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1140433

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>DWP encourages all of its employees to provide details of their personal diversity information, however this action is voluntary and therefore we do not hold a complete picture of our workforce representation.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30<sup>th</sup> June 2019, 82% of DWP’s workforce have positively shared details of their ethnicity. Details of the grades requested are:</p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of employees who have indicated they are an ethnic minority </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G7</strong></p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G5</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G3</strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>~ In line with Office of National Statistics guidance data has been suppressed as count is less than 5 people</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/07/2019 12:08:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1177513

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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: EEA Nationals
	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 by EEA nationals have been (a) appealed and (b) overturned on appeal in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	14726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/02/2020 11:43:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1193628

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	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 Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants will receive lower benefit payments as a result of the automatic suspension of existing legacy benefits payments on making a claim for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	43936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. For people considering claiming Universal Credit, we have updated our information on gov.uk and on understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk, where links to independent benefit calculators are also published.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/05/2020 17:00:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1194369

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the option for split payments of universal credit during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	45230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Split payments can be considered by the Jobcentre Work Coach at the outset of the Universal Credit claim, or during it. They can also be triggered and put in place by information received from the claimant, their representative, or their caseworker.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre staff remain available to provide support, in person, for vulnerable customers and those in urgent need of help – such as survivors of domestic abuse, or those who have no access to a phone or the internet. This support includes the option of Split Payments to prevent hardship to the claimant and their family.</p><p> </p><p>All Universal Credit colleagues receive training on complex needs, including training on supporting survivors of abuse and how to signpost to expert partner organisations.</p><p> </p><p>They also have access to the latest guidance, on domestic abuse and Alternative Payment Arrangements, including Split Payments.</p><p> </p><p>A further internal guide to support survivors of domestic abuse will be launched, which will further raise awareness of how colleagues can support survivors of abuse.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with partner organisations and stakeholders and have escalation routes to provide local community based, joined up services. We are maintaining these strong relationships during this difficult time to ensure we continue to support our most vulnerable claimants.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/06/2020 14:50:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 22272 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1194370

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has she made of the number of claimants in (a) March and (b) April 2020 that received a lower monthly benefit payment than their previous legacy benefit as a result of applying for universal credit during the covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	45231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>For people considering claiming Universal Credit, we have updated our information on gov.uk and on understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk, where links to independent benefit calculators are also published.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/05/2020 15:41:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 22273 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1194371

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	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 it here policy to grant transitional protection payments to claimants on legacy benefits that receive a lower benefits payment for applying for universal credit during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	45232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>Where someone’s circumstances change significantly it’s right that we reassess their benefit entitlement. A claimant making a new claim due to changes in their circumstances has always been likely to receive a different level of entitlement than they had had on their previous benefit.</p><p>As these claimants’ circumstances will have changed, it would be not possible to make a meaningful comparison between their previous level of entitlement to legacy benefits and their entitlement to Universal Credit<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/05/2020 17:12:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1196780

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,how many people in each age group have claimed for universal credit since 12 March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	48455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Statistics for Universal Credit starts by age can be found on Stat-Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>As of 19 May 2020, the latest published statistics run up to 9 April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/06/2020 12:29:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1196781

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have claimed universal credit in each region of the UK since 12 March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	48456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on People on Universal Credit in each region, up to 9<sup>th</sup> April 2020, is published online and can be found at: <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:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The next People on Universal Credit statistics will be released on 16<sup>th</sup> June 2020</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/06/2020 15:59:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25087 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1201440

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	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: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department (a) holds and (b) reports on the number of universal credit applications by applicants who are (i) white, (ii) mixed, (iii) Asian or Asian British, (iv) black or black British, (v) Arab, (vi) other and (vii) preferred not to say.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	55987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>Ethnicity information is scheduled for future publication, and the Department is currently aiming to publish the statistics routinely as part of Universal Credit official statistics in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/06/2020 15:33:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1205328

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	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: Ethnic Groups
	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 11 June 2020 to Question 55987, what information her Department holds on the ethnicity of universal credit claimants; what information on ethnicity is planned for future publication; and when her Department plans to publish that ethnicity information.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	61505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>DWP statisticians are currently working to collate and quality assure the standard ethnicity data collected from Universal Credit claimants. The Department has committed to publishing the statistics as soon as the Departmental statisticians judge that the data meet the standards set out in the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/06/2020 17:00:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra