United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 65751
Social Security Benefits
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18 October 2022
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26 October 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the fall in the value of Sterling on the adequacy of the level of (a) Universal Credit and (b) Pension Credit.
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18 October 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the fall in the value of Sterling on the adequacy of the level of (a) Universal Credit and (b) Pension Credit.
Source: Commons
26 October 2022
Answer
There is no objective way of deciding what an adequate level of benefit should be as every person has different requirements. Income-related benefit rates are not made up of separate amounts for specific items of expenditure such as food or fuel charges, ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-18/65751
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1523866
- uk · wq-1523866 · source updated 26 October 2022