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1469626

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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 letter from the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s (SSCA) of 11 February 2022 to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, whether SSAC’s formal reference report on a framework of oversight, reporting and scrutiny for an agile migration process which will be evolving iteratively over time for the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 has been submitted to her Department as of 13 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	16820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>We are considering SSAC’s formal reference report and will consider how to respond, when we bring forward the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 at the nearest opportunity’.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/06/2022 14:46:54 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1469884

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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 universal credit claims were subject to deductions in the most recent month for which data is available, broken down by parliamentary constituency; how much on average was deducted in each constituency; what the total sum was of deductions in each constituency; and what proportion of each of those sums was deducted to repay advance payments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	17006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of supporting the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. We seek to balance recovery of debt against not causing hardship for claimants and their families. Processes 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 their financial circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, we have reduced the normal maximum rate of deductions in Universal Credit from 40% to 25% of a claimant’s Standard Allowance. These positive measures were put in place to support claimants to manage financial difficulties</p><p> </p><p>Advances are a claimant’s benefit entitlement paid early, allowing claimants to access 100% of their estimated Universal Credit payment upfront. They ensure nobody has to wait for a payment in Universal Credit and those who need it are able to receive financial support as soon as possible. Claimants can receive up to 100% of their estimated Universal Credit award if required, resulting in 25 payments over a 24-month period. This is not a debt.</p><p> </p><p>The requested analysis of Universal Credit claims with a deduction in February 2022 by Parliamentary Constituency in Great Britain (GB) is provided in the separate spreadsheet.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/06/2022 15:40:50 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley attachment 1 file name PQ_17006 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1468922

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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 publish the data underlying Table 4 in her Department's recent paper entitled Completing the Move to Universal Credit: Our 2022-24 strategy for implementing the final phase of Universal Credit, published in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	15246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached methodology document ‘Universal Credit Full-Service employment impact evaluation’.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/06/2022 13:40:33 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley attachment 1 file name UCFS Employment Impact Evaluation.pdf title 15246 Attachment
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1468923

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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 assessment her Department has made of whether the economic and fiscal benefits outlined in the Universal Credit Full Business Case Summary, published on 7 June 2018, have been delivered.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	15247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>The performance of Universal Credit (UC) continues to be monitored as we proceed to complete the move to Universal Credit. As implementation of UC is not yet complete, it is not possible to carry out a full assessment of the 2018 Business Case.</p><p>Since first being introduced in 2013, Universal Credit (UC) has streamlined and simplified the benefits system to better support those in work on low incomes, as well as those who are unemployed or who cannot work. By improving work incentives and support, Universal Credit helped deliver the highest ever level of employment seen in this country just before COVID hit. A dynamic benefit that reflects people’s needs from month to month, Universal Credit successfully supported millions of people and processed a ten-fold surge in claims during the pandemic, when legacy systems would have collapsed.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/06/2022 13:45:56 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1468924

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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 Universal Credit Statistics Release Strategy published on 23 March 2022, when her Department plans to start publishing experimental statistics on flows between conditionality groups, including flows on and off Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	15248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>Universal Credit statistics, with respect to conditionality regimes and flows, are still under development, as detailed in section 4 of the Department’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-statistical-work-programme/statistical-work-programme#under-development" target="_blank">statistical work programme</a>. The production of these statistics is dependent on further data development. Progress on these developments will be provided through the Universal Credit Statistics bulletin and the Statistical Work Programme and then pre-announced in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=universal%20credit&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5b%5d=department-for-work-pensions&amp;order=release-date-oldest" target="_blank">statistics release calendar</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/06/2022 13:39:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1468405

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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 risk scoring or other algorithms are used to identify Universal Credit claimants for potential review by the Risk Review Team.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	14564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>Risk scoring is used to identify Universal Credit claims for potential review by the Risk Review Team. Once the review is completed a DWP agent would decide if a fraud investigation is required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/06/2022 13:44:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1467198

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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 people are claiming Universal Credit as of 1 June 2022; and how many of those people have deductions from their Universal Credit in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Newport East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	11613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of supporting the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. We seek to balance recovery of debt against not causing hardship for claimants and their families. Processes are in place to ensure deductions are manageable, and in April 2021 we further reduced the cap on deductions from Universal Credit awards to 25% of a claimant’s Standard Allowance enabling them to retain more of the award</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published statistics show, of the 4,728,957 households on Universal Credit, in February 2022, there were 2,100,800 UC households in Great Britain with a deduction; of these 107,700 were in Wales and 3,500 in the Newport East Constituency.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/06/2022 14:06:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1466378

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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 households in receipt of universal credit and subject to deductions (a) with children and (b) without children had (i) up to five per cent, (ii) between six and 10 per cent, (iii) between 11 and 15 per cent, (iv) between 16 and 20 per cent, (v) between 21 and 25 per cent and (vi) more than 25 per cent of the Standard Allowance deducted in the most recent month for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	9854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested for Universal Credit Households with children with deductions is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p>The UK Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. Under Universal Credit there is a co-ordinated approach to deductions from benefit, which supports claimants to manage their financial obligations. We carefully balance our duty to the taxpayer to recover overpayments with our support for claimants.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/06/2022 15:44:09 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley attachment 1 file name 9854 Spreadsheet.xlsx title Spreadsheet
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1466379

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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 households in receipt of Universal Credit and subject to deductions of their Standard Allowance who were (a) assessed and (b) not assessed to have (i) limited capability for work and (ii) limited capability for work and work-related activity had (A) up to five per cent, (B) between six and 10 per cent, (C) between 11 and 15 per cent, (D) between 16 and 20 per cent, (E) between 21 and 25 per cent and (F) more than 25 per cent of their Standard Allowance deducted in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	9855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested for Universal Credit households with limited capability for work and work-related activity with deductions is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p> </p><p>Deductions are made for a number of reasons including to help claimants pay back rent arrears or debt to energy companies so they are not evicted and can heat their homes, as well as to pay court fines.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 10/06/2022 13:31:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley attachment 1 file name PQ9855 Spreadsheet.xlsx title Spreadsheet
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

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