Question follow-through · 8343
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of 53 Mondays in this financial year on rent payments for Universal Credit claimants .
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of 53 Mondays in this financial year on rent payments for Universal Credit claimants .
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The current financial year, which runs from 06/04/24 to 05/04/25, does not contain 53 Mondays. Universal Credit always converts weekly amounts to monthly sums using 52 weeks. The legitimacy of this approach was confirmed by the High Court having been test...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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