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790204

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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 plans his Department has to train staff about whether potentially vulnerable claimants should be placed in the all work requirements group.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Conditionality, i.e. allocation to the all work related requirements group, is driven by claimant circumstances as specified in legislation - whilst identification and appropriate handling for vulnerable claimants should be a part of interactions with all claimants, regardless of conditionality.</p><p> </p><p>All Work Coaches complete learning designed specifically for their role to support customers, whatever their needs. This learning combines the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to coach claimants effectively so that they are able to identify for themselves what they need to do to find work and how best to do it. Work Coaches are expected to identify and support vulnerable claimants, recognise and consider the impact of complex circumstances and adjust the requirements expected from claimants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 16:35:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

790214

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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 and when claimants will be advised of changes to their benefits when universal credit full service is rolled out to different claimant groups.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	113203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Unless there is a relevant change of circumstance that would previously have prompted a new claim to another legacy benefit or Tax Credit, claimants will remain on their existing arrangements until we begin transferring claimants to Universal Credit from July 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:01:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

789311

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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 universal credit advance payment recipients receive their advance payment within (a) the first day, (b) the first two days and (c) the first week of application.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	113056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not currently available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:04:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

789315

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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 the Government's definition is of what constitutes a change in circumstance in the transition to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	113055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Member to the response given on 4 May 2016 to PQ <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-04-25/35357" target="_blank">35357</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:02:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

789320

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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 plans he has to amend universal credit rules to allow deduction of unreimbursed work expenses as is the case in the tax credits system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit calculation uses earnings information received through Her Majesty’s Revenue and Custom’s automatic ‘Real Time Information’ (RTI) PAYE data transfer which does not include unreimbursed expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can then challenge this RTI figure by providing necessary evidence, such as unreimbursed work expenses, which a Decision Maker will consider under Regulation 41 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:05:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

789322

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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, if he will make it his policy to introduce a universal credit service to support vulnerable claimants analogous to HM Revenue and Customs' Needs Enhanced Support.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We are continuously reviewing and improving the service for vulnerable people who claim Universal Credit to ensure that it is accessible and responsive to their needs. This includes how they are identified and supported, either internally or via referral to local services delivered in partnership with other relevant agencies and organisations. Where claimants have no capability to make or manage their claim on-line, telephone and face to face support is available with staff also able to refer to specialist provision.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:02:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

789323

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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 plans he has to amend universal credit rules to allow deduction of pension contributions in applying the minimum income floor; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to amend the rules.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:01:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

788654

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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 guidance and training is available to work coaches to advise them on the circumstances in which they can temporarily switch off a universal credit claimant's work search and availability (a) in the case of a bereavement and (b) otherwise.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	112498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>All Work Coaches complete learning designed specifically for their role. This learning combines the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to coach claimants effectively so that they are able to identify for themselves what they need to do to find work and how best to do it.</p><p>Work Coaches are expected to recognise and consider the impact of complex circumstances, including emergency situations. By using the guidance available to them, along with their own discretion, Work Coaches are able to adjust the requirements they expect from claimants.</p><p>A copy of the Universal Credit Full Service guidance on ‘Switching off work availability and work related activities’ has been placed in the House of Commons library, and is available at the following link: <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2017-0556/24_CC-_Switching_off_work_availability_and_work_related_activities.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2017-0556/24_CC-_Switching_off_work_availability_and_work_related_activities.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/11/2017 17:17:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

788655

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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 ensure that all eligible claimants who have been on one of the legacy benefits take up universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	112502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Jobcentres engage ahead of and once Universal Credit Full Service has gone live to explain the changes. However, unless there is a relevant change of circumstance that would previously have prompted a new claim to another existing benefit, claimants will remain on their existing benefit until we begin transferring all claimants to Universal Credit in 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/11/2017 17:20:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

786854

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
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 the criteria is for claimants of universal credit to receive additional payments while waiting for their initial payment.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	112459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>All new Universal Credit claimants are offered personal budgeting support during their initial interview and those who cannot wait until their first payment are able to request up to half of their indicative award as an advance.</p><p> </p><p>As a result we have taken steps to clarify guidance to ensure claimants get access to the right support. We have also provided communications to increase the visibility of Universal Credit Advances so claimants are made aware of their availability and how to apply for them and the maximum they can claim.</p><p> </p><p>The eligibility criteria for a Universal Credit new claim advance is that the claimant must be likely to be entitled to Universal Credit, must be in financial need and be able to re-pay the advance over the agreed repayment period. Those moving to Universal Credit from legacy benefits can get a benefit transfer advance if they are likely to be entitled to Universal Credit and able to re-pay the advance over the agreed repayment period.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 112457 question first answered 15/11/2017 15:39:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird