Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 46222

Universal Credit: Disability Premium

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 24 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Dr Marie Tidball

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to roll out backdated payments for enhanced disability premium for claimants who transferred to Universal Credit before 14 February 2024; and whether these payments will be ongoing fo

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

We are providing transitional protection to some customers who moved to Universal Credit following a change in their circumstances and not via the “managed migration” process.To end the losses new customers to Universal Credit were facing, new regulations...

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