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720870

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 many universal credit claimants have been referred to the personal budgeting support service in each year since the introduction of universal credit; and what the cost of providing those services was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	70845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/04/2017 15:49:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

715799

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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 he has taken to inform parents receiving universal credit who have two or more children that if another child is conceived that child will not qualify for the child element of universal credit from 6 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	69954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Changes to Universal Credit policy were announced on gov.uk, in 2015. Further details were published as part of the consultation in October 2016 and in response to the consultation in January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To further support claimants we have published detailed UC claimant guidance. We have also advised stakeholders who will then advise their customers about the changes.</p><p> </p><p>Support is also being offered to claimants through our Jobcentres, by trained staff, as needed. The changes have been communicated to operational staff through implementation updates, learning and development products, and updates to operational guidance in advance of the implementation date.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/04/2017 16:09:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

715812

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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 estimate his Department has made of the savings to the public purse from the introduction of the minimum income floor for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	70208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility have published our estimated savings due to the minimum income floor for Universal Credit, in table 2.22 of their economic and fiscal outlook supplementary tables. This can be found here: <a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2017/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2017/</a> and the specific line of the table is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>£ billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Forecast</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross saving from the minimum income floor</p></td><td><p>-0.1</p></td><td><p>-0.4</p></td><td><p>-0.8</p></td><td><p>-1.2</p></td><td><p>-1.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/04/2017 15:53:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

714695

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 assessment his Department has made of the effect of the time taken between opening a new claim for universal credit and receiving the first payment on people's (a) financial security, (b) housing security and (c) ability to access work opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit assessment period and payment structure is a fundamental part of the design; it helps reduce welfare dependency by mirroring the world of work, where 75% of people are paid monthly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a number of safeguards in place to help claimants transition to Universal Credit. Universal Credit Advances are available, which give the claimant up to 50% of their indicative monthly award, including housing costs, to support them until they receive their first monthly payment. We believe that this satisfies the same need as an interim payment.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with landlords, Local Authorities and community organisations to ensure that claimants are supported in understanding their new responsibilities for housing costs, and verifying those costs quickly, which in turn enables the Department to make payments on time, and claimants to stay up to date with the payments to their landlord.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Work Coaches can use the Flexible Support Fund to help claimants access work opportunities soon after they have made their claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 69544 69547 question first answered 05/04/2017 14:58:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714696

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 review the waiting time between opening a new claim for universal credit and the receipt of an initial payment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit assessment period and payment structure is a fundamental part of the design; it helps reduce welfare dependency by mirroring the world of work, where 75% of people are paid monthly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a number of safeguards in place to help claimants transition to Universal Credit. Universal Credit Advances are available, which give the claimant up to 50% of their indicative monthly award, including housing costs, to support them until they receive their first monthly payment. We believe that this satisfies the same need as an interim payment.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with landlords, Local Authorities and community organisations to ensure that claimants are supported in understanding their new responsibilities for housing costs, and verifying those costs quickly, which in turn enables the Department to make payments on time, and claimants to stay up to date with the payments to their landlord.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Work Coaches can use the Flexible Support Fund to help claimants access work opportunities soon after they have made their claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 69540 69547 question first answered 05/04/2017 14:58:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714699

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 introduce an interim payment for when a person opens a claim for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit assessment period and payment structure is a fundamental part of the design; it helps reduce welfare dependency by mirroring the world of work, where 75% of people are paid monthly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a number of safeguards in place to help claimants transition to Universal Credit. Universal Credit Advances are available, which give the claimant up to 50% of their indicative monthly award, including housing costs, to support them until they receive their first monthly payment. We believe that this satisfies the same need as an interim payment.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with landlords, Local Authorities and community organisations to ensure that claimants are supported in understanding their new responsibilities for housing costs, and verifying those costs quickly, which in turn enables the Department to make payments on time, and claimants to stay up to date with the payments to their landlord.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Work Coaches can use the Flexible Support Fund to help claimants access work opportunities soon after they have made their claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 69540 69544 question first answered 05/04/2017 14:58:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

714249

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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 estimate he has made of the effect of universal credit on the number of children in households with less than 60 per cent of median income when roll-out is completed, excluding potential dynamic effects on employment and earnings.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	69316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has set out clearly that she is committed to building a country that works for everyone – not just the privileged few. Tackling child poverty and disadvantage is a priority for this government.</p><p> </p><p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work. Ignoring the impact that Universal Credit has on incentivising work and raising the incomes of families is inappropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of Universal Credit cannot be considered in isolation– it is a key component of a broader strategy to move Britain to a higher wage, lower welfare, lower tax society.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 15:03:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

712574

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the rationale for setting a single benefit cap earnings exception threshold in Universal Credit linked to the National Living Wage; and whether this will require under-25s receiving the lower National Minimum Wage, including young lone parents, to work a longer number of hours before qualifying for the exception.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL6169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>A threshold linked to the national living wage ensures the work incentive provided by the benefit cap is maintained. The new threshold is consistent with the original intention of the earnings exception threshold by excepting from the cap any household that earns the monthly equivalent of working 16 hours per week at the highest minimum wage rate in force.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has fully considered the position of people who may have to work more than 16 hours to qualify for the exception. More information is in the impact assessment and equality analysis published with the Universal Credit (Benefit Cap Earnings Exception) Amendment Regulations 2017 (SI No: 2017/138). The Government also published a statement in response to comments made by the Social Security Advisory Committee on the amendments.</p><p> </p><p>These documents can be found on: the ‘legislation.gov.uk’ website by searching for year 2017 number 138</p><p>And on the ‘gov.uk’ website by searching ‘universal credit benefit cap earnings exception amendment regulations 2017 ssac report’</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 03/04/2017 17:01:42 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

711837

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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 many universal credit claimants to date have had their payments stopped automatically when their child turned five-years old in (a) England and (b) each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	68344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>No Universal Credit payments have been automatically stopped where the claimant’s child has reached 5 years old’</p><p> </p><p>Claimants receiving Universal Credit with a child aged 5 continue to receive their payment. The responsible carer with a youngest child aged 5 will be expected to undertake work preparation, work search and be available for work. This will be tailored and agreed with the work coach, taking into consideration caring responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/03/2017 13:49:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

709765

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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 he has taken as a result of the Speaker's statement of 6 March 2017, Official Report, column 622, on his Department's new policy on accessing information about constituents' universal credit claims; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	67354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>On 13<sup>th</sup> March 2017 the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions made a statement:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-03-13/HCWS528/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-03-13/HCWS528/</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/03/2017 15:32:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg