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 McGovern
The £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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