Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 21454

Universal Credit

Tabled: 19 December 2024

Answered: 7 January 2025

Question

Seamus Logan

Scottish National Party — Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing a protected minimum floor for Universal Credit and (b) limiting the benefit cap so it cannot reduce the Standard Allowance b

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

No such assessment has been made. As part of the Universal Credit (UC) review, at the Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced the Fair Repayment Rate will be introduced from April 2025, reducing the UC deductions overall cap from 25% to 15%. This measure w...

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