United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 18878
Poverty: Children
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21 February 2020
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2 March 2020 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on child poverty of the roll-out of universal credit in (a) Leicester East constituency, (b) Leicester and (c) the East Midlands.
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21 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on child poverty of the roll-out of universal credit in (a) Leicester East constituency, (b) Leicester and (c) the East Midlands.
Source: Commons
2 March 2020
Answer
Universal Credit will provide an extra £2.1bn a year once full rolled out, compared to the legacy benefits it replaces. Claimants receive better support to prepare for work, move into work, or to increase earnings. The Universal Credit Work Allowance was ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-21/18878
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1178966
- uk · wq-1178966 · source updated 2 March 2020