Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 17 January 2024Answered: 23 January 2024
Asked by
Kerry McCarthy
Labour — Bristol East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Social Security and Disability (Sir Stephen Timms)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. If a person is paid four-weekly, they receive 13 payments a year, so in one of the 12 monthly assessment periods each year, they are paid twice. That means that they probably get no universal credit that month, which completely messes up budgeting. I would be delighted to meet USDAW, and perhaps my hon. Friend, to discuss what we can do through our review of universal credit.