Oral Answers to Questions

Alan Mak Excerpts

Monday 7th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Employment (Alok Sharma)]

We have previously published an equalities assessment and, as we have noted, we will do the same ahead of the full roll-out of managed migration.

[Alan Mak (Havant) (Con)]

T4. As universal credit is rolled out in Havant, I welcome the use of new technology to help applicants. What support is available to those applicants to ensure that they make the best use of the new systems?

[Alok Sharma]

As my hon. Friend will know, we now have a new partnership with Citizens Advice to deliver universal credit support, and his constituency is part of the early mobilisation of that programme. However, it is important that for those who are not able to use such technology, we still make a freephone helpline available, and that, as the Secretary of State has outlined, home visits can be arranged.