Question follow-through · 22803
Universal Credit: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of an application for Universal Credit automatically triggering a claim for Council Tax Support.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of an application for Universal Credit automatically triggering a claim for Council Tax Support.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2025
Answer published
Council Tax Support is administered by the Local Authority and is not a DWP benefit, therefore before we have determined entitlement to Universal credit, it is not appropriate for the department to trigger a claim for Council Tax Support automatically. A ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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