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1607700

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date	27/03/2023
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	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, with reference to the report entitled The sanctions surge: Shining a light on the universal credit sanctions regime, published in March 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that people in the North East are over 30 per cent more likely to be sanctioned than someone in the South West; and what steps he is taking to ensure that sanctions are applied consistently.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	174308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The claimant commitment is agreed between the claimant and the work coach, and it is based on the claimant’s particular circumstances</p><p>Where a referral for a sanction is made, an independent Decision Maker will fully consider the claimant’s individual circumstances and look at any evidence of good reason before determining whether a sanction should be applied.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/04/2023 14:19:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1607874

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Jobcentre Plus: Public Sector and Voluntary Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) public sector and (b) voluntary organisations have entered into partnerships with Jobcentre Plus in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	174309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/03/2023 13:55:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1607876

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Universal Credit: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department collects on Universal Credit claimants' (a) pay and (b) career progression.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	174310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department collects earnings data from claimants, including data received from HMRC, to allow for the operation of Universal Credit. Data collected includes HMRC Real Time Earnings for employees and other earnings reported by claimants to DWP.</p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely collect data on career progression.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/03/2023 13:55:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1607972

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to scrap Work Capability Assessments on people receiving (a) Employment and Support Allowance and (b) the health-related elements of Universal Credit who do not receive Personal Independence Payment or Disability Living Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	174311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We will put protections in place to ensure that no one experiences financial loss at the point at which the reform is enacted. For the group who receive the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) payment, but not Personal Independence Payment, there will be transitional protection at the point that they move to the new system.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to protecting those claimants who are currently treated as LCWRA due to pregnancy risk, or because they are about to receive, receiving, or recovering from, treatment for cancer by way of chemotherapy or radiotherapy. We will provide explicit provision to allow these claimants to access the new UC health top-up, even when they are not in receipt of PIP.</p><p> </p><p>These reforms will be rolled out on a gradual, geographical basis, starting with new claims from 2026/27 and reaching existing claims from 2029 onwards at the earliest.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/03/2023 10:18:46 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth