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1110190

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of tenants that will experience a financial shortfall as a result of 2019-20 being a 53-week rent year and universal Credit being a 52 week rent year.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	242021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Neither tenants or landlords lose a week’s rent in a 53 weekly rent payment year as has been alleged; no year contains 53 weeks. The problem is alignment between weekly and monthly cycles. Each month the UC housing element is a constant figure but claimants with weekly tenancy agreements will be required to make either four or five rent payments within this period. If the claimant always pays their rent on time, in five payment months they are effectively making payment for part of the following month. That month will always be a four rent payment month, so the combination of the advance payment and the ‘overpayment’ of housing support during that month will get the claimant back on track</p><p> </p><p>Where a landlord charges rent weekly on a Monday, because of the way the calendar falls every 5 or 6 years, they will seek 53 rent payments in a year, with the 53rd payment in part covering the tenancy for the first few days of the following year. The effect of this is that, over the course of the next housing association rental year, a tenant’s UC payments will accurately reflect their liability, irrespective of the 53 payment weeks.</p><p> </p><p>There is a separate issue with respect to the way the calculation in the Universal Credit regulations converts a weekly liability into a monthly allowance. The conversion is achieved by multiplying the weekly rent by 52 and then dividing by 12. This effectively means one day’s rent a year (two days in a leap years) are not covered by UC. We are currently considering whether this formulation around weekly rents, and potentially other weekly amounts in the UC calculation, should be amended.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/04/2019 15:59:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

573540

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing
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 Answer of 16 February 2016 to Question 26142, if he will publish the names of the successful bidders to become trusted partner pilots for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	44024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The landlords selected give a representative sample and consist of stock owning Local Authorities, Arm’s length managed organisations (ALMOs) and Housing Associations.</p><p> </p><p>The six Housing Associations below form the original proof of concept landlords who have continued to pilot Trusted Partner since it began in March 2015.</p><ul><li>Magenta Living</li><li>First Choice Homes Oldham</li><li>Places for People</li><li>Community Gateway</li><li>Your Housing Group</li><li>New Charter</li></ul><p> </p><p>The individual landlords below form the second phase of the Trusted Partner Pilot:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A2Dominion Group</li><li>Aster Group</li><li>Babergh &amp; Mid Suffolk District Councils</li><li>Catalyst Housing Ltd</li><li>Eildon Housing Association</li><li>Highland Council</li><li>Home Group Ltd</li><li>Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing</li><li>London Borough of Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</li><li>NPT Homes</li><li>Riverside</li><li>Sanctuary Housing Association Ltd</li><li>Shoreline Housing</li><li>Shropshire Towns and Rural Housing</li><li>Southampton City Council</li><li>Together Housing Group</li><li>Wheatley Housing Group</li><li>Your Homes Newcastle</li><li>Cardiff consortium</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>This is a group of social landlords piloting a collaborative working approach where they are building on an existing partnership working approach towards housing in Cardiff. The members of the group are:</em></p><ul><li>Cardiff Council</li><li>Wales &amp; West Housing Association</li><li>United Welsh Housing Association</li><li>Linc Cymru</li><li>Cardiff Community Housing Association</li><li>Hafod Housing Association</li><li>Taff Housing Association</li><li>Cadwyn Housing Association</li></ul> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/09/2016 11:31:22 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

451384

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing
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 effect of the rollout of universal credit on the level of rent arrears to registered social landlords.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics are published annually on the total value of local authority social housing rent arrears, broken down by Local Authority area. They were most recently published on the Government’s website for 2014-15:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data#2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data#2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/02/2016 13:48:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

451397

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the time taken to announce the successful bidders of his Department's Trusted Partner Pilot programme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The intention is to deliver 26 Trusted Partner pilot sites. In total we received just over 200 valid applications; 16 landlords have already commenced the pilot and work is in train to confirm the final 10.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to let key stakeholders know once all landlords have been confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Tenants in accommodation such as supported or sheltered housing are not subject to the Alternative Payment Arrangement process.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 26139 26141 26142 26143 26144 question first answered 16/02/2016 14:26:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

451398

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department's decisions on the successful bids for the Trusted Partner Pilot Programme were communicated to bidders.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The intention is to deliver 26 Trusted Partner pilot sites. In total we received just over 200 valid applications; 16 landlords have already commenced the pilot and work is in train to confirm the final 10.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to let key stakeholders know once all landlords have been confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Tenants in accommodation such as supported or sheltered housing are not subject to the Alternative Payment Arrangement process.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 26138 26141 26142 26143 26144 question first answered 16/02/2016 14:26:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

451399

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many trusted partner pilots he plans to appoint for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The intention is to deliver 26 Trusted Partner pilot sites. In total we received just over 200 valid applications; 16 landlords have already commenced the pilot and work is in train to confirm the final 10.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to let key stakeholders know once all landlords have been confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Tenants in accommodation such as supported or sheltered housing are not subject to the Alternative Payment Arrangement process.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 26138 26139 26142 26143 26144 question first answered 16/02/2016 14:26:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

451400

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the names of the successful bidders to become trusted partner pilots for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The intention is to deliver 26 Trusted Partner pilot sites. In total we received just over 200 valid applications; 16 landlords have already commenced the pilot and work is in train to confirm the final 10.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to let key stakeholders know once all landlords have been confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Tenants in accommodation such as supported or sheltered housing are not subject to the Alternative Payment Arrangement process.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 26138 26139 26141 26143 26144 question first answered 16/02/2016 14:26:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

451401

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing
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 were received for the Trusted Partner Pilot Programme for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The intention is to deliver 26 Trusted Partner pilot sites. In total we received just over 200 valid applications; 16 landlords have already commenced the pilot and work is in train to confirm the final 10.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to let key stakeholders know once all landlords have been confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Tenants in accommodation such as supported or sheltered housing are not subject to the Alternative Payment Arrangement process.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 26138 26139 26141 26142 26144 question first answered 16/02/2016 14:26:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

451402

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any of the trusted partner pilots for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements will cover alternative payment arrangements for residents in (a) supported housing and (b) sheltered accommodation for elderly people.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The intention is to deliver 26 Trusted Partner pilot sites. In total we received just over 200 valid applications; 16 landlords have already commenced the pilot and work is in train to confirm the final 10.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to let key stakeholders know once all landlords have been confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>Tenants in accommodation such as supported or sheltered housing are not subject to the Alternative Payment Arrangement process.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 26138 26139 26141 26142 26143 question first answered 16/02/2016 14:26:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey