Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2018 to Question 140056 on Universal Credit: Easington, what data his Department collects on individual claims for (a) Universal Credit and (b) Mandatory Reconsiderations.

DWP has various systems to hold information on individual Universal Credit claims, such as claimant details; household composition and any work history.

DWP also collect data about mandatory reconsiderations for Universal Credit, and has partially published this specifically in relation to sanctions in Universal Credit Live Service. This can be accessed at:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706823/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-january-2018.pdf

However, to carry out the necessary quality assurance in order to publish information across all decisions subject to a mandatory reconsideration on Universal Credit Live Service and Full Service would incur disproportionate cost.