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100548

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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, how much his Department spent on bank transfer transactions for each type of benefit and pension payment in the last financial year; and what the total cost was of those transfers.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Ian Swales
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP can provide a total figure for UK benefit bank transfers for 2013/14 (including pensions) by BACS, broken down by benefit as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Banking Costs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE (AA) (inc Overseas)</p></td><td><p>14,914,870</p></td><td><p>£65,625.43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE (DLA) (inc Overseas)</p></td><td><p>47,522,463</p></td><td><p>£209,098.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND (ESF)</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>£1.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARERS ALLOWANCE (CA) (inc Overseas)</p></td><td><p>27,066,880</p></td><td><p>£119,094.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INCAPACITY BENEFIT (INCAP)</p></td><td><p>10,093,974</p></td><td><p>£44,413.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INCOME SUPPORT (IS)</p></td><td><p>146,845,498</p></td><td><p>£646,120.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INDUSTRIAL INJURIES (IIDB)</p></td><td><p>11,975,719</p></td><td><p>£52,693.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OVERSEAS DIVISION (ODIIDB)</p></td><td><p>73,828</p></td><td><p>£324.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>30,546,139</p></td><td><p>£134,403.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MORTGAGE DIRECT (JSA MD)</p></td><td><p>239,080</p></td><td><p>£1,051.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LPS</p></td><td><p>71,171</p></td><td><p>£313.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LPS MID</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>£8.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MORTGAGE DIRECT (MI)</p></td><td><p>1,299,364</p></td><td><p>£5,717.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RETIREMENT PENSIONS</p></td><td><p>339,855,838</p></td><td><p>£1,495,365.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THIRD PARTY PAYMENTS (TPP)</p></td><td><p>44,715</p></td><td><p>£196.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WINTER FUEL NEW RULE (WFNR)</p></td><td><p>953,886</p></td><td><p>£4,197.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOCIAL FUND (SF)</p></td><td><p>1,157,008</p></td><td><p>£5,090.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DWP ESA MID</p></td><td><p>617,369</p></td><td><p>£2,716.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DWP ESA</p></td><td><p>44,349,674</p></td><td><p>£195,138.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DWP CPS LOCAL PAYMENTS</p></td><td><p>1,930,311</p></td><td><p>£8,493.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>282,631</p></td><td><p>£1,243.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit</p></td><td><p>13,556</p></td><td><p>£59.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benefits Total</p></td><td><p>679,559,975</p></td><td><p>£2,990,063.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Excluding CSA/SPVA/CMS</p></td><td><p>686,118,046</p></td><td><p>£3,018,919.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL BACS</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>699,386,621</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,077,301.13</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not have the breakdown for Faster Payments by benefit type, however the total volume figure of payments is 3,261,640 and a transaction value of £526,273.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 29/10/2014 14:27:34 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales

223077

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222884, whether his Department plans to publish statistics on the number of hardship applications and awards before the General Election.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	225002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department intends to publish figures on the number of hardship applications and awards in May 2015. The date of publication will be announced shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 02/03/2015 14:08:53 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

1663876

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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 people who are (a) usually eligible for (i) Universal Credit and (ii) other benefits and (b) have received a nil award for those benefits in the qualifying period because they have received non-consolidated additional backpay from the NHS for the year 2022-23 will receive all the cost of living payments they would otherwise be entitled to in 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Employees who receive arrears of earnings and/or lump sum payments in one month, could have their Universal Credit award reduced to zero in the same month (known as a ‘nil award’). Claimants who receive a ‘nil award’ in the qualifying period will not have an entitlement to a Cost of Living Payment.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to distinguish whether an increase to a claimant’s earnings is temporary or permanent.</p><p> </p><p>However, we are delivering the Cost of Living Payment in three separate payments over 2023/24 to reduce the chance of someone missing out altogether. Those who do not qualify for an instalment of the Cost of Living Payment may qualify for another Payment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/10/2023 10:32:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1311002

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	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, pursuant to the Answer on 20 April 2021 to Question 179299 on Social Security Benefits: Payments, how many cases her Department's Serious Organised Crime team has (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted fully in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	185442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/04/2021 12:54:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 99514 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

447953

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	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, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in payment of tax credits and other benefits as a result of administrative errors; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Tax Credits are the responsibility of HMRC.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to ensuring payments are made in a timely manner and benefit payment times are improving year on year.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/01/2016 14:22:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

711107

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	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, what the change was in annual social security payments in the UK between 2012 and the projected annual cost by 31 March 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The available information is in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows DWP Annually Managed Expenditure within the current definition of social security payments for Great Britain. Expenditure in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Expenditure £bn</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Change</p></td><td><p>Change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>Forecast</p></td><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nominal</p></td><td><p>159.9</p></td><td><p>172.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Real Terms (2016/17 prices)</p></td><td><p>169.4</p></td><td><p>172.7</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures are based on Budget 2017 expenditure as published by the Office for Budget Responsibility on 8 March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Council Tax Benefit, which was part of DWP’s expenditure in 2012/13, has been excluded from the figures to aid comparison.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/03/2017 16:58:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1146582

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	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	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, what comparative assessment she has made of the average length of time for a claimant to receive their first (a) legacy benefit payment and (b) universal credit payment in the each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	291447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The design of Universal Credit is fundamentally different to legacy benefits, so any assessment would not reflect this adequately.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an assessment of legacy benefit and Universal Credit payment timeliness in its Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19. This showed that the speed of Universal Credit payments has continued to improve during its rollout and the Department continues to introduce improvements. Between February 2018 to February 2019 Universal Credit payment timeliness improved with 86% of new claims to Universal Credit receiving full payment on time in February 2019, an increase from 78% in February 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly assessment periods align to the way the majority of employees are paid, and how utility companies and other service providers collect payments. This allows Universal Credit to be adjusted each month, which 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><p>Overall, Universal Credit provides more tailored support, and makes it more financially rewarding to increase earnings when in employment compared to legacy benefits.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/10/2019 15:55:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

797523

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2017 to Question 108977, on Post Office Card Accounts, what the annual cost per person is to the public purse of administering pensions and benefits payments through bank accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	116486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of the cost per customer and cost per transaction is commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>The total cost of administering pensions and benefits through post office card accounts over the life of the contract is £250.9m from December 2014 to November 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The administration of DWP pensions and benefit payments through bank accounts is managed under the HMRC Government Banking Service Money Transmission Services Contract. The total cost over the life of the contract to DWP is £14.8m from September 2016 to June 2023</p><p> </p><p>In line with our wider policy on financial inclusion we have always made it clear that payment into a bank, building society or credit union is the preferred way pension and benefits are paid. Access to appropriate mainstream financial services, that meet the customer’s needs, is important to support personal and financial independence. There are now fewer barriers to prevent people from using bank accounts. The nine largest personal current account providers in the UK are legally required to offer basic bank accounts to customers who do not have a bank account or who are ineligible for a bank’s standard current account, provided that the customer is legally resident in the EU. Basic bank accounts minimise the risk of unarranged overdrafts and end bank charges if a direct debit or standing order fails.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions committed in 2014 to maintain Post Office card account until 2021, to ensure that these customers can continue to access their benefits and pensions in this way.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 116483 116484 116487 question first answered 04/12/2017 16:20:56 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

797524

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2017 to Question 108977, on Post Office Card Accounts, what the cost per transaction is to the public purse of administering pensions and benefits payments through bank accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	116487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of the cost per customer and cost per transaction is commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>The total cost of administering pensions and benefits through post office card accounts over the life of the contract is £250.9m from December 2014 to November 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The administration of DWP pensions and benefit payments through bank accounts is managed under the HMRC Government Banking Service Money Transmission Services Contract. The total cost over the life of the contract to DWP is £14.8m from September 2016 to June 2023</p><p> </p><p>In line with our wider policy on financial inclusion we have always made it clear that payment into a bank, building society or credit union is the preferred way pension and benefits are paid. Access to appropriate mainstream financial services, that meet the customer’s needs, is important to support personal and financial independence. There are now fewer barriers to prevent people from using bank accounts. The nine largest personal current account providers in the UK are legally required to offer basic bank accounts to customers who do not have a bank account or who are ineligible for a bank’s standard current account, provided that the customer is legally resident in the EU. Basic bank accounts minimise the risk of unarranged overdrafts and end bank charges if a direct debit or standing order fails.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions committed in 2014 to maintain Post Office card account until 2021, to ensure that these customers can continue to access their benefits and pensions in this way.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 116483 116484 116486 question first answered 04/12/2017 16:20:56 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford