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1191769

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her Department’s policy to allow claimants to re-open a tax credit claim following an application for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	41473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has prioritised ensuring people have the information they need to understand the benefits and employment support they may be eligible for, including launching a new microsite within the Understanding Universal Credit website to help people navigate the range of support available and apply for it.</p><p> </p><p>Although neither HMRC nor DWP can advise tax credit claimants whether they should claim Universal Credit (UC), we have actively encouraged them to use benefit calculators to check their eligibility before applying and have explained that applying for UC will stop their tax credit claim. This includes adding information to HMRC’s Interactive Voice Response for people calling on the phone, as well as updating GOV.UK pages. We have used the DWP Twitter and Facebook channels to share messages for tax credit claimants, and used paid media to ensure we reach millions of people.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/06/2020 15:39:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 19212 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1191802

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Health and Safety Executive
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional (a) staffing and (b) funding has been allocated to the Health and Safety Executive to increase capacity for the inspection of premises to ensure safe working during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	41525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>As part of a recent announcement, the government has made available up to an extra £14 million for the HSE, equivalent to an increase of 10% of their budget, for extra call centre employees, inspectors and equipment if needed.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-launched-to-help-get-brits-safely-back-to-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-launched-to-help-get-brits-safely-back-to-work</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/05/2020 10:32:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 20363 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1191860

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households with children are currently receiving Universal Credit as well as legacy benefits; and what proportion of those cannot fully benefit from the recent £1,000 increase in Universal Credit as that increase pushed them over the limit of the total amount of benefit they are allowed to receive.
tabling member printed	Baroness Boycott
uin	HL3678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide a reply would require us to produce new analysis to link together several complex datasets, including Child Benefit data which is administered by HMRC, to identify if a household would have a benefit income above the cap levels due to increases in their UC award alone (independent of increases to Local Housing Allowance and CPI uprating of working age benefits). We would also need to identify if the household would otherwise be exempt from the benefit cap. This includes assessing whether or not a household has earnings over the earnings threshold, currently £604 per assessment period, is in receipt of an exempting benefit e.g. Personal Independence Payments, Carer’s Allowance etc. or is eligible for a grace period due to previous earnings. It is estimated that the time this would take to produce and quality assure the results would be in excess of 4 working days and therefore would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 21/05/2020 11:46:22 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4704 label Biography information for Baroness Boycott

1191899

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Zero Hours Contracts: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the benefits being made available to employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are available to those who were on zero-hours contracts and whose employment has ceased.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people through this unprecedented time. We have introduced a number of measures, including the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), as well as ensuring Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is payable from day 1, to ensure people are supported.</p><p> </p><p>Unemployed people who are not eligible for SSP or CJRS, may be able to claim Universal Credit (UC), ‘new style’ Jobseeker’s Allowance, or ‘new style’ Employment and Support Allowance, and this will include those people who are self-isolating in accordance with government guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>People on zero hour contracts who are already claiming UC do not need to take any actions, as UC will auto adjust to represent the income received within that assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>More information about the support available during the Covid-19 outbreak is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/coronavirus" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/coronavirus</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 18/05/2020 11:13:19 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1191092

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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 proportion of the 93 per cent of claims for universal credit that have been processed by her Department since 16 March 2020 have resulted in people not qualifying for a payment.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	41056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>Between March 16th and March 29th there were 800,000 declarations made to Universal Credit, all of which are processed. Of these</p><ul><li>67% have received a UC payment</li><li>16% had a nil award due to earnings</li><li>16% were either withdrawn by the claimant or closed due to ineligibility</li><li>Less than 1% have outstanding verification preventing payment</li></ul><p> </p><p>For comparison, in January and February there were 580,000 declaration made to Universal Credit, all of which are processed. Of these</p><ul><li>63% have received a UC payment</li><li>12% had a nil award due to earnings</li><li>26% were either withdrawn by the claimant or closed due to ineligibility</li><li>Less than 1% have outstanding verification preventing payment</li></ul><p> </p><p>I apologise for the time taken to provide this answer.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/06/2020 15:45:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 19211 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1190129

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
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: Wales
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 have submitted claims for universal credit in Wales from 23 March 2020 by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	39515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p><strong>Number of Universal Credit declarations in Wales 01 March 2020 - 12 May 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Individuals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total 1 Mar to 12 May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122,160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>95,080</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 01 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 02 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 03 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 04 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 05 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 06 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 07 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 08 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 09 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 10 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 11 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 12 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 13 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 14 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 15 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 16 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 17 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 18 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,450</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 19 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 20 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>3,560</p></td><td><p>2,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 21 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td><td><p>1,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 22 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 23 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>5,720</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 24 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>6,040</p></td><td><p>4,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 25 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>4,230</p></td><td><p>3,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 26 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td><td><p>3,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 27 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>6,860</p></td><td><p>4,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 28 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>2,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 29 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 30 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>5,140</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 31 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>3,670</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 01 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>3,740</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 02 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>4,150</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 03 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 04 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 05 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 06 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 07 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 08 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 09 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,910</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 10 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 11 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 12 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 13 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 14 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 15 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 16 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 17 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 18 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 19 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 20 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 21 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 22 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 23 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 24 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 25 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 26 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 27 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 28 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 29 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 30 Apr 2020</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 01 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 02 May 2020</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 03 May 2020</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 04 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 05 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wed 06 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thu 07 May 2020</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fri 08 May 2020</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sat 09 May 2020</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun 10 May 2020</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mon 11 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tue 12 May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Caveats:</p><p>The figures use the Job centre the claimant has been allocated to rather than the contract address to determine location.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information is not available at local authority level.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/05/2020 16:56:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 17785 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden