Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 34940

Universal Credit

Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 6 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to require periodic redeclaration of circumstances every six months for Universal Credit claimants from April 2025.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the department will prompt Universal Credit claimants to confirm whether they have had a change in circumstances that might affect their claim. Any changes in circumstances declared will be processed and verified in the...

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