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654261

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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 what progress they have made in reducing the universal credit decision backlog referred to in paragraph 2.27 of the NAO report <i>Benefit Sanctions</i>, and what proportion of universal credit decisions took longer than (1) 28 working days, and (2) three working days, in the latest month for which statistics are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Universal Credit Decision position is significantly improved and by January, it is anticipated the volume of outstanding sanction decisions would take 5 working days to clear.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not currently have data to indicate performance by time band for Universal Credit Full Service or for 3 days. The information below relates to Universal Credit Live Service only as a result.</p><p>Of the 25,154 decisions made in October 2016, 7789 (31.0%) were made in 0-5 working days. 14,705 (58.5%) were made in a timeframe exceeding 28 working days.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/12/2016 17:54:52 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

654262

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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 what is the average time taken to make a decision on (1) all universal credit claims, and (2) UK claims relating to individuals who have been granted leave to remain as a refugee.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not track individual claims made by refugees. However, where people have problems getting a bank account, they are not prevented from making a claim for Universal Credit. Furthermore, DWP in conjunction with the Home Office, are currently piloting a new process to assist asylum seekers granted refugee status and needing support to make a claim to benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently assessing the data for Universal Credit and will only release information once the necessary quality assurance work has taken place. These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics. The Department does not track individual claims made by refugees and therefore this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3928 question first answered 14/12/2016 16:32:33 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

654505

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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 6 December 2016 to Question 55851, on universal credit, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of reductions to universal credit on the number of children in (a) relative and (b) absolute child poverty in each year to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	56487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 06 December 2016 to <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-12-01/55851/" target="_blank">UIN <strong>55851</strong></a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2016 17:00:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

652774

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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 analysis the Government has conducted into the effect of the childcare costs element of universal credit on the household income of those who receive that credit.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	56292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department updated its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in December 2016. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently assessing the data for UC and will only release information once the necessary quality assurance work has taken place. These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit official statistics and the Departments release strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the high costs of childcare can affect many parents’ decisions on returning to and taking up paid work. That is why we increased the level of support for childcare costs within Universal Credit from 70% to 85%. This means that hard working families on Universal Credit can now claim up to 85% of their eligible childcare costs which equates to a maximum support of £646.35 per month for one child and £1108.04 per month for two or more children. This change will benefit up to 500,000 working families once Universal Credit has fully rolled out.</p><p> </p><p>The intention is that more and more families will get more out of the money they earn, and find that it pays to get a job, from taking the first few shifts back at work, right up to working full-time.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 56072 56087 56088 56189 56192 question first answered 08/12/2016 17:19:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

652776

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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 6 December 2016 to Question 55887, how many full-time equivalent members of staff his Department has employed to work on the design and implementation of universal credit in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	56404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Data on reports of pension scams is collected via Action Fraud. However, the government, working with the City of London Police and other partners as part of Project Bloom, is aware that many scams in the UK, and the true extent of associated losses, go un-reported. The true extent of losses may also only become apparent some time after the initial report and increases in fraud reports could be due to a number of factors, for example increased industry reporting or rising awareness amongst the public due to high profile information campaigns.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government takes the issue of pension scams very seriously, which is why, on 5 December 2016 we launched a public consultation on a package of measures aimed at tackling pension scams. This included a proposed definition of pension fraud to allow better monitoring and data collection on pension scams.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government will continue to work closely with the City of London Police and other Project Bloom partners to help local forces and other agencies raise awareness on pension scams and encourage more people to report scamming activity and losses.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The table below breaks down the location of the victim of reported pension scams collated by Action Fraud over the last two financial years.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Location of victims of reported pension scams</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year 2014/15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year 2015/16 to date </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Scotland</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">27</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rest of the UK</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">921</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">446</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</ins></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2016 15:32:39 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2016 16:11:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 25819 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

649414

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monthly average waiting time was related to calls to HM Revenue and Customs on universal credit in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	55888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this information. The Department for Work and Pensions administers Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 15:17:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

649421

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff of HM Revenue and Customs worked on the design and implementation of universal credit in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	55850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has employed the following full-time equivalents to support the design and implementation of Universal Credit:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average full-time equivalents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012 (September to March)</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 (April to October)</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 15:14:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

649545

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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 full-time equivalent members of staff his Department has employed to work on the design and implementation of universal credit in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	55887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Over this period around 600 people, consisting of direct employees and contractors, have been working on the Universal Credit Programme.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/12/2016 14:09:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

649547

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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 assessments his Department has made of the potential effect of reductions to universal credit on the number of children in (a) relative and (b) absolute child poverty in each year to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	55851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>This Government is absolutely committed to delivering a country that works for everyone – not just the privileged few. The Prime Minister has been clear that tackling poverty and disadvantage, and delivering real social reform, will be a priority for this Government. Evidence shows that two of the biggest drivers of child poverty are long-term worklessness and low earnings.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work and evidence shows that under Universal Credit claimants move into work significantly faster and stay in work longer than under the old system. In addition, Universal Credit now provides for 85% of childcare costs giving parents the opportunity to work and earn more, so they can support their families and improve the life chances of their children. We have also announced a 2% reduction in the Universal Credit single taper meaning more support for hardworking families.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/12/2016 14:35:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

644013

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work of 17 November 2016, Official Report, columns 462 to 464, whether the hardship fund, flexible support fund and other third-party deals will compensate new claimants in full for the loss of the work-related activity group payments.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	54827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>We remain committed to ensuring that people have the best support possible to move closer to the labour market and, when they are ready, into work. The change to the ESA work-related activity component will only apply to new claims. There will be no cash losers among those who are already in receipt of ESA and we aim to protect existing ESA claimants who temporarily leave the benefit to try out work and then return to ESA. We will bring forward draft regulations in due course setting out the detail.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 17:40:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray