United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL2138
Social Security Benefits
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5 September 2022
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21 September 2022 · Answer
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21 September 2022
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what would be the level of the benefit cap, set in 2016, if it had kept pace with (1) inflation, (2) average earnings, and (3) Universal Credit rates.
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5 September 2022
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what would be the level of the benefit cap, set in 2016, if it had kept pace with (1) inflation, (2) average earnings, and (3) Universal Credit rates.
Source: Lords
21 September 2022
Answer
There is a statutory duty to review the levels of the cap at least once in every five years and this will happen at the appropriate time. The current unusual economic period with potentially counter intuitive and shifting trends will need to be considered...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-05/HL2138
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1504850
- uk · wq-1504850 · source updated 21 September 2022