Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 62790
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 25 June 2025
Answered: 7 July 2025
Question
Callum Anderson
Labour — Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the Universal Credit deductions priority order on the (a) volume and (b) timeliness of child maint
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Fair Repayment Rate (FRR) was implemented as a permanent change on the 30 April 2025. This measure reduces the overall deductions cap from 25% to 15% of a customer's Universal Credit (UC) standard allowance. This will enable approximately 1.2 million ...
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