Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 7 June 2018, HCWS745 on universal credit, how her Department plans to identify current universal credit claimants who have lost their Severe Disability Premium as a result of moving to universal credit through natural migration.

Based on information held at the end of February 2018 we estimate that about 4,000 people will receive the transitional payments. This information can be accessed at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/people-on-income-related-esa-and-enhanced-or-severe-disability-premium-or-both.

Work is ongoing to determine how we can identify these claimants most effectively, so we are ready to implement this change when the necessary regulations are agreed.