Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2017 to Question 107556, on universal credit, what the aims and nature of his Department's work is with the HM Revenue and Customs Jointly Managed Engagement Team; and if he will make a statement.

DWP work in conjunction with HMRC’s Jointly Managed Engagement Team on two fronts. The first is to resolve issues where UC claimants dispute the earnings that have been received through our Real Time Information data feed and we cannot resolve this dispute within DWP. HMRC will contact the employer to clarify the queries raised. The second area of work with JMET is to reduce Late, Missing and Incorrect RTI data by identifying and educating employers who repeatedly report earnings late.