Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 54619
Universal Credit
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Question
Fabian Hamilton
Labour — Leeds North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the loss of transitional protection under Universal Credit for claimants who form a couple, including where one partner acts as a carer.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsTransitional Protection is designed to give customers notified to move to Universal Credit time to adjust. It is not intended to permanently replicate legacy benefits and ends when there is no longer a meaningful comparison between a household’s final leg...
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