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1017206

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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: EU Nationals
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 paragraph 54 of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, how many non-UK EU nationals (a) currently living in the UK and (b) expected to be living in the UK over the next 15 years will qualify for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	197376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-28/196900/" target="_blank">196900</a> on 4 December.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 15:52:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1017216

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Bereavement Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to make widowers aware of their potential entitlement to bereavement allowance.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	197462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>From 6 April 2017 we replaced the previous suite of bereavement benefits, which included bereavement allowance, with a single benefit known as Bereavement Support Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has worked with funeral directors, Registrars and voluntary groups to ensure that bereaved people are fully informed of the action to take following a death. Further information about the benefits to which they are entitled and how to claim them can be found on the government services and information website at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/12/2018 16:43:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1017312

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adverse sanction decisions have been made against universal credit claimants since August 2015 in (a) Salford and Eccles constituency, (b) Salford local authority area, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	197436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The available information on the number of individuals sanctioned by benefit, by parliamentary constituency, local authority and region is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 15:43:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1017320

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people at risk of experiencing debt as a result of the six-week transitory wait from legacy benefits to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	197443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has implemented a number of improvements to ensure no one has to experience hardship at the point of claim.</p><p> </p><p>New claimants to Universal Credit have always been able to apply for a Universal Credit Advance in their first month if they need some financial support until the first regular payment of Universal Credit is made.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Autumn Budget 2017, we have implemented a comprehensive and wide-ranging package of improvements worth £1.5 billion. These include making advances of up to 100% of the indicative award available (from the start of a claim) and increasing the repayment period to 12 months, removing the 7 waiting days, providing an additional payment of 2 weeks of Housing Benefit to support claimants when they transition to Universal Credit, and changing how claimants in temporary accommodation receive support for their housing costs. Additionally, advances will be able to be repaid over 16 months from October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, from July 2020, payments of Income Support and the income related elements of Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance will continue for two weeks after a claim for Universal Credit has been made, benefitting 1.1 million households. This extra financial support is intended to help claimants in the five-week period up to their first monthly payment of Universal Credit, and will not need to be repaid.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 16:08:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1015069

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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: Disqualification
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 sanctions have been issued to people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East in receipt of (i) jobseekers allowance, (ii) employment and support allowance and (iii) universal credit in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	195495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The available information on Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support and Universal Credit sanction decisions by parliamentary constituency is published and can be accessed at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on sanctions, including a breakdown by sanction referral reason, as part of the Benefit Sanction Statistics publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions</a></p><p> </p><p>We take a number of steps to make sure our decisions are fair. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 16:06:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

1015070

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number and proportion of unemployed people who are entitled to claim (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) universal credit but are not doing so in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) the North East.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	195496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-19/192726/" target="_blank">PQ192726</a>, answered on 27 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 16:18:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

1015119

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Schizophrenia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants are diagnosed with schizophrenia.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	195651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim outcomes (clearances) at disability level are not readily available and have not previously been published as Official Statistics. We are producing the statistics requested and issuing them in an Official Statistics release on 11<sup>th</sup> December 2018 in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of individuals in receipt of PIP payments broken down by disability are already available on Stat Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 195650 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:21:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1013093

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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, what estimate her Department has made of the number of claimants of tax credits that will not be eligible for universal credit as a result of the savings limit qualification.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	195088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We have, however, made an estimate for the number of tax credit claimants with capital in excess of £16,000 likely to be managed migrated, across Great Britain, which is around 35,000.</p><p> </p><p>As announced on 7 June 2018, for claimants with capital exceeding £16,000 who are managed migrated onto Universal Credit by the Department, any capital which exceeds the limit will be disregarded for 12 months, which means they are entitled to Universal Credit. This protection period for claimants is contingent on parliamentary approval of the required legislation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 16:21:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1010212

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average waiting times for calls to each of her Department's benefit telephone lines were in each of the last 18 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	192734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the average waiting times for the benefit telephone lines for comparison with PQ<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-05-08/141701/" target="_blank">141701</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The information is for the most recent 18 month period in which data is available for, May 2017 to October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware of a potential issue, which is being investigated, whereby a call could be terminated by a customer but potentially remain in the system and continue to be recorded as a ‘live call’. This issue produces statistical anomalies which impact on the reliability of the data available.</p><p> </p><p>Average Speed of Answer</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Last 18 Months</p></td><td><p>October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National DLA Adult</p></td><td><p>00:03:26</p></td><td><p>00:04:51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance Enquiry</p></td><td><p>00:15:19</p></td><td><p>00:11:30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance Enquiry English</p></td><td><p>00:08:51</p></td><td><p>00:03:43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support Enquiry</p></td><td><p>00:08:38</p></td><td><p>00:11:07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobcentre Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>00:06:05</p></td><td><p>00:04:48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment</p></td><td><p>00:05:31</p></td><td><p>00:06:46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit Live Service</p></td><td><p>00:09:17</p></td><td><p>00:16:26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit Full Service</p></td><td><p>00:05:01</p></td><td><p>00:03:58</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information requested regarding the shortest and longest wait time could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Please Note:</p><p> </p><p>Data Source: BT - OPMIS and Historical Management Information (GI2 – HMI)</p><p>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/12/2018 16:33:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead