United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 1364
Social Security Benefits: Deductions
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12 May 2022
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25 May 2022 · Answer
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25 May 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reducing the maximum rate of deductions from social security payments from 25 per cent.
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12 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reducing the maximum rate of deductions from social security payments from 25 per cent.
Source: Commons
25 May 2022
Answer
Deductions from benefit to address priority debts have existed for over 40 years. In the past three years, DWP have reduced the normal maximum rate of deductions in Universal Credit twice - from 40% to 30% in October 2019, and a further reduction to 25% o...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-12/1364
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1462422
- uk · wq-1462422 · source updated 25 May 2022