October 2018<\/p><\/td> | 11,800<\/p><\/td> | 1.1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> <\/p> Claim closed count rounded to the nearest 100 and the percentages to nearest 0.1%<\/p> Where the claimant had not confirmed their address prior to the case being closed, it has not been possible to exclude a small number of UC cases from Northern Ireland.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of full service universal credit claimants have had their claims stopped each month due to a zero award.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full service universal credit claimants have had their claims stopped each month due to a zero award.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1056844/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The table below shows the number Universal Credit reclaims in the month following a claim closure. It includes claims that are closed at any stage of the claim and includes those that fall within the re-claim process. This is where claimants who meet certain conditions and return to Universal Credit within 6 months of their previous award ending, can make a claim under an easier reclaim process.<\/p> <\/p> The majority of the reclaims in August 2018, had their initial claim closed because of a split in a couple claim (28%); the claimant making an additional claim linked by National Insurance Number resulting in the original claim being closed (26%); and because the Claimant did not accept their Claimant Commitment (22%).<\/p> <\/p> Closure month<\/p><\/td> | Claimants re-applying within 30 days<\/p><\/td> | Proportion of closed claims<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | July-2018<\/p><\/td> | 16,400<\/p><\/td> | 21%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | August-2018<\/p><\/td> | 19,000<\/p><\/td> | 21%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> - Figures have been rounded to nearest 100 and 1%.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of full service universal credit claimants who have had their claims stopped re-apply the following month, in the latest period for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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In both Live Service and Full Service, if a Universal Credit award is reduced to zero, for example as a result of increased earnings, then the Universal Credit award will end.<\/p> <\/p> However, on Live Service if a claimant\u2019s Universal Credit ended because earnings had reduced their award to zero and they subsequently had a change of circumstances that meant Universal Credit would become payable e.g. their earnings dropped, they would return to the same assessment period without having to make a new claim. This is as long as they made contact within 6 months of their previous award ending.<\/p> <\/p> On Full Service, if a claimant\u2019s Universal Credit award ended and they met certain conditions, they will also return to the same assessment period, however, they will need to make a new Universal Credit claim within 6 months of their previous award ending. This new claim is quicker and easier than the one they originally made, as they will only have to tell the department about any changes of circumstances which they have experienced since their previous award ended.<\/p> <\/p> Claimants who become unemployed in a Full Service area also have to make a new claim within 7 days of their job ending (or have a good reason for not doing so) in order for them to be paid for the whole of the assessment period to which they return. If they do not, they will only receive a payment from the point they made their Universal Credit claim until the end of that assessment period.<\/p> <\/p> The changes between Live and Full Service were made for a variety of reasons including:<\/p> <\/p> - to simplify the process and allow the vast majority of claimants who have short term breaks in entitlement to Universal Credit to return to the same assessment period rather than just those whose Universal Credit had ended because they had entered work;<\/li>
- to reduce the possibility of overpayments being made; and<\/li>
- to ensure claimants re-engage with conditionality as quickly as possible after their job has ended.<\/li><\/ul>
An equality analysis was produced for this change.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons her Department's policy changed from live service universal credit to full service universal credit to end a claim after one month of zero award.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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- to reduce the possibility of overpayments being made; and<\/li>
- to ensure claimants re-engage with conditionality as quickly as possible after their job has ended.<\/li><\/ul>
An equality analysis was produced for this change.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment on the change in policy from live service universal credit to full service universal credit on the automatic ending of claims after a zero award.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 203356 on Innovation and Science, what the reason is for the delay in publication of the third wave of Science and Innovation Audits.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department made of the variations in national average salaries in advance of setting a £30,000 salary threshold for skilled workers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1029560/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As set out in the White Paper, \u2018The UK\u2019s future skills-based immigration system\u2019, we propose to define high, medium and lower skilled occupation by referring to the national Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF) levels. High-skilled roles require skills at degree level or above (RQF 6 and above); medium-skilled require skills between A-Level and Foundation Degree, or equivalent (RQF 3-5) and lower-skilled roles include those at GCSE level or below (below RQF 3).<\/p> Occupations falling into each of these skill levels will be set out in codes of practice. The existing codes of practice for our current main immigration work route under Tier 2 can be found at Appendix J of the published immigration rules, available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-j-codes-of-practice-for-skilled-work<\/a><\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will define a (a) high-skilled, (b) medium-skilled and (c) low-skilled migrant in the context of The UK's future skills-based immigration system White Paper.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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