United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 45929
Universal Credit
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9 September 2021
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20 September 2021 · Answer
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20 September 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of ending the £20 uplift to Universal Credit on (a) levels of poverty (b) levels of homelessness and (c) foodbank usage.
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9 September 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of ending the £20 uplift to Universal Credit on (a) levels of poverty (b) levels of homelessness and (c) foodbank usage.
Source: Commons
20 September 2021
Answer
It is not possible to produce a robust estimate of the impact of removing the £20 uplift on poverty or related issues. This is particularly the case at the moment given the uncertainty around the speed of the economic recovery, and how this will be distri...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-09/45929
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1354227
- uk · wq-1354227 · source updated 20 September 2021