The next regular official statistics will be published on 19 February 2019. This will provide the latest data on payment timeliness for new Universal Credit claims. Future official statistics will include additional breakdowns of payment timeliness.<\/p>
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Longer term we will publish further Universal Credit statistical releases and continue to commission and publish ad-hoc statistical releases.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-29T16:48:01.21Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when in the next six months she plans to publish statistics on payment timeliness for new universal credit claimants; and what additional statistics she plans to publish in that same period on (a) universal credit and (b) the wellbeing of claimants.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"} ], "uin" : "212332"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047783", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047783/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Overall Universal Credit timeliness statistics were last updated on 13 November 2018 (with the next update due on 19 February). Further work is currently underway to produce and quality assure further information, which must comply with official statistics publication standards.<\/p>
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Previous Universal Credit publications can be accessed at:<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Nov 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming Pension Credit only<\/p><\/td> 34,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming Housing Benefit only<\/p><\/td> 25,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming both Pension Credit and Housing Benefit<\/p><\/td> 55,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total mixed age couples<\/p><\/td> 115,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> The table below gives estimates of the effects on Annual Managed Expenditure of the changes to be introduced in May 2019 to the eligibility for Pension Credit and pension-age Housing Benefit of couples where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not. The estimates relate to couples who are not in receipt of either Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit at the point the changes are introduced. They include no estimate of behavioural effects, for example from job retention or increased saving for retirement.<\/p> <\/p> Estimated overall AME savings<\/strong><\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> £45m<\/p><\/td> £130m<\/p><\/td> £220m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> To provide context in terms of the estimated AME savings in relation to the mixed age couples policy, the table below sets out total forecasted AME spending directed at pensioners over the same time period.<\/p> <\/p> Expenditure Directed at Pensioners<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nominal terms<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £123,961m<\/p><\/td> £125,857m<\/p><\/td> £130,692m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Source: Table 2a, Benefit expenditure and caseload tables, 2018 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018)<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many couples are in receipt of Pension Credit where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047787/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " An estimated 115,000 couples are in receipt of either Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not. These couples will continue to receive those benefits for as long as they are entitled to either of them. The table below shows further breakdowns of mixed age couples.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Nov 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming Pension Credit only<\/p><\/td> 34,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming Housing Benefit only<\/p><\/td> 25,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming both Pension Credit and Housing Benefit<\/p><\/td> 55,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total mixed age couples<\/p><\/td> 115,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> The table below gives estimates of the effects on Annual Managed Expenditure of the changes to be introduced in May 2019 to the eligibility for Pension Credit and pension-age Housing Benefit of couples where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not. The estimates relate to couples who are not in receipt of either Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit at the point the changes are introduced. They include no estimate of behavioural effects, for example from job retention or increased saving for retirement.<\/p> <\/p> Estimated overall AME savings<\/strong><\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> £45m<\/p><\/td> £130m<\/p><\/td> £220m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> To provide context in terms of the estimated AME savings in relation to the mixed age couples policy, the table below sets out total forecasted AME spending directed at pensioners over the same time period.<\/p> <\/p> Expenditure Directed at Pensioners<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nominal terms<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £123,961m<\/p><\/td> £125,857m<\/p><\/td> £130,692m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Source: Table 2a, Benefit expenditure and caseload tables, 2018 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018)<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential effect on the public finances in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, and (c) 2021-22 of the changes to be introduced in May 2019 to the eligibility for pension credit of couples where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047830/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The available information is in the tables below.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Housing Benefit paid for private rented sector accommodation, split by payment destination (£millions, real terms, 2018/19 prices)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Financial Year<\/p><\/td> Total Housing Benefit paid for private tenants<\/p><\/td> Of which paid to the landlord<\/p><\/td> Of which paid to the claimant<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> £9,880<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> £10,370<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> £10,220<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> £10,040<\/p><\/td> £3,100<\/p><\/td> £6,940<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> £9,730<\/p><\/td> £3,020<\/p><\/td> £6,710<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015/16<\/p><\/td> £9,310<\/p><\/td> £2,870<\/p><\/td> £6,450<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016/17<\/p><\/td> £8,600<\/p><\/td> £2,630<\/p><\/td> £5,970<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017/18<\/p><\/td> £7,850<\/p><\/td> £2,400<\/p><\/td> £5,450<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Source: DWP Stat-x-plore and Benefit Expenditure tables<\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> In 2016/17 there were 2.2 million children in absolute low income on a before housing costs basis \u2013 300,000 lower than 2010 and a record low. National statistics on the number of children in relative and absolute low incomes, before and after housing costs, are published annually in the \u201cHouseholds Below Average Income\u201d publication.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Independent Case Examiner (ICE) is requesting an updated form of authority from people whose advocate submitted a current form of authority when first escalating the complaint to ICE but whose complaint has not been investigated because of the 40-week average time period to allocate cases to an investigator.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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