Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64799
Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Northern Ireland
Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) Universal Credit and (b) PIP awards in Northern Ireland will remain indexed to inflation until 2029-30 under proposed welfare reforms.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsSocial security is a transferred matter in NI, but there is a long-standing principle of parity between the social security systems of the Northern Ireland Executive and that of the UK Government. In line with this principle, the Universal Credit Bill mak...
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