benefit. A Universal Credit award is calculated on the basis of the set benefit rate based on individual household circumstances, against any other income the household has available, to ensure fairness of treatment for all claimants. This is a long standing principle of means-tested benefits. Income does not include any Personal Independence Payment the disabled person may be receiving, as it is disregarded in the calculation of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>For Universal Credit claimants with health conditions and disabilities which restrict, wholly or partly, their capability for work, additional financial help is available. Those with limited capability for work (LCW) or limited capability for work related activity (LCWRA) have:</p><ul><li>a work allowance, and</li><li>in couple claims where one is working, access to help with childcare costs.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Claimants who are determined to have LCWRA are entitled to the award of an additional amount of benefit – the LCWRA addition – which is £343.63 per month (2021-22 rates).</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/01/2022 17:54:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147920

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of October 1 to Question 290635 on universal credit, what evidence her Department used to reduce the repayment level from 40 per cent to 30 per cent of universal credit award.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department collects and analyses data on Universal Credit regularly, including on the rate of deductions. Alongside this, the Department is always building our understanding on the impact deductions can have on claimants, and has heard evidence from external organisations on this issue. We have to balance these impacts with the need for claimants to meet their obligations.</p><p> </p><p>We believe the reduction from 40 percent to 30 percent strikes a fair balance between a claimant’s need to make essential repayments and their ability to ensure they can meet their day-to-day needs. It maintains our policy to enforce social obligations such as the payment of fines and Child Maintenance, ensure Government debt is recovered and vitally to safeguard claimants from the potential impacts of not repaying priority debts, such as homelessness or the deduction of fuel.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/10/2019 13:16:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146122

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 information her Department holds on reductions to deductions for claimants of universal credit in latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/10/2019 14:40:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146123

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 of universal credit received a (a) budgeting loan and (b) deferral period in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Budgeting loans are not available to claimants in receipt of Universal Credit and therefore we do not hold any data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Budgeting Advances have replaced Budgeting Loans for those in receipt of Universal Credit helping to provide additional assistance for emergency household costs, such as replacing a broken cooker, getting a job or staying in work or funeral costs. Eligibility for a Budgeting Advance is explained on GOV.UK and can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/other-financial-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/other-financial-support</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/10/2019 14:55:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe