Esther McVey: ..., 90 jobcentres—that is one in eight jobcentres in Britain— will be offering universal credit. From 30 June, we expanded the service to couples in five of the existing live areas: Rugby, Bath, Inverness, Hammersmith and Harrogate. That meets our commitment to expanding the new service to more areas and to more claimant types from this summer. We will continue to roll out universal...
Esther McVey: Universal credit will accept claims from couples from 30 June in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Rugby, Harrogate, Bath, and the Highland Council of Scotland. Claims will be received via Jobcentre Plus offices in Hammersmith, Rugby, Harrogate, Bath and Inverness. Claims from couples will be gradually rolled out in the north-west of England from summer 2014 onwards.
Esther McVey: ...for jobseekers to use: London Bridge Ashton under Lyme Newport Hammersmith Rusholme Rugby Poole Inverness Newton Abbot Wigan Chester Warrington Swansea Oldham Motherwell Harrogate Abertillery Bath Bargoed Caerphilly Sutton Ebbw Vale Altrincham Merthyr Tydfil Hyde Tredegar Stalybridge Wolverhampton Stretford Scarborough Airdrie Coventry Erdington Rotherham Sheffield, Cavendish Court...
Esther McVey: ...credit (UC) services. We said we would expand to a further six sites across England, Scotland and Wales by spring 2014. Having already gone live in Hammersmith, Rugby, Inverness, Harrogate and Bath, we are on track to complete that initial expansion when UC goes live in Shotton in April. Our plans for the next stage of implementation are set out in the written ministerial statement made by...
Esther McVey: Universal credit is now operating in seven areas and we remain on track to roll out in Bath, Harrogate and Shotton by next spring. We announced our plans for the next stage of implementation on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement. The WMS can be found here: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/Decem ber%202013/5%...
Esther McVey: Universal credit is now operating in seven areas and we remain on track to roll out in Bath, Harrogate and Shotton by next spring. We announced our plans for the next stage of implementation on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement. The WMS can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/universal-credit-progress Official statistics on universal credit...
Esther McVey: Universal credit is now operating in seven areas and we remain on track to roll out in Bath, Harrogate and Shotton by next spring. We announced our plans for the next stage of implementation on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement. The WMS can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/universal-credit-progress Official statistics on universal credit...
Esther McVey: ...Wigan. Universal credit is being progressively rolled out on a phased timeline to further areas, starting with Hammersmith jobcentre on 28 October and will expand to Rugby, Inverness, Harrogate, Bath and Shotton by the spring. We are also introducing the claimant commitment in 100 jobcentres a month until it's fully in place nationally in the spring along with 6,000 new computers in...