Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the timetable for the roll-out of the universal credit landlords' portal.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The Department is currently working on the list of landlords to enrol on to the Landlord Portal for the period February to April 2018. Once the landlords have been contacted, the list will be placed in the House of Commons Library.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities to which universal credit full service has been rolled out have (a) trusted partner status and (b) access to the landlord portal.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The list of landlords already enrolled on the Landlord Portal is available in the House of Commons library at the following link. This includes stock owning Local Authorities where applicable.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants affected by the lower benefit caps in Hounslow are in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) another benefit and (e) housing benefit alone.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information is provided in the table below.
Estimated breakdown of households affected by the lower cap levels by benefit receipt, 2016/17
Benefit Received | Proportion of capped households |
Hounslow, (London borough of) | |
Employment and Support Allowance | 18% |
Income Support | 46% |
Jobseeker's Allowance | 20% |
Other | 16% |
Housing Benefit Only | 0% |
Total | 100% |
These estimates focus on the benefit cap continuing to be applied under Housing Benefit. The benefit cap will increasingly be applied under Universal Credit as it gradually rolls out. Universal Credit will replace Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income-based Employment and Support Allowance and Housing Benefit, along with Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit.
Notes:
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what instructions are given to staff working on the universal credit enquiry lines on protocols concerning the disclosure of personal data to third parties who have implicit consent from the claimant.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
In Universal Credit Live service, as the claimant does not have access to the claim information themselves via an online account, we have implied consent arrangements in place so that someone can act on a claimants behalf. In Universal Credit Full Service, the online account allows claimant’s access to their information - a claimant can specify explicit consent at any time via the online account or on the phone, so an advocate can enquire on their behalf. Instructions to operational staff reflect these arrangements.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether paragraph 20 of Schedule 9 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 accurately reflects the real costs borne by a claimant who takes a boarder into their home.
Answered by Priti Patel
There has been no such assessment.