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1193710

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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: London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London have submitted claims for universal credit by local authority area since 23 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	43919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on new Universal Credit claims is not available by local authority. However, data surrounding starts to UC by postcode area is published online and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>This includes data on the number of new Universal Credit claims in the postcode areas of London up to 9th April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found 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> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/06/2020 16:42:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 21654 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1193730

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme backdated to 1 March 2020 will trigger universal credit over-payments for additional income for claimants encouraged to claim that benefit until the scheme is available.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	44062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit takes into account any income received for the relevant assessment period (AP). In terms of the Self-employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS), the department has agreed that this will not be applied retrospectively to previous APs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 12:34:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 21650 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1193643

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Coronavirus
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 removing the cap on discretionary housing payments to enable local authorities to provide support to households affected by covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	44031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>We have already provided £180m in Discretionary Housing Payment(DHP) funding to Local Authorities to support vulnerable claimants with housing costs in the private and social rented sector in England and Wales for 2020/21. This includes an extra £40m as announced last year at the spending round.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the central government contribution, Local Authorities in England and Wales are able to top up DHP funding up to a maximum of two and a half times this figure using their own funds.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/05/2020 13:25:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1192679

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
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: West Midlands
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 she has made of the effectiveness of the roll-out of universal credit in (a) the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and (b) Stourbridge constituency.
tabling member constituency	Stourbridge
tabling member printed	Suzanne Webb
uin	43191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department successfully completed the rollout of Universal Credit in December 2018 and it is available in every Jobcentre across the country including those across the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and Stourbridge constituency. It is a modern, agile, personalised system which has scrapped the ‘cliff edges’ featured across legacy benefits, where money was lost when working more than 16, 24 and 30 hours.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit provides claimants with the support they need to better prepare for work, move into work, or to increase earnings.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/05/2020 11:16:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 21189 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4802 label Biography information for Suzanne Webb

1192687

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
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: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Welfare Delivery at the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 23 April 2020, what steps she has taken to ensure that universal credit claimants that are self-employed are aware that capital set aside for their self-assessment tax bill will not affect their claim.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	43027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Understanding UC website provides information on UC and self-employment including the treatment of business assets. The Department also provides regular updates to self-employment groups, including the Federation of Small Business, with the ability for stakeholders to ask questions about issues of concern and engages regularly with the media to ensure information is disseminated.</p><p> </p><p>For claimants with capital over £16,000 we contact the claimant to understand the composition of their capital to determine eligibility. Part of that consideration would be whether the declared capital included business assets which would be disregarded.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/05/2020 09:42:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 20365 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1192185

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of families on universal credit in 2018-19 in (a) Salford and (b) Worsley and Eccles South constituency; and what her policy is on foodbank referrals for those people.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	41943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>It is not Department for Work and Pensions policy to refer claimants to food banks. However, flexibility and innovation in local Jobcentre arrangements allow for signposting to foodbanks.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2019 the total number of households on Universal Credit in Salford was 12,395 and in Worsley and Eccles South constituency was 5,151.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Statistical disclosure control has been applied to avoid the release of confidential data.</li><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for the households on Universal Credit.</li><li>Further information on the background and methodology can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-background-information-and-methodology/universal-credit-statistics-background-information-and-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-background-information-and-methodology/universal-credit-statistics-background-information-and-methodology</a></li><li>These figures are provisional. These figures will be subject to revision in subsequent releases. It is expected that overall provisional figures will be within two per cent of their revised figure in future releases.</li><li>This data is published and available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></li><li>Guidance on how to extract information can be found at: <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></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/05/2020 16:22:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 19550 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1191762

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ending the five week wait for universal credit by making the advance payment a grant when the claim is confirmed.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	41470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>Nobody has to wait five weeks for a payment under Universal Credit. Advances are a mechanism for getting claimants faster access to their entitlement; allowing claimants to receive 13 payments over 12 months with up to 12 months to repay the advance.</p><p> </p><p>New Claims Advances of up to 100% of potential entitlement are available if a claimant needs support during their first assessment period. Face-to-face checks for Universal Credit advances have been scrapped due to Covid-19, so people get the support they need despite COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already taken steps to help ease the burden of the repayment of advances.</p><p>We have reduced the maximum deduction from 40% to 30% of a claimant’s standard allowance. The Budget 2020 set out that the maximum level will be further reduced, so that standard deductions will not exceed 25% of a claimant’s Standard Allowance from October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The repayment time for advances has already been extended from 6 months to 12 months, and a further extension to 24 months from October 2021 was announced in the budget. Claimants can ask for repayments to be delayed for up to 3 months if they can’t afford them.</p><p> </p><p>Any further changes to this policy would require significant system development at a time when all resources are rightly focused on processing new claims. We will continue to review our policies but have no further planned changes at this time</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/05/2020 15:56:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1191802

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Health and Safety Executive
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional (a) staffing and (b) funding has been allocated to the Health and Safety Executive to increase capacity for the inspection of premises to ensure safe working during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	41525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>As part of a recent announcement, the government has made available up to an extra £14 million for the HSE, equivalent to an increase of 10% of their budget, for extra call centre employees, inspectors and equipment if needed.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-launched-to-help-get-brits-safely-back-to-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-launched-to-help-get-brits-safely-back-to-work</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/05/2020 10:32:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 20363 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1191836

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Health and Safety Executive: Enforcement Notices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enforcement notices have been issued by the Health and Safety Executive during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	41504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>There have been 136 enforcement notices issued between 23 March 2020 and 29 April 2020. This data was extracted from an operational database on 30 April 2020 and is subject to change as the administrative process of recording the information in the database can take up to 10 days.</p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/05/2020 16:04:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1191837

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Health and Safety Executive
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has for the future role of the Health and Safety Executive.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	41505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Ministers meet regularly with HSE officials to discuss its functions. HSE sets out its roles and activities in annual plans and strategy documents.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/05/2020 13:03:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 20362 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders