Oral Question·Department for International Trade
“What recent steps she has taken to support UK tech start-ups to export globally.”
Tabled: 2 March 2020Answered: 5 March 2020
Asked by
Saqib Bhatti
Conservative — Meriden and Solihull East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Trade
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.