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517576

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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 4 May 2016 to Question 35960, on universal credit, who the independent decision makers will be; and how those people will be appointed.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	36595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Decision Makers considering the imposition of a sanction are DWP employees. When a sanctionable failure is identified by a work coach, a referral is made which is randomly assigned to a centralised decision maker to review the circumstances of the case, including any representations from the claimant regarding good reason for non-compliance, and arrive at a decision independently of the work coach.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/05/2016 10:31:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

517577

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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 4 May 2016 to Question 35960, on universal credit, what the exclusion criteria are.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	36596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>In some cases, where a claimant would be excluded from work related requirements they will be excluded from the pool of “qualifying claimants”. They will also cease to be part of the scheme if the same circumstances apply after they have been selected. These are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>recent victims of domestic violence;</li><li>claimants who provide medical evidence of unfitness for work pending a work capability assessment;</li><li>prisoners;</li><li>claimants absent from GB for medical treatment etc;</li><li>claimants suffering a bereavement;</li><li>claimants undergoing treatment for drug or alcohol addiction.</li></ul> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/05/2016 10:35:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

517578

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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 4 May 2016 to Question 35959, if he will publish the Government Social Research Code.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	36597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government Social Research code is publicly available online: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150922160821/http:/www.civilservice.gov.uk/networks/gsr/gsr-code" target="_blank"><strong>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150922160821/http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/networks/gsr/gsr-code</strong></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/05/2016 15:39:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

517252

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
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 often parents claiming universal credit will be required to report their childcare costs to his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>In the Universal Credit full service, claimants need to report childcare costs in the monthly assessment period in which they paid them, to ensure timely and accurate adjustments to the Universal Credit assessment.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/05/2016 16:08:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

516639

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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 27 April 2016 to Question 35020, what funding the Government has allocated to local authorities to deliver digital and budgeting support for the roll-out of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	36041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>As part of the rollout of Universal Credit we fund Local Authorities, through Delivery Partnerships, to provide support to claimants which includes support to acquire and improve their digital skills and to make and manage their Universal Credit claim online. There is also budgeting support to help manage their money on a monthly basis and pay bills on time.</p><p> </p><p>How much of this funding is targeted to specific purposes will be determined by the individual partnership and based on local need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 16:38:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

516370

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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 steps he is taking to ensure the randomised control trial his Department is conducting on in-work progression follows the code of ethics set by the British Psychological Society.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	35959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department considers the ethical implications of trials throughout development, implementation and analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Research on our in-work progression trial adheres to the Government Social Research Code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 09:22:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

516371

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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, whether participation in the randomised control trial his Department is conducting on in-work progression is mandatory for claimants; and what consequences there will be for claimants who do not wish to take part in that trial.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	35960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Universal Credit claimants who meet the eligibility criteria will be required to participate in the trial. However, we are careful to protect people who are vulnerable. Claimants who are unable to work or earn more due to caring or because of health conditions or disabilities will not be required to participate, and there are a number of further exclusion criteria which generally reflect those applied to out of work UC claimants.</p><p>Every claimant participating in the trial will have a tailored Claimant Commitment which is a joint agreement between the work coach and the claimant which sets out clearly what reasonable activity they have agreed to do in order to improve their earnings. Trial participants who fail to engage in the process, or who fail to take the reasonable actions mutually agreed in their claimant commitment without good reason may have their Universal Credit payments reduced under a sanction.</p><p>Claimants will be given the opportunity to explain why they have not complied with a requirement. An independent decision maker will consider if a sanction is appropriate and if the claimant had good reason for not complying, taking into account the claimant’s representations. Where a claimant is sanctioned there are clear safeguards in place.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 09:45:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

515996

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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 page 192 of the Office of Budget Responsibility's report, Economic and fiscal outlook, published in March 2016, how the estimated savings of £0.8 billion by 2020-21 from the minimum income floor of universal credit were calculated.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The savings were estimated using DWP's and HMRC's models of the tax and benefit system. Extracting the full details of the calculations carried out within the models would only be possible at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 10:11:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515997

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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 universal credit, what his estimate is of Government spending on transitional protection where entitlement is lower in each year until 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	35546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Our estimates of Government spending on transitional protection over the Spending Review period are: £120 million in 2018/19. The national implementation of managed migration is not planned to start before June 2018, and so transitional protection will not start until then.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/05/2016 10:28:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

516002

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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 estimate he has made of the effect of the reduction of work allowances under universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of children living in relative poverty in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19, (d) 2019-20 and (e) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	35664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improve life chances for children. Work remains the best route out of poverty, and Universal Credit is designed to strengthen incentives for parents to move into and progress in work. Early evidence shows claimants move into work significantly faster than under the current system. In addition, Universal Credit now provides for 85% of childcare costs meaning more support for hardworking families.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 10:15:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves