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1036455

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	What assessment her Department has made of the effect of explicit consent restrictions placed on advice agencies on the ability of people to make a claim for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	908386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Explicit consent is not required to make a new claim. If claimants cannot make or manage their claim on-line, they can receive face to face support through their local jobcentre or assistance through our Freephone telephone number. Once the claim is made, claimants who require agencies to act on their behalf can provide explicit consent.</p><p>In our response to the Social Security Advisory Committee in November 2018 in respect of the managed migration regulations, we have agreed to explore options for improving the process of explicit consent in collaboration with the committee.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/01/2019 18:01:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1037062

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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, whether (a) income-related and (b) contributory employment and support allowance will be phased out as part of managed migration to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	206044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Income related Employment and Support Allowance will be replaced by Universal Credit. Existing Income related Employment and Support Allowance claimants will be transferred to Universal Credit as part of Managed Migration. Contributory Employment and Support Allowance is not being replaced by Universal Credit and will continue to be available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2019 15:28:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1030179

registered interest
date	21/12/2018
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	What assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of universal credit in helping people into work.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	908382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit has had a positive impact since its start, as shown through published research and analysis. This research shows us that people are spending more time looking for work, applying for more jobs and even doing jobs they would not have considered doing before. Our Labour Market Impacts Analysis is available online at gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/01/2019 18:02:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1029610

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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 they will ensure that a claimant deemed to be vulnerable will not have their legacy benefits stopped before a Universal Credit claim is completed under the managed migration process.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL12496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to delivering managed migration in a way which supports all claimants, including the most vulnerable. We are currently working with a large and diverse range of stakeholders, including those who focus on disability, to design our migration processes and in 2019 we will begin the pilot phase of managed migration to ensure that these processes work for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>The revised draft regulations, laid on 5 November 2018, now provide that we must give claimants a minimum of three months in which to make a claim for Universal Credit and sets no maximum period in which a claim must be made. With unlimited flexibility to extend claim periods we will work with representative groups to produce guidance that will ensure adequate support for each individual claimant’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>Some of these circumstances may include the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>where a claimant is having trouble completing the Universal Credit claim;</li><li>the claimant cannot make a Universal Credit claim by the deadline day because they have to go or have gone into hospital;</li><li>the work coach or case manager has not got enough information from the claimant so needs to give the claimant more time to get the information to us;</li><li>the claimant has a mental-health condition; or</li><li>the claimant is disadvantaged because they are homeless, have a disability, have had a domestic emergency or have caring responsibilities.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This list is not exhaustive and each case will be considered on its individual circumstances and merits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL12497 question first answered 08/01/2019 18:00:50 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

1029612

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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 people who begin to apply for Universal Credit do not complete the process; and what assessment they have made of the possible reasons why those people do not complete that process.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL12498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Based on our internal data for March 2018, in total 28 per cent of claims do not complete the process.</p><p> </p><p>Of this figure around 8 per cent of claims were closed due to non-entitlement, for example because of capital or not passing the Habitual Residence Test. The remainder (around 19 per cent<strong><em>*</em></strong>) were closed due to non-compliance with the process, for example failure to sign a Claimant Commitment and failing to provide evidence to support their claim.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>*</em></strong> percentages do not add up to 28 per cent due to rounding</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 10/01/2019 17:11:54 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

1028540

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 completion date for the roll-out of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	203793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The rollout of Universal Credit to all jobcentres was completed in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The next stage of the Universal Credit process will be managed migration, which will see claimants move from legacy benefits onto Universal Credit. We have said that we will begin managed migration on a small scale in 2019 to pilot our processes and ensure that they are working, adapting them and building on feedback before we begin to take on larger volumes of claimants. This managed migration process will be completed by the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/01/2019 13:22:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1028558

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 her Department has made of the number of mixed-age couples who have been negatively affected by changes to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	203901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Additional support to all claimants whatever their age, has been provided by the Autumn Budget 2017 and 2018 and will therefore not have any negative impact on mixed-aged couples claiming Universal Credit.</p><p>Following Autumn Budget 2017, the Department has introduced a range of measures to support claimants and ensure no one has to experience hardship within the initial assessment period, these include: making advances more generous, removing the 7 waiting days; providing an additional transitional payment of 2 weeks of Housing Benefit; and changing how claimants in temporary accommodation receive support for their housing costs.</p><p>Measures introduced at Autumn Budget 2018 will provide further assistance for claimants over the next few years. These include reducing, from October 2019, the maximum rate at which deductions can be made from a Universal Credit award from 40% to 30% of the standard allowance, with the period over which these recoveries are made extended from 12 to 16 months in October 2021. Payment of Income Support and the income related elements of Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance will continue for two weeks after a claim for Universal Credit has been made, effective from July 2020, benefitting 1.1 million households. Additionally, from April 2019, there will be a £1000 increase in work allowances from April 2019, which will provide a £630 boost for households with children, and for people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/01/2019 18:08:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1028730

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 percentage of earnings data provided to her Department from HMRC Real Time Information PAYE data and used in live claims to calculate Universal Credit awards contains a BACS hash.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested. The BACS hash is not passed to the Department from HMRC. The Department assist HMRC with Real Time Information disputes, and a manual intervention can be made to correct the Universal Credit award when validated against a claimant’s pay slips.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 203766 question first answered 10/01/2019 16:05:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94114 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1028731

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 29 November 2018 to Question 195460, what proportion of RTI earnings data her Department corrects each month using the RTI BACS hash validation value made available for that purpose by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested. The BACS hash is not passed to the Department from HMRC. The Department assist HMRC with Real Time Information disputes, and a manual intervention can be made to correct the Universal Credit award when validated against a claimant’s pay slips.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 203765 question first answered 10/01/2019 16:05:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94117 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1029080

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 whether they will publish the monthly estimates of new claims to Universal Credit through natural migration before July 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL12428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>We cannot predict precisely when a claimant’s circumstances will change as this will be due to a significant change of circumstances that would have caused a new claim to be made to a different legacy benefit. Claimants cannot make a claim to legacy benefits, as these have been replaced by Universal Credit, with national roll-out completed last month.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 08/01/2019 17:58:03 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann