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1284319

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date	05/02/2021
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: Coronavirus
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 APPG on Poverty's £20 uplift report published on 1 February 2021, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) removal of the £20 uplift to universal credit and working tax credit; (b) decision not to extend the £20 uplift to legacy and related benefits and (c) suspension of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	149727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit was announced by the Chancellor as a temporary measure in March 2020 to support those facing the most financial disruption as a result of the public health emergency. This measure remains in place until March 2021. As the Government has done throughout this crisis, it will continue to assess how best to support low-income families, which is why we will look at the economic and health context before making any decisions.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend the temporary £20 uplift to legacy benefits. Claimants on legacy benefits can make a claim for Universal Credit (UC) if they think they will be better off and should check carefully their eligibility and entitlements under UC before applying, as legacy benefits will end when claimants submit their UC claim and they will not be able to return to them in the future. For this reason, prospective claimants are signposted to independent benefits calculators on GOV.UK. Neither DWP nor HMRC can advise individual claimants whether they would be better off moving to UC or remaining on legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made with regards to suspending the benefit cap. There are currently no plans to change the Benefit Cap.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/02/2021 17:31:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1284394

registered interest
date	05/02/2021
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: Overpayments
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 potential merits of extending time frames for debt recovery of Universal Credit overpayments during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	149784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Debt recovery, including the recovery of Universal Credit overpayments, was paused for 3 months from April 2020, so that Debt Management staff could support processing in excess of three million new Universal Credit claims following the outbreak of COVID 19.</p><p>Those staff have subsequently been able to return to their roles in Debt Management and we have adopted a phased and controlled approach to re-instating debt recovery, allowing us to manage the demand on services.</p><p>There are no current plans to re-instate the suspension of debt recovery, but we will keep the situation under review.</p><p>We have always recognised that there will be some people who may be experiencing financial difficulty, and anyone unable to afford the rate of recovery is encouraged to contact DWP so an affordable rate of repayment can be negotiated based on their individual circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/02/2021 17:54:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1283404

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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	Poverty
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 11 December 2020 to Question 124122, if she will publish an anti-poverty strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	148696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon (or Rt Hon) Member to the answer I gave on 11 December 2020 to question number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-02/124122" target="_blank">124122</a></p><p> </p><p>This Government champions the principle of work as the best route out of poverty and towards financial independence. Getting people back to work and supporting them to progress is at the heart of our approach and our new £30 billion Plan for Jobs is the first step on the ladder to achieving this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/02/2021 17:25:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1283626

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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	Funeral Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for social fund funeral expenses payments her Department has received since April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	148937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>In the period 1 April 2020 to 31 December 2020, there were approximately 34,000 applications received for Funeral Expenses Payments, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>This figure is drawn from the Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System. It is not quality assured to the same extent as Official / National statistics.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/02/2021 14:48:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1282983

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
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	Unemployment: Older People
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 25 January 2021 to Question 140818 on Unemployment: Older People, how many Older Claimant Champions are employed by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	147857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>We currently have 10 Older Claimant Champions at DWP regional level who work collaboratively with our 34 District Older Claimant Champions to raise the profile of our older claimants. The champions act as a single point of contact for cascading messages, communications and best practice to colleagues locally and nationally. They raise awareness with Work Coaches, employers and providers of the products available to them for example local groups, online tools and more.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/02/2021 17:51:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1282984

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsideration requests her Department received from claimants affected by the benefit cap in each month of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	147858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>The available information is in the table. It shows the total number of Universal Credit Mandatory Reconsiderations requested by people in households where the benefit cap applies, and the reconsideration may not be related to the application of the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations requested from UC benefit cap cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-20</strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-20</strong></p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-20</strong></p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-20</strong></p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-20</strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table covers Great Britain only</p><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations by month requested</p><p>Answers are rounded to the nearest 10</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/02/2021 17:52:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1283015

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
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	Housing: Natural Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to support (a) tenants and (b) property managers through the regulation of best practice measures for the Gas Safe Industry.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	148030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations places duties on landlords to maintain gas fittings and flues in a safe condition, and to have these checked for safety annually. To support tenants and property managers understand these duties, and what landlords need to do to comply with them, extensive guidance can found on the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) website - <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/index.htm" target="_blank">www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/index.htm</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/help-and-advice/renting-a-property/" target="_blank">Gas Safe Register</a> (delivered on behalf of HSE) also provides advice for tenants and landlords - <a href="https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/help-and-advice/renting-a-property/" target="_blank">Gas safety in rented properties. Landlord and Tenant Guides - Gas Safe Register</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/02/2021 15:27:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1283063

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
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	Unemployment: 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 effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of youth unemployment in (a) the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) Bexley Borough and (c) Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	147742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department regularly publishes statistics on the Alternative Claimant Count, and these are available by local authority and constituency, this includes information defined by different age groups and is available on StatXplore, please see link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></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> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/02/2021 15:21:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1282080

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 22 January 2021 to Question 134402 on Universal Credit, how many universal credit claimants with a deduction for court fines (a) applied, (b) were approved, (c) were declined for a reduction in deductions in each month since November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	145769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held. The Department does not take applications to reduce court fine deductions but signposts the claimant to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. Magistrate Courts impose Fines and Compensation orders on offenders, and can instruct DWP to make a deduction from Universal Credit. The deduction rate is set out in regulations at a minimum rate of 5% of the standard allowance and up to a maximum rate of £108.35 per assessment period, as long as there is sufficient UC in payment. The maximum deduction will not exceed 30% of the claimant’s standard allowance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Work Coaches can refer claimants to more specialist support for personal budgeting, money guidance and debt advice if required, including through the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/02/2021 17:36:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood