United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 12993
Universal Credit
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5 February 2020
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14 February 2020 · Answer
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14 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of aligning the timescales for payment of universal credit and direct payments to landlords to ensure that tenants are not falsely shown to be in arrear
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5 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of aligning the timescales for payment of universal credit and direct payments to landlords to ensure that tenants are not falsely shown to be in arrear
Source: Commons
14 February 2020
Answer
Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs), such as a Managed Payment to Landlord (MPtL), are available to enable the housing costs element to be paid directly to the landlord if the tenant is likely to have difficulty in managing their rent payments or is i...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-05/12993
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1176403
- uk · wq-1176403 · source updated 14 February 2020