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	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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 representations she has received from the public on universal credit; and how many of those representations were (a) positive and (b) negative of its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	189728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/11/2018 11:49:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1238851

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	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, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of security for online universal credit journals.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	96942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department, like other government departments, is obliged to comply with legal, security and regulatory requirements, including published minimum government security standards. Universal Credit, including the journal function, complies with all relevant security standards.</p><p> </p><p>The security of the Universal Credit system is continuously monitored.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/10/2020 16:06:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1238852

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	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, what information his Department holds on online security breaches and hacking of universal credit accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	96943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The security of the Universal Credit system is continuously monitored.</p><p /><p>For security reasons, we do not disclose what information about security monitoring including information relating to cyber-attack attempts.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/10/2020 16:13:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1247467

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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 are subject to deductions for tax credit overpayments; and how many of those deductions are related to the cross over period between tax credit claims ending and universal credit claims starting.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	109433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The latest available data, for March 2020, shows around 15% of all Universal Credit claims had a deduction for Tax Credit Overpayments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not capture data on how many of the deductions taken from Universal Credit are due to the cross over period between tax credit claims ending and Universal Credit claims starting.</p><p> </p><p>When a claim for Universal Credit is made and it has been established that the customer meets the basic entitlement conditions, DWP automatically instructs HMRC to end the Tax Credit award with effect from the day before the Universal Credit claim was made. Delays in ending Tax Credits are therefore minimal once the basic entitlement conditions of Universal Credit have been established.</p><p> </p><p>When a Tax Credit claim comes to an end and the claimant makes a new claim to Universal Credit, any outstanding Tax Credit overpayments are transferred to DWP. HMRC will inform the claimant prior to transfer and provide details of the debt to be transferred.</p><p> </p><p>Once transferred, the claimant is notified via their online Universal Credit journal about the rate of deduction in respect of Tax Credits debt. Where a claimant is in financial hardship they can contact DWP Debt Management to discuss and agree a sustainable rate of repayment.</p><p> </p><p>From 3rd April 2020, other deductions, including Tax Credit overpayments, were suspended for three months due to Covid-19, resulting in none of these deductions being taken during May and June 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/11/2020 11:40:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1274909

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2020 to Question 96942, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of security for online universal credit journals.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	134489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Since my answer of 7 October 2020 to Question 96942, no specific assessments have been made. The Department continuously tests the security and integrity of the digital systems which deliver Universal Credit, including online journals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/01/2021 17:46:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1289581

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2021
	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 have had wages assigned to different assessment periods under the legislation introduced to comply with court ruling case no. C1/2019/0593.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	158092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>The amendment affects claimants who receive monthly wages. Where two payments in one assessment period is identified we take the required action.</p><p> </p><p>Weekly figures of Universal Credit claimants who have their monthly-paid wages assigned to different assessment periods since the Universal Credit (Earned Income) Amendment Regulations 2020 came into force on 16<sup>th</sup> November 2020 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week ending </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22/11/2020</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29/11/2020</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/12/2020</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/12/2020</p></td><td><p>392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/12/2020</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27/12/2020</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03/01/2021</p></td><td><p>544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/01/2021</p></td><td><p>1186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/01/2021</p></td><td><p>608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24/01/2021</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/01/2021</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/02/2021</p></td><td><p>540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/02/2021</p></td><td><p>466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/02/2021</p></td><td><p>243</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The UC data supplied is derived from unpublished management information and a database which relies on manual input. This was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/03/2021 14:35:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1309132

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2021
	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 had wages assigned to different assessment periods in each week from 21 February 2021 to 1 April 2021 under the legislation introduced in response to the judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Danielle Johnson, [2020] EWCA Civ 778.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	181046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Weekly figures of Universal Credit claimants who have their monthly-paid wages assigned to different assessment periods as described in the Universal Credit (Earned Income) Amendment Regulations 2020 from 21 February 2021 to the most recent week for which complete data is available is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information and a database which relies on manual input. This was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week Ending </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/02/2021</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/03/2021</p></td><td><p>1,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/03/2021</p></td><td><p>1,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/03/2021</p></td><td><p>538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/03/2021</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/04/2021</p></td><td><p>538</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/04/2021 12:27:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1329801

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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 had wages assigned to different assessment periods in each week from 1 April 2021 to 21 May 2021 under the legislation introduced in response to the judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Danielle Johnson, [2020] EWCA Civ 778.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	10456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>To meet the Court of Appeal Judgment as soon as was practicable we introduced a solution based on a streamlined dispute process currently in place. This has enabled those who are affected to benefit under this regulation and claimants simply need to tell their work coach either in one of their regular discussions or via their journal if they think they are affected.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to automate identification of affected claimants in mid-summer 2021. This will allow us to proactively correct awards before they are paid, without the need for the claimant to raise the issue.</p><p> </p><p>Weekly figures of Universal Credit claimants who have their monthly-paid wages assigned to different assessment periods as described in the Universal Credit (Earned Income) Amendment Regulations 2020 for the period 4 April 2021 to 23 May 2021 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information and a database which relies on manual input. This was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Week Ending</p></td><td><p>Volume</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/04/2021</p></td><td><p>538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/04/2021</p></td><td><p>662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/04/2021</p></td><td><p>419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25/04/2021</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/05/2021</p></td><td><p>343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/05/2021</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/05/2021</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23/05/2021</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/06/2021 16:47:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1359626

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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, what the cost to the public purse was of the implementation of the automated identification process in universal credit to ensure claimants receive more consistent benefit payments.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	57095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>Costs are not readily identifiable for the implementation of the automated identification process as teams work in an agile way, and make a number of changes to specific parts of the system.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/10/2021 13:55:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1359628

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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 had wages assigned to different assessment periods in each week from 24 May 2021 to 31 August 2021 under the legislation introduced in response to the judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Danielle Johnson, [2020] EWCA Civ 778.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	57097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The following data shows how many Universal Credit claimants had wages assigned to different assessment periods in each week from 24 May 2021 to 31 August 2021:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week ending </strong></p></td><td><p>24/05/21</p></td><td><p>31/05/21</p></td><td><p>07/06/21</p></td><td><p>14/06/21</p></td><td><p>21/06/21</p></td><td><p>28/06/21</p></td><td><p>05/07/21</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>593</p></td><td><p>391</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Week ending</strong></p></td><td><p>12/07/21</p></td><td><p>19/07/21</p></td><td><p>26/07/21</p></td><td><p>02/08/21</p></td><td><p>09/08/21</p></td><td><p>16/08/21</p></td><td><p>23/08/21</p></td><td><p>30/08/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>794</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>It is important to note that this data is derived from unpublished management information and a database which relies on manual input. This was collected for internal Departmental performance use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</em></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/10/2021 16:16:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders