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1192239

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2020
	date	01/05/2020
	date tabled	01/05/2020
	ddp created	01/05/2020 14:31:12
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	01/05/2020 14:40:11 06/05/2020 13:58:05
	hansard heading	Pay: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	42054
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/05/2020 13:26:48
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to top up the wages of workers who have had their normal hours reduced during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 42054
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42054
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Workers who see a fall in earnings due to a reduction in their work hours may become eligible for support through the welfare system, including through Universal Credit (UC). Existing UC claimants are likely to receive a higher award as a result of a fall in earnings. For employed claimants this will be updated automatically using information from the PAYE system</p><p><br> In response to the crisis, the Government has strengthened the welfare system, including by increasing the UC standard allowance and the Working Tax Credit basic element by £20 per week. In addition, to protect people’s jobs and incomes as far as possible during the crisis, the Government has announced a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and a Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire
	creator	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1192240

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2020
	date	01/05/2020
	date tabled	01/05/2020
	ddp created	01/05/2020 14:31:17
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	01/05/2020 14:40:15 06/05/2020 14:11:07
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Public Sector
	house id	1
	identifier	42055
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/05/2020 13:39:11
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that public sector workers can be furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 42055
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42055
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government expects that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will not be used by many public sector organisations, as most public sector employees are continuing to provide essential public services, or contribute to the response to the coronavirus outbreak. Where employers receive public funding for staff costs, and that funding is continuing, the Government expects employers to use that money to continue to pay staff in the usual fashion, and not to furlough them. This also applies to non-public sector employers who receive public funding for staff costs. Organisations who are receiving public funding specifically to provide services necessary to respond to coronavirus are not expected to furlough staff. In a small number of cases, for example where organisations are not primarily funded by the Government and whose staff cannot be redeployed to assist with the coronavirus response, the scheme may be appropriate for some staff.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire
	creator	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1192241

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2020
	date	01/05/2020
	date tabled	01/05/2020
	ddp created	01/05/2020 14:31:22
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	01/05/2020 14:40:19 06/05/2020 17:29:12
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Key Workers
	house id	1
	identifier	42056
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/05/2020 16:58:42
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of key workers who are in receipt of tax credits and who are taking on additional hours to support the fight against covid-19 on their tax credit payments going forward.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 42056
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42056
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Tax Credit system has a degree of flexibility built in, in order to help claimants manage changes in income. The Tax Credit disregard means that the first £2,500 of an increase or decrease in household income, compared with the previous tax year is disregarded. Therefore, carers, NHS staff and other key workers who take on additional hours and experience an increase in income of up to £2,500 per year will see no change in their overall Tax Credit award.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises that Tax Credits were introduced in the early 2000s and no longer fully reflect the world of work for many people. That is why we are introducing Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit replaces Tax Credits and other legacy benefits, to provide a single system of means tested support for working age people. Universal Credit is assessed and paid monthly and is based on claimants’ actual earnings in the month, rather than their annual income.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire
	creator	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1192050

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/05/2020
	date	01/05/2020
	date tabled	01/05/2020
	ddp created	01/05/2020 14:18:37
	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	01/05/2020 14:26:23 10/06/2020 17:30:08
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	42053
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	10/06/2020 16:58:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s survey into people’s experiences of the benefits system during the covid-19 outbreak.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 42053
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42053
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministers have met with the Committee and provided their evidence about the welfare system and the Department’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department will continue to work constructively with the Committee, including the responses it received in response to their claimant survey. The Department’s Ministers meet regularly with stakeholders to listen and hear about their experiences first hand.</p><p> </p><p>Since mid-March, the Department has received 2.9 million individual declarations for Universal Credit claims. Despite that surge, the system is standing up to the challenge and demonstrating that resilience is part of its design, whilst maintaining levels of payment timeliness.</p><p> </p><p>And, for those claimants who felt that they could not wait for their first routine payment, New Claim Advances are available online and by telephone, with the majority receiving money within 72 hours.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex
	creator	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1192242

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2020
	date	01/05/2020
	date tabled	01/05/2020
	ddp created	01/05/2020 14:31:27
	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	01/05/2020 14:40:22 06/05/2020 12:49:05
	hansard heading	Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	42057
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/05/2020 12:17:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to extend eligibility for statutory sick pay to people who live with someone who needs to shield.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 42057
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42057
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The published guidance for people who live with someone who has been advised to shield is clear that other members of the household do not need to start shielding and that they should carefully follow guidance on social distancing. Since someone can follow guidance on social distancing and still work, it would not be appropriate to extend Statutory Sick Pay to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon
	creator	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray