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Guy Opperman: There are no statistics available for those not given appropriate notice or claimed earlier than advised. Claimants may migrate from legacy benefit to Universal Credit (UC) without notice, where they choose to claim UC, or a change of circumstances requires them to make a claim. The remainder of legacy claimants that the Department is requiring to move to UC are sent a Migration Notice,...
Guy Opperman: The Department is committed to monitoring and evaluating the impact of its policies. The Department has introduced measures to minimise arrears due to migration: People who receive Housing Benefit and then claim Universal Credit will receive a two-week Transition to UC Housing Payment, when that Universal Credit claim causes their Housing Benefit claim to cease. A two-week Transition to...
Guy Opperman: We are not able to provide information on how many legacy claimants made a claim or migrated (transitioned) to Universal Credit (UC) in Battersea and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.
Guy Opperman: The Department ensures Social Rented Sector landlords are engaged with migration to Universal Credit. We use a number of channels, including hosting regular interactive forums, tailored for the Social Rented Sector, where we engage the National Housing Federation and a broad range of landlords, including multiple London landlords. Landlords can also subscribe to ‘Touchbase’ Sign Up Form...
Guy Opperman: The Midlife MOT within Jobcentres was rolled out from the end of January 2023. Data is not yet available.
Guy Opperman: The Midlife MOT within Jobcentres was rolled out from the end of January 2023. Data is not yet available.
Guy Opperman: We have no plans to undertake further research on sanctions.
Guy Opperman: No formal assessment has been made.
Guy Opperman: The UC childcare element is available to all eligible lone parents and couples, regardless of the number of hours they work. For couples, both parents need to be in paid work to be eligible, unless one of the allowable exceptions is met. UC claimants with dependent children that wish to take on more hours, move into work or those that have high childcare costs, can benefit from one or both of...
Guy Opperman: Jobcentre Plus work coaches recommend options to claimants that address skills barriers to securing and progressing in work. Those options range from our highly successful sector-based work academy programme (SWAPs) to more intensive interventions such as Department for Education funded Skills Bootcamps, Free Courses for Jobs, and through the apprenticeship programme. DWP Train and Progress...
Guy Opperman: The initial release of Official Statistics for Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments (UC WCA) on 8 June 2023 covers key metrics on the number of people on the UC health journey, as well as WCA decisions and outcomes. As set out in the published release strategy we are taking a phased approach to development and publication of additional statistics accounting for the complexity of...
Guy Opperman: The Department’s estimated spend for nationally contracted employment after 2024-25 will be determined by the next Spending Review.
Guy Opperman: The primary aim of the Universal Credit deductions policy is to protect vulnerable claimants by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of essential services. In recent years, the standard UC deduction cap has been reduced twice – from 40% to 30% of the Standard Allowance in October 2019, and down to 25% in April 2021. From April 2020 to July 2020, a temporary freeze on...
Guy Opperman: The policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit came into effect in April 2017, therefore statistics are only available from 2018. Between April 2019 and April 2020 there was the most notable increase across GB due to the Covid spike in claims and the gateway for families with 3+ children being able to apply for UC opening in February...
Guy Opperman: No assessment of this issue, as raised, has been made. There is no intention to reconsider this policy to remove the Minimum Income Floor. The Minimum Income Floor plays an important role in encouraging self-employed claimants to increase their earnings to a sustainable level through developing their self-employment, or to consider other ways to achieve financial self-sufficiency such as...
Guy Opperman: No, there are no plans to end this policy.
Guy Opperman: We are not currently moving claimants who have Housing Benefit onto Universal Credit. The Department has published guidance online to ensure legacy benefit claimants are aware of and have access to managed payments to landlords. This information is in the public domain and can be found in the following link: Understanding Universal Credit - Advances and help with budgeting.
Guy Opperman: We are currently excluding anyone within 6 months of State Pension Age from the Managed Migration process to reduce the number of benefit changes households need to make within a short period of time.
Guy Opperman: We have no plans to amend the regulations. The regulations allow transitional protection to be considered in all instances where there is a qualifying Universal Credit (UC) claim made within the given deadline, for which all the necessary information is provided. Guidance has been issued to decision makers making this clear. We also issue reminders to claimants during this period about...
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