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1461831

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date	11/05/2022
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 recent estimate she has made of the average change in income per person that transfers from legacy benefits to university credit.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Around 1.4 million people currently on older ‘legacy’ benefits would see their entitlement increase by an average of £220 a month on moving to Universal Credit and another 300,000 see no change. For the minority of eligible claimants who have a higher entitlement on legacy benefits than on Universal Credit, transitional protection will top up their Universal Credit when they move over.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/05/2022 16:31:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1462051

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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, by what method are universal credits claimants affected by two wages in one assessment period notified; and whether this notification is given prior to reductions in entitlement being applied.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Universal Credit service will identify irregular earnings i.e. two earnings amounts in one assessment period, with corrective action then taken by the Universal Credit Case Manager. The claimant is notified once the action is undertaken and the statement is updated with new information.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/05/2022 13:34:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1462186

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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, how many and what proportion of recipients of universal credit nationally have had money deducted from their payments in order to repay debts in each month in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Deductions from benefit can be taken for a number of reasons; such as repayment of benefit overpayments or to cover the cost of an advance; deductions are also made to ensure claimants avoid the consequences of not paying priority debts, for example: eviction; and ensuring social obligations are met, such as child maintenance payments or court fines.</p><p> </p><p>We reduced the normal maximum rate of deductions in Universal Credit from 40% to 30% to 25% of a claimant’s Standard Allowance enabling them to retain more of the award. These changes were implemented from October 2019 to April 2021. These positive measures were put in place to support claimants to manage financial difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>For benefit overpayments, protocols are in place to ensure deductions are manageable and customers can contact DWP Debt Management if they are experiencing financial hardship to discuss a reduction in their rate of repayment, or a temporary suspension, depending on financial circumstances. We encourage anyone unable to afford the proposed rate of overpayment recovery to contact Debt Management - all notifications advise how to get in touch. We seek to do as much as we are able to support claimants through the recovery of their overpayments.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/05/2022 15:56:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1462272

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the value of Universal Credit payments as a percentage of average earnings, for each year since its inception.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions publishes annual Abstract of DWP benefit rates statistics. The purpose of the publication and data tables is to provide a reference source for people who are interested in benefit uprating and the value of benefits compared to prices and earnings. The publication and supporting data tables are attached and can also be accessed via the gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL57 question first answered 25/05/2022 10:52:24 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott attachment 1 file name HL57 and HL140 Tables.xlsx title Data Tables
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead