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Written Question
Universal Credit
Thursday 9th June 2022

Asked by: Stephen Crabb (Conservative - Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of universal credit and subject to deductions (a) with children and (b) without children had (i) up to five per cent, (ii) between six and 10 per cent, (iii) between 11 and 15 per cent, (iv) between 16 and 20 per cent, (v) between 21 and 25 per cent and (vi) more than 25 per cent of the Standard Allowance deducted in the most recent month for which data are available.

Answered by David Rutley

The information requested for Universal Credit Households with children with deductions is provided in the attached spreadsheet.

The UK Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. Under Universal Credit there is a co-ordinated approach to deductions from benefit, which supports claimants to manage their financial obligations. We carefully balance our duty to the taxpayer to recover overpayments with our support for claimants.

Written Question
Employment
Friday 18th March 2022

Asked by: Stephen Crabb (Conservative - Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of proposals from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation for a cross-departmental forum in collaboration with business and industry to consider long-term workforce planning.

Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)

Government departments already work closely together, and with employers, on our approach to skills and the labour market.

DWP regularly meets with departments responsible for key sectors to identify and promote opportunities within high demand and growing sectors. By identifying barriers and skills needs, DWP can ensure that provision is available to support people to move into and progress in jobs in local growing sectors.

Government departments also work closely with employers to ensure that the skills offer encompasses the needs of employers by putting them at the heart of the skills system and ensuring that education and training meets their needs. By 2030, almost all technical courses will be on employer-led standards, ensuring that the education and training people receive, is directly linked to the skills needed for jobs.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"This Government have a very good track record when it comes to protecting pensioners against poverty, not least through the state pension triple lock and the pension credit. However, will the Minister sit down with his colleagues the Employment Ministers and look at participation rates in the workforce among older …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I thank the Minister and especially the Secretary of State for really pushing for the cut to the universal credit taper rate that we saw in the Budget? It will make a real difference to families on low incomes. There are more than 1 million job vacancies right now, …..."
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Written Question
Universal Credit
Tuesday 28th September 2021

Asked by: Stephen Crabb (Conservative - Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average universal credit award is in (a) Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency and (b) the UK.

Answered by David Rutley

The mean amount of Universal Credit awarded for households in Great Britain is published and can be found in Table 2 of the Households on Universal Credit dataset at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

This table can be filtered by Westminster Parliamentary Constituency.

Guidance on how to extract information from Stat-Xplore can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

The statistics for Northern Ireland are published by the Department for Communities and can be found at:

https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/universal-credit-statistics

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits

"Actually, that is a really important point because the hon. Gentleman was guilty in his comments on the previous welfare system of looking at it through rose-tinted lenses. There were huge problems with the previous welfare system. It caught hundreds of thousands of families in poverty traps, and at every …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits

"On universal credit, I have spoken to dozens and dozens of work coaches all over the country. Every single one of them has told me, without a shadow of a doubt, that universal credit is a better benefit than what was before. It is down to the enthusiasm and the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits

"Will the Secretary of State give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits

"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way again; she is being incredibly generous with her time this afternoon. The central argument of the letter that we sent to the Secretary of State and other colleagues in Government was about trying to retain the investment in universal …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits

"I will keep my remarks fairly short. My views have not really changed since the last time we debated and voted on this issue. On that occasion I voted against the Government for the first time ever, because I felt so strongly about the course of action that we were …..."
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