United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 16144
Universal Credit
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15 June 2021
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21 June 2021 · Answer
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21 June 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims in each parliamentary constituency had sums deducted from their claim in the most recent month for which data is available; what the (a) average and (b) total sums deduc
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15 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims in each parliamentary constituency had sums deducted from their claim in the most recent month for which data is available; what the (a) average and (b) total sums deduc
Source: Commons
21 June 2021
Answer
We carefully balance our duty to the taxpayer to recover overpayments with our support for claimants. Safeguards are in place to ensure deductions are manageable. From 12 April 2021, we further reduced the cap on deductions from Universal Credit (UC) awar...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-15/16144
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1336562
- uk · wq-1336562 · source updated 21 June 2021