United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 45478
Universal Credit: Coronavirus
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11 May 2020
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18 May 2020 · Answer
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18 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing UK travellers awaiting repatriation to the UK to apply for universal credit from abroad while they are unable to travel as a r
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11 May 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing UK travellers awaiting repatriation to the UK to apply for universal credit from abroad while they are unable to travel as a r
Source: Commons
18 May 2020
Answer
Income-related benefits, such as Universal Credit, are only payable to people who are in the UK and cannot be claimed by those outside the UK. Stranded British nationals with a job in the UK are eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on the sam...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-11/45478
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1194199
- uk · wq-1194199 · source updated 18 May 2020