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1600419

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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: Wales
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 living in Wales were moved into the Intensive Work Search regime following the most recent increase in the Administrative Earnings Threshold.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	156080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The information is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/03/2023 15:45:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1566522

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of the average monthly deduction was from Universal Credit payments in Wales in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	122073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested will be available in late 2023.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 122074 question first answered 17/01/2023 17:01:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1566525

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of all deductions from Universal Credit payments in Wales in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	122074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested will be available in late 2023.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 122073 question first answered 17/01/2023 17:01:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1489431

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to begin issuing migration notices to claimants living in Wales following the resumption of the managed migration process on the 9 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	36706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently focused on the Discovery Phase of managed migration. During this phase we will work with small numbers of existing benefit claimants from different places across the country to focus on identifying what is needed to prompt and help someone to make a claim to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The first 500 notices were successfully issued in Bolton and Medway and we will now be expanding to new areas from the end of July, beginning in Cornwall.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring that Universal Credit is rolled out smoothly by the end of 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/07/2022 14:29:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1464041

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spends on the housing element of Universal Credit in Wales each year.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	4710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on Universal Credit Housing Element (UCHE) expenditure in Wales is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>UCHE expenditure is available at the GB level only, on Rows 8 and 60 of the housing benefits sheet of the benefit expenditure and caseload tables for Autumn Budget 2021:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/05/2022 16:29:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1433538

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual cost to the public purse of the housing costs element of Universal Credit in Wales, by (a) tenure and (b) a claimant's bedroom entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	126858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/02/2022 11:54:08 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1417302

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the effect on universal credit claimants of the Welsh Government's Winter Fuel Support Scheme Payment being classed as salary.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	113158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place.</p><p> </p><p>These payments are not treated as salary, but as capital, and are unlikely to affect entitlement to Universal Credit, as claimants need have capital in excess of £6,000 before the capital causes their Universal Credit to be reduced.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/02/2022 17:17:57 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1417304

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the effect on universal credit claimants of the Welsh Government's NHS and Social care Financial Recognition payment being classed as salary.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	113159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Following the announcement of their intention to provide financial recognition for NHS and Social Care staff, we corresponded with the Welsh Government to explain that as the tax system treats such payments as earnings, it follows that DWP would treat them in the same way. There have been no further discussions.</p><p> </p><p>The £500 payments to health and social care workers you refer to are classed as earnings within the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, so are treated as earnings for the purposes of calculating entitlement to Universal Credit. To ensure consistency with the approach taken across different forms of earnings and Covid-19 financial support, the UK Government does not believe there is a case for disregarding these payments from benefit calculations. They are therefore subject to the Universal Credit taper rate of 55%, unless the earnings form part of the work allowance, which is the amount someone can earn before the taper is applied to their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/02/2022 17:31:56 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1343142

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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: Wales
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 potential effect of ending the £20 universal credit uplift on levels of poverty in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	25735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to produce a robust estimate of the impact of removing the £20 uplift on child poverty. This is particularly the case at the moment given the uncertainty around the speed of the economic recovery, and how this will be distributed across the population.</p><p> </p><p>As the economy recovers, our ambition is to help people move into and progress in work as quickly as possible based on clear evidence around the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. Our ambitious Plan for Jobs is already delivering for people of all ages right across the country and includes new schemes such as the £2 billion Kickstart Scheme, the £2.9bn Restart Scheme and our Job Entry Targeted Support Scheme.”</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/07/2021 16:15:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1336790

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that universal credit claimants in Wales are able to receive their bonuses from both rounds of the Welsh Government's NHS and social care financial recognition scheme without deductions.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	16055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Frontline health and social care workers make a valuable contribution to our society and we are so grateful for their continued work through this pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not deduct from a Universal Credit claimant’s salary or bonus payment, however it may reduce the amount of Government support a claimant receives through Universal Credit if their earnings increase and they therefore have more money available to support themselves. It is a long-standing principle of means-tested benefits that as a person’s earnings increase their government support decreases – Universal Credit is no different.</p><p>Bonus payments, including those paid to health and social care workers, are earnings and therefore are treated in the same way as any other earnings. Universal Credit rules align closely to tax legislation (Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA)). Amounts that are taken into account for a Universal Credit award include those that are general earnings, as defined in section 7(3) of ITEPA. Amounts paid as expenses that are exempt from Income tax under Part 4 of ITEPA are not taken into account for a Universal Credit award.</p><p>To ensure consistency with the approach taken across different forms of earnings and Covid-19 financial support, the UK Government does not believe there is a case for disregarding these payments from benefit calculations. They are therefore subject to the Universal Credit taper rate of 63%, unless the earnings form part of the work allowance, which is the amount someone can earn before the taper is applied to their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/06/2021 13:43:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 8220 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden