Welfare Reform Bill

Will the Minister explain whether the department, having done that, will put everyone on a list depending on the number of points they have and then say, ““Right, we have a fixed amount of money so we will adjust the levels accordingly””? Or will the divisions be based on a real assessment of people and will the Government then find the money come what may if people meet the thresholds? The Minister did not answer my earlier question about the assumptions the DWP must already have made about the number of people who are likely to lose out. He said some will gain, some will stay the same and some will get less. After all the modelling that the department has done, there must be an assumption about this. It may need changing in the light of the thresholds, but it would be useful for it to be shared.