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There are no plans to introduce a floor of this nature. However, the Government is committed to reviewing Universal Credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty.<\/p>
Universal Credit customers can approach their local authority to be considered for a Discretionary Housing Payment. These can be paid to those entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit who face a shortfall in meeting their rental costs.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4147", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Sherlock"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Sherlock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-10-16T10:57:55.9Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of introducing a minimum floor for Universal Credit so that benefit deductions and the benefit cap do not push people into financial hardship.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4999", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Norwich"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "The Lord Bishop of Norwich"} ], "uin" : "HL1405"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1717436", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1717436/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The latest published statistics show for households sent a migration notice between April 2023 and end of March 2024, and who went on to claim Universal Credit, 60% were awarded transitional protection.<\/p>
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The relevant information can be found in \u2018table 9a\u2019 published here: <\/strong>Move to Universal Credit statistics, July 2022 to March 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Data for April 2024 will be published as part of the next Move to Universal Credit statistics release.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what the percentage of people who moved to Universal Credit under the 'Move to UC' policy have been awarded 'transitional protection' (1) between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, and (2) between 1 to 30 April 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1712646/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Statistics to March 2024 will be published on 14 May 2024 as announced here:<\/p> 2022/23<\/p><\/td> Number of distinct UC claims<\/p><\/td> Proportion of Universal Credit Claims subject to Deduction<\/p><\/td> Total Amount Deducted<\/p><\/td> Average Deduction Amount<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claims with deduction for an advance<\/p><\/td> 2,400,000<\/p><\/td> 38%<\/p><\/td> £690,000,000<\/p><\/td> £40<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claims with deduction for third party<\/p><\/td> 950,000<\/p><\/td> 15%<\/p><\/td> £227,000,000<\/p><\/td> £33<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claims with other deductions<\/p><\/td> 2,200,000<\/p><\/td> 34%<\/p><\/td> £684,000,000<\/p><\/td> £49<\/p><\/td><\/tr> All UC claims with at least one deduction<\/p><\/td> 3,500,000<\/p><\/td> 55%<\/p><\/td> £1,601,000,000<\/p><\/td> £62<\/p><\/td><\/tr> All UC claims<\/p><\/td> 6,400,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Table 2: Number of households with a Universal Credit Claim subject to at least fraud penalty; the number of households with a fraud penalty as a proportion of all universal credit households; what the total sum of fraud penalties was; the average fraud penalty, in the 2022-23 financial year.<\/p> <\/p> Table 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of distinct UC claims in the 2022-23 Financial Year<\/p><\/td> Number of households with at least one fraud penalty in the 2022-23 Financial Year<\/p><\/td> Households with at least one fraud penalty as a proportion of all UC households<\/p><\/td> Total amount of Fraud Penalties across the 22/23 financial year<\/p><\/td> Average Fraud Penalty Amount for those households with a fraud penalty<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 6,400,000<\/p><\/td> 330<\/p><\/td> 0.01%<\/p><\/td> £65,000<\/p><\/td> £200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> 1. Average deduction amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1 and proportions have been rounded to the nearest percentage point. Fraud penalty reduction amounts are rounded to nearest £10 and proportions to the nearest 0.01 percentage point.<\/p> 2. Deductions include advance repayments, third party deductions and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.<\/p> 3. "Advances" include all four UC advance types: New Claim, Benefit Transfer, Budgeting and Change of Circumstances.<\/p> 4. The table includes the number of distinct Universal Credit households subject to a deduction in the period 2022-2023. Any household with deductions in more than one assessment period within the period requested will only be counted once. Where a household has multiple deductions in the same assessment period, these figures provide the total of all deductions taken.<\/p> 5. The table includes the number of distinct Universal Credit households subject to a fraud penalty in the period 2022-2023. Any household with fraud penalty in more than one assessment period within the period requested will only be counted once. Where a household has multiple fraud penalties in the same assessment period, these figures provide the total of all fraud penalties taken.<\/p> 6. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.<\/p> 7. This method for calculating the proportion is different to the usual reported figure which looks at a given month and historically has been around 45% for all UC households. See PQ UIN: 203044.<\/a><\/p> 8. Households could have more than one deduction type so adding claims by deduction type may not sum to the total of all deductions.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Information on 2) reductions due to sanctions is provided below<\/p> <\/p> Monthly statistics for April 2022 to March 2023, on the number of Universal Credit full service claimants with a payment that has been reduced due to a sanction, are published on Stat-Xplore, and are shown in the following table.<\/p> <\/p> UC claimants in conditionality regimes where sanctions can be applied by month and sanction indicator from April 2022 to March 2023<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sanction indicator<\/p><\/td> Yes<\/p><\/td> No<\/p><\/td> Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr> April 2022<\/p><\/td> 106,172<\/p><\/td> 5,439,955<\/p><\/td> 5,546,129<\/p><\/td><\/tr> May 2022<\/p><\/td> 108,969<\/p><\/td> 5,432,866<\/p><\/td> 5,541,837<\/p><\/td><\/tr> June 2022<\/p><\/td> 110,438<\/p><\/td> 5,450,340<\/p><\/td> 5,560,774<\/p><\/td><\/tr> July 2022<\/p><\/td> 117,527<\/p><\/td> 5,502,514<\/p><\/td> 5,620,041<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2022<\/p><\/td> 114,874<\/p><\/td> 5,546,078<\/p><\/td> 5,660,952<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2022<\/p><\/td> 117,671<\/p><\/td> 5,566,557<\/p><\/td> 5,684,229<\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 2022<\/p><\/td> 122,293<\/p><\/td> 5,608,895<\/p><\/td> 5,731,191<\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 2022<\/p><\/td> 117,397<\/p><\/td> 5,639,386<\/p><\/td> 5,756,783<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 2022<\/p><\/td> 119,744<\/p><\/td> 5,660,360<\/p><\/td> 5,780,103<\/p><\/td><\/tr> January 2023<\/p><\/td> 118,395<\/p><\/td> 5,681,209<\/p><\/td> 5,799,601<\/p><\/td><\/tr> February 2023<\/p><\/td> 113,352<\/p><\/td> 5,722,976<\/p><\/td> 5,836,324<\/p><\/td><\/tr> March 2023<\/p><\/td> 120,086<\/p><\/td> 5,733,100<\/p><\/td> 5,853,189<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>