Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 60465
Universal Credit: Reviews
Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the review of Universal Credit will consider the process of how social security rates are (a) set and (b) uprated.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Secretary of State already has an annual Statutory duty to conduct a review of benefits and State pension rates, including Universal Credit, to determine whether they have retained their value in relation to the general level of prices and/or earnings...
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