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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136188/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Since its creation in January, the Money and Pensions Service has been working with government and pension providers in developing tests to determine how a stronger nudge into taking pensions guidance would work effectively in practice. Prior to its launch this work was progressed by Pension Wise under DWP.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>An independent contractor has been appointed to carry out these tests in partnership with a number of pension providers. An evaluation report will be published this financial year, which will form the basis for which option is selected. Until the report has been published, we are unable to make an estimate in relation to an increase in the expected take up of Pension Wise guidance.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Money and Pensions service continue to provide guidance appointments via Pension Wise, making 205,000 appointments available across their channels this financial year which would be almost three and a half times higher than Pension Wise\u2019s first year of operation. Pension Wise have been successful in increasing demand for appointments year on year across all its channels.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the  increase in impartial pensions guidance usage following the introduction of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act\u2019s provisions for ensuring savers first receive impartial pensions guidance before accessing their pension savings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3913", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jack Dromey"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136197", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136197/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments scheme, provides a significant contribution towards funeral costs for claimants in receipt of a qualifying benefit. It continues to meet the legislated necessary costs of a cremation, with the amount of the average award increasing year-on-year to meet these costs. It also provides up to £700 towards other costs, such as flowers, coffin and funeral director fees.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to ensure that the Social Fund Funeral Payments meet the costs of cremation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/252", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr David Drew"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stroud"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr David Drew"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136302", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136302/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A £50 Civil Penalty may be imposed by both Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Local Authorities where an individual incurs a recoverable overpayment as a result of failing to provide accurate information as part of their benefit claim or in connection with an award of benefit, and has not taken reasonable steps to correct the error.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below shows the volume of Civil Penalties applied in the 12 months from July 2018 to June 2019*.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Civil Penalties Applied<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19<\/p><\/td><td><p>10,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19<\/p><\/td><td><p>10,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19<\/p><\/td><td><p>9,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>May-19<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>99,600<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p>If a claimant is having difficult repaying a benefit overpayment or Civil Penalty, they can request a review of the amount that is being taken. Any adjustment in the rate of repayment will be based on the individual circumstances of the debtor.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>When recovering benefit overpayments, the DWP ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants from any undue financial hardship.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><em>*The data provided in this response has been sourced from internal management information and was not intended for public release. It should therefore not be compared to any other, similar data subsequently released by the Department. All figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.<\/em><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Debt Collection"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2019 to Question 269123, the total amount of civil penalties her Department has issued in each of the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4662", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ruth George"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "High Peak"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ruth George"}
      ], "uin" : "272257"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136303", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136303/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested is commercially sensitive.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Suppliers have to comply with the Credit Services Association code of practice, Office of Fair Trade guidance, Financial Conduct Authority principles around fair treatment of customers and are bound by the Data Protection Act 2018.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2019 to Question 269122, what sums her Department has spent on the use of enforcement agencies to collect (a) civil penalties and (b) benefit overpayments in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4662", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ruth George"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "High Peak"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ruth George"}
      ], "uin" : "272258"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136339", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136339/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There are no current plans to extend or maintain the Benefit Freeze after March 2020. Specific decisions on how to uprate the Local Housing Allowance rates from April 2020 will form part of the discussions in support of fiscal events later this year.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p>There is an exemption from the shared accommodation rate for those aged 25-34 who have previously spent 3 months (which doesn\u2019t have to be continuous) in a homeless hostel/hostels specialising in rehabilitation and resettlement. There are no plans to extend this exemption to those under the age of 25.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>For other individuals who may require more support and whose circumstances may make it difficult for them to share accommodation, Discretionary Housing Payments are available.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colchester"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-09T14:29:46.41Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Local Housing Allowance"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of uprating Local Housing Allowance rates from April 2020; and if she will bring forward proposals to extend the exemption from the shared accommodation rate for people who have lived in a homeless hostel to include people aged 18 to 25.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4511", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr Rupa Huq"}
      ], "uin" : "272268"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136357", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136357/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Tax Credit overpayments were referred to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Debt Management from 2016/17.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table shows Tax Credit recoveries for 2018/19 apportioned across the financial year in which the Tax Credit overpayment ended*.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tax Credit Overpayment<\/strong> <strong> Period End Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Percentage of Recoveries by Value<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Unknown<\/p><\/td><td><p>Less than 0.05%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2003-04<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.10%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2004-05<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005-06<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006-07<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007-08<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008-09<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>6.1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<\/p><\/td><td><p>7.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<\/p><\/td><td><p>9.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<\/p><\/td><td><p>14.1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>26.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018-19<\/p><\/td><td><p>18.2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p>Universal Credit (UC) is expected to lead to savings across welfare as we are able to adjust benefit entitlement in line with changing circumstances in real time. Internal and external data matches are increasingly helping inform benefit payments and alerting staff to check for any undeclared changes in people\u2019s circumstances.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>When recovering benefit overpayments, the DWP ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants from any undue financial hardship.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><em>*The data provided in this response has been sourced from internal management information and was not intended for public release. It should therefore not be compared to any other, similar data subsequently released by the DWP. All figures have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to this rounding, the figures will not sum 100%. <\/em><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 264329 on universal credit, of the 749,000 claimants with deductions from universal credit for non-universal credit debits, how many of those tax credit overpayments were repaid by each year to which those overpayments were made to those 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" : "272126"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136380", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136380/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In 2014/15 there were fewer than 5 successful applications for the full waiving of a Universal Credit overpayment and fewer than 5 successful partial waiver applications for UC overpayments*.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department has an obligation to ensure that public funds are administered responsibly and to abide by the principles set out in Her Majesty\u2019s Treasury\u2019s guidance on Managing Public Money (which can be found on gov.uk). Waivers are only granted in limited circumstances including where the recovery of an overpayment is causing substantial financial and/or medical hardship and clear supporting evidence of this is provided.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We are unable to provide a breakdown of how many applications were made by claimants or their representatives as this information is not stored.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><em>*The figures provided in this response have been sourced from internal management information and were not intended for public release. They should therefore not be compared to any other figures subsequently released by the Department. We are not able to report exact figures that are lower than 5, therefore this have been listed as \u201cless than 5\u201d.<\/em><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Overpayments"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257458 on Universal Credit: Overpayments, how many overpayments were waived in (a) full and (b) part as a result of applications made by (i) claimants and (ii) their representatives in 2014-15.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136399", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136399/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>When people move from ESA to UC due to a change of circumstances (e.g. house move) not connected to their WCA, they will move into the equivalent conditionality group. Work search requirements are not imposed on people who have been found to have Limited Capability for Work or Limited Capability for Work and Work Related activity.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>When people move from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to Universal Credit (UC) due to being found \u2018fit for work\u2019 at their work capability assessment (WCA) their UC conditionality will be decided based on their individual and household circumstances.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There are a range of circumstances on UC where work-related requirements must be switched off temporarily because people are experiencing difficult personal circumstances and our work coaches do have the discretion to reduce or suspend job seeking conditions on their Claimant Commitment. Even for people who have been found fit for work, work coaches may still agree to tailor the number of hours, type, and location of work, to take account of the person\u2019s health condition. Work coaches receive training on how to adjust conditionality to reflect a person\u2019s individual circumstances.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>People who are full time carers or have caring responsibility for a child under 1 will not be asked to complete any work related requirements when they move to UC in recognition of their current situation.<\/p>"}
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