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1151527

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit manually reported their wages in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	3809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>A monthly breakdown of adjustments to Universal Credit payments owing to Real Time Information and self-reported earnings is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>From the information that is readily available for Universal Credit Full Service, in the twelve months to September 2019, on average 1.7m payments were processed each month. Of the payments processed, on average 1.2% or 20,000 had self-reported earnings information recorded.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2019 15:18:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1151533

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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, what monitoring is undertaken of errors arising from the RTI system leading to overpayment of universal credit due to lack of notification of wages; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	3814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The amount of Universal Credit paid to claimants reflects the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period, as closely as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly assessment periods align to the way the majority of employees are paid and also allows Universal Credit to be adjusted each month. This means that if a claimant's income falls, they will not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit.</p><p /><p>The IT systems between HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) system and the DWP are monitored 24/7 for any IT failures, so these can be addressed immediately. Universal Credit does not run its Payment Calculations until all earnings files transferred from HMRC are received. However, this does not address instances where an employer has failed to notify HMRC of earnings timeously. In these circumstances we have processes in place, including the opportunity for claimants to self-report earnings to help avoid overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP has been working closely with HMRC since Universal Credit went live in 2013 to support and inform employers who report earnings to emphasise the importance of timely reporting via the Real Time Information (RTI) system.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have updated their guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is also working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/10/2019 13:40:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1111209

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall levels of payment were from the Flexible Support Fund (a) in each region, and (b) on (i) childcare, (ii) training, (iii) clothing for work and (iv) other categories of activity in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	243572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables attached.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/05/2019 12:03:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name Flexible Support Fund Expenditure by Region.docx title Flexible Support Fund Expenditure by Region previous answer version 114103 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1105649

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times (a) Ministers and b) civil servants from her Department met with representatives from the Low Income Tax Reform Group in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	237766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department engages with a diverse range of stakeholders on a wide range of topics and issues including with the Low Income Tax Reform Group (LITRG).</p><p> </p><p>They are a member of the Departmental Operational Stakeholder Engagement Forum (OSEF) which meets quarterly allowing stakeholders to shape operational delivery and builds positive relationships between national stakeholders and DWP. The forum also enables key messages to be communicated to stakeholders in the most efficient and cost effective way.</p><p> </p><p>LITRG have also attended two events with Civil Servants working on Universal Credit in the last year. Further information on meetings over the past 5 years is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/04/2019 14:29:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1084416

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government guidance entitled Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts by her Department Department as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	230093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. To obtain the information a search through individual records would be required as this is not recorded on departmental systems.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/03/2019 13:22:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1064912

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many suppliers have been excluded from bidding for contracts due to not meeting the criteria in her Department's Procurement Policy Note 03/14 in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	224827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>From April 2018 to February 2019 DWP have not excluded any suppliers from bidding for contracts due to not meeting the criteria in PPN 03/14. To provide a response for 2014 to March 2018 would exceed the cost threshold limit set for central Government.</p><p> </p><p><br></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/02/2019 14:48:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1064047

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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, with reference to universal credit recipients who have an alternative payment arrangement involving payment of housing costs to the landlord and who also have an income from work and are subject to deductions due to the taper, in how many cases (a) is the maximum housing element paid to the landlord with deductions due to the taper reducing only the remaining amount paid to the claimant, (b) is the deduction applied only to the amount paid directly to the landlord and (c) are both of these amounts reduced by the deduction, in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	223245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>By way of clarification, the amount of Universal Credit payable is first calculated net of any deductions, irrespective of whether there is a Managed Payment to Landlord in place. Where the amount calculated is greater than housing costs, the Managed Payment to Landlord will be for the full amount of housing costs with the claimant receiving the remaining amount of Universal Credit; where the amount of Universal Credit calculated is less than housing costs, that amount is paid directly to the landlord and the claimant receives no payment of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/02/2019 16:24:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1046101

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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, with reference to her speech entitled, Universal Credit: personal welfare, delivered on 11 January 2019, if she will publish the evidential basis for 60 per cent of payments to couples claiming universal credit are paid into the woman’s bank account.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	211352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The requested information has been published and can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gender-of-bank-account-holders-on-universal-credit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gender-of-bank-account-holders-on-universal-credit</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/02/2019 16:33:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 97887 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1046102

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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, with reference to her speech entitled, Universal Credit: personal welfare, delivered on 11 January 2019, how many recipients of universal credit where payments are made to the woman’s bank account (a) have and (b) do not have children.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	211353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Our internal data shows, that of the estimated 59% of couples where the woman is the Universal Credit payee, we estimate that 81% of these have dependent children in the household.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/02/2019 17:59:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 97889 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1046103

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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, with reference to her speech entitled, Universal Credit: personal welfare, delivered on 11 January 2019, how many recipients of universal credit where the woman is the payee are recorded as lead carers in relation to their claimant commitment.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	211354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 211355 question first answered 20/03/2019 13:51:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 97891 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds