Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 40989
Employment: Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025
Question
Fabian Hamilton
Labour — Leeds North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that changes to (a) Universal Credit taper rates and (b) other benefits (i) encourage more people into work and (ii) support people in work.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsAs the Chancellor has set out, this Government is reforming the social security system to support people into work, while protecting people who will never be able to – making the system sustainable so that it is there to help those of us that need it now ...
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