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1010390

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/11/2018
	date	19/11/2018
	date tabled	19/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 01:47:49
	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	20/11/2018 02:03:26 06/12/2018 17:31:03
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	192811
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/11/2018 11:22:16
	question first ministerially corrected	06/12/2018 16:58:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are also claiming the state pension.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 192811
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192811
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The table gives the estimated number of households receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">471,800</del><ins class="ministerial">425,400</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claiming State Pension</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Household on Universal Credit dataset <strong>and</strong> Work and Pensions Longitudinal Survey.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</li></ol><ol start="2"><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.</li><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.</li><li>Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</a></li></ol> answering member printed Justin Tomlinson
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1083634

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/03/2019
	date	07/03/2019
	date tabled	07/03/2019
	ddp created	07/03/2019 18:14:16
	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	08/03/2019 13:55:12 15/03/2019 15:56:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	229665
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/03/2019 15:24:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total number and proportion of universal credit claimants who have applied for advance payments is in each of the past five years; and what number and proportion of such applications have been approved.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 229665
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	229665
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Applications for a Universal Credit advance can be made in a number of ways: in person, by telephone and also online. To identify and collate the total number of applications made would incur disproportionate cost. Consequently, we do not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit claimants may be eligible for an advance payment, in order to provide extra financial support for those who need it most. The Department has increased the maximum advance a claimant may receive at the start of their claim to 100 per cent of their indicative award and has extended the repayment period to 12 months. From October 2021, this maximum repayment period will be extended further to 16 months.</p><p> </p><p>Around 60% of eligible new claims to Universal Credit received an advance in January 2019. This shows that claimants are being made aware of advances and that our advance system is being utilised so people receive help when they need it.</p> answering member printed Alok Sharma
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010386

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/11/2018
	date	19/11/2018
	date tabled	19/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 01:47:40
	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	20/11/2018 02:03:18 27/11/2018 16:03:04
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	192808
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/11/2018 15:31:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are women.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 192808
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192808
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We can provide an estimate based on households claiming Universal Credit by matching the Universal Credit household dataset (which contains information about the Housing Element), with the people on Universal Credit dataset (which contains information about gender). The table gives the estimated number of claimants receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, August 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit, Great Britain, August 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>530,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupied by women (single or in a couple)</p></td><td><p>365,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupied by men (single or in a couple)</p></td><td><p>248,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Universal Credit household dataset <strong>and</strong> people on Universal Credit dataset</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</li></ol><ol start="2"><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.</li><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for the people and households on Universal Credit.</li><li>Further information on the background and methodology can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</a></li></ol> answering member printed Justin Tomlinson
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010389

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/11/2018
	date	19/11/2018
	date tabled	19/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 01:47:47
	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	20/11/2018 02:03:24 26/11/2018 14:31:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	192810
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 13:59:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 192810
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192810
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member printed Justin Tomlinson
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010387

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/11/2018
	date	19/11/2018
	date tabled	19/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 01:47:42
	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	20/11/2018 02:03:20 26/11/2018 14:23:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	192809
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 13:51:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are disabled.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 192809
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192809
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Justin Tomlinson
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1039030

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/01/2019
	date	10/01/2019
	date tabled	10/01/2019
	ddp created	10/01/2019 20:13:30
	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	11/01/2019 12:45:22 17/01/2019 18:02:12
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	207168
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/01/2019 17:30:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of delaying the managed migration aspect of universal credit on the ability to make a universal credit application in Welsh.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 207168
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207168
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Universal Credit claims in the Welsh language is available to anyone making a new claim in Wales now that roll-out is complete.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Welsh Language Scheme also offers legacy claimants the ability to be communicated with, orally or written, via the medium of Welsh; they do not have to wait to be moved over to Universal Credit via managed migration to take advantage of Welsh language services.</p><p> </p><p>Our internal data suggests that 290 Universal Credit claimants (or 1.6% of new claims made in Wales since 5 December 2018) have declared a Welsh language preference.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed to pilot the initial approach to migration slowly and gradually, but (as set out in Written Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2019-01-11&amp;answered-to=2019-01-11&amp;dept=29" target="_blank">HCWS1243</a> on 11 January 2019) this does not affect the timeline for the overall delivery of Universal Credit.</p> answering member printed Alok Sharma
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1043743

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/01/2019
	date	18/01/2019
	date tabled	18/01/2019
	ddp created	18/01/2019 15:57:05
	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	18/01/2019 16:06:41 28/01/2019 17:57:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	210033
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 17:25:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 208315 on universal credit, which stakeholders her Department is working with to design the managed migration process.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 210033
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210033
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department is working with a diverse group of around 80 stakeholder organisations to ensure the widest possible range of insights are played into the design of the process to move existing claimants who do not have a change in circumstances onto Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to engaging with these stakeholders in a respectful and professional manner and it would not reflect our agreed working relationship of partnership, reciprocation and trust for us to name those stakeholders participating without first seeking their express permission.</p> answering member printed Alok Sharma
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1019442

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/12/2018
	date	03/12/2018
	date tabled	03/12/2018
	ddp created	04/12/2018 00:36:32
	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	04/12/2018 01:01:33 11/12/2018 18:30:05
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	198228
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/12/2018 17:58:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of universal credit are in receipt of the additional amount payable for limited capability for work and work-related activity.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 198228
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198228
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics on the total number of households in receipt of limited capability work entitlement – either the limited capability for work element or the limited capability for work and work related activity element. This information is available via Stat-Xplore: <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: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Alok Sharma
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1039027

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/01/2019
	date	10/01/2019
	date tabled	10/01/2019
	ddp created	10/01/2019 20:13:21
	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	10/01/2019 20:19:09 17/01/2019 18:02:14
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	207167
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/01/2019 17:30:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for universal credit have been made in the Welsh language.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 207167
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207167
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Universal Credit claims in the Welsh language is available to anyone making a new claim in Wales now that roll-out is complete.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Welsh Language Scheme also offers legacy claimants the ability to be communicated with, orally or written, via the medium of Welsh; they do not have to wait to be moved over to Universal Credit via managed migration to take advantage of Welsh language services.</p><p> </p><p>Our internal data suggests that 290 Universal Credit claimants (or 1.6% of new claims made in Wales since 5 December 2018) have declared a Welsh language preference.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed to pilot the initial approach to migration slowly and gradually, but (as set out in Written Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2019-01-11&amp;answered-to=2019-01-11&amp;dept=29" target="_blank">HCWS1243</a> on 11 January 2019) this does not affect the timeline for the overall delivery of Universal Credit.</p> answering member printed Alok Sharma
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1083636

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/03/2019
	date	07/03/2019
	date tabled	07/03/2019
	ddp created	07/03/2019 18:14:20
	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	07/03/2019 18:30:41 18/03/2019 16:06:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	229667
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/03/2019 15:34:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long it takes on average to process an advance payment application for universal credit.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 229667
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	229667
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>If a claimant meets the conditions for an advance we aim to make the payment within 72 hours. However, an advance can be paid on the same day the claimant applies if they or their household would suffer genuine hardship if they had to wait 72 hours for the payment.</p><p>Applications for a Universal Credit advance payment can be made in person, by telephone or online depending on the claimant’s circumstances. Depending on the type of advance payment application, we will consider whether the claimant satisfies the eligibility conditions for receiving the advance. If the claimant is eligible we will agree the amount of the advance and the period over which the advance will be recovered from their future Universal Credit payments. The outcome of the application is explained to the claimant and their online journal updated.</p> answering member printed Alok Sharma
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams