1. C O N F I D E N T I A L | www.policyinpractice.co.uk Universal Credit and You

2. 2 Policy in Practice  www.policyinpractice.co.uk Presentation  About me  The Universal Credit Calculator – A demonstration of how Universal Credit will work for you – Tools to help advisors and claimants  The impact of Universal Credit on the Work Programme –Caseloads: On-flows, Off-flows –Revenues: Payment categories, amounts, cashflow –Responsibilities: Training, In-work conditionality, MI requirements, Training  Universal Credit IT – Opportunities and Challenges  Q&A

3. 3 Policy in Practice  www.policyinpractice.co.uk About me

4. 4 Policy in Practice  www.policyinpractice.co.uk Demonstration of the Universal Credit CalculatorUniversal Credit Calculator www.policyinpractice.co.uk or search ‘Universal Credit Calculator’ in Google.www.policyinpractice.co.uk Reduce worklessness, reward work and personal responsibility –Progressive Participation Tax Rates - reduces workless households facing Participation Tax Rates of over 70% by 1.2 million –Reduce Highest Marginal Deduction Rate, including tax and NI, from 96% to around 76%, improving work incentives of 500,000 people with the highest MDRs in the current system Simplify the system –Ease the transition into work: No need to ‘sign-off’ benefits to take an employment opportunity –Seamless in-work support: Based on dynamic financial need rather than crude employment status –Lower administrative costs: Single department in charge of administering out of work benefits: DWP Strike a balance between conditionality, incentives and support –Clear conditionality rules emphasising claimants rights as well as responsibilities, including in-work conditionality –Support for those that need it, using payment by results Work is good for the individual, the household and society at large –Better to pay people to work than not to work –A boost to the economy, to employment and to society Universal Credit

5. 5 Policy in Practice  www.policyinpractice.co.uk How will the Universal Credit impact on Work Programme? Caseloads Payments Responsibilities Will Universal Credit reduce on-flows onto to the Work Programme? Will Work Programme claimants be more motivated to find work? Can providers become involved earlier? What will be a ‘job outcome’ under Universal Credit? Will Universal Credit lead to revised payments due to lower taxpayer savings? How will partial job outcomes be rewarded? How will this affect cashflow? How will you manage in-work conditionality? Will your management information requirements change? Do your staff have access to training and tools to understand and explain Universal Credit? Shared Objectives: Reward Work, More Work and Independence Work Programme

6. Team Netsol supports the aims of Policy in Practice We developed the BECS DWP National Product, the UK’s leading eBenefits solution BECS delivers a digital by default online service for over 60 Local Authorities and their partners, representing 10M citizens, handling 600K claims in 2011 Team Netsol is already developing and piloting Universal Credit transition and delivery tools which are integrated with BECS to enable W2W and Local Authority channel shift We are supplying integrated solutions for the transition from HB/CTB  HB/LCTS  HB/UC/LCTS  UC/LCTS Including: legacy and new Welfare and Social Care benefits; passporting; triage of claimants to the right mix of benefits and Welfare to Work Provider; what-if scenarios We are happy to show you how we can deliver solutions which satisfy your needs Damian Lewisdamian@teamnetsol.com0161 8348342,07943871388

7. C O N F I D E N T I A L | www.policyinpractice.co.uk Deven Ghelani deven@policyinpractice.co.uk 07863 560677 Policy in practice will work with you to manage the changes brought about by welfare reform and the Universal Credit, enabling you and your clients to focus on your core activity - finding work. We provide a suite of services to support the transition to Universal Credit and tools to reduce costs and increase effectiveness. These include Access to the Universal Credit Calculator E-learning courses : an introduction to Universal Credit Access to online resources: The Welfare Reform Club Workshops, advice and consultancy We would be please to support you and your organisation in the transition to Universal Credit and broader welfare reform. Calculator E-learning Workshops Consultancy