Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants have deductions attached to their claim for non-universal credit debts; and if he will publish a breakdown of the number of those claimants for each benefit.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The number of customers who had deductions from UC posted to non-UC debts on Debt Manager in October 2022 was 776,664.
The table below shows the benefit to which the deductions were posted. Note that the total number of customers who had deduction posted, will be fewer than the number shown in the table, as some customers will have had deductions posted to more than one debt in the month of October, the period covered by the table, e.g., one debt ended, and another commenced.
Benefit | Volume |
Attendance Allowance | 10 |
Affordable Credit Deductions Scheme | 7,280 |
Administrative Penalty | 480 |
Bereavement Allowance | 10 |
Carers Allowance | 28,430 |
CA Short Term Advance | 0 |
Civil Penalty | 4,800 |
Disability Living Allowance | 1,340 |
Disability Working Allowance | 0 |
Employment & Support Allowance: Contribution Based | 2,390 |
ESAC Short Term Advance | 10 |
Employment & Support Allowance: Income Related | 17,930 |
ESAIR Short Term Advance | 90 |
Employment & Support Allowance: New Style | 390 |
Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance | 0 |
Family Credit | 50 |
Housing Benefit | 86,120 |
Income Support | 42,330 |
IS Short Term Advance | 30 |
Incapacity Benefit | 1,250 |
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | 0 |
Integration Loans Scheme | 2,310 |
Invalidity Benefit | 10 |
Jobseeker's Allowance: Contribution Based | 410 |
JSAC Short Term Advance | 110 |
Jobseeker's Allowance: Income Based | 9,870 |
JSAIB Short Term Advance | 540 |
Jobseeker's Allowance: New Style | 1,280 |
Maternity Allowance | 140 |
Pension Credit | 190 |
Personal Independence Payment | 1,640 |
Reduced Earnings Allowance | 0 |
Retirement Pension: Contributory | 10 |
Non-Contributory Retirement Pension Short Term Advance | 0 |
Sickness Benefit | 0 |
Severe Disablement Allowance | 50 |
Social Fund Budgeting Loan | 112,690 |
Social Fund Crisis Loan | 40,110 |
Social Fund: Budgeting Loan Overpayment | 180 |
Social Fund: Community Care Grant Overpayment | 20 |
Social Fund: Crisis Loan Overpayment | 50 |
Social Fund Cold Weather Overpayment | 40 |
Social Fund: Funeral Payment Overpayment | 10 |
Social Fund: SS Maternity Grant Overpayment | 10 |
Supplementary Benefit | 50 |
Tax Credit Overpayment | 515,120 |
Non-UC Tax Credit Overpayment | 7,860 |
Unemployment Benefit | 10 |
Widow's Benefit | 10 |
Widowed Mother's Allowance | 40 |
Widows Pension | 10 |
Widowed Parent's Allowance | 460 |
Please note that the numbers provided have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on Jobseeker's Allowance were not receiving Class 1 National Insurance credits in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
All claimants in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance are entitled to receive Class 1 National Insurance credits and these are awarded automatically on an annual basis. Claimants cannot receive Class 1 National Insurance Credits in any week where their award is reduced by a sanction.
DWP does not hold data on each individual’s National Insurance credits.
Any UC claimant not receiving these credits should contact HMRC.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has held recent discussions with the Welsh Government on requirements to attend the Jobcentre for people with health problems.
Answered by Julie Marson
Although there have been no recent discussions with the Welsh Government concerning Jobcentre attendance for people with health conditions, there is a well-established working relationship between the Department and the Welsh Government, ensuring that we work together on devolved and reserved areas effectively.
Our Work Coaches personalise the support provided for each individual claimant and vary the frequency and method of contact in line with the claimant’s needs, circumstances, and capability, including the use of digital and telephone channels where appropriate.
Asked by: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of unemployed (a) Universal Credit and (b) Job Seekers Allowance claimants who would have moved into work between 31 January and 26 June 2022 without the Way to Work campaign.
Answered by Julie Marson
No estimate has been made of the number of unemployed Universal Credit and Job Seeker Allowance claimants would have moved into work between January and June 2022 in the absence of the Way to Work campaign.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to pay care leavers the higher rate of (a) Jobseekers Allowance and (b) Universal Credit from their 18th birthday.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Universal Credit provides those who are under 25 with lower rates than those age 25 and over. This reflects the fact that these claimants are more likely to live in someone else’s household and have lower living costs.
However, it is acknowledged that some claimants under 25 do live independently, which is why Universal Credit includes separate elements to provide support to claimants for these additional costs. These additional amounts are provided in a similar way to all claimants.
There are no plans to change this policy.
Asked by: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee on 3 February, when they intend to complete their evaluation of the Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements – limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022; and whether the evaluation will take account of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s letter to the Secretary of State on 23 June.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott
We have achieved our Way to Work target of moving 500,000 claimants into work by the end of June. The Department is looking at how it might be able to evaluate different aspects of the campaign. The analysis is in ongoing development and the advice from SSAC will be considered.
Asked by: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) total number of claimants of out-of-work benefits and (b) gross off-flow of claimants from out-of-work benefits into employment was for each month from January 2013 for data is available.
Answered by Julie Marson
The total out-of-work benefit caseload is published on a quarterly basis from February 2013 to November 2021 in the Benefit Combinations statistics on the Stat-Xplore website:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance for users of Stat-Xplore is available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html
Monthly out-of-work benefit destinations are only available for Jobseeker's Allowance claimants and are published by Office for National Statistics. The statistics for January 2013 to June 2022 can be found on the NOMIS website:
Guidance for users can be found at:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of carers received both the (a) Carer’s Allowance and (b) Carer Premium in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The following table shows the latest available statistics in Great Britain at November 2021, of the number of Carer’s Allowance recipients who are also in receipt of the:
These figures are broken down further for England, Wales and Scotland.
| Great Britain | England | Wales | Scotland |
Carer’s Allowance recipients | 921,320 | 783,800 | 56,450 | 80,380 |
| ||||
Carer’s Allowance recipients also in receipt of: | ||||
Universal Credit (receiving carer element) | 248,570 | 212,180 | 14,040 | 22,330 |
Universal Credit (not receiving carer element) | 34,770 | 29,900 | 1,930 | 2,940 |
Jobseeker's Allowance carer premium | 700 | 600 | 0 | 100 |
Income Support carer premium | 155,680 | 131,200 | 9,540 | 14,940 |
Pension Credit carer addition | 3,280 | 3,000 | 120 | 170 |
Housing Benefit carer premium | 92,530 | 79,720 | 5,950 | 6,860 |
Source: DWP Quarterly Statistical Enquiry 5% data, 100% DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) and DWP Single Housing Benefit Extract (November 2021)
Notes
The information requested is not readily available for Employment and Support Allowance claimants, or Carer’s Allowance claimants who are partners of those receiving Income Support or Pension Credit. To provide this additional information would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of carers received both Universal Credit and Carer's Allowance but not the carer element of Universal Credit in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The following table shows the latest available statistics in Great Britain at November 2021, of the number of Carer’s Allowance recipients who are also in receipt of the:
These figures are broken down further for England, Wales and Scotland.
| Great Britain | England | Wales | Scotland |
Carer’s Allowance recipients | 921,320 | 783,800 | 56,450 | 80,380 |
| ||||
Carer’s Allowance recipients also in receipt of: | ||||
Universal Credit (receiving carer element) | 248,570 | 212,180 | 14,040 | 22,330 |
Universal Credit (not receiving carer element) | 34,770 | 29,900 | 1,930 | 2,940 |
Jobseeker's Allowance carer premium | 700 | 600 | 0 | 100 |
Income Support carer premium | 155,680 | 131,200 | 9,540 | 14,940 |
Pension Credit carer addition | 3,280 | 3,000 | 120 | 170 |
Housing Benefit carer premium | 92,530 | 79,720 | 5,950 | 6,860 |
Source: DWP Quarterly Statistical Enquiry 5% data, 100% DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) and DWP Single Housing Benefit Extract (November 2021)
Notes
The information requested is not readily available for Employment and Support Allowance claimants, or Carer’s Allowance claimants who are partners of those receiving Income Support or Pension Credit. To provide this additional information would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of carers received both (a) Pension Credit and (b) Carer Addition in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The following table shows the latest available statistics in Great Britain at November 2021, of the number of Carer’s Allowance recipients who are also in receipt of the:
These figures are broken down further for England, Wales and Scotland.
| Great Britain | England | Wales | Scotland |
Carer’s Allowance recipients | 921,320 | 783,800 | 56,450 | 80,380 |
| ||||
Carer’s Allowance recipients also in receipt of: | ||||
Universal Credit (receiving carer element) | 248,570 | 212,180 | 14,040 | 22,330 |
Universal Credit (not receiving carer element) | 34,770 | 29,900 | 1,930 | 2,940 |
Jobseeker's Allowance carer premium | 700 | 600 | 0 | 100 |
Income Support carer premium | 155,680 | 131,200 | 9,540 | 14,940 |
Pension Credit carer addition | 3,280 | 3,000 | 120 | 170 |
Housing Benefit carer premium | 92,530 | 79,720 | 5,950 | 6,860 |
Source: DWP Quarterly Statistical Enquiry 5% data, 100% DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) and DWP Single Housing Benefit Extract (November 2021)
Notes
The information requested is not readily available for Employment and Support Allowance claimants, or Carer’s Allowance claimants who are partners of those receiving Income Support or Pension Credit. To provide this additional information would incur disproportionate cost.