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937815

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the letter dated 15 May 2018 from the Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance to the chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee on Universal Credit and split payment to couples, what criteria her Department uses to determine the housing element of universal credit; and what the difference is in cash terms between the housing element and housing costs under a managed payment to a landlord.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	162623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit claimants are entitled to support for housing costs as long as they can prove they have a commercial liability to pay rent for the accommodation that they live in and meet all other conditions of entitlement. Claimants will usually evidence their housing costs with a tenancy agreement, but we can consider other forms of evidence such as a letter from the landlord or a rent book.</p><p> </p><p>For private sector tenants, their support for housing costs will be the relevant Local Housing Allowance rate or the actual rent cost where this is lower than the relevant LHA rate.</p><p> </p><p>For social sector tenants, their support for housing costs will normally be their actual housing costs, including eligible service charges less any deductions.</p><p> </p><p>In cash terms there is no difference between the level of support for housing costs used to calculate the claimant’s monthly award, and those paid under a managed payment to a landlord so long as the level of Universal Credit award is greater than the value of the housing costs. However, the exact amount of a managed payment to a landlord is dependent on the level of award and any other deductions applied to the Universal Credit claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/07/2018 14:38:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

928744

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to ensure that women are informed of their entitlement to statutory maternity pay at the higher level when they are preparing to go on maternity leave and are on maternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	156486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Full and clear information about Statutory Maternity Pay is publically available on the GOV.UK website, including the way it is calculated, the levels at which it is payable, and the eligibility criteria. There is also information about maternity leave and a guide to how both operate together.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/06/2018 11:50:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

927827

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions to stop benefits have been made for people who were found to have no lawful reason to be here since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with other Government Departments in the context of ensuring that the benefit system is fair to British citizens, those who settle here and those who migrate to the UK. DWP officials work closely with the Home Office and other Government bodies to help individuals to confirm their residency in the UK and ensure that they receive the support to which they are entitled.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not collect statistical information by citizenship status and so does not hold the specific information requested.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/06/2018 12:07:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

874884

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out the service delivery standards for universal support.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>DWP asks local authorities to measure the take-up of Universal Support provision.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance, which sets out our expectations around Universal Support, was sent to Local Authorities with their grant-funding offer. The guidance is also published online and can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-universal-support-201819-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-universal-support-201819-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/04/2018 09:07:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

828860

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121721, on social fund, if she will place a copy of the 2014 review in the Library; whether she has conducted any similar reviews since that review; and whether her Department has any plans to hold further reviews.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	124480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>A copy of the Local Welfare Provision review was deposited in the libraries of the House of Commons and House of Lords on 10 November 2014 – <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2014-11-10&amp;td=2014-11-10&amp;search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&amp;itemId=119004#toggle-1446" target="_blank">DEP2014-1446</a>. The Department has no plans for a further review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/01/2018 17:25:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

828883

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of financial and in-kind support provided to low-income families in different local authority areas of the devolution of control over the Social Fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	124499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 have allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2014 review published in November 2014 found that local authorities delivered financial and in-kind support more effectively than the previous provision under the Social Fund, and that therefore local authorities are best placed to ensure help is targeted at those who need it most, alongside their other local services. The Department has no further plans to carry out a further assessment.</p><p>Local authorities in England will receive more than £200 billion to deliver these and other community services between 2016-17 and 2019-20, and will have the certainty to plan ahead through our four-year funding settlement.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/01/2018 17:31:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

828884

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, including errors and duplicates, what the average number of notices is that his Department has sent to local authorities for each person transferring from housing benefit to universal credit; and what estimate his Department has made of the cost of sending such notices to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	124500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>‘Housing Benefit Stop Notice’ is an automated system that electronically sends these notices to the Local Authorities. Notices are sent via this process at nil cost. The number of notices sent is recorded in each case, but not in a form that can be aggregated across all cases to provide the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/01/2018 12:24:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

819044

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on low-income families in different local authorities of the devolution of control over the Social Fund; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 have allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2014 review found that local authorities delivered support more effectively than the previous provision under the Social Fund, and that local authorities are best placed to ensure help is targeted at those who need it most, alongside their other local services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2018 15:35:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

819095

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2018 to Question 121091, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that her Department's staff are aware of support available locally and that conversations during the initial stages of a universal credit claim include that reference to that support; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Accessing digital, budgeting and other support is discussed with customers at the initial claim stage and throughout the customer journey where a need/barrier is identified. Budgeting advice specifically is offered to all Universal Credit claimants when they make a new claim. This service is provided by external organisations such as a local authority, Citizens Advice Bureau or Money Advice Service.</p><p> </p><p>DWP staff are made aware of the specialist help available within their area, including information on services and support and referral arrangements, via the District Provision Tool. This digital tool lists available provision and support, (in a district and nationally) delivered by Jobcentre Plus, Skills Funding Agency, Skills Development Scotland, Careers Wales, other providers, local authorities, and independent and volunteer organisations.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/01/2018 17:32:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

810746

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether jobcentre plus staff inform clients claiming universal credit that they are eligible to claim council tax relief in those local authority areas where this relief is still available for working-age people.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>When making an online claim for Universal Credit, claimants are signposted to independent websites and benefit calculators which highlight other support that may be available in their area, including Council Tax reduction.</p><p> </p><p>DWP staff are aware of support available locally and this forms a key part of the conversations during the initial stages of a Universal Credit claim.</p><p> </p><p>They also promote national products of support, such as the online money manager developed by the Money Advice Service.</p><p> </p><p>There is a section on Gov.uk relating to budgeting support which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-budgeting-support-for-universal-credit-claimants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-budgeting-support-for-universal-credit-claimants</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 08/01/2018 14:00:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds