Economic Affairs Committee
Universal Credit isn’t working: proposals for reform
2nd Report of Session 2019-21 - published 31 July 2020 - HL Paper 105
Contents
Universal Credit and social security
Chapter 2: Universal Credit design
Box 1: What is Universal Credit?
Design and the claimant experience
Length of the assessment period
Figure 1: Mismatches between an assessment period and pay dates
Box 2: Case studies provided by Citizens Advice Leicestershire
Whole-month approach to changes in circumstances
Assessment period: alternatives
Alternative payment frequencies
Box 3: Case studies on the five-week wait provided by Refuge
Box 5: Case study on rent arrears provided by the Welcome Centre
Alternative Payment Arrangements
Chapter 3: Managing on Universal Credit
Social security: spending cuts
Table 1: Monthly standard allowance rates for Universal Credit
Table 2: Planned uprating in additional monthly payments
Box 6: Case studies provided by Karbon Homes
Box 7: Case study on deductions provided by Mind
Financial incentives to enter work
Incentives to progress in work
Chapter 4: Employment, sanctions and support
Table 3: Universal Credit conditionality regime
Table 4: Universal Credit sanctions regime
Suspension of conditionality and sanctions
Conditionality and the labour market
Efficacy of conditionality and sanctions
Personalised support and work coaches
Support: claiming and managing Universal Credit
Table 5: Ownership/use of internet and smartphone, by broad age and socio-economic group
Box 9: Case study provided by The Welcome Centre
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/31/the-economics-of-universal-credit/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.