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 Timms
The 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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