Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have been sanctioned in universal credit at (a) Shettleston and (b) Laurieston Jobcentres in each of the last 12 months; and for what reasons.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Universal Credit sanctions statistics by Jobcentre Plus Office and referral reasons are published and can be found at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance for users is available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html
Sanctions are only used in a minority of cases, and that is only when people fail to meet their agreed conditionality requirements without good reason. A Decision Maker will take into account all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or caring responsibilities and any evidence of good reason they have provided, before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advance benefit payments have been made to people in Glasgow in each month from September 2018 to March 2019.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The following table shows the number of UC Full Service advance payments made in each month in Glasgow since September 2018 for which data is available.
Advance Created | Total Advances |
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Sep-18 | 110 |
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Oct-18 | 720 |
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Nov-18 | 1880 |
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Dec-18 | 2270 |
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Jan-19 | 3350 |
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Feb-19 | 3400 |
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Notes:
The Figures reflect that Universal Credit full service began rollout across Glasgow from September 2018, with the final site rolling out in November 2018. Nationally around 60% of new claims receive an advance.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10
Data is included for Advances paid to UC Full Service Claims made in the constituencies Glasgow North, Glasgow North West, Glasgow North East, Glasgow East, Glasgow Central, Glasgow South, Glasgow South West
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for universal credit have been made in each month since September 2018 for (a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow South West.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Statistics on Universal Credit claims by postcode can be found under the ‘Claims to Universal Credit’ dataset available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Statistics of those in receipt of UC by parliamentary constituency is also available on Stat-Xplore.
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advance payments have been paid to universal claimants resident in the Glasgow South West constituency; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Universal Credit Live Service rolled out across Glasgow in June 2015. Universal Credit full service began to rollout across Glasgow from September 2018, with the final site rolling out in November 2018. The most recent available data for, Universal Credit Live Service and Universal Credit Full service combined, shows that since rollout, 3800 advance payments have been made to claimants in Glasgow South West. Nationally, for Universal Credit Full Service, around 60% of new claims receive an advance.
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advance benefit payments have been made to people in Glasgow South West in each month since September 2018.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The below table shows the number of advance payments that have been made to claimants in Glasgow South West from September 2018-December 2018, the most recent data we have available.
Month | Number of Advances |
Sep-18 | 40 |
Oct-18 | 380 |
Nov-18 | 540 |
Dec-18 | 370 |
Universal Credit full service began to rollout across Glasgow from September 2018, with the final site rolling out in November 2018. Nationally around 60% of new claims receive an advance.
Notes
1. Figures relate only to Universal Credit full service
2. The number of advances is rounded to the nearest 10
3. If a claimant has applied for more than one advance, each one is counted separately in these figures.
4. Universal Credit full service rolled out across Glasgow between September 2018 and November 2018.
Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when employment support allowance claimants in receipt of the severe disability premium residing in Glasgow North constituency will be migrated to universal credit.
Answered by Sarah Newton
Since 16 January 2019 claimants who are in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium or who have been entitled to an award of an existing benefit that included SDP in the previous month, and who have continued to meet the SDP eligibility conditions, have been prevented from moving onto Universal Credit if they experience a change in circumstances. Instead, these claimants will continue to claim legacy benefits until DWP move them onto UC where transitional protection will be available, thereby safeguarding their existing benefit entitlement.
We will begin to pilot the processes for moving claimants on to Universal credit in July 2019 on a small scale. We will report on our findings from the pilot before bringing forward legislation to scale up the process from November 2020 and complete by the end of 2023.
The Department is currently working with key stakeholders to determine the approach to the pilot and subsequent expansion, including which areas are involved and at what stage.
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been made for universal credit hardship payment in Glasgow South West constituency to date.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
As Universal Credit hardship payments are included in Annually Managed Expenditure there is no separate funding allocated to them.
The information requested about the number of claims to hardship in the Glasgow South constituency is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding her Departments has allocated to universal credit hardship payments.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
As Universal Credit hardship payments are included in Annually Managed Expenditure there is no separate funding allocated to them.
The information requested about the number of claims to hardship in the Glasgow South constituency is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many constituents in Glasgow North East constituency in receipt of legacy benefits will be financially worse off as a result of the universal credit full service migration at Springburn Job Centre from 31 October 2018.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The Department does not hold data at constituency level on the number of claimants who will naturally migrate to Universal Credit.
Universal Credit Full Service will be rolled out at Springburn Jobcentre on 31 October 2018. This will not affect existing benefit entitlements for claimants whose circumstances remain the same.
Claimants will move from existing benefits to Universal Credit through natural migration or managed migration. Natural migration occurs when they experience a change in their circumstances that would trigger the need for a new claim to benefit. Rather than continuing to claim a legacy benefit, the claimant will claim Universal Credit and their Universal Credit award will be based on their new circumstances. No one will have a reduced benefit entitlement at the point that they move over to Universal Credit as a result of managed migration, and one million more disabled people will get, on average, £110 more a week through Universal Credit.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he Department has undertaken an assessment of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit full service on the economy of the City of Glasgow in 2018-19.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The Department does not forecast the economic impact of Universal Credit by area.
The Universal Credit Programme Full Business Case demonstrates that Universal Credit provides value for money and will produce economic benefits of £34bn over the next ten years and £8 billion in economic benefits per year once fully rolled out. It will also increase the number of people in employment by 200,000.
The Universal Credit Programme Full Business Case can be accessed at