Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: English Private Landlord Survey 2021: main reportFound: total counts people receiving Housing Benefit or Universal Credit 178585.6674618721 people with a history
Asked by: Harper, Emma (Scottish National Party - South Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to paying the Scottish Child Payment to student nurses, midwives and paramedics for the duration of their education and placements.
Answered by Somerville, Shirley-Anne - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
Scottish Child Payment is delivered using Section 79 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, which enables Scottish Ministers to top-up a qualifying reserved benefit, such as Universal Credit.
The groups mentioned may qualify for Scottish Child Payment if they are eligible for one of the qualifying benefits. However the eligibility criteria for students when applying for Universal Credit is stricter than that for individuals who are not undertaking studies and is set by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Eligible student nurses and midwives in Scotland continue to receive the highest level of support across the United Kingdom, including our non-means tested, non-repayable annual bursary of £10,000, plus associated allowances.
Mentions:
1: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) That 6.7% increase means that universal credit will retain its purchasing power in the broader context - Speech Link
2: Alison McGovern (Lab - Wirral South) We have had universal credit for a decade or more, and I have been in this House long enough to have - Speech Link
3: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) They are truly harrowing findings.I want to say something about universal credit, which was also raised - Speech Link
4: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) The letter was dated seven days ago and it told me that the move to universal credit expansion into North - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None We have reformed an outdated and complex legacy benefits system and introduced universal credit—a new - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) credit limited capability for work and work-related activity element and replace it with a new universal - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Since 2010, we have delivered significant welfare reforms, including introducing universal credit, a - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) We have reformed an outdated and complex legacy benefits system and introduced universal credit—a new - Speech Link
2: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) history, with a 13% real-terms increase in spending over the last couple of years, 21,000 additional nurses - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) In relation to universal credit, it is a gateway benefit. - Speech Link
4: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) credit health benefits, as the right hon. - Speech Link
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791].
Written Evidence Nov. 24 2023
Inquiry: Safeguarding vulnerable claimantsFound: credit I have lost a stone in weight Unfortunately before universal credit I had actually been
Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) Our proposed reforms to universal credit would total around £250 million in 2023-24, which equates to - Speech Link
2: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) I am very clear that a fundamental reform of universal credit means reform of all parts of the system - Speech Link
3: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) I hear what Mr O’Kane says about the Labour Party’s supposed plans to review universal credit, but I - Speech Link
4: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) The Tories, with their two-child cap, the rape clause and cuts to universal credit, are making active - Speech Link
5: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) Universal credit is a problem, too. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Philip Davies (Con - Shipley) to disability living allowance, employment and support allowance, personal independence payments and universal - Speech Link
2: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) form of personal independence payments, disability living allowance, employment support allowance and universal - Speech Link
3: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) The special rules were then extended to universal credit and employment and support allowance through - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) Nearly 1 million households on universal credit take out budgeting advance loans to pay for more expensive - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) The NHS is still recovering from the pandemic but has 42,000 more doctors and 71,000 more nurses than - Speech Link