Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 29800
Universal Credit
Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 13 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Michelle Welsh
Labour — Sherwood Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of assessing money received from the settlement of an estate claim to be treated in line with money received from a (a) personal injury claim and (
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWe have no plans to change the Universal Credit capital rules to disregard the settlement payments from estates for cases related to (i) maternity and (ii) death of a baby for the purposes of Universal Credit entitlements.