Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 1119
Universal Credit: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Tabled: 22 July 2024
Answered: 30 July 2024
Question
Adam Jogee
Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the decision by the previous Conservative government to remove the £20 uplift to Universal Credit on poverty in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe £20 uplift in Universal Credit was removed in October 2021. Statistics on the number of Children living in absolute and relative poverty per constituency before housing costs are published annually in the “Children in low income families: local area s...
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