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Guy Opperman: In April 2023, State pensions and benefits were up rated by 10.1%, in line with the increase in the Consumer Prices Index in the year to September 2022. With regard to the adequacy of Universal Credit, the current rates of income-related benefits such as Universal Credit do not represent a minimum requirement, and are not described as such in legislation or Government literature. The...
Guy Opperman: Benefit rates and the Local Housing Allowance are reviewed annually by the Secretary of State. In April 2023, State pensions and benefits, including Universal Credit, were up rated by 10.1%, in line with the increase in the Consumer Prices Index in the year to September 2022. Claimants in receipt of housing support living in the social rented sector have their eligible rent paid in full,...
Guy Opperman: DWP records and archives covering the duration of training for a work coach are not held for 2015.
Viscount Younger of Leckie: The Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme was among the earliest of the major schemes to benefit from the Financial Assistance Scheme. The former Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion, Guy Opperman, met with members of the Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme on 16 June 2021 to discuss the financial assistance payments they have been receiving, in lieu of their pensions.
Guy Opperman: New entrant work coaches into DWP undergo learning which starts with 59 hours of induction, onboarding and operational fundamental learning before moving into their official work coach specific technical learning. In September 2020 the specific technical learning programme compromised 134 hours and 15 minutes of classroom learning, including Mental Health training. We provided an additional...
Guy Opperman: New entrant work coaches into DWP undergo learning which starts with 59 hours of induction, onboarding and operational fundamental learning before moving into their official work coach specific technical learning. Following transformation of our learning approach, the specific technical learning programme now compromises 94 hours and 15 minutes of classroom learning and includes 6 hours 45...
Guy Opperman: The requirements any claimant is asked to meet will be clearly set out in their Claimant Commitment. All requirements are set in discussion with the claimant, tailored to their capability and circumstances, making them realistic and achievable. For lead carers of children, individual circumstances are taken into account when tailoring work-related activity in the claimant commitment. This...
Guy Opperman: I wish to update the House on the Written Statement tabled on 27 February 2023. Earlier this month the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started testing a second phase of the Additional Jobcentre Support pilot. The first phase went live on 27/02/23, following a proof of concept. It tested how enhanced daily work-focused support, across two weeks, can further help eligible Universal...
Guy Opperman: The DWP has taken significant steps to ensure the accuracy of benefit payments and the vast majority of benefit expenditure is paid correctly. The question is difficult to answer without the specifics of any individual case but the broad policy is as follows: Where overpayments do occur, Section 105 of The Welfare Reform Act 2012, amending the Social Security Act 1992 (Section 71ZB),...
Guy Opperman: Students, including disabled students and those with health conditions, access fees and living costs support for their higher education courses through various loans and grants funded through the student support system. It is important that UC does not duplicate this support, which is designed for the needs of students unlike the social security system. This includes support which recognises...
Guy Opperman: The requested information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Maintaining an effective Work Coach diary is a joint responsibility between a team leader and the Work Coach, and is reached collaboratively through regular discussion and agreement. The duration of each appointment is determined by the appointment type, and the length of time the...
Guy Opperman: Restart supports long-term unemployed people who have been out of work for nine months or more. Restart providers support participants to break down their employment barriers by developing a bespoke action plan built on understanding their employment history, skills and needs to help them to move into sustained work. Additional support for 50+ long term unemployed (LTU) customers was...
Guy Opperman: The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of benefits and the State Pension, and this review will commence shortly. The outcome of the review will be announced in the Autumn – and therefore it would not be appropriate to pre-judge the outcome.
Guy Opperman: The requested information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Maintaining an effective Work Coach diary is a joint responsibility between a team leader and the Work Coach, and is reached collaboratively through regular discussion and agreement. The duration of each appointment is determined by the appointment type, and the length of time the...
Guy Opperman: No assessment of such a review has been made.
Guy Opperman: The requested information is provided in the table below. Table 1 : Number of Households with Children, May 2023 Administrative Area Number of Households on Universal Credit Number of Households with Children on Universal Credit Number of Households with Children on Universal Credit with a Deduction Total amount deducted for Households with Children Average...
Guy Opperman: The requested information is only available at household level and are not broken down by gender.
Guy Opperman: Universal Credit is designed to make work pay and there are no limits on the number of hours someone can work. The amount of Universal Credit awarded depends on the level of income and other household circumstances reported within an assessment period, rather than the number of hours worked. We want people to see their income increase when they start working or earn more, so we reduce their...
Guy Opperman: The requested information is provided in the separate spreadsheet and are subject to the following caveats: 1. For low level geography: volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100, total amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1,000 and average amounts have been rounded to the nearest £1. For totals at GB level: volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100,000, total amounts have been...
Guy Opperman: The latest available statistics on the number of people in Great Britain in receipt of Attendance Allowance (to February 2023), entitled to Personal Independence Payment (to April 2023), and on Universal Credit (to July 2023), by various geographical breakdowns including country, region and Westminster parliamentary constituency, are published monthly on Stat-Xplore. Users can log in or...
