United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 13476
Universal Credit
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6 February 2020
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11 February 2020 · Answer
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11 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that universal credit claimants paying rent weekly do not face a one-week shortfall in their UC housing element in 2020.
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6 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that universal credit claimants paying rent weekly do not face a one-week shortfall in their UC housing element in 2020.
Source: Commons
11 February 2020
Answer
Neither tenants or landlords lose a week’s rent in a 53 weekly rent payment year as has been alleged; no year contains 53 weeks. The problem is alignment between weekly and monthly cycles. Each month the UC housing element is a constant figure but claiman...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-06/13476
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1176713
- uk · wq-1176713 · source updated 11 February 2020