Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of demand for home visits during the managed migration process; and what resource is available to ensure that this service is accessible to all those that need it.

The Department has made no special assumptions for home visits for claimants going through managed migration. Between April 2017 and March 2018 290,000 cleared home visit referrals were made across all the Departments service lines.

To ensure all claimants are supported, the Department has allocated additional funding for the home visiting service. This year we have allocated £1 million of funding for the home visiting service. For 2019/20 the total fund allocated will rise to just under £2 million, and will continue to increase to over £5.5 million per year by 2023/24, reflecting the increase in the total number of claimants of Universal Credit whether through managed migration or from other sources.