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752466

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many advance payments of universal credit have been made following a claim for universal credit since its introduction; and what proportion of all claims that number represents.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to publish data on the Universal Credit Advances in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/07/2017 10:30:07 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

752465

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many claimants of universal credit have had to wait for more than six weeks for the first payment of universal credit; and what is the average waiting time.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p><em> </em></p><p>The assessment period and payment structure of Universal Credit creates a fixed period between date of entitlement and the first payment.</p><p> </p><p>The policy intention is that claimants receive the first payment 5 weeks after their date of entitlement (6 weeks if waiting days are served). The assessment period runs for a full calendar month from the date of entitlement, and the UC pay date will be 7 calendar days after the end of the assessment period. This mirrors the world of work and allows for a 1 month period in which to gather information about a claimants’ earnings. Advances and budgeting support are available to support claimants during this period. Advances can provide up to 50% of a claimants indicative award straight away.</p><p> </p><p>The latest internal data, for week ending 19 June, suggests some 80% of cases were paid in full at the end of the first assessment period. For the 20% of cases who were not paid in full we estimate around a third have not signed up to their claimant commitment so cannot be paid until they have. The other two thirds have an outstanding verification issue, such as providing bank statements, evidence of childcare costs, or proof of rent. Many of these claimants receive a part-payment where elements of the claim have been verified.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL910 question first answered 25/07/2017 10:29:56 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1199429

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many claims there have been for (1) contributory Job Seeker's Allowance, and (2) contributory Employment and Support Allowance, in each quarter since January 2014.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2020 answer text <p>Quarterly data on the number of a) Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants by benefit entitlement, and b) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) caseload by phase of ESA claim and payment type, from February 2014 to November 2019 are given in the spreadsheet attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 03/07/2020 13:57:02 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott attachment 1 file name Copy of HL5028 Attachment.xlsx title HL5028 attachment
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1199427

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Children's Society Leave No Family Behind: Strengthening local welfare assistance during COVID-19, published in May, in particular in relation to the effectiveness of Local Welfare Assistance Schemes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has noted the report by the Children’s Society Leave No Family Behind.</p><p>Local Authorities were provided with the notional sum of £131.7 million for local welfare assistance in 2020/21. In response to the COVID-19 emergency, significant action has been taken across Government to support those affected by coronavirus, including the most vulnerable. This support includes; income protection schemes, mortgage holidays and additional support for renters. For those most in need we’ve injected more than £6.5 billion into the welfare system, including an increase to Universal Credit of up to £1,040 this financial year.</p><p>A further £3.2 billion has also been made available to local authorities, through an un-ring-fenced grant, so they can address pressures they are facing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The package recognises the additional costs and pressures councils are facing as a result of the current emergency.</p><p> </p><p>On June 10 the Prime Minister announced an additional £63 million for local authorities, to help those who are struggling financially due to the impact of COVID-19. Local authorities are working hard to support those who are vulnerable and this additional funding will allow them to quickly step in and provide discretionary financial help, for food and other necessities, to those facing severe hardship.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/06/2020 10:26:38 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1199428

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to restart checks on work-related conditionality requirements for Universal Credit claimants; and what factors will be considered when deciding to restart such checks.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>We took the decision to temporarily suspend the requirement for face-to-face Jobcentre Plus appointments for all claimants in Universal Credit, New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), old-style JSA and ESA, and Income Support.</p><p> </p><p>Arrangements after the suspension will be communicated in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/06/2020 14:00:19 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1204230

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what proportion of Universal Credit recipients are subject to the (1) two-child benefit limit, and (2) benefit cap, broken down by ethnic group.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department cannot precisely quantify the proportion of households by ethnic group that are affected by these policies since recording of ethnicity on benefits administrative data is voluntary and, as such, not sufficiently reliable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 07/07/2020 15:01:12 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1202666

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what proportion of new claims for Universal Credit since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have been unsuccessfull; and of those, what proportion were unsuccessful because of the income and capital rules; and what proportion of (1) successful, and (2) unsuccessful, claimants for Universal Credit in this period were eligible for contributory (a) Jobseeker's Allowance, and (b) Employment and Support Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has been working to ensure we get support as quickly as possible to those individuals and households most financially affected by the coronavirus pandemic. It has been a longstanding principle of Universal Credit (UC) that an assessment of earnings, other income and capital is needed to establish eligibility to target support to those most in need. There may be several reasons why someone is not eligible to receive UC, will have received a nil award or withdrew their claim. Among other reasons, this includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>speculative claims which were subsequently withdrawn;</li><li>found new employment (which may at present include being rehired under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or taken advantage of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme);</li><li>redundancy payments affecting their entitlement;</li><li>the last month’s salary taken account. The key principle of UC is that it’s calculated based on income, so if someone’s income from work drops, their UC payment will rise to top it up;</li><li>their claim may have been found to be fraudulent; and</li><li>Individuals may have capital saved above the £16,000 limit for UC entitlement.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Between 16 March and 3 May there were 1,875,000 declarations made to UC, all of which are processed. Of these:</p><p> </p><ul><li>70 per cent have received a UC payment;</li><li>12 per cent had a nil award due to earnings;</li><li>seven per cent were withdrawn by the claimant;</li><li>one per cent closed due to ineligibility regarding capital rules;</li><li>eight per cent closed due to other ineligibility reasons; and</li><li>one per cent have outstanding verification preventing payment.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Claimants move from existing benefits to UC when they experience a significant change in their circumstances that triggers a new claim to benefit. We do not centrally collate the number of claimants that have made a new claim to UC as a result of such a change in circumstances.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/06/2020 16:48:46 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1203496

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	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	Visual Impairment: Social Distancing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in response to research by the Royal National Institute of Blind People to ensure that the two-thirds of blind and partially sighted people identified as feeling that they have lost their independence during lockdown are able to access services as the restrictions in place to address COVID-19 are lifted.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to supporting disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. We are ensuring that disabled people continue to have access</p><p>to updated guidance, including workplace and transport related guidance during the COVID-19 outbreak. All equality and discrimination laws and obligations continue to apply during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We worked with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) to transcribe gov.uk pages on general coronavirus guidelines and financial advice into spoken word formats. This guidance is available on RNIB phone lines. This ensures that visually impaired people without access to the internet are able to receive the same advice as sighted people with internet access.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office Disability Unit continues to work with stakeholders, such as the RNIB, and across Government Departments to ensure that the needs of disabled people are considered in the Government’s response to COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/06/2020 16:44:04 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1204231

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) average, (2) longest, and (3) shortest, clearance time for a (a) claim, (b) mandatory reconsideration, and (c) successful appeal outcome to be implemented, in relation to Personal Independence Payment in each of the last 13 months.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Tables 1 shows the Median, Lower Quartile and Upper Quartile of the number of weeks taken for a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim to receive an initial decision from registration. This data covers both PIP New Claims and Reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for each month from April 2019 – April 2020, the most recent 13 months for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the Median, Lower Quartile and Upper Quartile of the number of calendar days taken for a PIP Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) to be cleared from registration. This data covers all MRs cleared each month from April 2019 – April 2020, the most recent 13 months for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the tables is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that information about the extremes of a distribution (e.g. the maximum clearance time) risks being disclosive. We would not release this information publicly. Therefore, we have presented information on the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of clearance times.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the clearance times for a successful appeal outcome to be implemented is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 01/07/2020 14:23:56 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott attachment 1 file name HL5788 Attachment.pdf title Tables for Parliamentary Question HL5788
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1204232

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) average, (2) longest, and (3) shortest, clearance time for a (a) mandatory reconsideration, and (b) successful appeal outcome to be implemented, in relation to Employment and Support Allowance in each of the last 13 months.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Table 1 below shows the Median, Lower Quartile and Upper Quartile of the clearance time of Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). This data covers ESA MRs from Work Capability Assessments (WCA) for each month from April 2019 – April 2020, the most recent 13 months for which data is available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: </strong><strong>Clearance time of MR decisions for ESA Work Capability Assessments, in calendar days, by month of decision, April 2019 to April 2020: Great Britain</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower Quartile</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper Quartile</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-19</strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-19</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-19</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-19</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-19</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-19</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-19</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-19</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-20</strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-20</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that information about the extremes of a distribution (e.g. the maximum clearance time) risks being disclosive. We would not release this information publicly. Therefore, we have presented information on the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of clearance times.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the clearance times for a successful appeal outcome to be implemented is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Data Source:</strong> Decision Maker and Appeals Case Recorder Computer System claimant records</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>The average clearance time is derived by calculating the median number of days taken from the date when the Benefit Centre has determined that the Mandatory Reconsideration is a true MR, to the date the decision is cleared by the decision maker in the Dispute Resolution Team.</li><li>The table shows the median clearance time of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within a given calendar month. The median number of days is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The median is presented as the average instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected by outlying cases.</li><li>Definition of Quartiles: The lower quartile is the value for which 25 per cent of all clearance times fall below if you were to order the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The upper quartile is the value for which 75 per cent of all clearance times fall below if you were to order the distribution from lowest value to highest value.</li><li>MR refers to Mandatory Reconsideration - the formal review process requested by the customer. MR incorporates all MRs raised in the WCA process and also includes Reconsiderations raised following the WCA.</li><li>Only claims with a cleared MR decision are included.</li><li>There may be an element of retrospection in the figures for the latest month; they may change when more up to date information is included.</li><li>MR median clearance times are published here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 01/07/2020 13:32:56 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett