questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of instances where a Managed Payment to Landlord has been requested before a claimant's first Universal Credit payment but the housing element was nevertheless paid directly to the claimant; and what proportion of Managed Payment to Landlord requests are implemented before the claimant's next scheduled Universal Credit payment.
answerText: The Department does not collate numbers or produce statistics for this purpose. A request for a Managed Payment to a Landlord (MPTL) is considered on a case-by-case basis and is not automatically granted. An MPTL may not be accepted where the claimant doe...
heading: Universal Credit: Rented Housing