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No assessment has been made.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4380", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Churchill"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bury St Edmunds"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jo Churchill"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-01-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-01-19T11:37:14.307Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using alternative methods of calculating monthly Universal Credit rates for self-employed recipients with seasonal income and expenditure patterns.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4630", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ben Lake"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ceredigion"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ben Lake"} ], "uin" : "9915"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1682473", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1682473/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

No assessment has been made.<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4380", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Churchill"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bury St Edmunds"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jo Churchill"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-01-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-01-19T11:35:18.41Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using annual income as the basis for Universal Credit rates for self-employed recipients with seasonal income and expenditure patterns.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4630", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ben Lake"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ceredigion"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ben Lake"} ], "uin" : "9916"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1644741", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1644741/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

No assessment of this issue, as raised, has been made.<\/p>

<\/p>

There is no intention to reconsider this policy to remove the Minimum Income Floor. The Minimum Income Floor plays an important role in encouraging self-employed claimants to increase their earnings to a sustainable level through developing their self-employment, or to consider other ways to achieve financial self-sufficiency such as through paid employment.<\/p>

<\/p>

The table below shows the number and proportion of (a) households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant subject to the Minimum Income Floor in Brighton and Hove from March 2022 to February 2023.<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

Households with one or more self-employed claimants<\/p><\/td>

Individuals in households with one or more self-employed claimants<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

Number subject to the MIF<\/p><\/td>

Proportion subject to the MIF<\/p><\/td>

Number subject to the MIF<\/p><\/td>

Proportion subject to the MIF<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mar-22<\/p><\/td>

170<\/p><\/td>

5%<\/p><\/td>

250<\/p><\/td>

6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-22<\/p><\/td>

210<\/p><\/td>

6%<\/p><\/td>

300<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

May-22<\/p><\/td>

220<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td>

320<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jun-22<\/p><\/td>

220<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td>

320<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jul-22<\/p><\/td>

240<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td>

340<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Aug-22<\/p><\/td>

250<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td>

350<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Sep-22<\/p><\/td>

260<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td>

360<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oct-22<\/p><\/td>

290<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td>

410<\/p><\/td>

10%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Nov-22<\/p><\/td>

330<\/p><\/td>

10%<\/p><\/td>

460<\/p><\/td>

11%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dec-22<\/p><\/td>

350<\/p><\/td>

10%<\/p><\/td>

490<\/p><\/td>

12%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jan-23<\/p><\/td>

400<\/p><\/td>

12%<\/p><\/td>

570<\/p><\/td>

13%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Feb-23<\/p><\/td>

450<\/p><\/td>

14%<\/p><\/td>

640<\/p><\/td>

15%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Notes:<\/strong><\/p>

1. Numbers of households and individuals are rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p>

2. Households with a UC award of zero but whose claims have not yet closed are not included.<\/p>

3. Claimants are counted as subject to the Minimum Income Floor if they are gainfully self-employed, not in a start-up period, and do not have temporary easement under which the MIF is not applied.<\/p>

4. During the period shown there has been a large increase in numbers and proportions subject to the Minimum Income Floor as 12 month start-up periods come to an end for the large volume of claimants assessed in the period following the re-introduction of the MIF in August 2021.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-06-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-06-21T10:04:58.707Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-06-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185575 Universal Credit: Self-employed, how many and what proportion of (a) households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant were subject to the Minimum Income Floor from March 2022 to February 2023 in Brighton and Hove in the same period; what assessment he has made of the impact of the Minimum Income Floor on the ability of self-employed people whose earnings fall below that level to afford essential costs of living; if he will make it his policy to remove the Minimum Income Floor; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3930", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Lucas"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brighton, Pavilion"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Caroline Lucas"} ], "uin" : "189572"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1641414", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1641414/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

During the qualifying period for the Cost of Living Payment with the 25 February 2023 deadline, there were 141,900 Universal Credit claimants that had the minimum income floor applied. 12,000 of these claimants received a nil payment potentially due to the minimum income floor.<\/p>

<\/p>

Notes<\/strong><\/p>

  1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.<\/li>
  2. Claimants are treated as having the Minimum Income Floor applied if they have been assessed as gainfully self-employed, are not in a start-up period during which the Minimum Income Floor is not applied, and do not have a temporary easement by which their Minimum Income Floor is set to zero.<\/li>
  3. Claimants to whom the Minimum Income Floor applied includes both those whose actual net earnings are below their Minimum Income Floor and those whose actual net earnings are above.<\/li>
  4. We have identified claimants as receiving a nil payment potentially due to the minimum income floor if they had a nil payment and their actual net earnings were below the minimum income floor. Not all of these claimants would necessarily have received an award in the absence of the minimum income floor.<\/li>
  5. Claimants are excluded if their claim closed before the end of the assessment period falling in the qualifying period.<\/li>
  6. Figures may be subject to retrospective changes as more up-to-date data becomes available or if methodological improvements are made.<\/li><\/ol>

    <\/p>

    <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-06-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-06-07T15:27:40.597Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-06-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, how many Universal Credit claimants had the minimum income floor applied during the qualifying period for the Cost of Living Payment with the 25 February 2023 deadline; and how many such claimants received a nil payment due to the minimum income floor.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4827", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Claire Hanna"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Belfast South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Claire Hanna"} ], "uin" : "187403"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1628810", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1628810/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

    The information requested is not available and would only be possible at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-05-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-05-23T09:53:42.283Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-05-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, if he will make an estimate of the impact of the Minimum Income Floor for self-employed Universal Credit claimants on expenditure by his Department in the financial years (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leicester South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"} ], "uin" : "185790"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1628546", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1628546/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

    The table below shows the average monthly number and proportion of (a) households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant subject to the Minimum Income Floor in each financial year from 2018/19 to 2022/23.<\/p>

    <\/p>

    <\/p><\/td>

    Households with one or more self-employed claimants<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    Individuals at households with one or more self-employed claimants<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    <\/p><\/td>

    Average monthly number subject to the MIF<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    Proportion subject to the MIF<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    Average monthly number subject to the MIF<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    Proportion subject to the MIF<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    2018/19<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    11,300<\/p><\/td>

    25%<\/p><\/td>

    17,600<\/p><\/td>

    29%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    2019/20 (Apr-19 to Feb-20)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    29,300<\/p><\/td>

    26%<\/p><\/td>

    46,600<\/p><\/td>

    30%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    -<\/p><\/td>

    -<\/p><\/td>

    -<\/p><\/td>

    -<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    2021/22 (Aug-21 to Mar-22)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    29,700<\/p><\/td>

    7%<\/p><\/td>

    47,200<\/p><\/td>

    8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    2022/23 (Apr-22 to Feb-23)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

    78,500<\/p><\/td>

    19%<\/p><\/td>

    124,700<\/p><\/td>

    22%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

    Source: Universal Credit Management Information<\/p>

    Notes:<\/p>

    1. Numbers of households and individuals are rounded to the nearest 100.<\/li>
    2. Numbers of households and individuals are the average for each month during the specified period.<\/li>
    3. Claimants are counted as subject to the Minimum Income Floor if they are gainfully self-employed, not in a start-up period, and do not have temporary easement under which the MIF is not applied.<\/li>
    4. The Minimum Income Floor was suspended from March 2020 to July 2021. As such, there are no households subject to the MIF in 2020/21, and figures for 2019/20 and 2021/22 exclude months in which the MIF was suspended. The latest month for which figures are available is February 2023.<\/li>
    5. Households with a UC award of zero but whose claims have not yet closed are not included.<\/li>
    6. From August 2021 onwards there has been a large increase in numbers and proportions subject to the Minimum Income Floor as 12 month start-up periods come to an end for the large volume of claimants assessed in the period following the re-introduction of the MIF in August 2021.<\/li><\/ol>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-05-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1628546/answer/previousversion/76472", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-05-24T10:30:56.603Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, how many and what proportion of (a) households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant were subject to the Minimum Income Floor in the last five financial years for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leicester South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"} ], "uin" : "185574"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1628547", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1628547/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

      The table below shows the number and proportion of (a) households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant subject to the Minimum Income Floor from March 2022 to February 2023.<\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p><\/td>

      Households with one or more self-employed claimants<\/p><\/td>

      Individuals in households with one or more self-employed claimants<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      <\/p><\/td>

      Number subject to the MIF<\/p><\/td>

      Proportion subject to the MIF<\/p><\/td>

      Number subject to the MIF<\/p><\/td>

      Proportion subject to the MIF<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Mar-22<\/p><\/td>

      53,400<\/p><\/td>

      13%<\/p><\/td>

      84,700<\/p><\/td>

      14%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Apr-22<\/p><\/td>

      60,000<\/p><\/td>

      15%<\/p><\/td>

      95,500<\/p><\/td>

      17%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      May-22<\/p><\/td>

      62,800<\/p><\/td>

      15%<\/p><\/td>

      100,200<\/p><\/td>

      18%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Jun-22<\/p><\/td>

      64,200<\/p><\/td>

      16%<\/p><\/td>

      102,200<\/p><\/td>

      18%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Jul-22<\/p><\/td>

      65,000<\/p><\/td>

      16%<\/p><\/td>

      103,500<\/p><\/td>

      18%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Aug-22<\/p><\/td>

      66,900<\/p><\/td>

      16%<\/p><\/td>

      106,500<\/p><\/td>

      19%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Sep-22<\/p><\/td>

      70,200<\/p><\/td>

      17%<\/p><\/td>

      111,700<\/p><\/td>

      20%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Oct-22<\/p><\/td>

      78,700<\/p><\/td>

      20%<\/p><\/td>

      124,700<\/p><\/td>

      22%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Nov-22<\/p><\/td>

      86,700<\/p><\/td>

      22%<\/p><\/td>

      137,300<\/p><\/td>

      24%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Dec-22<\/p><\/td>

      93,900<\/p><\/td>

      23%<\/p><\/td>

      148,700<\/p><\/td>

      26%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Jan-23<\/p><\/td>

      104,500<\/p><\/td>

      26%<\/p><\/td>

      165,500<\/p><\/td>

      29%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      Feb-23<\/p><\/td>

      111,000<\/p><\/td>

      27%<\/p><\/td>

      175,500<\/p><\/td>

      31%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

      Source: Universal Credit Management Information<\/p>

      Notes:<\/p>

      1. Numbers of households and individuals are rounded to the nearest 100.<\/li>
      2. Households with a UC award of zero but whose claims have not yet closed are not included.<\/li>
      3. Claimants are counted as subject to the Minimum Income Floor if they are gainfully self-employed, not in a start-up period, and do not have temporary easement under which the MIF is not applied.<\/li>
      4. During the period shown there has been a large increase in numbers and proportions subject to the Minimum Income Floor as 12 month start-up periods come to an end for the large volume of claimants assessed in the period following the re-introduction of the MIF in August 2021.<\/li><\/ol>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-05-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1628547/answer/previousversion/76473", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-05-24T10:32:11.047Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, how many and what proportion of (a) households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant were subject to the Minimum Income Floor in the last 12 months for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leicester South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"} ], "uin" : "185575"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1472496", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1472496/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

        Claimants who had their UC award reduced to zero by the Minimum income floor and did not receive a UC payment during the qualifying period, will not be eligible for a cost-of-living payment.<\/p>

        <\/p>

        For those that are not eligible for this support, or for families that still need additional support; the Government is providing an additional £500 million to help households, on top of what has been provided since October 2021, bringing total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England, this will take the form of an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £421m and is administered by Local Authorities. Devolved administrations will receive £79 million through the Barnett formula.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4033", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Rutley"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Macclesfield"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "David Rutley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-06-27T16:14:27.027Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-06-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, whether the Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill would give an entitlement to cost of living payments to self-employed Universal Credit claimants who do not receive a regular payment due to the minimum income floor.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine West"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hornsey and Wood Green"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine West"} ], "uin" : "23365"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1458305", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1458305/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

        As of March 2022, 115,000 individuals who started on Universal Credit for the first time between 30th March 2020 and 31st July 2021 have been assessed as gainfully self-employed, of which 107,000 were placed in a start-up period.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4033", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Rutley"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Macclesfield"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "David Rutley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-04-25T16:20:22.87Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Self-employed"} , "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, how many self-employed claimants who claimed universal credit for the first time between 30 March 2020 and 31 July 2021 were subsequently found to be gainfully self-employed; and of these how many were granted the start-up period.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leicester South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"} ], "uin" : "155753"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1455874", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1455874/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

        The requested information is not held.<\/p>

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