Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 127500

Universal Credit: Uprating

Tabled: 15 April 2026

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration his Department makes of trends in the costs of essential goods and services when setting the basic rate of Universal Credit during the uprating process.