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1128213

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 08:55:46
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:15:33 06/06/2019 17:38:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	257511
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/06/2019 17:06:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had deductions under universal credit paused; and what the average length of the pause was in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257511
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257511
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 06/06/2019 17:06:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128214

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 08:55:48
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:15:37 06/06/2019 17:44:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	257512
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/06/2019 17:12:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with underlying debts resulting in deductions under universal credit had those debts written off in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257512
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257512
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 06/06/2019 17:12:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128325

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:00:21
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:20:58 05/06/2019 13:20:27
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	257564
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/06/2019 12:48:20
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2019 to Question 249940, whether the tax credit debt written off in 2011-12 as part of the Older Inactive Debts Policy was included in the figure for pre-2011-12 debt.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257564
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257564
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The tax credit debt written off in 2011-12 as part of the Older Inactive Debts Policy is not included in the pre-2011-12 debt figure of 16% provided in the Answer of 8 May 2019 to Question 249940.</p> question first answered 05/06/2019 12:48:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128326

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:00:24
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:21:01 05/06/2019 08:24:01
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	257565
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/06/2019 07:52:51
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants have disputed a recovery of tax credit overpayment using (a) form TC846 and (b) another means of raising a dispute in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257565
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257565
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>HMRC does not record data on the breakdown of the source of the receipt (TC846, paper, iform, other) so the information requested is not available.</p> question first answered 05/06/2019 07:52:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128329

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:00:31
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:21:08 05/06/2019 08:25:04
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	257568
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/06/2019 07:53:21
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of disputes of tax credit overpayments have (a) been written off and not collected, (b) been reduced and (c) proceeded to collection in full in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257568
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257568
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>HMRC does not record data broken down to this level of detail so the information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 05/06/2019 07:53:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1127966

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	21/05/2019
	date tabled	21/05/2019
	ddp created	21/05/2019 17:48:39
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 18:02:47 04/06/2019 16:28:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	257147
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 15:57:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claims that 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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257147
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257147
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. Universal Credit already has procedures and regulations in place to protect claimants from excessive deductions. The maximum rate of deductions cannot normally exceed 40 per cent of the Universal Credit standard allowance, and from October 2019 this will be reduced to 30 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>However, last resort deductions can be applied to protect vulnerable claimants from eviction and/or having their fuel supply (gas/electricity) cut off, by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of these essential services. In these circumstances, when it is considered to be in the best interests of the claimant and their family, deductions may be taken above the 40 per cent limit.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is in financial difficulty as a result of the level of deductions being made they can contact the Department to request that a reduction in deductions be considered.</p><p> </p><p>Of all eligible claims to Universal Credit Full Service due a payment in Feb 2019, 57% (840,000 claims) had a deduction.</p><p> </p><p>Of this 840,000 claims with a deduction:</p><p>a) 50% (420,000 claims) had deductions up to 20% of the Standard Allowance (29% of all eligible claims).</p><p>b) 20% (170,000 claims) had deductions between 21% and 30% of the Standard Allowance (12% of all eligible claims).</p><p>c) 28% (238,000 claims) had deductions between 31% and 40% of their Standard Allowance (16% of all eligible claims).</p><p>d) 1% (13,000 claims) had deductions above 40% of their Standard Allowance (1% of all eligible claims).</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Claim numbers may not match official statistics caseloads due to small methodological differences.</p><p>Claim numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000</p><p>When categorising claims into the groups above the figures for the percentage of the Standard Allowance for individual claims have been rounded to the nearest percent.</p><p>Deductions include advance repayments and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p /> question first answered 04/06/2019 15:57:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1127967

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	21/05/2019
	date tabled	21/05/2019
	ddp created	21/05/2019 17:48:43
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 18:02:49 04/06/2019 16:05:06
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	257148
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 15:33:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to introduce an affordability test for deductions taken from universal credit payments.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257148
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257148
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer to Question 218205 answered on 7 February 2018.</p> question first answered 04/06/2019 15:33:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1064763

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2019
	date	21/02/2019
	date tabled	21/02/2019
	ddp created	21/02/2019 17:40:12
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 17:45:27 15/05/2019 17:26:27
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	224493
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 16:55:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been deducted from universal credit claimants' standard allowance in each month since April 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 224493
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224493
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Internal figures are provided in the table below from two DWP datasets.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. The aim of the deductions policy in Universal Credit is to protect vulnerable claimants from eviction and/or having their gas, electricity and water cut off, by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of these essential services.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in Universal Credit caseload and activity to increase awareness of advances has had an effect on deductions. Increased awareness has resulted in around 60% of eligible new claims to Universal Credit receiving an advance in October 2018, providing further financial support until their first payment.</p><p> </p><p>Total amount deducted from Universal Credit payments between April 2017 and October 2018</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Amount deducted [rounded to the nearest million]</p></td><td><p>Amount of Universal Credit paid [rounded to the nearest million]</p></td><td><p>Amount deducted as a percentage of Universal Credit paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>£9,000,000</p></td><td><p>£140,000,000</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>£10,000,000</p></td><td><p>£148,000,000</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>£10,000,000</p></td><td><p>£159,000,000</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>£11,000,000</p></td><td><p>£166,000,000</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>£11,000,000</p></td><td><p>£176,000,000</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>£12,000,000</p></td><td><p>£186,000,000</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>£13,000,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000,000</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>£13,000,000</p></td><td><p>£205,000,000</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>£15,000,000</p></td><td><p>£216,000,000</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>£17,000,000</p></td><td><p>£232,000,000</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>£19,000,000</p></td><td><p>£243,000,000</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>£22,000,000</p></td><td><p>£257,000,000</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>£23,000,000</p></td><td><p>£266,000,000</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>£25,000,000</p></td><td><p>£284,000,000</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>£27,000,000</p></td><td><p>£319,000,000</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>£29,000,000</p></td><td><p>£335,000,000</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>£32,000,000</p></td><td><p>£360,000,000</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>£35,000,000</p></td><td><p>£380,000,000</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>£39,000,000</p></td><td><p>£410,000,000</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Data sources: Universal Credit Live Service Reference Datasets and Full Service PDM data, UC Analysis Division</p><p> </p><p>1. Figures are provided for the total of UC Live Service and Full Service. The data is sourced from two different computer systems and the information available is slightly different on each system.</p><ul><li>Full Service deductions include advance repayments and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are deductions of benefit rather than deductions.</li><li>Live Service deductions do not include sanctions which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions, but may include Fraud Penalties as these could not be removed from the Live Service data.</li><li>The Full and Live Service datasets use slightly different definitions for the month. Full Service data uses the month the UC payment is due, whereas Live Service data uses the month the assessment period related to the payment ends. The 'Total' column sums the figures using these different definitions.</li></ul><p> </p><p>2. Increase in the total deduction amounts by month reflects the effect of Universal Credit (UC) roll out as more people move onto UC.</p><p> </p><p>3. Amount of Universal Credit paid reflects the amount of money paid to claimants and their landlords as part of their award. It does not include other payments such as advances and hardship payments.</p><p> </p><p>4. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.</p> question first answered 15/05/2019 16:55:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128212

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 08:55:44
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:15:29 10/06/2019 15:23:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	257510
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/06/2019 14:52:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their deductions under universal credit reduced from the maximum rate of 40 per cent of an individual's standard allowance in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257510
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257510
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. Universal Credit already has procedures and regulations in place to protect claimants from excessive deductions. The maximum rate of deductions cannot normally exceed 40 per cent of the Universal Credit standard allowance, and from October 2019 this will be reduced to 30 per cent.</p> question first answered 10/06/2019 14:52:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1128341

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:00:59
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:21:46 10/06/2019 15:35:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Overpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	257575
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/06/2019 15:03:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of universal credit claimants had funds deducted for a universal credit overpayment in the most recent month for which data is available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257575
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257575
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Internal Management information shows that in April 2019, 80,000 payments of Universal Credit (UC) had a deduction applied to repay a UC overpayment (this figure does not include UC Advances and has been rounded to the nearest 10,000).</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to show this figure as a percentage as the latest UC caseload data is only available as of 14<sup>th</sup> February 19. However, for context as of 14<sup>th</sup> February 19, 1.4m households received payments of UC.</p><p /><p>The Department ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants who have deductions from their benefit to repay overpayments. There are maximum rates of deduction that are set out in legislation, and if a claimant is struggling they can contact the Department’s Debt Management Team to discuss lowering their repayment rate.</p> question first answered 10/06/2019 15:03:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George