The earned income rule for help with mortgage interest on Universal Credit ensures that owner occupier claimants have the right incentives to move into work and increase their hours of work over time where possible.<\/p>
Universal Credit\u2019s income taper, along with work allowances for qualifying claimants, ensure a strong work incentive is maintained. For certain owner occupiers, the withdrawal of support for mortgage interest means they qualify for the higher work allowance, and so they could earn up to £503 before there is any effect on their Universal Credit award.<\/p>
My Department has made no formal assessment of the effect of the rule on work incentives.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colchester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-09-05T09:40:59.54Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-09-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Support for Mortgage Interest"} , "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, what assessment she has made of the effect of the restriction on earned income for eligibility for support for mortgage interest under universal credit on the incentive to work.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4058", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Blomfield"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sheffield Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Blomfield"} ], "uin" : "285016"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1143586", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1143586/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The latest available information as at July 2019 on the number of people on Universal Credit by Employment Indicator is published and can be found at:<\/p>
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p> Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:<\/p>
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports the following figures:<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||
Year<\/p><\/td> | 2015/16<\/p><\/td> | 2016/17<\/p><\/td> | 2017/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
-<\/p><\/td> | £m<\/p><\/td> | £m<\/p><\/td> | £m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Government Funding<\/p><\/td> | 134<\/p><\/td> | 133<\/p><\/td> | 128<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Income<\/p><\/td> | 90<\/p><\/td> | 91<\/p><\/td> | 93<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Annual Spending<\/p><\/td> | 224<\/p><\/td> | 224<\/p><\/td> | 221<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Year<\/p><\/td> | 2015/16<\/p><\/td> | 2016/17<\/p><\/td> | 2017/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Staff Employed<\/p><\/td> | 2,774<\/p><\/td> | 2,748<\/p><\/td> | 2,686<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> <\/p> 1. Government funding is the Net Operating Cost from HSE's Annual Report and Accounts (ARA)<\/p> 2. Income includes cost recovery and commercial activies<\/p> 3. Annual Spending is the Total Operating Cost from HSE's ARA<\/p> 4. Staff employed is the average headcount figure<\/p>"}
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