{"id":84449,"date":"2017-09-15T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8aeeec44cd97c0dffb865c810e89d2f6"},"modified":"2017-09-15T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T11:24:00","slug":"press-release-universal-credit-payments-and-labour-market-reports-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=84449","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Universal Credit \u2013 payments and labour market reports published"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Research also shows Universal Credit offers real personalised service, providing more support to help people find a job. New figures show that Universal Credit claimants are 4 percentage points more likely to be in work within 6 months than people who claimed Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Credit payments are designed to mirror the world of work, with monthly payments reflecting the way many working people are paid. Work coaches can support claimants in getting budgeting advice, and research shows that 3 in 4 claimants felt confident about budgeting on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s research also shows that, for full service claimants, nearly 80% receive their first payment in full and on time.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Credit is already in every jobcentre for single claimants, and Universal Credit full service is being gradually rolled out across the country for all types of claimants.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Gauke said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Universal Credit lies at the heart of welfare reform which is helping people to improve their lives by supporting them into work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Universal Credit provides claimants with an unprecedented level of personalised support which takes into account their individual circumstances and makes work pay. We have been rolling out Universal Credit in a careful, safe and controlled way, allowing us to make improvements as we go. We want to ensure that payments are made on time and that people can take up all the extra support that didn\u2019t exist under the previous system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Read the Universal Credit reports:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/ad-hoc-statistical-analyses-2017#ad-hoc-statistical-publications\">statistical analyses<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/research-reports#2017-research-reports\">research reports<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/dwp-ad-hoc-research#ad-hoc-research-from-2017\">ad hoc research reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some of the main findings are as follows.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"reports-around-payment-timeliness\">Reports around payment timeliness<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"timeliness\">Timeliness<\/h3>\n<p>There has been an improvement in the payment timeliness figures over the last few months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in June 2017 92% of claimants received their full payment on time<\/li>\n<li>for all new Universal Credit  claimants, around 76% receive their first payment in full and on time<\/li>\n<li>for full service claimants, around 77% receive their first payment in full and on time \u2013 this is a positive trend<\/li>\n<li>for new claims there are a number of one-off verification processes that must be completed and these can sometimes be delayed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"advances\">Advances<\/h3>\n<p>Advances can be paid in the initial stages of a claim to help people who have short term budgeting issues. Claimants can receive up to 50% of their monthly entitlement, and we need to be confident they can repay the money. The advances are paid back over the initial months of the claim.<\/p>\n<p>The data shows people are accessing support when they need it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>49% of new claims who were due a payment in June 2017 had an advance paid<\/li>\n<li>45% of full service new claims who were due a payment in the same period had an advance paid<\/li>\n<li>71% of all advances paid were new claim or change in circumstances advances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"waiting-days\">Waiting days<\/h3>\n<p>Waiting days are served, primarily, by those people coming out of employment. A range of groups are exempt from waiting days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>people who are terminally ill<\/li>\n<li>victims of domestic violence<\/li>\n<li>care leavers or 16-17 year olds without parental support<\/li>\n<li>prison-leavers<\/li>\n<li>people who return to Universal Credit within a certain period of time, or who migrate over from legacy benefits within certain time periods will not serve waiting days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently the Universal Credit caseload is primarily made up of single childless claimants who are more likely to move in and out of employment than other claimant types, so are more likely to serve waiting days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>as at June 2017, 75% of Universal Credit awards are paid to single people with no children<\/li>\n<li>between May 2016 and June 2017 64% of all households served waiting days<\/li>\n<li>75% of single childless claimants, in the same period, served waiting days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"reports-around-the-labour-market\">Reports around the labour market<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"universal-credit-employment-impact-analysis\">Universal Credit Employment Impact analysis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Universal Credit has a positive impact on employment outcomes. Universal Credit claimants are 4 percentage points more likely to be in work within 6 months than a matched sample of Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance claimants<\/li>\n<li>the most recent data is supported by improved data and a larger cohort of claimants \u2013 27,000 Universal Credit claims<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"test-and-learn-evaluation--families\">Test and learn evaluation \u2013 families<\/h3>\n<p>Some test and learn evaluation was carried out with families in July 2015 and August 2016. Since this research was done we have improved the service and information available to families. The research found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Universal Credit claimants had flexible attitudes to work and were confident about applying for jobs<\/li>\n<li>3 in 4 claimants felt confident about budgeting on a monthly basis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"contact-press-office\">Contact Press Office<\/h2>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_827\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press Office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Caxton House<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTothill Street<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">London<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1H 9NA<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">London Press Office (national media and London area enquiries only \u2013 not questions about personal claims)<\/span><br \/>\n              020 3267 5144\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out-of-hours (journalists only)<\/span><br \/>\n              076 59 108 883\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">England and Wales (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              029 20 586 then 097 or 098 or 099\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Scotland (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              0131 310 1122\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow <abbr title=\"Department for Work and Pensions\">DWP<\/abbr> on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice\">www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Facebook \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dwp\">www.facebook.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp\">www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>YouTube \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwp\">www.youtube.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research shows the vast majority of Universal Credit claimants are paid on time, and the majority of claimants are confident about managing their money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}