Correspondence Apr. 17 2024
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)Found: Correspondence from Minister for Employment relating to Flexible Support Fund Correspondence
Correspondence Apr. 17 2024
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)Found: Correspondence with DWP Permanent Secretary relating to Universal Credit managed migration readiness
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: (f) Universal Credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 or Personal Independence Payment
Apr. 16 2024
Source Page: Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 14 March 2024Found: Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 14 March 2024
Apr. 16 2024
Source Page: Labour Market Trends: April 2024Found: Credit who were claiming principally for the reason of being unemployed (those in the “searching for
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 19031 on Universal Credit: Housing, for what reason there are different qualifying criteria for (a) Support for Mortgage Interest and (b) support that homeowners receive in respect of service charges.
Answered by Mims Davies - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) and help with service charges cover different costs and different eligibility criteria apply.
SMI is paid at a rate that the lending industry generally accept as sufficient to avert the threat of repossession. This help is often significantly less than the homeowner’s contractual liability, although eligibility was recently extended to assist homeowners with rising interest rates. While SMI provides support at the point of need, this help is in the form of an interest-bearing loan that is recoverable from equity when the property is sold.
Eligible service charges are met in full and this help is in the form of a non-recoverable benefit.
Given these differences the Department see no compelling argument for aligning entitlement rules.
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Prevention of Future Deaths Reports have related to (a) universal credit and (b) other benefits in each of the last five years.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Department has received 6 Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports in the last five years to date. 1 report did not relate to a customer who was in receipt of benefits. The breakdown of the reports by year and the benefit claimed is provided in the table below:
Number of PFD reports received in the last 5 years | Universal Credit (UC) | Personal Independence Payment (PIP) | Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and PIP | Not in Receipt of Benefits |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1* |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* This report related to Child Maintenance.
Correspondence Apr. 15 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Correspondence from Peter Schofield CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, re Progress
Apr. 15 2024
Source Page: THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS v RALC CONSULTING LIMITED [2024] UKUT 00099 (TCC)Found: THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS v RALC CONSULTING LIMITED [2024] UKUT 00099 (
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