Require all landlords/agencies to accept tenants claiming benefits
- 26 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 43 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
I think that tenants claiming housing benefit / other benefits face discrimination from landlords and letting agents who do not want to rent to them.
Found: All landlords and agencies should be required to accept tenants claiming benefits and not be allowed
Mar. 22 2024
Source Page: Notice of Intention to accept a Settlement Proposal - City & GuildsFound: Notice of Intention to accept a Settlement Proposal - City & Guilds
Mar. 22 2024
Source Page: Notice of Intention to accept a Settlement Proposal - City & GuildsFound: Notice of Intention to accept a Settlement Proposal - City & Guilds
Require all businesses and public services to accept cash payments
- 127 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 184 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
Ensure cash is accepted by the public services and businesses to meet different accessibility requirements. Some bank notes already include tactile markings to help visually impaired people understand the cash they are handling and transacting. We believe digital payments are less accessible.
Found: Require all businesses and public services to accept cash payments
Dec. 08 2023
Source Page: Countries Great Britain will accept validated PDF GB health certificates fromFound: Countries Great Britain will accept validated PDF GB health certificates from
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: If the claimant now chooses to accept this , the original date of claim must be used .
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: Removal of the requiremen t to accept a claimant commitment Content Introduction Temporarily
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: The Work Plan is updated as part o f an appointment without the need for the claiman t to accept a
Jan. 04 2024
Source Page: Winter Heating Payments and data sharing: FOI releaseFound: Page 1 It's Child Winter Heating Assistance (not Allowance) Accept Page 5 Para 4
Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Wirral South)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claims were closed because a claimant failed to accept a claimant commitment that included (a) no work-related, (b) only work preparation and (c) work-focused interview requirements in 2022.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
In 2023, 21,000 claimants with a claimant commitment with 'No work-related requirements', 2,400 with 'Work preparation' requirements, and 1,200 with 'Work-focussed interview' requirements were part of a UC claim that closed because a claimant commitment was not accepted.
In 2022, 25,000 claimants with a claimant commitment with 'No work-related requirements', 2,600 with 'Work preparation' requirements, and 1,500 with 'Work-focussed interview' requirements were part of a UC claim that closed because a claimant commitment was not accepted.
In 2021, 17,000 claimants with a claimant commitment with 'No work-related requirements', 1,200 with 'Work preparation' requirements, and 1,400 with 'Work-focussed interview' requirements were part of a UC claim that closed because a claimant commitment was not accepted.
In 2020, 12,000 claimants with a claimant commitment with 'No work-related requirements', 730 with 'Work preparation' requirements, and 810 with 'Work-focussed interview' requirements were part of a UC claim that closed because a claimant commitment was not accepted.
Note: for couple claims, both claimants must accept their claimant commitment, or the claim will close due to a claimant commitment not being accepted. This means that for some claimants with each work group requirement above, they accepted their claimant commitment, but the other claimant did not.
Legislation sets out the types of requirements that can be applied to claimants depending on the labour market regime/legal conditionality group that applies to them. The requirements any claimant is asked to meet will be clearly set out in their Claimant Commitment.
All claimants regardless of their conditionality group, including those in the ‘No Work-Related Requirements’ regime, must accept a Claimant Commitment as a condition of entitlement. Claimants must accept the commitment within 7 days and failure to do this will result in claim termination.
In exceptional circumstances where a claimant is unable to accept a Claimant Commitment we can remove the requirement to do so. This may include, for example, claimants who have an appointee or someone acting on their behalf, claimants who are incapacitated in hospital and exceptional emergency situations.
Claimants who are in the ‘No Work-Related Requirements’ group are not subject to conditionality. This group includes claimants who are too sick to work, over State Pension Age, have defined caring responsibilities or are earning over their conditionality earnings threshold.