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1306932

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the additional costs of working from home are taken into account when calculating universal credit payments for claimants who are working from home during covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	178584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>A Universal Credit award is calculated on the basis of the set benefit rate against money coming in, to ensure fairness of treatment for all claimants against the money that they have available. This is a long-standing principle of means-tested benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit rules align closely to tax legislation (Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA)). Amounts that are taken into account for a Universal Credit award include those that are general earnings, as defined in section 7(3) of ITEPA. Amounts paid as expenses that are exempt from Income tax under Part 4 of ITEPA are not taken into account for a Universal Credit award.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/04/2021 14:38:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1307081

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Disability Premium: Judgements
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 is taking to implement the Court of Appeal's decision in the case of R (TD & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2020] EWCA Civ 618.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	179272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department is considering its response to the judgment and will communicate further details in due course.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/04/2021 13:19:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1307338

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people under the age of 25 were refused Discretionary Housing Payment (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority area in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	179064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>As Discretionary Housing Payments are administered by Local Authorities the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data available on Discretionary Housing Payments is the following set of official statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:03:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1307339

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to review the universal credit rate for young people who live alone.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	179065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Universal Credit rate for under 25s reflects the lower wages that younger workers typically receive. Universal Credit also includes separate elements to provide support for housing costs, children and childcare costs and support for disabled people and carers. These additional amounts are provided to claimants at the same level irrespective of age.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to review this at present. OBR figures show we have injected over £8bn into the welfare system in 2020/21, and we have extended the £20 a week increase to Universal Credit for a further six months. This increase is supporting millions of people across the UK, including those under 25.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:10:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1307340

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making people under the age of 25 living in supported accommodation eligible for the work allowance under universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	179066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change eligibility for work allowances in Universal Credit. Work allowances are focussed on providing extra support for those with children or limited capability to work. All Universal Credit claimants who are in work and earn above any applicable work allowance will benefit from the single 63% taper rate which reduces their Universal Credit at a consistent and predictable rate and by less than they are earning.</p><p> </p><p>To support young people into employment we are investing £2bn to support the creation of quality jobs via our Kickstart scheme, which is already creating thousands of high-quality jobs for young people.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, our DWP Youth Offer provides wrap-around support for 18-24 year olds in the intensive work search group, helping young people access provision stood up as part of the Plan for Jobs, alongside local work related provision.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:36:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1307636

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Severe Disability Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were made by people who were both homeless and in receipt of severe disability premium in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	179166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally collate this data.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 179167 question first answered 15/04/2021 14:34:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1307639

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Severe Disability Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were made by people who were both homeless and in receipt of severe disability premiums in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	179167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally collate this data.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 179166 question first answered 15/04/2021 14:34:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1307878

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit fraud referrals by local authorities were (a) made to, (b) rejected by, (c) accepted by and (d) are awaiting a decision by her Department on tenants in Supported Accommodation Units in each of the last three years in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	178996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The number of Local Authority referrals received by DWP in each of the last three financial years is as follows:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>23,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>23,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>13,902</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As a result of those referrals, the following number of cases were accepted by DWP:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>19,857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>19,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>11,543</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The difference between the two data sets represents the number of referrals that were not progressed. This could be because the referral contained insufficient information or duplicated an existing communication.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s recording system does not hold information on benefit fraud referrals made specifically in relation to tenants living in Supported Accommodation Units. It is also unable to provide figures that reflect individual Local Authorities. The figures provided therefore represent total numbers for all Local Authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:59:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1307942

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to reform benefits payments in order to protect recipients with complex needs from criminal exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no such plans.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>We take every care to prevent incorrect payments being made and to ensure that benefits are paid to the correct recipients; and that their payments are accurate from the outset of a claim.</p><p> </p><p>Operational staff also have instructions on how to alert DWP’s Serious Organised Crime (SOC) Team, who work closely with the National Crime Agency and the Home Office to investigate criminal activity, to potential cases of modern slavery, and receive guidance, for example, on raising awareness of the risks County Lines activity poses for our more vulnerable claimants who can be exploited by gangs.</p><p> </p><p>Further information may be found in DWP’s Universal Credit (UC) Guidance which covers all aspects of UC and its administration, including claims and payments. Updated chapters are deposited in the House of Commons Library periodically by the DWP and can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/universal-credit-information-sources/" target="_blank">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/universal-credit-information-sources/</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:08:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307955

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Rents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending universal credit rent support to adult children living in their familiar home where that rent is not paid to a family member.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	179234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Housing Costs Support in Universal Credit is already available to any claimant with a rent liability for the home they live in, where that liability is on a commercial basis and not owed to a close relative who lives at the same address.</p><p> </p><p>There are no limitations on adult children who live at the same address as their parents from claiming housing costs support, so long as the above conditions are met.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/04/2021 12:54:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry