Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 6517

Universal Credit: Payments

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal DemocratNorth East Fife

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's guidance on Universal Credit and earnings, updated on 13 May 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to Universal Credit payments in an

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
No impact assessment has been made on changes to the Universal Credit assessment periods or payment structures. However, the Government is committed to reviewing Universal Credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty.