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1465302

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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, if he would make an assessment of how long it would take to implement an uplift to (a) Universal Credit and (b) legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	7973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to make an assessment of how long it would take to implement an uplift to Universal Credit and Legacy Benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The government is providing over £15bn in further support, targeted particularly on those with the greatest need. This package is in addition to the over £22bn announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37bn this year. This means that millions of the most vulnerable households will get £1,200 of one-off support in total this year to help with the cost of living, with all domestic electricity customers receiving at least £400.</p><p> </p><p>This additional support means that eight million households on means-tested benefits will get £650 paid directly into their bank accounts in two lump sums - one in July, the other this autumn. There will also be separate one-off payments of £300 to pensioner households and £150 to individuals receiving disability benefits.</p><p> </p><p>To support people who need additional help later in the year, the Government is providing, from October, an extra £500 million of funding. In England, £421m will be used to extend the Household Support Fund. The Devolved Administrations will receive £79m. This is in addition to the £1bn already provided for this support.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/06/2022 10:12:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1464916

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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 progress her Department has made on the rollout of the Universal Credit programme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	6957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2022 answer text <p>We recently set out our revised approach to moving the remaining 2.6m households on legacy benefits over to Universal Credit by the end of 2024. This is available here: Completing the move to Universal Credit - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/completing-the-move-to-universal-credit" target="_blank">Completing the move to Universal Credit - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>From 9th May, we started to issue a small number of migration notices in Bolton and Medway to claimants as part of a managed migration discovery exercise. This controlled approach will allow us to learn and iterate as we go so that we carefully build a service that both meets user needs and is sustainable in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 31/05/2022 13:16:30 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1464962

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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, whether tax credit recipients who have more than £16,000 in savings will lose all their support on being migrated to Universal Credit after the one year grace period, or whether they will be entitled to further transitional protection.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Tax Credit claimants will have any capital they hold above £16,000 disregard for up to 12 months once moved to Universal Credit as part of the managed migration process. This means that the normal rules for the treatment of capital, that would usually prevent them claiming UC, will not be applied during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Normal UC rules for capital will still be applied to the capital they hold between £6,001 and £16,000. If their capital falls to £16,000 or below during the 12 months, then the disregard is not re-applied, should their capital rise above £16,000 again.</p><p> </p><p>After 12 months, the disregard on tax credit claimants’ income that permits them to claim UC if their capital exceeds £16,000 will cease to apply and, like all claimants with capital over £16,000, they will not be entitled to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/05/2022 15:45:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1465045

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2022 to Question 156354 on Universal Credit: Vulnerable Adults, for what reason he has provided a link to the membership of the Universal Credit Programme Board; and if he will publish the full circulation list.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	6678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>We would not centrally hold a list of all the civil servants who would have been in receipt of the report, three years ago. We have already deposited the Universal Credit Programme Board documentation which lists the senior officials in attendance at such meetings.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 26/05/2022 11:32:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1465048

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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, with reference to the discussion at the Universal Credit Programme Board on 12 November 2019, if she will place a copy of the evaluation strategy for the proposed Move to UC in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	6681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>In March 2020, work was paused on moving those claiming legacy benefits to Universal Credit (UC) - known as managed migration - to focus on our response to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Learning from how UC has operated during the pandemic, and from key insights in the Harrogate pilot, we have revised our strategy for the migration process. This is set out in the ‘Completing the move to Universal Credit’ policy paper that was published on 25 April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We do not intend to publish the previous evaluation strategy referenced in the UC Programme Board papers in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/05/2022 14:55:22 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 3436 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1464706

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
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 means her Department is contacting claimants on legacy benefits who are due to move to Universal Credit; what support is in place to assist claimants in this process; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	5618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>Everyone who is required to move will receive a managed migration notice informing them that they need to make a claim for Universal Credit. Through our testing and learning we will be able to determine the best way to provide this notification to claimants, but all recipients will have a minimum of three months to make their Universal Credit claim.</p><p>As part of this learning process, one of the key things we are seeking to better understand, is what additional support is required for people to make their claim to UC. There will be a wide range of support which is available from the outset, consisting of:</p><ul><li>A dedicated DWP phoneline for those receiving a migration notice</li><li>Comprehensive guidance on Gov.uk</li><li>Specially trained staff in JCP’s and service centres who can identify and signpost to local tailored support</li><li>Support through Help to Claim</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 30/05/2022 14:35:44 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1464707

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
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, if she will make an estimate of how many claimants who are expected to move from legacy benefits to Universal Credit will consequentially receive (a) more and (b) less in benefits between May 2022 and May 2024; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	5619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The vast majority of claimants will either be better off, or no worse off. The ‘Completing Move to UC’ publication <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/completing-the-move-to-universal-credit" target="_blank">Completing the move to Universal Credit - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> sets out the departments analysis of the estimated number of claimants expected to be moved to Universal Credit.</p><p>The Department is currently focused on the discovery phase of managed migration starting with 250 claimants in Bolton and Medway respectively. We are committed to ensuring the final phase of Universal Credit is rolled out safely and is responsibly delivered by the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 30/05/2022 14:32:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1464495

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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 steps she is taking to support vulnerable people to make claims for Universal Credit as part of the process of managed migration from legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	5465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to fully complying with the Public Sector Equality Duty as we proceed with managed migration and will be regularly reviewing and updating our equality analysis as we progress through the discovery phase and iterate our approach.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing our explicit consent process to make it easier for those who need the support but do not have or need an appointee to have someone to act on their behalf.</p><p> </p><p>A variety of support is in place for those issued with migration notices, including for individuals with health conditions and disabilities. As we progress through the discovery phase, we are keen to understand what additional support is required for people to make their claim to UC.</p><p> </p><p>Our current support consists of:</p><p> </p><p>• A dedicated phoneline</p><p> </p><p>• Further guidance on Gov.uk</p><p> </p><p>• Specially trained staff in JCP’s and service centres who can identify local tailored support</p><p> </p><p>• Support through Help to Claim</p><p> </p><p>Our aim throughout remains to bring each legacy claimant across to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/05/2022 16:54:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1464048

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
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 reinstate the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit in the context of 9 per cent inflation and the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	4509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to reinstate the temporary increase to Universal Credit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and these are global challenges, but the government has taken action to support and help families with a package worth over £22 billion in 2022-23.These steps help ensure that on average a person in work is £6000 better off in work than on benefits. And we stand ready to do more as the situation evolves.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/05/2022 16:10:02 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1463059

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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, for what reason there is a three month relevant period that claimants have to wait to receive their full entitlement when eligible for Universal Credit with limited capability for work and work-related activity.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	2620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Where a claimant is determined to have limited capability for work and work-related activity (LCWRA), an additional amount of Universal Credit may be awarded. However, before the additional amount is payable, the claimant must serve the ‘relevant’ period, a 3-month term used to establish that they have a long-term health condition. This replicates the 13-week assessment period applied to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claims. This period starts on the day the Department first receives medical evidence or a self-certificate from the claimant.</p><p> </p><p>The reason that a 3 month period applies to most claimants is one of equity. It would not be fair to pay some claimants earlier than others because of circumstances beyond their control. There are exceptions for people who are terminally ill to ensure that they quickly receive the support they need as they have a short time to live or people who have previously claimed Universal Credit and have already served the relevant period and are returning to the benefit and whose circumstances meet certain specified criteria.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 2621 question first answered 19/05/2022 15:48:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones