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1470736

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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 data her Department collects via the Universal Credit journal on claimants' skill (a) levels and (b) needs; and whether data collected is used to identify (i) potential barriers to work and (ii) the support, including training, needed to overcome those barriers.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	18896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Universal Credit journal is not intended to collect data on claimant’s skills, levels and needs. It is a service used by claimants and staff to communicate and is one of several channels for claimants to notify of changes, ask for help or update the work coach on job search activities.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/06/2022 16:16:36 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1470738

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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 support his Department provides to Universal Credit claimants on (a) payment of childcare and (b) support in accessing free childcare when appropriate.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	18897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>Through Universal Credit, eligible parents can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month up to the maximum amount of £646.35 for one child and £1,108.04 for two or more children each month, regardless of the number of hours they work. For those who need extra financial support for their first set of childcare costs when moving in to work, or when they are significantly increasing their work hours, they can apply for help from the Flexible Support Fund. Importantly, the UC childcare element can be used to top up a claimant’s eligible 15 or 30 hours of free childcare if further childcare is required to support a working parent.</p><p> </p><p>We also have products in place to ensure Work Coaches are able to explain the free childcare offer to parents. Work coaches signpost to the Childcare Choices website for more information about the wider Government childcare offers available.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/06/2022 10:26:18 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1470740

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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 support is available for Universal Credit claimants to access a registered or approved childcare provider.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	18898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>Through Universal Credit, eligible parents can claim back up to 85% of their registered childcare costs each month up to the maximum amount of £646.35 for one child and £1,108.04 for two or more children each month, regardless of the number of hours they work. For those who need extra financial support for their first set of childcare costs when moving in to work, or when they are significantly increasing their work hours, they can apply for help from the Flexible Support Fund. Importantly, the UC childcare element can be used to top up a claimant’s eligible 15 or 30 hours of free childcare if further childcare is required to support a working parent.</p><p> </p><p>We also have products in place to ensure Work Coaches are able to explain the free childcare offer to parents. Work coaches signpost to the Childcare Choices website for more information about the wider Government childcare offers available.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/06/2022 10:23:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

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

1469686

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, if she will change Universal Credit policy so that claimants whose assessment period misses the uprating date of the first Monday of the tax year do not have to wait two months before receiving an uplift.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	17034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Increases in Universal Credit come into force from the start of the first assessment period beginning on or after the first Monday of the tax year (or from the start of the first assessment period beginning on or after any earlier date in April). As Universal Credit is a calendar monthly assessed benefit that is paid in arrears, a claimant will receive their newly-uprated benefit award at their first full Assessment Period that follows the change. There are no current plans to alter how the uprating of benefits interacts with claimants’ assessment periods.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/06/2022 16:50:44 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

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