Question follow-through · 34029
Universal Credit: Deductions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the priority order of Universal Credit deductions; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that child maintenance payments have prio
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Social Security Benefits: Disability · 18 Mar 2025
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- Social Security Benefits: Disability · 2 Jun 2025
- Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment · 15 Jul 2025
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the priority order of Universal Credit deductions; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that child maintenance payments have prio
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to a sustainable long-term approach to tackling poverty and supporting people on lower incomes, and in support of this the Chancellor announced at the Autumn Budget, the Fair Repayment Rate (FRR), this measure is a permanent ch...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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