The table below shows the outstanding debt balances for the 749k Debtors with recovery from UC for non-UC debts.*<\/p>
Benefit <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Current Debt Balance<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Attendance Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.022m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Administrative Penalty<\/p><\/td> £0.011m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.038m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.001m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Support Payment<\/p><\/td> £0.005m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Carer\u2019s Allowance<\/p><\/td> £18.290m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Civil Penalties<\/p><\/td> £0.099m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Disability Living Allowance<\/p><\/td> £6.934m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Disability Working Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.004m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Employment and Support Allowance<\/p><\/td> £39.226m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Family Credit<\/p><\/td> £0.097m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Housing Benefit<\/p><\/td> £94.378m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Incapacity Benefit<\/p><\/td> £6.371m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.027m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Income Support<\/p><\/td> £120.712m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Invalidity Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.080m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Job Seekers Allowance<\/p><\/td> £22.745m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Maternity Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.096m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pension Credit<\/p><\/td> £0.568m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Personal Independence Payments<\/p><\/td> £1.262m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Reduced Earnings Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.006m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Retirement Pension<\/p><\/td> £0.126m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sickness Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.002m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Severe Disablement Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.259m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Social Fund Loans<\/p><\/td> £73.925m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Social Fund Overpayments<\/p><\/td> £0.619m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Non UC Short Term Advances<\/p><\/td> £0.293m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Supplementary Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.113m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tax Credit Overpayment<\/p><\/td> £635.113m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Unemployment Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.020m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widows Benefit<\/p><\/td> £0.045m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widowed Mother Allowance<\/p><\/td> £0.418m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widows Pension<\/p><\/td> £0.125m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widowed Parent\u2019s Allowance<\/p><\/td> £1.491m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> The Department works hard to prevent potential benefit overpayments from occurring. Internal and external data matches are increasingly helping inform benefit payments and alerting staff to check for any undeclared changes in people\u2019s circumstances in real time.<\/p> Where overpayments do occur, the Department ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants who are subject to deductions to repay these overpayments.<\/p> It is not intended that the recovery of an overpayment should cause any claimant undue financial hardship.<\/p> *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 thousand.<\/em><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 Jun 2019 to Question 264329, of the 749,000 claimants with deductions from universal credit for non-universal credit debts, how much debt remains outstanding for each benefit in the Prescribed Social Security Benefits / Payments category.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134286/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As at 24 June 2019, 593k of the 749k debtors are currently repaying debts*. DWP is unable to break this down by benefit.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> The Department works hard to prevent potential benefit overpayments from occurring. Internal and external data matches are increasingly helping inform benefit payments and alerting staff to check for any undeclared changes in people\u2019s circumstances in real time.<\/p> <\/p> Where overpayments do occur, the Department ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants who are subject to deductions to repay these overpayments.<\/p> <\/em><\/p> *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. <\/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, of the 749,000 claimants with deductions from universal credit for non-universal credit debts, how many claimants are repaying debts in each of the Prescribed Social Security Benefits / Payments categories.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134287/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Of the 749k debtors that made a payment in 2018/19, the Mean current balance per debtor is £1,740.68 and the Median current balance per debtor is £757.20.* DWP is unable to break this down by benefit.<\/p> <\/p> The Department works hard to prevent potential benefit overpayments from occurring. Internal and external data matches are increasingly helping inform benefit payments and alerting staff to check for any undeclared changes in people\u2019s circumstances in real time.<\/p> Where overpayments do occur, the Department ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect claimants who are subject to deductions to repay these overpayments.<\/p> *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. <\/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, of the 749,000 claimants with deductions from universal credit for non-universal credit debts, what is the (a) mean and (b) median average debt owed by claimants in each of the Prescribed Social Security Benefits / Payments categories.", "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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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134314", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134314/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Work is the best route out of poverty and for people to be more financially independent. Our welfare reforms are part of the Government\u2019s commitment to incentivise moves into work and progression in work, and to better support working families.<\/p> The Department completed an Impact Assessment titled \u2018Welfare Reform and Work Bill: Impact Assessment of the Benefit rate freeze\u2019 in July 2015 which included information surrounding the policy objectives and the intended effects. Benefits for the additional costs of disability, and for carers, are exempt from the benefit freeze.<\/p> Currently the weekly rate of Child Benefit is £20.70 for the eldest or only child and £13.70 for additional children.<\/p> Universal Credit is made up of a standard allowance and any additional amounts which apply to claimants with certain circumstances, such as dependent children. The current monthly rates for the requested Universal Credit components are shown in the tables below.<\/p> <\/p> Standard allowance<\/strong><\/p> Single and under 25<\/p><\/td> £251.77<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Single and over 25<\/p><\/td> £317.82<\/p><\/td><\/tr> In a couple and both under 25<\/p><\/td> £395.20 (for both)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> In a couple and either are 25 or over<\/p><\/td> £498.89 (for both)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Child components<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> For the first child<\/p><\/td> £277.08 (born before 6 April 2017) £231.67 (born on or after 6 April 2017)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> For the second or other eligible children<\/p><\/td> £231.67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> For a disabled or severely disabled child<\/p><\/td> £126.11 or £392.08<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> We are unable to determine what each of the rates would have been had they not been subject to a freeze, as the legacy system is not comparable with Universal Credit.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the current (1) weekly rates of Child Benefit, and (2) monthly rates of Universal Credit standard allowances and child elements; and what would each of those rates have been had they not been frozen for the past four years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department owes in social security benefit back-payments to claimants as a result of errors made by her Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department owes in social security benefit back-payments to claimants as a result of tribunals or High Court judgments finding in favour of such claimants.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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