http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf<\/a>.)<\/p> <\/p>
Actual savings from Incapacity Benefit reassessment are not available. Isolating the impact of any single policy change becomes increasingly uncertain as new policy beds into the benefits system, and becomes the norm.<\/p>
<\/p>
As Chris Grayling, when Minister for Employment, said to the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Incapacity Benefit reassessment is not a savings measure \u2013 it is not a financially based exercise, although clearly if we succeed it will save money \u2013 but is about identifying the people who have the potential to return to work, and helping them to do so.<\/p>
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Total figures for the final year are still being finalised.<\/p>"}
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The latest available data, February 2015, shows that there were 477,985 people awaiting their Work Capability Assessment. This compares with 766,368 people waiting for an assessment in February 2014, a reduction of 37%.<\/p>
<\/p>
These figures do not include cases yet to be referred to the Health Assessment Advisory Service or cases referred where the claimant has yet to return the claimant questionnaire.<\/p>
<\/p>
Centre for Health and Disability Assessments plan on recruiting and retaining more high quality healthcare professionals which will lead to people being assessed quickly and further reduce waiting times.<\/p>"}
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The Youth Contract was allocated £1bn.<\/p>"}
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The Department is not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit at various points in time. The latest forecast agreed with OBR rounds to 0.1 million cases, as set out in Universal Credit at Work<\/em> published in October 2014.<\/p>"}
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All Universal Credit claims - whether relating to the employed, self-employed or unemployed - which are successfully made are then registered on HMRC systems. Any PAYE reported in real time by employers in respect of these is then passed to Universal Credit systems. The majority of employed Universal Credit claimants will have their earnings reported via PAYE, and over 99% of all such employments are now being reported in real-time. For the minority whose earnings are not reported through PAYE (for example the self-employed) we have developed processes to ensure they can self-report their earnings.<\/p>"}
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This information is not available. If a claimant is in urgent financial need they will be able to claim a UC New Claim Advance.<\/p>"}
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