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1287578

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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 living in households with (a) children and (b) disabled people had deductions taken from their claim in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	155177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>Data on the number of Universal Credit claimants living in households with (a) children and (b) disabled people is not available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/02/2021 17:50:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1260321

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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 she has made of the effect of the length of front line interviews by her Department's staff on the number of people claiming Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The frequency of interventions that Universal Credit Work Coaches undertake with claimants is determined by the individual circumstances of the claimant, the duration of their claim, and the level of support required at that particular time. Since Covid restrictions began earlier this year, claimants have been supported by Work Coaches applying a more flexible approach. The Claimant Commitment interview was shortened to enable work coaches to support as many claimants as they can back into work. The length of this interview will be reviewed against our Work Coach recruitment plans and subsequent operational capacity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 128207 question first answered 15/12/2020 16:44:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1260322

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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 recent assessment she has made of effect of the length interview times between work coaches and new claimants on the number of people claiming Universal Credit; and what her timescale is for returning interview lengths to 50 minutes per session.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The frequency of interventions that Universal Credit Work Coaches undertake with claimants is determined by the individual circumstances of the claimant, the duration of their claim, and the level of support required at that particular time. Since Covid restrictions began earlier this year, claimants have been supported by Work Coaches applying a more flexible approach. The Claimant Commitment interview was shortened to enable work coaches to support as many claimants as they can back into work. The length of this interview will be reviewed against our Work Coach recruitment plans and subsequent operational capacity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 128206 question first answered 15/12/2020 16:44:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1256929

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
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 have been subject to deductions; what the average amount was of those deductions; what the total sum deducted from those claims was; and what proportion of those deductions was, on average, for the purposes of repaying advance payments, in each constituency, in the most recent month for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	122792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>From 3rd April 2020, deductions from Universal Credit for some government debt, such as Tax Credits, benefit overpayments and Social Fund Loans were suspended for 3 months. This was done to ease the financial pressure of debt recovery on benefit claimants and to also allow Debt Management staff to be re-deployed to focus on the unprecedented volume of new claims received during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit advance repayments are made gradually over 12 months, and deductions are capped at 30% of a claimant’s standard allowance. This is further to the reduction of the overall maximum level of deductions from 40% to 30% of the standard allowance since October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>From October 2021, the repayment period will be extended from 12 months to 24 months deductions cap will be reduced from 30% to 25%.</p><p> </p><p>For those who find themselves in unexpected hardship, advance repayments can be deferred for up to three months in certain cases.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information surrounding deductions to Universal Credit payments by parliamentary constituency is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/12/2020 12:43:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name PQ 122792_Table 1.xlsx title PQ122792 Table previous answer version 66526 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1233489

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
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 in each parliamentary constituency had deductions taken from them in the most recent month for which data is available; what the average deduction was in each constituency; and what proportion of each sum was deducted to repay advance payments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	88351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The requested information surrounding deductions to Universal Credit payments by parliamentary constituency is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit advance repayments are made gradually over 12 months, and deductions are capped at 30% of claimants’ standard allowance. This is further to the reduction of the overall maximum level of deductions from 40% to 30% of the standard allowance since October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>From October 2021, the repayment period will be extended from 12 months to 24 months and the reduction of the deductions cap from 30% to 25%.</p><p> </p><p>For those who find themselves in unexpected hardship, advance repayments can be deferred for up to three months in certain cases.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/09/2020 11:22:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name Proportion of Universal Credit claims with deductions by Parliamentary Consituency.xlsx title 88351 Attachment previous answer version 47402 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1201801

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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 new applications for universal credit there were in each constituency since 1 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	57257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Statistics for Universal Credit claims by postcode area, and starts by postcode area and Jobcentre Plus office can be found on Stat-Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The available information on the number of households with children on Universal Credit, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 57258 question first answered 15/06/2020 16:25:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1201803

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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 new applications there were for universal credit by households with children in each constituency since 1 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	57258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Statistics for Universal Credit claims by postcode area, and starts by postcode area and Jobcentre Plus office can be found on Stat-Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The available information on the number of households with children on Universal Credit, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 57257 question first answered 15/06/2020 16:25:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1183045

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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 5 February 2020 to Question 10759, what the value of deductions to universal credit payments has been, by parliamentary constituency; and from how many claimants those deductions were taken, in each of the 12 months prior to August 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	25694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing a strong welfare safety-net for those who need it. Our deductions policy strikes a fair balance between a claimant’s need to meet their financial obligations and their ability to ensure they can meet their day-to-day needs. Since October 2019, Universal Credit deductions are set at a maximum of 30% of a claimant’s standard allowance, down from 40% previously.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information surrounding deductions to Universal Credit payments by parliamentary constituency is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 25696 question first answered 24/04/2020 08:30:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name PQs 25694, 25696- Chris Stephens- Additional Data Deductions incl. table.xlsx title Additional data deductions table
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1183047

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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 5 February 2020 to Question 10759, how many claimants had deductions taken from their universal credit payments in each parliamentary constituency in August 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	25696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing a strong welfare safety-net for those who need it. Our deductions policy strikes a fair balance between a claimant’s need to meet their financial obligations and their ability to ensure they can meet their day-to-day needs. Since October 2019, Universal Credit deductions are set at a maximum of 30% of a claimant’s standard allowance, down from 40% previously.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information surrounding deductions to Universal Credit payments by parliamentary constituency is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 25694 question first answered 24/04/2020 08:30:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name PQs 25694, 25696- Chris Stephens- Additional Data Deductions incl. table.xlsx title Additional data deductions table previous answer version 11689 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1180558

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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 and what proportion of universal credit claims that have had a deduction applied had (a) up to 20 per cent, (b) between 21 and 30 per cent, (c) between 31 and 40 per cent and (d) more than 41 per cent deducted in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	20637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing a strong welfare safety-net for those who need it. There is a well-established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans for those who need extra support.</p><p> </p><p>Our deductions policy strikes a fair balance between a claimant’s need to meet their financial obligations and their ability to ensure they can meet their day-to-day needs. Since October 2019, Universal Credit deductions are a maximum of 30% of a claimant’s standard allowance down from 40% previously.</p><p> </p><p>We also recognise the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt, so last resort deductions over the 30% cap can be applied to protect vulnerable claimants from eviction and/or having their fuel supply disconnected, by providing a repayment method for arrears of these essential services.</p><p> </p><p>Of all eligible claims to Universal Credit Full Service due a payment in November 2019, 58% (1,307,000 claims) had a deduction.</p><p> </p><p>Of this 1,307,000 claims with a deduction:</p><p> </p><p>a) 44% (569,000 claims) had deductions up to and including 20% of the Standard Allowance (25% of all eligible claims).</p><p> </p><p>b) 52% (681,000 claims) had deductions between 20% and 30% of the Standard Allowance (30% of all eligible claims).</p><p> </p><p>For last resort deductions –</p><p> </p><p>c) 4% (51,000 claims) had deductions between 30% and 40% of their Standard Allowance (2% of all eligible claims).</p><p> </p><p>d) 1% (7,000 claims) had deductions above 40% of their Standard Allowance (0.3% of all eligible claims).</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Claim numbers may not match official statistics caseloads due to small methodological differences.</p><p>2. Claim numbers are rounded up to the nearest 1,000.</p><p>3. Deductions include advance repayments and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.</p><p>4. Deduction bands exclude the lower limit but include the upper limit, i.e. 'between 20% and 30% of the Standard Allowance' includes claimants having 30% of their standard allowance deducted but not those having 20% deducted.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/03/2020 11:05:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 9751 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens