1) The document discusses a presentation on the rollout of Universal Credit and how councils can track and support households moving onto the new benefit.
2) It provides details on the planned managed migration of existing benefit claimants to Universal Credit from July 2019 and outlines tools to identify households that may struggle with the transition.
3) The presentation recommends councils work with Policy in Practice to use their analytics and benefits calculator tools to assess the impact of Universal Credit on households, identify those most at risk, and provide targeted support.
2. Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Universal Credit rollout:
• Progress to date
• Managed Migration
3. Tracking your Universal Credit caseload
• House of Commons Library tool
• Know which households will struggle with Universal Credit
• Engage people with personalised support
• Track the impact and effectiveness of interventions
• Resource planning for UC and council tax support
4. Questions and next steps
7. Full service implementation
• Full service for all new claims will be
rolled-out by end of 2018
• Roll-out is ramping up - only 6 councils
in March and April. But 25 in May, 34 in
June, 41 in July
• ‘Fire-break’ in August but 43 councils in
September, including Glasgow and
Liverpool, another 43 in October
• Then migration of existing cases from
July 2019
8. Presentation to Cabinet
• On Tuesday 11th September Esther McVey reported to Cabinet on
progress in rolling out Universal Credit
• 84% claimants paid on time (so 16% were not)
• Delays and related problems picked up by Justin Welby, as well as Opposition
politicians
• about two-thirds of those claimants not paid on time had an outstanding verification
issue such as providing bank statements, evidence of childcare costs or proof of rent.
• Other delays were caused when claimants had not signed up to job-seeking
commitments required by the DWP.
• National Audit Office concerns (April 2018)
• Cost per claim was higher than the current benefit system
• Resource Universal Credit (delivery and support)
• Employment impacts cannot be effectively measured (LGA)
• Work effectively in partnership with others – we all want UC to work!
11. House of Commons Library report
• Roll-out 11% complete across GB by December 2017 (13.5%
today)
• Just under 7 million households are expected to receive UC
when it is fully introduced. 0.7 million did so in December 2017
(882,788 today)
• DWP originally envisaged that Universal Credit would be fully
introduced by 2017, but the roll-out timetable has been
pushed back several times
Constituency data rollout tool
Stat-Xplore
13. We believe the DWP can better target
Universal Support.
• identify the impact of Universal Credit
on households before they migrate
across
• track the outcomes of households as
they move onto Universal Credit, and
• engage households through clear
calculations, explanations and advice
that help people to take control of their
situation.
PIPs view on Managed Migration
“Managed migration could fix
Universal Credit’s image problem”
“Nine in ten applications for a
Discretionary Housing Payment
(DHP) are successful,
Yet only one in five households
that need a DHP apply.”
17. Your Housing Benefit /
Council Tax data
Our Universal Benefit and
Budgeting Calculator
Rich, detailed impact
assessment: who is
impacted and what are the
Council-wide effects?
Analytical Engine + Household datasets
18. Links to Policy in Practice Tools
LIFT Dashboard
Idenitfy and track people on Universal
Credit to pinpoint support
Benefit and Budgeting Calculator
Free to use for claimants
19. At a glance dashboard giving
you actionable information.
• Universal Credit
• Discretionary support
• Future reforms
• Housing Needs
• Arrears and debts
New use cases are being
developed each month.
A quick overview
20. We bring multiple datasets
together.
To show the combined
impact of policy – both now
and in the future.
With financial resilience and
arrears risk through
household level income and
expenditure data.
The cumulative impact of policies…
21. Mrs Jones near Spring
Lane is £5,009 in arrears
with a shortfall of £371
per month.
She will be £54.38 per
month worse off as a
result of the benefit cap
and has high barriers to
work.
…on each individual household….
22. Link the data directly into our
Benefit and Budgeting support
in single system.
Efficiencies avoiding multiple or
repeat data capture.
Show the impact of moving into
work alongside personalised
and preventative advice on
actions to increase income, and
reduce costs.
Engage residents
23. Understand the pathways into
and out of debt and poverty.
Understand the journey into
and out of debt, or see
household in severe, short term
or persistent debt.
Understand the effectiveness of
interventions to get people out
of debt.
…to track households over time
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